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IBM Systems Director VMControl is a cross-platform suite of products that assists you in rapidly deploying virtual appliances to create virtual servers that are configured with the operating system and software applications that you want. It also enables you to group resources into system pools, which enable you to centrally manage and control the different workloads in your environment.

VMControl (the Express Edition) includes features that were formerly part of IBM Systems Director virtualization manager. It enables you to complete the following tasks:

• Create virtual servers.
• Edit virtual servers.
• Manage virtual servers.
• Relocate virtual servers.

IBM Systems Director VMControl Image Manager (the Standard Edition) is a licensed feature of VMControl. VMControl Image Manager enables you to complete the following tasks:

• Discover existing image repositories in your environment and import external, standards-based images into your repositories as virtual appliances.
• Capture a running virtual server that is configured just the way you want, complete with guest operating system, running applications, and virtual server definition. When you capture the virtual server, a virtual appliance is created in one of your image repositories with the same definitions and can be deployed multiple times in your environment.
• Import virtual appliance packages that exist in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) from the Internet or other external sources. After the virtual appliance packages are imported, you can deploy them within your data center.
• Deploy virtual appliances quickly to create new virtual servers that meet the demands of your ever-changing business needs.

IBM Systems Director VMControl System Pools (the Enterprise Edition) allows you to complete the following tasks.

• Create system pools, which enable you to consolidate your resources and workloads into distinct and manageable groups.
• Deploy virtual appliances into system pools.
• Manage system pools, including adding hosts or additional storage space and monitoring the health of the resources and the status of the workloads in them.

You are granted a 60-day evaluation period for VMControl Image Manager and VMControl System Pools when you download and install VMControl. For more information, see the License Information topic.

Source:  IBM Support VMControl DOWNLOAD, IBM Support VMControl