Assorted VMware Tools
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Over the past few weeks, a number of VMware-related tools have been released. All of these tools are third-party tools written by avid VMware fans or ISVs, and as far as I am aware all of these tools are available at no cost.
Scott lists:
- VMX Extras
- VCplus
- Veam EsxDiag
- VMware MKS Client
More on MKS client from Mike Laverick at RTFM Education:
This tool prompts you for you VC username and password - and lists in the menu the VMs you have rights to. All it does it allow to open a “Remote Console” session on the VM and login, and interact with it.
I just installed it on my laptop and it worked straight away - which is good sign. Its a pretty cute tool, which might make me move away from using RDP to manage my Windows VMs.
[Update: via VMblog, a new release of ESXguide's ESX Manager 2.1:
Virtual Center independent
Enjoy. -jmt]
Posted by John Troyer on July 19, 2007 in VMware Infrastructure 3
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Check out this tool: http://sourceforge.net/projects/esxhealthscript/
the output is a html file with a hell of a lot info about your esx host. and it's free!
Posted by: sjaak | July 19, 2007 at 11:15 PM
I'm on the V-Kernel team tghat created this product--a real Virtual Appliance for Capacity and Chargeback reporting. In a nutshell:
V-Kernel is a scalable data-center grade product. It adds functionality not available in Virtual Center such as Chargeback, Top down reporting on Resources used by multiple VMs to support Business Services, and Storage usage reporting. Installation and configuration are essentially non-issues. This is a virtual appliance. Just drop it into an ESX server.
In this latest release (Beta 3) we increased collection speed by 200%. Reports can now be seen in 10 to 15 minutes. This is for real. Newly updated manual has also been posted. v.1 is on schedule for the last week of August, in time for VMware in September. We are passionate about virtualization. And of course I'm partial, but this is really a cool product!
Posted by: Bob Scher | July 23, 2007 at 10:01 AM
Virtual Machine MKS Client
With this application you can logon to your Virtual Center server and take over the console of your virtual machines. In the menu bar you will see a list with all your virtual machines.
Posted by: Eric Sloof | August 15, 2007 at 06:14 AM