RVTools

RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX 3.5, ESX3i, ESX4i and vSphere 4 RVTools is able to list information about cpu, memory, disks, nics, cd-rom, floppy drives, snapshots, VMware tools, ESX hosts, nics, datastores, switches, ports and health checks. With RVTools you can disconnect the cd-rom or floppy drives from the virtual machines and RVTools is able to list the current version of the VMware Tools installed inside each virtual machine. and update them to the latest version.

Note: This application supports ESX Server 3.5, VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.0 and ESX 4.0.

Latest Version: 2.9.5 | September, 2010
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vInfo

The “vInfo” tab displays for each virtual machine the hostname of the guest, power state, power on date / time, number of cpu’s, amount of memory, number of nics, connected networks, configuration path, overall size, annotation, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name, operating system name, virtual machine hardware version and VI SDK object id.

vCpu

The “vCpu” tab displays for each virtual machine number of cpu’s, max cpu, overall cpu usage, shares, reservations, limits, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name.

vMemory

The “vMemory” tab displays for each virtual machine the memory size, max memory usage, memory overhead, guest memory, host memory, shares, reservations , limits, custom fields, annotations, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name.

vDisk

The “vDisk” tab displays for each virtual machine all the virtual disks, total disk capacity, thin provisioned flag, split flag, level, shares value, SCSI controller, unit id, vmdk path, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name.

  

vPartition

The “vPartition” tab displays for each virtual machine if the VMware Tools aare active all the partitions, total disk capacity, total free disk capacity, percentage free disk capacity, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name.

vNetwork

The “vNetwork” tab displays for each virtual machine the virtual nics, powerstate, adapter type, network name, connected value, Mac Address, Mac Address type, IP Address, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name

vFloppy

The “vFloppy” tab displays for each virtual machine the floppy information like VM powerstate, label, connected value, startup value, summary, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name. It’s possible to disconnect the Floppy from this screen.

vCD

The “vCD” tab displays for each virtual machine CD-Rom information like VM powerstate, label, connected value, startup value, summary, annotations, custom fields, datacentername, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name. It’s possible to disconnect the CD-Rom from this screen.

vSnapshot

The “vSnapshot” tab displays for each snapshot the name, description, date / time of the snapshot, filename, file size, quiesced value, state value, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name and operating system name.

vTools

The “vTools” tab displays for each virtual machine the name, virtual machine hardware version, power state, Tools status, tools version, upgradeable flag, template flag, upgrade policy, sync time, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name, config operating system name and the operating system name according to the VMware tools.

vHost

The “vHost” tab displays for each host the name, datacenter name, cluster name, CPU model, CPU speed, number of CPU’s, CPU usage %, total amount of memory, memory usage %, memory reserved for the service console, number of NIC’s, number of HBA’s, number of VM’s running on this host, number of VMs per core on this host, number of virtual cpus per core, ESX version of this host, Boot time, DNS Servers, DHCP, Domain name, DNS Search Order, NTP Server(s), Time Zone, Time Zone Name and GMT Offset, harware vendor and model and BIOS information.

vNic

The vNic tab displays for each physical network card (on the host) host name, datacenter name, cluster name, network device, driver, speed, duplex switch, MAC address and wakeon switch.

vSwitch

The vSwitch tab displays for each virtual switch the host name, datacenter name, cluster name,name of the switch, number of ports, free ports, promiscuous mode value, mac address changed allowed value, forged transmits allowed value, traffic shapping flag, width, peak and burst, teaming policy, reverse policy flag, notify switch value, rolling order, offload flag, TSO support flag, zero copy transmits support flag, maximum transmission unit size.

vPort

The vPort tab displays for each port the host name, datacenter name, cluster name, the name of the port, the name of the virtual switch where the port is defined, VLAN ID, promiscuous mode value, mac address changed allowed value, forged transmits allowed value, traffic shapping flag, width, peak and burst, teaming policy, reverse policy flag, notify switch value, rolling order, offload flag, TSO support flag and zero copy transmits support flag.

vDatastore

The “vDatastore” tab displays for each datastore the name, connectivity status, file system type, number of virtual machines on the datastore, total capacity in mb’s, free capacity in mb’s, number of hosts connected, names of connected hosts, block size, max blocks, number of extents, major version number, version string, upgradeable status flag, multiple host access indication and the url.

vHealth

The “vHealth” tab displays the health check messages.

There are 11 possible “Health Check” messages:

1.    VM has a CDROM device connected!

2.    VM has a Floppy device connected!

3.    VM has an active snapshot!

4.    VMware tools are out of date, not running or not installed!

5.    On disk xx is yy% disk space available! The threshold value is zz%

6.    On datastore xx is yy% disk space available! The threshold value is zz%

7.    There are xx virtal CPUs active per core on this host. The threshold value is zz

8.    There are xx VMs active on this datastore. The threshold value is zz

9.    Possible a zombie vmdk file! Please check.

10. Possible a zombie vm! Please check.

11. Inconsistent Folder Names

Health Properties

On the properties form you can set your own thresholds and choose which health checks to execute.

Fuente: http://www.robware.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:rvtools-21&catid=1:category

Jorge D.