Virtual Machine Sprawl Tracker 1.1.07

Virtual Machine Sprawl Tracker 1.1.07 is described as a free and useful tool designed to automatically detect inactive and unused virtual machines to prevent virtual machine sprawl.

Virtual machine sprawl is a critical issue that most organizations usually face after virtualizing their environments. Users tend to create a lot of virtual machines for temporary purposes, use them for a small period of time and then leave on the server, consuming power, disk space, and other physical resources.

The tool sends scheduled reports about inactive VMs based on their resource usage. Data center administrators can use such reports to justify decommissining of unused virtual machines and regain wasted physical resources.

Major Benefits:

1. Reduces data center power bills.
2. Allows administrators to make informed decisions about VM decommissioning.
3. Supports "Go Green" initiatives.
   

Major Features:

1. Automatically tracks all virtual machines in the enterprise.
2. Tracks low resource usage (network and disk) and VM inactivity time.
3. Scheduled operation: sends daily usage reports by email.
4. Supports VMware Virtual Center 3.x, ESX Server 3.x, and ESXi Server 3.x.