Virtualization

Patch Plus Virtual Machine Management

VM sprawl continues to be one of the top concerns of IT professionals. The impact of VM sprawl is that VMs go undetected and unmanaged.

With Patch Plus, you will discover physical and virtual machines you didn’t know you had and uncover software applications you didn’t know were installed.

The Shavlik NetChk Platform is tightly coupled with the virtual infrastructure – vSphere, ESX, or ESXi – enabling dynamic detection of new VMs – regardless of power state – at scan time curbing the impact of VM sprawl.

With our innovative PatchPlus approach, Shavlik delivers a single toolset to seamlessly manage your physical and virtual machines against the top challenges faced by today’s IT environments. You’ll uncover physical and virtual machines you didn’t know you had and software you didn’t know was installed.

In 30 minutes or less, start managing physical and virtual assets

Shavlik delivers an easy on-ramp to quickly get your physical servers ready to migrate to virtual machines and keep your virtual machines in an “ever ready” production state.

• Identify and track VMs regardless of power state to stem VM sprawl
• Centralized management seamlessly provides management for both physical and virtual machines
• Create and maintain an accurate inventory of software applications installed on VMs, regardless of power state
• Patch VMs that are offline without bringing them back online

Single Solution Manages Physical and Virtual Systems

By centralizing the management and security of both physical and virtual machines, Shavlik supports an organization as it migrates from physical systems to virtual machines.

IT operations and IT security use a single process, single team, and single tool set to discover physical and virtual machines as they are added, ensure they are patched, and tracked over their lifecycle.

Control VM Sprawl

Shavlik’s asset management gives you a dynamic, up-to-date method to track your software, hardware, and virtual assets. You will discover physical and virtual machines you didn’t know you had and uncover software applications you didn’t know were installed. By eliminating these blind spots, you can quickly close the gaps in your security and policy compliance. The virtual machine asset information consolidates information about resources assigned to virtual machines as well as the operating system installed. Shavlik puts all the relevant asset information at your finger tips enabling IT to make decisions with confidence and accuracy.

Shavlik — Only Vendor Patching Offline Machines

See what Gartner says about the importance of patching offline virtual systems:

Gartner Report: Security Considerations and Best Practices for Securing Virtual Machines, by Neil MacDonald

"Patch offline images - Don't overlook the patching of VMs and VM appliances stored offline. In most cases today, these must be brought online on a live machine to be patched before being written off to storage again. Standardized virtual hard drive formats have made offline patching possible; wherever possible, require vendors to support offline patching or provide a specific road map when such a capability will be provided."

Shavlik Technologies has developed a way to patch all virtual machines, even those that are offline. This ensures that offline virtual machines are in a constant state of readiness to be deployed.

IT staff can quickly verify and report that 100% of the organization’s vulnerable machines – physical, virtual, and offline -- have received a specific critical patch and are protected.