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Administration |
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Multi-tenant support
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Supported
vCommander supports the concept of organizations to provide segregation between groups
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Yes. Users can be managed locally or authenticated through LDAP/SAML.
For more details on accounts see https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/docs/Accounts
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Supports both multiple users within an org or multiple orgs
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/administration/tenants/tenants.html
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API published : click on details (i) for link
The vCommander REST API provides a comprehensive set of features, which are are highly beneficial to dev/test lab automation,
multi-tenant customer onboarding, and synchronization of asset inventory with third-party systems, to name a few.
http://ftp.embotics.com/REST/v2.5/vCommander%20REST%20API%20Getting%20Started%20Guide%20v2.5.pdf
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Extensive API support
details at:
https://api-explorer.scalr.com/
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Yes
http://bertramdev.github.io/morpheus-apidoc/
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Configuration Management |
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Supported
You can configure vCommander to use the Chef IT automation platform. Requested VMs can be automatically deployed and configured as Chef nodes.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?chef_integration.htm
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Native support
Native support
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/docs/Chef+Integration
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Natively integrates with Chef.
www.morpheusdata.com/integrations
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Supported
You can configure vCommander to use the Puppet Labs® IT automation system, Puppet. When you integrate vCommander with Puppet, you can automate repetitive configuration tasks for VMs provisioned with vCommander.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?puppet_integration.htm
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Supported
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/docs/Using+Puppet+with+Scalr
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Natively integrates with Puppet
www.morpheusdata.com/integrations
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Supported
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Support for Ansible Tower
Support for Ansible tower
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/docs/Using+Ansible+Tower+to+configure+Scalr+Servers
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Natively integrates with Ansible
www.morpheusdata.com/integrations
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Supported
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Some integration available
https://github.com/scalr-tutorials/scalr-saltstack
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Natively integrates with SaltStack
www.morpheusdata.com/integrations
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Ability to patch managed systems
Details
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Supported using scripting
User can apply update scripts that can be integrated into the vCommander change management workflows
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Yes
The Scalr event-based orchestration system is often used to automate patching and maintainance operations.
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Supported
Workflows can be configured to do patch management
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Networking |
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Network Fencing isolation (Vmware only)
Provides the ability to deploy vCenter services to isolated networks where IP and MAC address conflicts are not possible, called fenced networks. To do so, a virtual router is deployed with the VMs or virtual services when you define a service as fenced. The deployment of the vRouter is handled entirely by vCommander, so you do not have to import the template or take any other action outside vCommander to make it available for use.
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Supports Cloud SDN eg AWS APCs and limited private eg VMware
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/docs/VMware+Resource+Management
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Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, OpenStack Neutron
Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, OpenStack Neutron
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Public cloud networking
Details
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Supports operational views. Deployment limited to use of templates (eg cloudformations)
Operational view capability summarised at http://docs.embotics.com/views_menu.htm
For details on network control see
http://docs.embotics.com/feature_support_matrix.htm
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Yes
Can view, create, and manage public cloud networks through Scalr.
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/4325445/Cloud+Platform+Configuration
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Some mgmt visibility (eg of VPC). No ability to provision network resources
for more details see
https://support.morpheusdata.com/hc/en-us/articles/228499108-AWS-Integration
https://support.morpheusdata.com/hc/en-us/articles/228499128-Azure-Integration
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User-Defined Actions |
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Conditional Actions
Details
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Supported
You can specify that workflow steps are executed only when specified conditions are met. Setting conditions can help you:
• Make a workflow more flexible - for example, you might want to install an antivirus program only on Windows VMs.
• Add an extra level of approval to a workflow - for example, if the user requests resource changes.
You can also make an entire workflow conditional by adding only a single conditional step to it.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?manage_workflows.htm
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Yes
The Scalr policy engine creates conditional policies that adapt the user workflow based on the identity of the user, their operating envrionment and the types of workloads they are provisioning.
