New from Eaton Corporation is the latest version of its Intelligent Power Manager software that is fully compatible with Microsoft’s System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), including the Live Migration virtualisation solution.

Intelligent Power Manager’s remote monitoring capabilities help to reduce data centre infrastructure and operating costs while simplifying management, minimising response time and increasing up-time.

The software monitors and manages all the power devices on a network and conducts a graceful shutdown of virtual machines and servers during an extended power outage.

With Eaton’s new version of its Intelligent Power Manager software, Live Migration users now have better management and control of power devices supporting virtual machines. Upon a prolonged power interruption, the new software is designed to trigger Live Migration to transparently move virtual machines from the affected server to a non-affected server, providing continual up-time and data integrity.