With vCenter Lab Manager you can create and manage a library of commonly used server/desktop configurations and provision them in minutes with a couple of clicks of a mouse. VMware vCenter Lab Manager gives developers access to systems they need at the same time through reduced server, storage, and provisioning reducing costs significantly.

Users can provision even the most complex systems and network configurations in an instant. Give users access to the image library, allowing them provision themselves leaving internal systems in control of day to day activities.

Organisations will be able increase development turnaround and customer satisfaction by giving every developer or engineer the ability to deploy software releases and recreate customer environments quickly.

VMware vCenter Lab Manager and VMware Infrastructure 3 are also perfect for hosting providers looking for a scalable, highly available and managed infrastructure. Rapid provisioning and efficient use of server and storage resources in a virtualised environment offer competitive edge for cost aware service providers.

Most IT departments never have enough time and test equipment to thoroughly check new software or patches before going live. It has also been a huge time constraint to simulate current environments so that the new software can be tested in a simulation of the existing set up.

Lab Manager solves this problem by giving enabling IT staff to Create and manage a library of commonly used configurations and dynamically provision them in seconds with a simple mouse click.

VMware vCenter Lab Manager gives users on-demand access to system configurations they need while achieving significant savings through reduced server, storage, and provisioning costs.

Feature summary

• Provide dedicated or shared lab infrastructure to your entire organisation with customised user roles and access rights from a central location.
• Let users create, deploy and share complex system configurations with multiple physical and virtual network connections from a self-service portal controlled by IT
• Maintain a complete library of commonly used system environments for on-demand use
• Pool and share server, networking, storage and other resources among users (teams and individuals)
• Suspend and capture system configurations “in state”, or reset them to a previous “clean” state.
• Deploy multiple instances of the same configuration simultaneously for ultimate flexibility without causing any network conflict
• Efficiently move and share multi-machine configurations among users in local and remote locations

WMware vCenter Lab Manager is perfect for companies who want to be able to test new software configurations and patches before deployment based on your current infrastructure.

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