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Yes
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/provisioning/automation/automation.html
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Pre- and Post-Install Actions
Details
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Supported
Using Embotics® vCommander™, you can set up approval workflows pre-deployment, and completion
workflows post-deployment to help manage the service request process.
In addition, command workflows can be defined to allow tasks or commands to be carried out on deployed VMs.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?manage_workflows.htm
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Yes
The Scalr Orchestration Engine is an event-based automation system that can trigger automation event at any point of the deployment cycle. More info: https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/wA8b
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Yes
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/provisioning/automation/automation.html
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Scheduled Actions
Details
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Supported
vCommander provides a method of scheduling several types of tasks. Examples of these tasks are:
• Running a saved search
• Ggenerating a report
• Scanning a guest OS
• Purging historical data
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?scheduling_tasks.htm
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Yes
Users can either schedule events with the task scheduler or automate them with event-based automation. More info: https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/1773587/Script+Scheduling
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Yes
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/provisioning/automation/automation.html
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Orchestration & Workflow |
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Supported
Using Embotics® vCommander™, you can set up approval workflows and completion workflows to help manage the service request process, and in addition, command workflows to allow tasks or commands to be carried out on deployed VMs.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?manage_workflows.htm
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Yes
Scalr provides built-in provisioning workflows for basic and advanced users, as well as an out-of-the-box automation engine. Scalr also integrates with all major configuration management tools.
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/1773504/Orchestration+Engine
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Yes
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/provisioning/automation/automation.html
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3rd Party Orchestration
Details
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Supported via scripting framework
vCommander can call out to any other orchestration tool, like vRealize Orchestrator, HP Operations Orchestation, etc. Essentially if it has an API, then vCommander’s existing orchestration engine can call out to a third party passing the relevant context (tenant, application, cloud details, etc.).
http://www.embotics.com/support/kb/vcommander-scripting/
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Yes
HashiCorp Terraform and Microsot ARM
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Supported
vCommander workflows allow you to add hooks in the workflows which are triggered by events. These can be triggered through a manual task, a scheduled task, a provisioning action, lifecycle activity, etc. When these events occur, there is the ability to trigger any arbitrary workflow. It is through this method that Webhooks is integrated as an orchestration tool http://www.embotics.com/support/kb/vcommander-scripting/
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Yes
More info: https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/FYBe
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Yes
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Third-Party Automation |
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Supported
capabilities for bi-directional integration between Embotics vCommander and the ServiceNow IT Service Management (ITSM) platform.
Integration provides streamlined automation of key processes and maintenance of accurate data within the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
http://info.embotics.com/embotics_servicenow
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Yes
More info: https://scalr.wistia.com/medias/mextz5506h
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Supported
Morpheus is fully certified by ServiceNow. Create complete service catalog representations in service now of morpheus items as well as keep the CMDB records (CI Records) up to date. Use workflow approvals to tie directly into morpheus UI for handling pending requests.
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3rd Party Automation
Details
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Supported via scripting framework
vCommander’s workflow engine has the ability to integrate with 3rd party systems using various methods like calling out to
APIs, CLIs and scripts. It is through this method that HP Server Automation is integrated as a workflow tool
http://www.embotics.com/support/kb/vcommander-scripting/
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Yes
Chef, Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, ARM, Powrshell, Bash
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Supported
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Yes - Scalr integrates with tools such as ServiceNow and Remedy through the Webhook system
More info: https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/FYBe
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ServiceNow or others via Webhook an API extensions
Product can integrate with any application with a published API as well as full integration with certified ServiceNow Plugin
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User-Defined Properties |
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Automatic hostname creation
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Supported
Integration provides streamlined automation of key processes and maintenance of accurate data within the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
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Yes
The Scalr policy engine offers extensive cloud policies, one of which controls naming conventions.
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/105250817/Network+tab+-+Hostname+configuration
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Multiple ways to auto-create hostnames
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Configuration tags
Details
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Supported
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Yes
More info: https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/gIBpB
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User-defined tags supported
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Placement |
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Best Execution Venue -Â Performance
Details
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Supported
vCommander can use performance and capacity information to select the correct provisioning destination
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Planned
Rightsizing and further reccomendation coming in an upcoming release.
