Colocation to Virtualization

Since Veeam has release a free version of their monitoring application (Veeam Monitor), I started poking around at it this morning.  The install went pretty easy.  The host it was installed on did not have a SQL server running on it, so I opted to let the Monitor installation app install SQL Lite.  I have added a few individual ESX hosts, as well as 2 Virtual Center hosts to the server lists and Monitor did the rest.  I am actually surprised how well it plays nicely with Virtual Center.

My observations are as follows:
- Works well with Virtual Center
- When adding an ESX host outside of VC, it will list running VMs on that server
* The alerting function looks great!
- The console works well for the VMs

Veeam Monitor Main View

Veeam Monitor Top VMs (utilization)

Veeam Monitor Individual VM Summary

Veeam Monitor VM Console

Below are a few screen shots of attaching alerts to a VM

Veeam Monitor Alert Setup

Veeam Monitor Alert Setup 2

Veeam Monitor Alert Setup 3

Veeam Monitor Alert Setup 4

Veeam Monitor Alert Setup 5

Please see the following post concerning some limitations and requirements of the Veeam Monitor.

Note: This offering adds better alerting capabilities than what is provided within Virtual Center.

I will update this post more over the next few days of testing this software.