Virtualization Tips » VMware Tools http://www.virtualizetips.com Covering all things in your Virtual Data Center. We write VMware, Citrix & Microsoft from VDI to VMotion. VMware Tips Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 RVTools is updated to 2.8.1 http://www.virtualizetips.com/2010/02/rvtools-is-updated-to-2-8-1/ http://www.virtualizetips.com/2010/02/rvtools-is-updated-to-2-8-1/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:40:06 +0000 admin http://www.virtualizetips.com/?p=70 The wonderful free tool from Rob was updated to a new version. You can download RVTools from his website. Be sure to thank the developer for all of his hard work.

  • On vHost tab new field: number of running vCPUs
  • On vSphere VMs in vApp where not displayed.
  • Filter not working correct when annotations or custum fields contains null value.
  • When NTP server(s) = null the time info fields are not displayed on the vHost tabpage.
  • When datastore name or virtual machine name contains spaces the inconsistent foldername check was not working correct.
  • Tools health check now only executed for running VMs.
]]> http://www.virtualizetips.com/2010/02/rvtools-is-updated-to-2-8-1/feed/ 0 You should try RVTools if your not using it already http://www.virtualizetips.com/2009/09/you-should-try-rvtools-if-your-not-using-it-already/ http://www.virtualizetips.com/2009/09/you-should-try-rvtools-if-your-not-using-it-already/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:21:03 +0000 admin http://www.virtualizetips.com/?p=27 I know that RVTools has been around for awhile, but for those of you who have not had a look at this tool should download it. Its a nice little tool that you can install on your workstation and point it to your Virtual Center server or a single ESX host. The app then pulls down a ton of valuable information about your virtual machines and different status items about the ESX host. Most of these settings can be adjusted to meet your thresholds.

To list just a few of the items you can look at. You can see a list of VM’s with expired VM tools, datastores with low free space and many other settings.

You can download this tool from Rob’s site here. The application is free but be sure to spread the word and you can toss him a few dollars on paypal also.

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