User manual PARALLELS VIRTUAL AUTOMATION DATASHEET

[. . . ] Parallels Virtual Automation ® Powerful & comprehensive web based management and automation for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal Parallels Virtual Automation is a comprehensive web based management and automation solution to organize virtual infrastructures, delegate roles & responsibilities, rapidly provision configured virtual environments and enable ongoing management and maintenance. [. . . ] Define custom system & application templates as your gold masters or use pre-configured environments provided by Parallels. Parallels ­ 660 SW 39th St. , Suite 205, Renton, WA 98057 ­ 425-282-6400 ­ enterprise@parallels. com Proactively react to the needs of the virtual environment Review alerts, infrastructure & virtual environment dashboards to monitor & perform necessary pro-active actions to maintain desired service levels. Quickly change resource assignments, modify quotas and move virtual environments between physical servers. System Requirements Browser requirements for accessing web applications · Internet Explorer 6. x or above on Windows platforms · Mozilla Firefox 2. x and 3. x on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X · Safari 3. x on Mac OS X Hardware Requirements for Management Server · Intel Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon, or AMD Athlon CPU · At least 1 GB of RAM · Hard drive with at least 15 GB of free disk space · Network card Operating System Requirements for Management Server · Parallels Virtual Automation can be installed on Linux running a 32 or 64 bit version of RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES10, CentOS4 or CentOS5. · Parallels Virtual Automation can be installed on a Windows host running a 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server. · As a best practice, it is suggested that the Parallels Virtual Automation management environment is installed to a Parallels container or virtual machine. · Additional details on supported operating system editions can be found at www. parallels. com in the Parallels Virtual Automation 4. 5 readme document. Manage & maintain the virtual environments Schedule & perform ongoing backups of virtual environments to protect data and speed recovery time in event of a failure. Centrally manage file shares, IP pools and virtual networks to simplify the process of provisioning. Perform actions across groups of physical servers or virtual environments to reduce the ongoing maintenance burden and increase the productivity of administrators. Simplify the migration of environments Quickly move virtual machines and Parallels Containers between physical nodes to optimize hardware and maximize application response times. Parallels also provides tools to migrate servers and competitors virtual machines into your Parallels virtual environment. Monitor resources & audit trails View & report on real time and historical resource usage for hosts, containers and virtual machines to enable departmental chargeback and accounting opportunities. [. . . ] All others are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners in the US and/or other countries. Parallels ­ 660 SW 39th St. , Suite 205, Renton, WA 98057 ­ 425-282-6400 ­ enterprise@parallels. com [. . . ]