Top 5 Virtualization Management Tools Of 2022

Imagine if Dr. Hank had not monitored and trained Scott Lang as Ant-Man. Then the CEO of Pym Technologies, Darren Cross, would have succeeded in selling the Yellowjacket suit to terrorists. The jacket would have given terrorists the power to destroy the entire world. Thankfully, Scott Lang managed to defeat Cross and saved the world. All the credit goes to Dr. Hank, who made the Ant-Man suit, trained and monitored Scott’s movements and guided him across the microscale environments. #TheUnsungHero

In a similar way, Virtualization Management Tools enable IT departments to control, monitor and report on the performance of their virtualized environments and their components. The most crucial question is – when to use these tools. They can be used to manage the entire lifecycle of a virtualized server, which means from building it to monitoring its performance, even cloning it and then decommissioning it. Many Virtualization Management Tools are available today; however, choosing the one for your organization can still be a daunting task. Worry not! We have created a list of the top 5 Virtualization Management Tools of 2022 that will help you choose the best for your organization. This is your chance to learn. So, let’s dive in.
 

Top 5 Virtualization Management Tools Of 2022

Virtualization Management Tools administer, monitor and maintain virtualized computer resources. Guess what, they also manage virtual workloads while tracking their performance and usage across the environment! Their monitoring and troubleshooting features generate alerts that provide insights to assist IT teams with problem resolution if and when necessary. #MorePowerToVirtualization

Here are the top 5 Virtualization Management Tools of 2022. Choosing the one for your organization is your take. (Disclaimer – the order is random, make a wise decision).
 

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager	NetApp Virtual Infrastructure Management	V2 Cloud
Veeam ONE	Red Hat Virtualization

 

Tool 1: SolarWinds Virtualization Manager

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager is a product offered by SolarWinds Corporation, which made its debut in 1999. Its list of customers goes far and wide, covering 190+ countries, 300,000+ users and 498 of Fortune 500 companies! Woah, now that’s quite a list! Additionally, it has been recognized among the top 100 companies that matter the most in data by DBTA 100 in 2021.


Just like Dr. Hank, who integrated Pym particles and other features into the Ant-Man suit, SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN) consolidates many interesting capabilities in one interface. VMAN (read #YoursFaithfullyDrHank) is a powerful Virtual Machine (VM) monitoring tool that provides you with comprehensive visibility into the health and performance of VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV, or Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. Whether your virtual environment is on-premises or in the cloud. Above all, it can easily manage your environment's entire health while troubleshooting specific problems from a single pane of view.

This tool also helps you with capacity planning to optimize resource planning, sprawl management to reclaim virtual resources instantly, predictive recommendations to fix and optimize your virtual environments and chargeback reporting for better IT budgeting. #VMANRocks
 

Tool 2: NetApp Virtual Infrastructure Management

An American hybrid cloud data services and data management company, NetApp Inc., was founded in 1992 when dial-up internet was the norm and people were used to hearing beeps, crackles and buzz while using it. For nearly three decades, customers such as DreamWorks Animation, AstraZeneca and Dow Jones have benefitted from the support of NetApp. Additionally, it has won Stratus Award for Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the Business Intelligence Group.


The tool offers seamless integration with third-party enterprise software to provide end-to-end lifecycle management for virtual machines – it reminds us of Dr. Hank, who provided end-to-end lifecycle management for the Ant-Man suit. We told you they are similar!

Coming back to our tool, with the help of the centralized console, administrators can easily see and address problems related to the virtual server and storage efficiency by viewing NetApp's virtual environment. It also offers storage services to simplify your life, as well as the world’s most cutting-edge cloud solutions to amplify your business performance. #LeaveYourVMWoes

Besides all this, you can also rely on NetApp Virtual Infrastructure Management to optimize I/O (Input/Output) performance to control storage operations, boost efficiency to consolidate multiple performance-sensitive applications into one without interrupting the workload and respond faster with real-time discovery and reporting. Awesomeness all around!
 

Tool 3: V2 Cloud

The #1 Virtual Desktop Solution for businesses, V2 Cloud, is known to serve over 25,000+ active users. Founded in 2012, it is an information technology company specializing in cloud computing, cloud data services and virtual desktop. Its accolades include the Quality Choice Award – 2021 by Crozdesk and Leader in the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) by G2.


Did you know V2 Cloud is the easiest way to deploy cloud-hosted virtual desktops? Small business owners and IT managers can use its fully managed solution, which provides more time to focus on what's important. #CoreBusinessInitiatives. V2 Cloud is an affordable, high-quality and rapidly scalable cloud-based virtualized service. The good news is you don’t even require any specialized training or certifications to deploy the VMs. As it doesn’t require any specialized training (which was a must to operate an Ant-Man suit, though!), it’s a perfect tool for independent software vendors, IT managers, business owners and managed service providers. #OutperformingDrHank

Thanks to its partnerships with top data centers worldwide and distributed architecture, it can provide cloud-based virtual machines to organizations of any size anywhere across the globe. You can also trust V2 Cloud with built-in security, a complete desktop experience and dual monitor support. The gist is that it comes with everything you need - including remote access, backups, antivirus protection and 24/7 monitoring.
 

Tool 4: Veeam ONE

The next Virtualization Management Tool on our list is Veeam ONE. Founded in 2006, Veeam, the parent company of Veeam ONE, is a privately held US-based information technology company with over 400K+ customers in over 180 countries, including Oracle, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and VMWare. It has made it to the list of the Top 50 Data Centers in 2022 of CRN, an American computer magazine. Congratulations!


Veeam ONE is no less than Dr. Hank when it comes to delivering deep, intelligent monitoring and guidance. It also boasts reporting and automation through interactive tools that identify and resolve customer problems before they happen. Besides, it offers advanced management, analytics, and remediation at your fingertips. It’s a comprehensive platform that supports cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments. It provides a sense of security for its customers from ransomware, disasters and harmful actors. #AllInOne

Veeam ONE also possesses features such as proactive alerting to actively assess potential threats and address them before they become real problems. Apart from this, its capacity planning and forecasting help you to get rid of the guesswork and bolster governance practices. It also provides compliance to alleviate the risk of your data being compromised by malicious activities.
 

Tool 5: Red Hat Virtualization

The last (remember the disclaimer!) on our list is Red Hat Virtualization. Formerly known as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, it is a product of Red Hat, a leading provider of enterprise open-source solutions. The tool was released in 2010 and offers a broad spectrum of features to global customers, including Deutsche Bank, the Argentine Ministry of Health and others.


Red Hat Virtualization is an enterprise virtualization platform that supports key virtualization workloads, including resource-intensive and critical applications. We can’t deny that everything is built on something. The Ant-Man suit was built on Pym particles, while Red Hat Virtualization was built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux powered by Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). It enables you to virtualize your resources, processes and applications with a stable foundation for the cloud-native and containerized future.

Moreover, Red Hat subscriptions provide production-ready code, lifecycle management, software interoperability and the ability to choose between multiple supported versions. We know this tool sounds like it can do it all but please, no whistling! This isn’t the Andy Griffith show! It also offers a built-in Linux operating system to automate, manage and optimize your workloads, expanded integrations to improve overall IT productivity and drive a higher ROI (Return On Investment) and open-source collaboration.
 

The End

Every good thing has to come to an end and this is the end of this article. Virtualization technologies have changed the way we think about traditional computing and workloads; however, it has also created new complexities in managing diverse environments. This is why IT departments (say, Scott Lang) are turning to Virtualization Management Tools (read, Dr. Hank) to meet this fast-paced era's challenges. We hope this list helped you find the right Dr. Hank for your Ant-Man!