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RVTools 3.11.9 May 26, 2019
Index
RVTools .................................................................................................................................................... 5
vInfo..................................................................................................................................................... 5
vCpu ................................................................................................................................................... 13
vMemory ........................................................................................................................................... 17
vDisk .................................................................................................................................................. 21
vPartition ........................................................................................................................................... 26
vNetwork ........................................................................................................................................... 29
vFloppy .............................................................................................................................................. 33
vCD .................................................................................................................................................... 36
vSnapshot .......................................................................................................................................... 39
vTools ................................................................................................................................................ 42
vRP ..................................................................................................................................................... 49
vCluster.............................................................................................................................................. 56
vHost.................................................................................................................................................. 61
vHBA .................................................................................................................................................. 66
vNic .................................................................................................................................................... 68
vSwitch .............................................................................................................................................. 70
vPort .................................................................................................................................................. 73
dvSwitch ............................................................................................................................................ 76
dvPort ................................................................................................................................................ 80
vSC+VMK ........................................................................................................................................... 85
vDatastore ......................................................................................................................................... 87
vMultipath ......................................................................................................................................... 90
vLicense ............................................................................................................................................. 93
vHealth .............................................................................................................................................. 94
Health properties .............................................................................................................................. 95
Preferences........................................................................................................................................ 96
Communication ..................................................................................................................................... 97
Permissions............................................................................................................................................ 97
Password encryption ............................................................................................................................. 98
Commandline parameters..................................................................................................................... 99
Start RVTools with pass-through autentication ................................................................................ 99
Start RVTools with userid password.................................................................................................. 99
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Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to csv ............................................ 99
Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to csv ............................................................... 99
Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to xlsx ........................................... 99
Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to xlsx ............................................................ 100
Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to xlsx ..................................... 100
Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to csv ...................................... 102
Commandline switches ....................................................................................................................... 103
Batch file example ............................................................................................................................... 104
Powershell batch example .................................................................................................................. 105
Powershell merge xlsx files example ................................................................................................... 106
RVToolsMergeExcelFiles ...................................................................................................................... 107
Log4net properties .............................................................................................................................. 108
Version information ............................................................................................................................ 109
Version 3.11.7 (March 15, 2019) ..................................................................................................... 109
Version 3.11.6 (March 9, 2019) ....................................................................................................... 109
Version 3.10.2 (June, 2018) ............................................................................................................. 110
Version 3.10 (February, 2018) ......................................................................................................... 110
Version 3.9.5 (April, 2017) ............................................................................................................... 110
Version 3.9.3 (March, 2017) ............................................................................................................ 111
Version 3.9 (February, 2017) ........................................................................................................... 111
Version 3.8.6 (July, 2016) ................................................................................................................ 111
Version 3.8 (March, 2016) ............................................................................................................... 111
Version 3.7 (March, 2015) ............................................................................................................... 112
Version 3.6 (February, 2014) ........................................................................................................... 113
Version 3.5 (March, 2013) ............................................................................................................... 113
Version 3.4 (September, 2012) ....................................................................................................... 113
Version 3.3 (April, 2012) .................................................................................................................. 114
Version 3.2 (October, 2011) ............................................................................................................ 114
Version 3.1 (April, 2011) .................................................................................................................. 114
Version 3.0 (January, 2011) ............................................................................................................. 114
Version 2.9.5 (September, 2010) .................................................................................................... 115
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 115
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 115
Version 2.9 (April 2010) ................................................................................................................... 115
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Version 2.8.1 (February 2010) ......................................................................................................... 116

