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Looking at 5nine Manager for Hyper-V

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This has been on my “to do” list for a while now – but I have finally got around to checking out the 5nine Manager for Hyper-V (https://5nine.com/5nine-manager-for-hyper-v.aspx).

If you are unaware of this product – it is a management solution that is basically designed to replace the Hyper-V management tools that ship with Windows.  One big advantage though – is that the 5nine Manager can be run on Windows Server core installations (unlike our tools).

You can download a free-but-limited version of the tools or, after trying out a trial, pay $119 for the full version.  I tried out both – but will talk about the full version first.

I setup a core installation of Hyper-V and installed the tools – which was quick and easy.  They even offered to enable (the required) .Net features for me automatically.

For the most part these tools let you do pretty much everything that you would expect.  You can create and manage virtual machines, interact with them and change their settings.  You can also manage virtual hard disks and virtual networks:

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One feature that I found particularly useful was the performance view:

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Which gave you quick access to some fairly detailed information about what was happening inside the virtual machine.  Given all this, I would have no qualms with recommending the full version for managing a server core installation locally.  But what about the free version?  Well, unsurprisingly, it is a lot less capable.

You essentially get the same user interface – only now you cannot:

  • Interact with the virtual machine (you can see a thumbnail of the desktop – but you cannot send keystrokes / mouse commands)
  • Change any virtual machine settings

That said, you can still:

  • See the state of virtual machines
  • Read the virtual machine settings
  • Start / stop virtual machines
  • See performance information
  • Configure virtual networks / virtual hard disks

In my mind this makes the free version a great “rescue tool”.  You are not going to be able to use it for day-to-day management of Hyper-V – but if you were using the built in management tools from a remote computer, and hit a problem with remote management,  the free 5nine Hyper-V manager would be a handy tool to have to let you take corrective action.

Either way – if you are a heavy user of core installations of Hyper-V (or of the free Hyper-V server) it is well worth your time to have a look at this tool.

Cheers,
Ben

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2011
    It appears to be the same as vtCommander? Btw check out another cool tool for RemoteApp publishing in VMs: sites.google.com/.../remoteapptool

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2011
    Remoteapp tool is very different from 5nine Manager with Monitor. It is unfinished utility, does not have any Hyper-V Monitoring/Troubleshooting. Below is the description of that tool from its web site: "RemoteApp Tool is a GUI tool that allows you to create/manage hosted RemoteApps on Windows 7 (+xp+vista) as well as automatically generate RDP files to use on the clients".

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2011
    5nine Manager for Hyper-V indeed has very useful VM performance view that enables real-time monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting of Hyper-V environments - with or without GUI.

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2011
    xpclient - you are correct that this is also sold as vtCommander (it is the same product)

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2011
    5nines has added Performance View/Monitoring to original OEM-ed vtcommander.

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2012
    Does anyone still has the 5nine Hyper-V manager free installer, can somebody provide a download link ?

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2012
    New free version of 5nine Manager supporting Windows 8 (Hyper-V 3.0), Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V  Server 2008 will be available for download from 5nine web site shortly.

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    September 11, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    September 12, 2012
    We are double-checking the related Microsoft EULAs now. If such use is not permitted - we simply will not copy these files, and advice users to install required Microsoft Framework(s) from Microsoft site(s). Thanks!

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    February 20, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2014
    Version 4.2 is now available. New features (not limited to): Fix refresh upon renaming Ability to choose RDP client – FreeRDP or MS VM client can be chosen Enable Remote Management – ability to run set of PowerShell scripts on remote host in order to set user special permissions: to view Hyper-V logs, etc. Rename snapshot to checkpoint Update error/warning messages Set IP address. Add filtering of available virtual switches and modify error messages Browse dialog: use standard on OS with GUI – more convenient standard dialog is used for OS’s with GUI. Moving a host to another datacenter Show exact default user in Add host/cluster dialog Initial replication method: copy Hyper-V manager settings CPU compatibility settings NUMA settings Advanced network settings Sort VMs – ability to sort VMs in 59Manger Alignment with Generation 2 Virtual Machines naming Group operations with VMs Automatic Start Action Automatic Stop Action

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2014
    All, New 5nine Manager 5.0 for Hyper-V is available! www.5nine.com/5nine-manager-for-hyper-v-product.aspx New features include: •Replication to enable failover of production workloads to a secondary site for disaster recovery •Group operations for multiple VMs •Applications logs •Enhanced agentless anti-malware •Automated virtual machine (VM) provisioning •Enhanced cluster management •VMs Guest connection views through FreeRDP or Microsoft controls •And much, much more...

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2014
    Version 6.0 of 5nine Manager is now available What’s new in 5nine Manager 6.0 for Hyper-V •Dynamic Optimization  - Dynamic Optimization evaluates the current state of each host on your Hyper-V Server. It automatically moves Virtual Machines from one host to another based on resource utilization, regardless of how many hosts are involved. •Enhanced FreeRDP connection view NEW •Enhanced replication failover management •Replication settings for primary VM •Test failover settings •Reverse replication •Planned failover

  • Anonymous
    February 06, 2015
    A new version of vtUtilities (originally vtcommander) is now available vttechnology.com/.../vtUtilities New version now supports Hyper-V clustering vttechnology.com/.../Hyper-V-Failover-Clustering

  • Anonymous
    August 21, 2015
    New version 7.1 of 5nine Manager is available! www.5nine.com/5nine-manager-for-hyper-v-product.aspx   •Windows 10 Support •New Virtual Machine Health Summary View •Enhanced Virtual Machine Cloning Capabilities •Updated Virtual Machine Export Wizard •New Antivirus Summary Views & Reporting •Enhanced Antivirus Threat Management Settings •Expanded Antivirus Guest OS & File System Support •Advanced Monitoring Functionality   •Resource Library •Automatic Discovery of Hyper-V Hosts and Clusters •Enhanced Summary Tab View •Expanded Task Logging   •E-mail Notifications about Threat Detection   •Kaspersky Engine for AV Scans and Active Protection   •Graphical Monitoring Plugin and Alerts   •New Optimizer Notifications   •Increased Scalability through Multiple Console Instances   •Simplified VM Management with Sortable Table Parameters   •Enhanced VM Templates   •Integrated Sysprep Tool