icomasoft AG, the Swiss innovator in software applications for automated support and management of virtual IT infrastructures, and Fujitsu today announce  the global availability of simplified virtual server management with seamless integration of automated functions.

The new release of the VI PowerScripter Professional FT v1.6 plug-in for the Fujitsu PRIMERGY ServerView Suite provides unprecedented ease-of-use and simplification by automating many administrative tasks around managing virtual servers in VMware vCenter, ESX and ESXi environments. In doing so, time and effort spent on routine tasks is freed up to focus on more important priorities.

As virtualization moves into the mainstream, more enterprises are taking advantage of transforming their IT into dynamic infrastructures that can adjust to varying workload demands. Through server virtualization, enterprises benefit from price-performance gains and enjoy added application flexibility. However, virtualization also adds complexity to server administration and management.

This challenge is addressed by the icomasoft VI PowerScripter Professional FT plug-in, which collects and packages server information from Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY ServerView management suite, allowing the scripting of secure, automated administrative procedures for managing multiple Virtual Machine images on a server network.

Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, x86 Server Product Division at Fujitsu Technology Solutions says: “Many organizations migrating to virtualized server environments, feel that virtual machine administration is an increasing burden. To directly address this point, Fujitsu has teamed up with icomasoft to develop a new plug-in for our PRIMERGY ServerView Suite. Icomasoft’s VI PowerScripter Professional FT makes it easier and more cost-effective than ever before for customers to manage multiple virtualized servers across an entire network.  This removes a major roadblock towards a more widespread adoption of server virtualization.”

Icomasoft estimates VI PowerScripter Professional FT v1.6 can save busy virtual infrastructure administrators up to two hours per day due to scheduling and automation of administrative tasks. Diego Boscardin, CEO of icomasoft, says: “Enterprises need reliable and secure ways to automate and schedule routine administrative tasks for the virtual servers on which their business operations are based, whether the data provides the foundation for accurate billing and compliance, monitoring and analysis, or resource management. The icomasoft VI PowerScripter Professional FT plug-in draws on reliable and comprehensive base-data provided by PRIMERGY ServerView management suite, ensuring that IT administrators can make critical business decisions quickly and right-first-time.”

The VI PowerScripter Professional FT v1.6 plug-in for Fujitsu PRIMERGY ServerView is available immediately, priced competitively at €1750, plus tax, for an Administrators Pack including five administrator licenses. Additional licenses are available for €350 per license. Volume discounts and site licenses are available upon request. The plug-in is available direct from icomasoft, from Fujitsu, and will shortly also be available from authorized Fujitsu resellers. 

Devfarm Software™, a private US based vendor of software solutions for automating and monitoring IT infrastructure, and icomasoft AG, an innovative Swiss vendor of leading-edge automation software for virtual IT infrastructures, today announced the integration of PowerWF Studio and PowerScripter VI Professional v1.5. The combination of these leading-edge automation software packages gives IT administrators better control over their virtual infrastructure, increases IT compliance and saves substantial time in routine management tasks. The public release of VI PowerScripter will be released soon.

icomasoft® VI PowerScripter Professional is a unique VMware VI Client plug-in that enables the tight integration of user-defined PowerShell scripts into the VMware Virtual Infrastructure object repository. PowerWF Studio unleashes the potential of Microsoft PowerShell and Windows Workflow Foundation by providing a visual integrated development environment (IDE) that virtually eliminates the need to write scripts. When used together, these solutions allow administrators to automate their VMware environments effortlessly.

“PowerWF Studio makes VI PowerScripter more accessible than ever,” says Diego A. Boscardin, CEO of icomasoft. PowerWF Studio visual workflows and drag-and-drop scripts add another dimension to VI PowerScripter. Now administrators can access complex activities, such as menu items from within VI PowerScripter.”

Brian Butler, CEO of DevFarm Software added, “We are excited about the addition of VI PowerScripter to our tool set. VI PowerScripter makes it easy to launch VMware aware PowerWF workflows directly from VMware clients.”