Version 2.8 (January 2010) .............................................................................................................. 116
Version 2.7.3 (December 19, 2009)................................................................................................. 116
Version 2.7.1 (November 19, 2009) ................................................................................................ 117
Version 2.7 (November, 2009) ........................................................................................................ 117
Version 2.6 (September, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 117
Version 2.5.5 (June 27, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 117
Version 2.5.1 (April 15, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 118
Version 2.5 (April 2009) ................................................................................................................... 118
Version 2.4.1 (March 18, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 119
Version 2.4 (March 2009) ................................................................................................................ 119
Version 2.3.1 (February 11, 2009) ................................................................................................... 119
Version 2.3 (February 2009) ............................................................................................................ 120
Version 2.2 (January 2009) .............................................................................................................. 120
Version 2.1 (November 2008) ......................................................................................................... 120
Version 2.0 (October 2008) ............................................................................................................. 121
Version 1.1 (May 2008) ................................................................................................................... 121
Version 1.0 (April 2008) ................................................................................................................... 121
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RVTools
RVTools is a windows .NET 4.6.1 application which uses the VI SDK to display information
about your virtual environments. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX
Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.x, ESX Server 4.x, VirtualCenter 5.x,
VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5.x, VirtualCenter 6.0, ESX Server 6.0, VirtualCenter
6.5, ESX Server 6.5, VirtualCenter 6.7 and ESX Server 6.7. RVTools is able to list
information about VMs, CPU, Memory, Disks, Partitions, Network, Floppy drives, CD
drives, Snapshots, VMware tools, Resource pools, Clusters, ESX hosts, HBAs, Nics,
Switches, Ports, Distributed Switches, Distributed Ports, Service consoles, VM Kernels,
Datastores, multipath info, license info and health checks. With RVTools you can
disconnect the cd-rom or floppy drives from the virtual machines and update the VMware
Tools installed inside each virtual machine to the latest version.
vInfo
The “vInfo” tab displays for each virtual machine the virtual machine name, powerstate,
template, config status, DNS name, connection state, guest state, heartbeat,
consolidation needed, power on date / time, suspend date / time, creation date / time,
change version, number of cpu’s, latency-sensitivity, amount of memory, number of nics,
number of virtual disks, disk.EnableUUID, CBT, primary IP address, connected networks,
number of monitors, video Ram KB, resource pool, folder name, vApp name, DAS
protection, fault tolerance State, fault tolerance latency status, fault tolerance band
width, fault tolerance secondary latency, provisioned storage, used storage, unshared
storage, HA restart priority, HA isolation response, HA VM Monitoring, Cluster rule(s),
Cluster rule name(s), install Boot Required, Boot delay, Boot retry delay, Boot retry
enabled, Boot BIOS setup, Firmware, HW version, HW upgrade status, HW upgrade
policy, HW target, configuration path, log directory, snapshot directory, suspend
directory, annotation, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name,
operating system name according to the config file, operating system name acoording to
the VMware tools, virtual machine ID, VM UUID, VI SDK server type, VI SDK API version,
VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
VM
Display name of the virtual machine.
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Powerstate
This column list the powerstate for a virtual machine: poweredOn, poweredOff, or
suspended. This column does not model substates, such as when a task is running to
change the virtual machine state. If the virtual machine is in a state with a task in
progress, it transitions to a new state when the task completes. For example, a virtual
machine continues to be in the poweredOn state while a suspend task is running, and
changes to the suspended state once the task finishes.
NAME DESCRIPTION
poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.
poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.
suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.
Template
Column which specifies if this is a template or not.
Config status
The config status indicates whether or not the system has detected a configuration issue
involving this VM. The meanings of the config status values are:
• red: A problem has been detected involving the entity.

• yellow: A problem is about to occur or a transient condition has occurred (For
example, reconfigure fail-over policy).
• green: No configuration issues have been detected.
• gray: The configuration status of the entity is not being monitored.
A green status indicates only that a problem has not been detected; it is not a guarantee
that the entity is problem-free. Config issues are displayed on the vHealth tab page.
DNS Name
DNS name of the guest operating system, if known.
Connection state
Indicates whether or not the virtual machine is available for management.
NAME DESCRIPTION
connected The server has access to the virtual machine.

