VMware Mirage FAQ
Recently did a presentation on VMware Mirage to one of my customer who have attended the vForum 2012 and like to explore. Some questions were posted and like to share some of the ways you can compliment or work with your existing patch management which you might currently have in your environment. You can find out more on VMware Mirage here . Download a free trial here . Question 1: SCCM in place for patching endpoints. Mirage can help in two use cases: Use Mirage to build the reference machine for base layer and deploy to all end points. SCCM to push all other apps and patches. Use Mirage to build reference machine for base layer and deploy to all end points as standard. Use SCCM to only patch the reference machine. Use Mirage to create different layers for different layers required. Now which to choose? I would recommend option 2. Here is why. Using SCCM to patch the reference image and using Mirage to capture helps manag...