The Virtual Sprawl Problem
The practice of quickly and easily creating a new virtual machine to address almost any requirement can result in poor resource utilization and an unwieldy infrastructure. In some cases, physical server sprawl is replaced with virtual machine sprawl. This occurs when virtual machines are allowed to proliferate until no one knows how many virtual machines there are, which hosts they reside on, who owns them or their intended purpose.

Solution
PowerRecon Virtual Infrastructure Edition enables organizations to monitor and manage the proliferation of VMware virtual machines without having to implement restrictive IT policies. By providing greater visibility into how the virtual infrastructure is growing and changing, IT directors gain a deeper understanding of how many virtual machines are deployed, who owns them and how they use available resources.

The Chargeback Problem
With physical servers, if a business unit needs a new application, they are charged for the new server they need to run that application. In a virtualized IT environment, charging out shared resources is not so straightforward. Virtualization creates a pool of computing resources that can be shared across many different workloads, making it difficult to determine how resources are being used and to whom IT costs should be allocated.

Solution
PowerRecon Virtual Infrastructure Edition provides advanced chargeback reporting that enables IT organizations to track and allocate IT charges to different business units based on their actual disk, CPU and network usage over time. PowerRecon automatically converts IT resource usage data into billable values over set time periods such as monthly or quarterly, allowing IT departments to more easily and accurately charge for shared resources.