Section 8.6. Platespin s PowerP2V and PowerRecon

8.6. Platespin's PowerP2V and PowerRecon

Platespin produces two tools you can buy to manage your virtual infrastructure. We discussed the physical-to-virtual migration capabilities of PowerP2V in Chapter 4. This tool allows for high-level server profiling combined with the ability to make virtual machines out of physical ones. The tool supports both ESX Server as well as Microsoft's Virtual Server, and provides the ability to move virtual machines between both virtual platforms.

Platespin also produces PowerRecon. This tool allows for ESX Server sizing by gathering the detailed utilization and trending information of your physical server. This data can then be used to provision your ESX Server accordingly.

Of course, other products exist for this type of measuring, such as Nagios.

Platespin and PowerRecon are referenced only so you can understand the data gathering tool and the P2V tool requirements you may need for your virtual infrastructure.