Software automates VMware storage management.(Xiotech Automates VMware Storage Management Across Array, ESX Server and Virtual Machine Layers)

Offered as ICON Manager UI add-on, Virtual View enables administrators of Emprise(TM) 7000 and Magnitude 3D[R] 4000 systems to manage storage in VMware infrastructure environments from one interface. It provides global view of 3 storage layers - array, VMware ESX, and virtual machine - from one console and can automate configuration across all layers. Unified view also helps explore and map all VMware ESX hosts, storage relationships, and properties.

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Virtual View Integrates with VMware to Report and Automate Storage Provisioning and Management Tasks from a Single Management Console

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 28 -- Xiotech Corporation today announced Virtual View, a new add-on for its ICON Manager user interface that dramatically simplifies storage monitoring, management and provisioning tasks in virtual environments. Virtual View, designed for users of Xiotech's Emprise(TM) 7000 and Magnitude 3D(R) 4000 storage systems, enables administrators to manage storage in their VMware infrastructure environments from a single interface. Users can have a global view of the three storage layers (array, VMware ESX and virtual machine) from a single console and then automate configuration across all layers. As a result, storage management becomes …