Editors' Rating
Typical price:£ 509
Verdict
Vizioncore esxEssentials is a software bundle for companies using VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 server virtualisation tools. It comes with excellent backup/restore, resource utilisation and VM replication tools... Read Full Review.
Pros
- Fast, reliable backups of virtual machines (VMs)
- No need to switch off VMs while making backups or replicas
- Integrates with VMware Consolidated Backup software for better backup/restore jobs
- Integrates with VMware VirtualCenter for better usability
- Excellent view of server CPU, disk, RAM and network utilisation
- Easy to maintain replica VMs on secondary servers
- Can be installed on a Windows XP workstation; no requirement for Windows Server platform
- Billback option could be used for inter-department charges
Cons
- Some VM settings needed adjusting for successful backup/restore
- Poor granularity in the billback option leaves room for improvement
- We found a bug that will be addressed in forthcoming updates





