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Foglight® Evolve Operate Unlock hidden resources and reallocate computing power where you need it most. As your IT environment expands and because you’ll only be paying for what demand continues to skyrocket, allocat- you need. The result? You’ll have greater Foglight Evolve Operate ing the right mix of staff, technology and flexibility in the decisions you make ensures you’ll have greater budget to handle it all is difficult. To solve regarding the hardware and software you flexibility in the decisions you these challenges, some IT managers need now and in the future. simply throw money at the problem, lead- make regarding the hardware ing to overestimating, over buying and Join the evolution in advanced IT alloca- and software you need now over allocating, resulting in both visible tion with Foglight Evolve Operate. and in the future. and invisible pockets of waste. OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE, But what if you could automatically iden- MAINTAIN BUDGET BENEFITS: tify and reclaim under-used resources No IT environment is without its share such as compute, storage, and licensing? • Optimize the performance of IT of zombie VMs, excess storage or other And what if you could know the scope of systems immediately without under-utilized resources that can be resources you’ll need in the future, and spending an additional penny re-allocated, re-claimed or retired. But even know the impact of infrastructure with Foglight Evolve Operate, automat- • Make better investment changes before they’re made. ically identifying and reclaiming such choices with your IT budget by planning more effectively Foglight® Evolve Operate allows you to under-used resources is easy with its unlock and reallocate computing power graphical dashboard. Having this infor- • Plan for future upgrades more and resources you already have to mation at your fingertips will ensure confidently and avoid surprises improve performance and avoid future you can optimize the performance of IT costs – making your budget go further systems immediately – before you spend a single cent on new hardware! Foglight Evolve Operate calculates remaining capacity and time for CPU, memory, storage and IOPs. BUDGET MORE EFFICIENTLY Resource utilization SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Sometimes it’s hard enough to know Automatically identify under-used AND SUPPORT what IT resources you’ll need for the resources, such as compute, storage upcoming two quarters, much less the and licensing, making it easy for you to HYPERVISORS entire year. And that’s a real problem reclaim those resources, without tapping VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack when it comes to requesting and allocat- into your budget for additional resources. ing your budget. Foglight Evolve Operate VIRTUAL DESKTOPS simplifies this greatly by providing you Capacity lifecycle management with real-world, real-time data points and Get deep insight into the availability and Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops, trends, presented in an easy-to-share estimated time left for CPU, memory, VMware Horizon View graphic interface. This data ensures storage, and IOPs. Leverage histori- you’ll have a much clearer idea of what cal trends to better forecast resource STORAGE to budget for, resulting in more effec- requirements for clusters, hosts, and Quest QoreStor, Dell EMC, tive planning. workloads – and proactively predict and Dell Compellent, Dell budget for capital expenditures. EqualLogic, NetApp, Huawei, AVOID SURPRISES Hitachi & others Updating business-critical applications Trending shouldn’t have to be worrisome or disrup- Use historical trends to better forecast HARDWARE tive. But we know that in real life, updates resource requirements for clusters, hosts and patches typically lead to some and workloads — and proactively predict See support site unwelcome surprises. But with Foglight and budget for capital expenditures. Evolve Operate, you can accurately Optimize resource utilization and reduce OPERATING SYSTEMS predict the impact of future infrastruc- operational expenses by rebalancing the Linux, Windows Server ture changes before you make them. This distribution of clusters and workloads. makes planning for future upgrades and Infrastructure change model- DATA PROTECTION expansions more predictable, so you’ll shrink the risk of unexpected perfor- ing and automation NetVault Backup, Rapid mance issues or downtime. Add, move or remove clusters, hosts, and Recovery, Veeam VMs before deployment. See the impact FEATURES of workload changes, deployments and CONTAINERS Performance optimization decommissioned VMs, then model and automate those changes. Automatically Kubernetes, Docker Increase the health of hybrid cloud envi- Swarm, OpenShift or manually rebalance clusters and work- ronments with Foglight performance loads for optimal VM distribution. optimization capabilities. Proactively INFRASTRUCTURE APPS manage and monitor hybrid cloud and VMware and Hyper-V management VM environments, diagnose problems, Exchange, Active Directory, Deliver the performance your business Office 365 tune performance, and predict/trouble- shoot issues. needs, and automate management of your virtual environment without adding Automation complexity. In-depth heterogeneous support for VMware and Hyper-V makes Driven by best-practice, patented algo- it easy to optimize the configuration, rithms, Foglight Evolve Monitor allows performance and utilization of storage, you to undo changes, balance workloads hypervisors and guest virtual machines. across hosts and clusters, create new VMs, decommission VMs and remove ABOUT QUEST unnecessary waste with a few easy clicks. Remediate issues either on-de- Quest provides software solutions for mand or by using auto-remediate. the rapidly-changing world of enter- prise IT. We help simplify the challenges Capacity planning caused by data explosion, cloud expan- Calculate the remaining capacity and sion, hybrid datacenters, security threats time for CPU, memory, storage, and IOPs. and regulatory requirements. Our port- See which clusters can accommodate folio includes solutions for database additional VMs, and determine how many management, data protection, unified additional resources will fit. Easily fore- endpoint management, identity and cast the number of servers that will be access management and Microsoft plat- needed in the future. form management. Quest Quest, Foglight and the Quest logo are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest 4 Polaris Way, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 | www.quest.com If you are located outside North America, you can find Software Inc. For a complete list of Quest marks, visit www.quest.com/legal/trademark- local office information on our Web site. information.aspx. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. © 2019 Quest Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DataSheet-FoglightEvolve-Operate-US-KS-41940.