V-Scout™


EMBOTICS V-Scout™

Embotics V-Scout 1.1 is a free, agent-less tool for tracking and reporting on VMs in VMware VirtualCenter™ enabled environments.

Within minutes of download, it’s automatically collecting and collating VM data, across multiple VirtualCenters, providing a centralized source for up to date and consistent insight for IT administrators and managers.

Since its debut at VMworld 2008, VMware administrators all over the world have improved the quality of information available at their fingertips and have saved time tracking VMs, updating data and formatting reports.

Quick Tour

Fig 1: "VM Inventory Report"

Embotics V-Scout links directly into up to two VirtualCenters, and allows you to create up to 10 custom attributes in addition to the "standard" attributes like “business owner” and "expiry date". Use attributes to track and report on information that’s important to your organization.

V-Scout maintains a historical record allowing for the creation of trending reports. Reports are generated through a robust and reporting engine, and include both preformatted reports and a flexible Ad-Hoc reporting capability, to provide the information you need – when you need it.

Fig 2: "Ad-Hoc reporting engine showing filtering capability"

V-Scout discovers, tracks and identifies VMs as they enter, move or exit the environment. The intuitive interface allows you to view:

  • The complete environment from a deployment or operational perspective
  • Configurable reports, with simple VM costing, that helps you understand VM population growth trending
  • Detailed summary reports for hosts, VMs, guest OSs, and more…
  • Complete Ad-Hoc reporting incorporating your unique custom attributes

 

Embotics V-Scout Features

  • Multiple VirtualCenter tracking: Aggregates data from up to two VMware VirtualCenters™
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  • Discovery: Automatically discovers online and offline VMs
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  • VM attributes are automatically tracked and reported on for each VM
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  • Custom attributes: up to 10 custom attributes can be created to meet specific needs
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  • Attribute inheritance: Standard and custom attributes are automatically inherited when deploying from a template or cloning a VM
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  • Track and report on VM costing information
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  • Ad-Hoc report generator: Create an unlimited number of reports via advanced sort, search, column select, filter, and export for fast response to questions about your virtualization environments
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  • VM Population Trending Report shows historical growth, costs and trend projection
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  • Guest OS Inventory Report shows the number of running and total VMs, and templates for each guest OS type in table form
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  • Host Inventory Report shows host inventory information and sums and averages where appropriate in table form. Use this report to find the average number of VMs per host on this report.
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  • Managed System Inventory Report shows a table of inventory information and sums and averages for each VirtualCenter under management. Use this report to find the total used storage for all the VMs being managed by a VirtualCenter
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  • VM Inventory Report is a specially formatted report for detailed inventory information for a VM
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  • Virtual Infrastructure Summary Report summarizes a information by Virtual Infrastructure versions in table form
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    What the market is saying


    Rick Vanover: "Embotics V-Scout is a hidden jewel"
    Scott Lowe: "More flexible than VirtualCenter for discovering, tracking and managing VMs"


    Amy Newman: "V-Scout is a more timely replacement for all of the tracking spreadsheets, as it automatically populates the database in real time."


    Keith Ward: "Does more than most free products"


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