VMware and Likewise
In the fall of 2009, VMware licensed Likewise technology for future versions of vSphere. After looking at the alternatives, VMware selected Likewise as its preferred partner for integration with Active Directory. Likewise technology will be present in future versions of vSphere, which includes the popular hypervisors ESX and ESXi.
Using Likewise technology, VMware customers can require vSphere administrators to log in to the hypervisor or other vSphere applications using their Active Directory credentials. Instead of using root passwords, administrators are provisioned in Active Directory and given privileged access to vSphere at the directory level. This privileged access enhances the administrative security of vSphere and allows for monitoring and reporting available through Active Directory.
In addition, any Linux or Unix virtual machines created on VMware hypervisors can be integrated with Active Directory using Likewise. Using Likewise Open, administrators can connect the virtual machines to AD, and using Likewise Enterprise, administrators can manage access control, group policy, auditing, and reporting functions.
Likewise is a Select Member of the VMware TAP Alliance.
About VMware
VMware delivers customer-proven virtualization solutions that significantly reduce IT complexity. VMware accelerates an organization’s transition to cloud computing, while preserving existing IT investments and enabling more efficient, agile service delivery without compromising control. Organizations rely on VMware, its partners and its industry-leading virtual infrastructure platform, VMware vSphere, to energize their business through IT, while saving energy-—financial, human and the Earth’s. With 2009 revenues of $2 billion, VMware has more than 170,000 customers and 25,000 partners worldwide.
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