Physical and Virtual Enterprise Management provider INSYSTEK announced that it is making publicly available a beta program for its new TotalView XenSource management and reporting tools. With INSYSTEK TotalView you are now able to gain comprehensive control of all your hardware and software assets - physical and virtual without the hassle of multiple tools, manual inventories or decentralized databases.  INSYSTEK TotalView solutions support VMware and XenSource.

    Using INSYSTEK's TotalView technology, customers will be able to discover and map virtual environments, create virtual machines, track and manage physical and virtual relationships and automate the lifecycle of a large number of virtual servers and desktops. INSYSTEK TotalView provides automated asset discovery, software usage and license tracking - the ability to effortlessly determine organization-wide compliance and track changes to an individual IT asset throughout its lifecycle.

    "We are very excited to make available the beta program for our newest XenSource management and reporting tool," said Alex Turner, president and CEO at INSYSTEK. "XenSource is a great platform for virtualization and in combination with TotalView XenSource will offer tremendous benefits to administrators. There is clear need for centralized virtualization management and reporting tools that allow access to both the physical and virtual environments. As a Best of Breed Management Solutions provider for XenSource, we have proven that the challenges of managing the complexities of the virtualization platform can be solved."

    INSYSTEK TotalView technology provides the ability to effortlessly manage complex virtual infrastructures from the same console used to manage the physical one. INSYSTEK Inventory Manager can expand to meet your changing IT requirements. It's easily upgradeable to include software distribution capabilities, as well as real-time performance monitoring capabilities for servers and desktops.

Furthermore features of TotalView include:
    - TotalView Wizards - Wizards automate many administrative functions including the ability to completely replicate inventoried physical systems as image ready virtual machines in a single easy to use wizard for hot site, backups, disaster recovery planning or desktop and server migration.
    - Common user interface - Manage XenSource Enterprise Servers, Windows Desktops and Servers from a single console. TotalView is the connection between physical and virtual environments, providing access to control and configure multiple XenSource Servers and Windows hosts at the same time in one view.
    - Discovery, Link and Manage - Auto Discover virtual infrastructure systems and resources and dynamically link physical to virtual machine relationships. Deploy software applications, patches, and critical updates. Inventory and audit both physical systems and virtual resources for full hardware and software configurations and changes.
    - Systems monitoring - Continuously monitor physical servers and virtual machine for availability and utilization from a single interface. Set five separate alarms levels for hundreds of performance stats for physical and virtual systems and resources to manage and prevent problems. Quickly identify servers for consolidation.
    - Reports - TotalView technology extends INSYSTEK's Crystal Reports features to include all VirtualCenter resources in additional to combined reports that provide a holistic view of the Physical to Virtual environment.
    - Audit, Track and Compliance - TotalView technology extends the already comprehensive inventory model for the complete inventory of virtual machines, resource pools and physical servers. The extended model Includes all INSYSTEK's baseline configuration audit and historical tracking features.