VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager is a component that enables support for heterogeneous hypervisors in VMware vCenter Server.


It provides the following benefits to your virtual environment:

• An integrated platform for managing VMware and third-party hypervisors from a single interface.
• A hypervisor choice for the different business units in your organization to accommodate their specific needs.
• No single hypervisor vendor lock-in.

When you add a third-party host to vCenter Server, all virtual machines that exist on the host are discovered automatically, and are added to the third-party hosts inventory.

VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager supports HTTPS secured communication between the following components:

• vCenter Server
• vSphere Client
• vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager server
• vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager client
• Third-party hosts.

vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.0 introduces the following set of basic management capabilities over third-party hosts:

• Third-party host management including add, remove, connect, disconnect and view the host configuration.
• Ability to provision virtual machines on third-party hosts.
• Ability to edit virtual machine settings.
• Integrated vCenter Server authorization mechanism across ESX and third-party hosts inventories for privileges, roles, and users.
• Automatic discovery of pre-existing third-party virtual machines
• Ability to perform power operations with hosts and virtual machines.
• Ability to connect and disconnect DVD, CD-ROM, and floppy drives and images to install operating systems.