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VMware has announced three new VMware Infrastructure packages that are designed to help IT administrators at SMBs make the decision to deploy virtual infrastructure.

The SMB bundles are based on the latest release of VMware Infrastructure, which will include the new VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5, and are focused on decreasing power consumption, eliminating manual tracking and patching of virtual infrastructure and increasing overall infrastructure availability. The new products targeting SMBs include VMware ESX Server 3i, VMware Guided Consolidation and VMware Update Manager.

VMware ESX Server 3i, VMware’s firmware-based embed thin hypervisor, aims to help customers more rapidly deploy virtualization in their environments. VMware Guided Consolidation is designed to enable companies’ migration from physical servers to virtual infrastructure through a step-by-step wizard that identifies physical servers for consolidation, converts them to virtual machines and intelligently places them onto the most ideal VMware ESX Server or VMware Server host. VMware Update Manager automates patch-and-update management for VMware ESX Server hosts and virtual machines and is designed to relieve the significant pain point of tracking patch levels and manually applying security and bug fixes.

I remain genuinely excited about this announcement and VMWare’s announcements to come. This article is talking about the new functionality coming on stream with VMWare ESX Server3i as well as the associated management tools. ESX Server 3i does sound fantastic from a server provisioning standpoint, allocate an IP, boot the box and bring it into the ESX farm – just what we need as IT goes more for a service offering rather than box selling business. Interestingly some of the new features in the management arena sound fantastic, like the patch management tool, the biggest challenge being that just because I’ve virtualized that Windows box doesn’t mean I don’t need to secure it/patch it and keep the virus software up to date. Do check it out.

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