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Yesterday 1/24/12, VMware announced the release of VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 1.0.0. This is a vCenter plug-in that provides application mapping on their infrastructure and helps administrators understand the impact of change on the virtual environment in their application infrastructure. It sounds interesting and is worth checking it out further.
#Features
This section describes the key features for the Infrastructure Navigator 1.0.0 release.
Simplifies and automates the deployment and the discovery process and keeps manages Application Component Knowledge Base (KB) current
- Eliminates physical switch spanning or credential based discovery.
- Discovers and maps the application components and dependencies using KBs and presents this knowledge through maps or search for relevant use cases.
Provide Infrastructure Navigator data for vCenter Server and related solutions
- Ensures that the application and dependency data is available to the rest of the vCenter Server entities and its various solutions through the vCenter extensibility APIs.
- Supports SRM integration to set up more focused and accurate site recovery and backup plans
VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 1.0.0 Release Notes
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