New migration tool lets network admins try OpManager without rebuilding system configurations, device discovery, notification profiles, historical data.
* Migrates inventory, monitors, syslog/trap rules, users and other configuration data.
* Reduces or eliminates the time required to configure OpManager.
* Enables network admins to try and compare both products live and switch with confidence.
* Learn more about the OpManager data migration programme at http://ow.ly/OcFWf.
ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced a new migration tool in the latest version of OpManager, the company's data centre management software for large enterprises.
The migration tool enables network admins using SolarWinds and PRTG to try OpManager without starting from scratch. The tool migrates devices, monitors, syslog/trap rules, users and other data into OpManager in a short time, thus enabling admins a clear position of choosing the best.
"Most network admins resist switching to another platform - even when it offers superior quality or better pricing - primarily because of the huge effort involved in redoing years of configuration," said Sybrand Strauss, technical manager of ITR Technology.
"It's like your mobile phone contacts list. The thought of re-entering all of those contacts into a new phone, from scratch, is daunting. Luckily, the mobile world offers cloud backup options that make migration easier. But, in the network management domain, that problem hadn't been solved - until ManageEngine's new migration tool arrived."
With the OpManager migration tool, ManageEngine breaks down a key barrier that was preventing users from switching their network management tools. The new OpManager tool enables migration from competing products and offers rich APIs for the company's own tools. Users who want to take data out of ManageEngine software will find it as easy as cloud backup. Reflecting its commitment to APIs, ManageEngine built the entire OpManager UI with its own APIs.
The OpManager migration tool is simple and easy to use. It requires just a few details, such as the name and port number of the database server where the competing product is running. The tool currently supports SolarWinds and PRTG, as most of ManageEngine's migrating customers switch from these tools. The migration plan comes with a free, two-month licence, so users can run OpManager and their current tool in parallel and make a side-by-side comparison of the two solutions. To encourage more users of competing products to switch to OpManager, ManageEngine is providing special discounts to such users.
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