The ability to see all of your esxi hosts and managed them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it can be diffcult to remove resources that you are decommissioning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High availability, VMotion, DRS, storage vmotion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

cost, customer support, technical support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VMware vSphere is easy to install, manage, and maintain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my opinion there really is not much of a downside to VMware vSphere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I can do quick modifications and have the VM up in no time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the update and certificates were a bit easier to do on multiple servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very intuitive, easy to setup and use, and provides the best-in-class technologies managing your virtual environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've used vSphere for so long, it's tough to pinpoint what I don't like. They've refined the rough edges over the years and it's a complete product now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's the most widely used and adopted, which means once you learn it, it's translatable to other organizations. Plus, there's a bunch of information out there that makes it easier to troubleshoot should issues arise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Obviously the main downside is the cost. Post-Broadcom acquisition, the licensing has spiked considerably so cost of entry is higher than it used to be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it allows me to manage all of our ESX servers from a single spot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish that VMware Live Recovery was included by default. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very stable. Supports most of the needs that we have in the department. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not very widely used in the overall institute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It ism powerful and robust.

It has a lot of great features for managing a wide variety situations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They change the version too quickly. Prefer we slow down the new major versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

vSphere allows you to easily implement and manage your vCenter clusters, hosts and guests. It's role based security makes it easy to provide only to required access to the relevant departments. VM templates make it easy to create predefined guests and its virtual networks can easily be integrated with physical ones. Most employees frequently use the vSphere Client to access their desgnated guests, either through its embedded console or by launching its VM Console. Some employees connect to the vCenter through VMWare Workstation allowing them to still use a familiar interface to access their guests. We have not needed to contact customer support due to the rich knowledgebase and helpful forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost when comparing it to say Hyper-V and not being compatible with certain hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.