Managing Virtual Machine Sprawl

DynamicOps stops VM sprawl before it starts and ensures the most efficient allocation of fabric resources.

The ability to create virtual machines without the controls of the physical world can result in an explosion of virtual machines across your environment. Users are able to provision more virtual machine instances than they need, over-provision individual instances (too much CPU, memory, or disk), and abandon virtual machines that consume resources after they are no longer required—all without proper oversight and approval from your IT organization. With DynamicOps, you will easily be able to reduce, reuse and recycle virtual machines, ensuring the most efficient use and highest scalability of your virtual infrastructure. Learn more...

DynamicOps vastly reduces virtual machine sprawl and lowers VM-related costs by enabling automated, policy-based reclamation of virtual machines:

Providing user-aware provisioning limitations and cost information based on IT policy

• Controls VM options including CPU, RAM and disk size, ensuring the user is only presented with the proper options for their user type.
• Limits the number of machines a specific user can provision.
• Shows the cost for each machine so the user understands the amount of money spent on a virtual machine, empowering the user to make an informed cost- and resource-saving approach.

Requiring authorization prior to provisioning the virtual machine

• A chain of authorization is optionally invoked upon request for a virtual machine, allowing an approver to authorize the added expense—and eliminating over-provisioning.
• Authorization process sends notification emails so the request is handled quickly and easily by a business unit person instead of IT, saving time and cost.

Accurately identifying and safely reclaiming abandoned resources

• Automatic workflow processes enable visibility into inactive or abandoned resources, allowing IT managers to automatically recycle virtual machines that are no longer required.
• Provides a safe reclamation process by adding expiration deadlines to virtual machine reclamation candidates and notifying their owners through email. The owner has an option to respond to the request and keep the virtual machine or let it expire, in which case the resources are added back to the resource pool.

DynamicOps intelligently reduces virtual machine sprawl through a unique approach applied across the virtual machine lifecycle, ensuring your resources are running with the highest level of efficiency and conservation.