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Veeam ONE Business Categorization
The challenge and the solution
Native tools often provide a somewhat limited administrative (technical) view of the virtual infrastructure. You can use VM folders to manually group VMs based on business criteria, but maintaining these folders quickly becomes a labor-intensive task that must be performed daily. In addition, folders are restricted to a single categorization dimension.
Veeam ONE allows you to group VMs, hosts, clusters and datastores into different categories, such as business unit, department, purpose and others, giving you the flexibility to dynamically view and manage objects from your organization's perspective.
Screenshot: Hyper-V trends dashboard
“Set and forget” dynamic categorization
There is no longer any need for repetitive manual categorization of objects into multiple folders. Simply define the rules and policies for categorizing objects in your virtual environment and let Veeam ONE take care of the rest, from discovering and monitoring the attributes of your objects to creating the groups into which those objects are assigned. Veeam ONE business categorization keeps your groups up-to-date on an ongoing basis so that you are always assured of an accurate view of your ever-changing virtual environment.
Screenshot: VMware business unit summary
Prioritize resource allocation and control VM sprawl
Veeam ONE's business categorization dashboard shows you at-a-glance the number of VMs and vCPUs and the amount of memory and storage used by the business units, departments, and other categories you define for your organization.
Veeam ONE also helps you control VM sprawl by defining a scheme for assigning all the VMs in your datacenter. Unassigned VMs and the resources they use can be immediately seen on the web-based business categorization dashboard.
Integrate data with chargeback models and CMDBs
Veeam ONE integrates reporting and business categorization so that you are provided with resource allocation and utilization data that is organized into the groups you define to implement the chargeback model you want. Categorized report data can then easily be exported to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for performing cost assignment calculations or for integrating with other chargeback, inventory, or billing systems.
You can also share Veeam ONE categorization data with your CMDB (Configuration Management Database) or other third-party applications, such as Active Directory. And by using PowerShell scripts, you can automate the data integration process so that all your applications stay synchronized, automatically, all the time.
Veeam ONE
Veeam ONE integrates the power of Veeam Monitor, Reporter and Business View in a single, easy-to-use solution that delivers the capabilities that matter most to VMware administrators.
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