Google Cloud has announced a new tool for managing large fleets of virtual machines (VMs).
The VM Manager is a suite of infrastructure management tools which aims to simplify the process of ensuring the security, compliance, and observability of large VM fleets as businesses scale their operations.
The suite supports Windows and Linux operating system environments and comprises a single dashboard to allow real-time tracking of inventory.
It offers services such as configuration management and patch management, with the latter including patch compliance reporting, which provides insights on the patch status of users’ VMs across Windows and Linux distributions. It also includes patch deployment, which automates the OS and software patch update process, the company explained in a blog post on Thursday.
Google Cloud’s new VM Manager brings automation to large instance fleets
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Google LLC today introduced VM Manager, a bundle of tools for administrators designed to make it more time-efficient to manage large fleets of instances on Google Cloud.
VM Manager’s features can be organized into two main categories. One set of features focuses on making it easier to manage the operating system running in instances, while the other helps administrators manage the software components deployed atop the operating system.
VM Manager comes with a patching tool that finds outdated copies of Windows and Linux in customer environments. After locating the instances with the outdated operating system installations, information technology teams can roll out the necessary updates via Google Cloud’s administrator console or another method. Alternatively, they can have VM Manager perform the task automatically using a built-in patch scheduling feature.