Micro Focus VM Explorer

What do you like best?

Ease of use and quick web based response. Also, you can connect to any destination for storage.

What do you dislike?

Limit of 2 servers in the free license version. Upping this limit to three would make it the perfect companion

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Give it a shot. Very easy to use and does what it says on the box. Most of the other trial backup products shall break when VMware ESXi rolls over into free mode after the trial period. This seems to be done by closing of the API's so any other software package that I've tried out just does not manage to reach the VM server. This is done by design.

From obtaining, training, and maintaining, VM Explorer is a low-cost experience. Its licensing model is both affordable and simple, and self-service capabilities eliminate the need for special training and enable easy maintenance. Its advanced features and lightweight resource requirements whereby we din't have to dedicate a lot of hardware or memory resources to the actual backup process, also making it easier to host our VMs ourselves.

VM Explorer is very fast to install and configure. The entire software was installed through a single lightweight windows installer that took less than a minute to complete. Configuration required a few simple clicks, and within minutes, we could

start backing up and replicating VMs.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Backups and snapshots with free VMware ESXi since no other product seems to be able to connect to ESXi when it's license rolls over to 'Free'.