PowerWF’s IDE provides a central environment for building, debugging, and deploying scripts and workflows. It includes a wide array of pre-packaged activities that support these standard industry platforms. Using the PowerWF environment, administrators can quickly and easily automate their daily repetitive tasks.

icomasoft VI PowerScripter is the first and absolutely unique VMware VI Client plug-in for a tight integration of user-defined PowerShell scripts into the object repository of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 or vSphere 4.0. This software delivers predefined functions for common admin tasks and is capable of handling hundreds of custom scripts from a dynamically generated context menu within VI Client or vSphere client. Thanks to its absolute flexibility, this powerful software is a “must” for professional users looking to administrate the virtual infrastructure in a most effective manner.

Solutions & Benefits

• Seamless integration into VMware®’s management products: Smooth integration with VMware’s management console through customizable dynamic context menus offers IT administrators a familiar look & feel and unparalleled ease-of-use. Supports ESX/ESXi direct connect, vCenter connect and support of vSphere 4.0.
• Security: icomasoft® VI PowerScripter manages all authentication for ESX Hosts and virtual machines, eliminating typos, clear-text passwords, and human errors in virtual machine management.
• Task automation: Automation of complex recurring tasks saves each administrator up to 2 hours daily. IT compliance is improved by preventing human errors across the entire hierarchy.
• Task scheduling: Seamless integration into VMware vCenter Scheduled Tasks provides administrators with a familiar look and feel when scheduling tasks.
• Reporting: The product includes standardized and customizable graphical reports on event logs and statistics with filtering, sorting, grouping, and conditional formatting. Reports can be exported to Excel and CSV files. Integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Visio), HTML or any other applications through the PowerShell interface.
• Flexibility: The resilient architecture combined with a user-friendly interface enables integration with 3rd party applications based on Microsoft® PowerShell. Administration functionality enables simultaneous management of cross-platform virtual infrastructures, including PowerWF’s SSH and Gridview.
• Eliminate Code: PowerWF enables users to build automated solutions using a simple drag-and-drop graphical user interface. Create powerful workflows that automate daily tasks without writing a single line of code. PowerWF workflows reduce costs and hassles associated with developing and maintaining code, scripts, and batch files.
• Reduce Errors: Eighty percent of downtime can be directly attributed to human error. Automated management processes developed using PowerWF reduce latency in service delivery and eliminate the risk of human errors.
• Increase Visibility: While traditional scripting tools require complicated programming logic and vendor APIs, PowerWF’s visual “flow chart” paradigm hides these complexities, allowing users to concentrate on business processes and effective collaboration with stakeholders. PowerWF’s flow charts reduce errors and speeds the process of developing workflows.
• Improve Productivity: Unlike traditional scripting tools, PowerWF provides a uniform methodology for developing business processes with a similar look-and-feel for all workflows. This consistent programming model improves productivity and decreases maintenance costs.
• Decrease Maintenance Costs: Because workflows are represented visually to the developer as flow-charts and are coupled with built-in annotation, scripts are self-documented and easy to understand. This helps reduce the IT budget spent maintaining existing systems, freeing up resources for new IT initiatives.
• Protect Investments: Bring Legacy application into Workflow and Powershell or export a Workflow or Powershell solution to a Legacy environments. PowerWF provides the capabilities to get the job done.

About Devfarm Software™

Devfarm Software is private US based vendor of software solutions for automating and monitoring IT infrastructure, founded in 2008 by Quest Software alumni Brian Butler and Ben Vierck. The goal of the company is to leverage Windows Workflow Foundation to innovate the PowerShell, Virtualization, and Monitoring spaces. Additional information is available at www.powerwf.com

About icomasoft®

icomasoft is an independent Swiss software vendor providing leading-edge software-as-a-service and software solutions for automated support and management of virtual IT infrastructures in heterogeneous datacenters. icomasoft solutions are designed to help customers optimize their virtual infrastructure and protect their investments. Local and global corporations of all sizes use icomasoft software solutions.

Additional information is available at www.icomasoft.com