Virtualization Expo on Ulitzer
Monitoring is essential to ensure the availability, security and usability of
IT infrastructure. However, as essential as monitoring is, it's never
complete. There are always challenges in keeping pace with new innovations in
infrastructure technologies. For example, with the rapid adoption of
virtualization, IT organizations need new tools to monitor the additional
complexity introduced by the technology.
A virtualized infrastructure introduces a new layer that needs to be
monitored - the hypervisor. Earlier, it was the application, operating
systems, and physical infrastructure, including storage and networking, that
were the primary objects of monitoring. However, with virtualization, the
operating systems are working with virtual resources made available to them
by the hypervisor. While the hypervisor adds a new dimension to monito... (more)