Quest Adds vFundamentals Virtualization Management Suite for SMBs

Quest Software, Inc. announced the availability of vFundamentals, a product suite that delivers backup, capacity planning and resource optimization for VMware.

It enables virtualization administrators to grow their virtual environments knowing that critical assets are properly utilized and protected.

The bundle includes Quest vRanger Pro, the VMware backup, replication and recovery solution, as well as capacity management and optimization technology from VKernel Corp.‘s vOps Server Standard Edition.

Packaged for SMBs, vFundamentals provides virtualization and systems administrators with a scalable solution that requires minimal customization and can be put into production quickly, enabling them to protect, manage and optimize their growing VMware virtual environments.

Achieving VMware Ready status for vSphere 5, vRanger Pro delivers virtual data protection. It features a patented Active Block Mapping technology that reduces network payload and storage space requirements. Its parallel job execution and dynamic resource management capabilities enable users to scale with confidence.

vOps Server Standard Edition simplifies capacity planning by enabling users to visualize multiple capacity issues at a glance; calculate remaining available VM slots; forecast future resource requirements and reserve capacity for lanned deployments; and predict future capacity bottlenecks.

For resource optimization, VKernel’s technology also collects information directly from VMware’s vCenter and analyzes thousands of data points across the entire virtual environment, giving users the ability to identify resource efficiency issues, make resource allocation recommendations, and safely and automatically resize virtual machines.

John Maxwell, VP, data protection product management, Quest Software, said: "Backup and recovery, capacity planning, and resource optimization are three of the biggest pain points SMBs encounter as they look to grow out their virtual environments. With vFundamentals, Quest is leveraging its product portfolio to bring them a solution that addresses all of those challenges. Packaging VKernel’s capacity planning and resource optimization capabilities with vRanger, Quest’s market-leading VMware backup, replication and recovery solution, creates a comprehensive virtualization management bundle that delivers the simplicity and cost-effectiveness SMBs need."

Bryan Semple, CMO, VKernel, said: "As SMBs continue to grow their virtual environments, they are in need of an easy-to-use and affordable end-to-end solution that allows them to ensure their virtual assets are properly managed and protected. The combination of vRanger and VKernel technology meets those needs, and does so in a single package that’s easy to buy, easy to use, and easy to manage."

vFundamentals will be sold through the channel at $995 per CPU.