Control and Optimize VMware NSX
with ControlUp Analyzer

Identify emerging issues in your VMware software-defined data center before they create problems for you, your end-users, and your organization. Deployed as a virtual appliance, ControlUp Analyzer scans VMware vSphere™, vSAN™, NSX™, and Horizon environments on-demand or on a schedule that you define to proactively notify you of potential configuration, security or compliance issues.

Analyzer’s automation engine leverages the 30,000+ articles in the VMware Knowledge Base to conduct configuration and hardware compatibility (HCL) checks and continuous compliance auditing with full audit trails. Up to 90% of all VMware-specific issues are known issues and could have been prevented. The VMware Knowledge Base is the most trusted public source for VMware information and best practices. Analyzer is updated weekly with the latest version. For critical issues, Analyzer releases updates within a few hours.

Manually checking the VMware HCL (Hardware Compatibility List) for your version(s) of ESX, vSAN, NSX and Horizon is a slow, painstaking, tedious process. And, as environments become more sophisticated and complex, and your hardware investment grows, this process becomes more laborious and time-consuming. Although VMware recommends checking your hardware against the HCL on a monthly basis, for many organizations it just doesn’t happen.

Analyzer automates this process, matching the latest available HCL against your servers and I/O devices. Analyzer can also simulate future upgrades with its ESXi Compatibility Simulation feature. Additionally, Analyzer will alert you when the maintenance status of any of your machines change, so you can proactively make adjustments. These checks are all done offline, removing any potential security exposure.