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Displays best pricing
Cloud pricing comparison is included in the provisioning wizard
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Best Execution Venue - Security
Details
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Supported
Intelligent Placement features and policies, ensuring workloads are provisioned to the optimal cloud based on business priorities including resource consumption, cost, placement attributes and per-destination quotas.
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Planned
Rightsizing and further reccomendation coming in an upcoming release.
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Displays best pricing
Cloud pricing comparison is included in the provisioning wizard
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Best Execution Venue - Cost
Details
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Supported
Intelligent Placement features and policies, ensuring workloads are provisioned to the optimal cloud based on business priorities including resource consumption, cost, placement attributes and per-destination quotas.
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Planned
Rightsizing and further reccomendation coming in an upcoming release.
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Displays best pricing
Cloud pricing comparison is included in the provisioning wizard
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Supported
vCommanders robust policy engine automates VM lifecycle management.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?vm_lifecycle_mgmt.htm
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Yes
Scalr lets admin configure templates with automation/orchestration that installs software and configures it. Access to these components can be limited by policy. And automation events can be triggered based on cusotm or out-of-the-box infrastrucutre events. Application can also be auto-scaled based on these triggers.
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/91036901/Creating+Farm+Templates
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Supports runtime policies
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Provisioning |
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Bare-metal provisioning
Details
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Supported with use of 3rd party PXE boot solutions
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Yes - via a connector such as OpenStack
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Supports bare-metal provisioning.
Built in PXE boot plus bare metal API integration with Cisco UCS and HPE OneView, Synergy, and BladeSystem
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Reconfiguration & Expiration |
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Ability to change VM configuration
Details
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Supported
In vCommander, you can request a service, copy a new service request to quickly create a new one, or request a change
to a service the same way that a Service Portal user can make those requests. If workflows have been configured, the
requested service or change request automatically goes through the workflow process.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?request_service_main.htm
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Yes
Storage, security and networking changes can be made to deployed servers. Some changes will require the machine to be restarted.
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Guided rightsizing built-in. Supports for easy adjustment of CPU, memory, disk, and power scheduling
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/operations/guidance.html
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Live change VM resources
Details
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Supported
In vCommander, you can request a service, copy a new service request to quickly create a new one, or request a change
to a service the same way that a Service Portal user can make those requests. If workflows have been configured, the
requested service or change request automatically goes through the workflow process.
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?request_service_main.htm
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Depends on the platform
This depends on the limitations of the cloud platform.
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Can increase CPU, memory, and disk without reboot
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/operations/guidance.html
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Scheduled expiration
Details
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Supported
You can set expiry dates for existing services manually, or, set expiry information for new services in one of the following ways:
• Through the Default Attributes policy, which you can use to assign new services to an expiry group
• Through a completion workflow with a Set Expiry Date step
• When manually deploying a requested service, or when manually cloning a VM
http://www.embotics.com/documentation/index.html?managing_an_expiry_date.htm
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Yes
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/fIBpB
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Yes
Expiration policies set an expiration timeframe for any instance provisioned into the cloud or group the policy is added to. When an instance expires, it is terminated and deleted. There are several configuration options for expiration using policies including external extention via ServiceNow
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Uptime Management |
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Continuous Infrastructure Testing
Details
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Supported
vCommander is continuosly verifying connections to critial managed systems, cloud APIs and other infrastructure like Active Directory.
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Limited
https://scalr-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/x/-Q8b
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Built-in and service aware monitoring plus incident management and alerting
https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/3.5.0/monitoring/monitoring.html
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Supported
http://support.embotics.com/support/solutions/articles/8000036815-embotics-vcommander-high-availability
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Hosted apps
https://scalr.wistia.com/medias/05pj6lcz0d
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Product supports distributed deployment and/or external database
Both Single VM and HA deployment modes are supported
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