disconnected The server is currently disconnected from the virtual machine, since its host
is disconnected. See general comment for this enumerated type for more
details.
inaccessible One or more of the virtual machine configuration files are inaccessible. For
example, this can be due to transient disk failures. In this case, no
configuration can be returned for a virtual machine.
invalid The virtual machine configuration format is invalid. Thus, it is accessible on
disk, but corrupted in a way that does not allow the server to read the
content. In this case, no configuration can be returned for a virtual machine.
orphaned The virtual machine is no longer registered on the host it is associated with.
For example, a virtual machine that is unregistered or deleted directly on a
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host managed by VirtualCenter shows up in this state.
Guest state
Operation mode of guest operating system. One of:
NAME DESCRIPTION
running Guest is running normally.
shuttingdown Guest has a pending shutdown command.

resetting Guest has a pending reset command
standby Guest has a pending standby command.
notrunning Guest is not running.
unknown Guest information is not available.
Heartbeat
The guest heartbeat. The heartbeat status is classified as:
NAME DESCRIPTION
gray The status is unknown.
green The entity is OK.
red The entity definitely has a problem.
yellow The entity might have a problem.
Consolidation Needed
Whether any disk of the virtual machine requires consolidation. This can happen for
example when a snapshot is deleted but its associated disk is not committed back to the
base disk. Since vSphere API 5.0
PowerOn
The timestamp when the virtual machine was most recently powered on.
This property is updated when the virtual machine is powered on from the poweredOff
state, and is cleared when the virtual machine is powered off. This property is not
updated when a virtual machine is resumed from a suspended state.
Suspend time
The timestamp when the virtual machine was most recently suspended.
This property is updated every time the virtual machine is suspended.
Creation date
Creation date of a virtual machine represented in DateTime format.
This property is populated by the vCenter Server with the date and time of creation of
the virtual machine.
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Change version
The changeVersion is a unique identifier for a given version of the configuration. Each
change to the configuration updates this value. This is typically implemented as an ever
increasing count or a time-stamp. However, a client should always treat this as an
opaque string.
CPU’s
Number of processors in the virtual machine.
Latency-sensitivity
The latency-sensitivity of the virtual machine.
Memory
Memory size of the virtual machine, in megabytes.
NIC’s
Number of virtual network adapters. When RVTools is “connected” to the Virtual Center
server this column has a value. When connected to an ESX host this column is “null”!
Disks
Number of virtual disks. When RVTools is “connected” to the Virtual Center server this
column has a value. When connected to an ESX host this column is “null”!
disk.EnableUUID
disk.EnableUUID value. True=Application-Consistent, False=Crash-Consistent
CBT
Changed Block Tracking (CBT) Boolean
Primary IP Address
Primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known.
Network #1 to #4
Connected networks.
Num Monitors
Indicates the number of supported monitors. The number of displays X the maximum
resolution of each display is bounded by the video RAM size of the virtual video card.
Video Ram KB
The size of the framebuffer for a virtual machine.
Resource pool name

The current resource pool name that specifies resource allocation for this virtual machine.
Folder
The name of the folder where the VM is placed. By default not visible because it’s a
performance killer. You can change the default behavior by changing the preferences.
See menu, Edit, Preferences
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vApp
The vApp name. By default not visible because it’s a performance killer. You can change
the default behavior by changing the preferences. See menu, Edit, Preferences
DAS Protection
Whether vSphere HA is protecting a virtual machine (VM).
FT state
The fault tolerance state of the virtual machine.
FT Latency
The latency status of the fault tolerance VM. ftLatencyStatus is determined by the value
of ftSecondaryLatency. ftLatencyStatus is: green, if ftSecondaryLatency is less than or
equal to 2 seconds; yellow, if ftSecondaryLatency is greater than 2 seconds, and less
than or equal to 6 seconds; red, if ftSecondaryLatency is greater than 6 seconds; gray, if
ftSecondaryLatency is unknown.
FT Bandwidth
The network bandwidth used for logging between the primary and secondary fault
tolerance VMs. The unit is kilobytes per second.
FT sec. Latency
The amount of time in wallclock that the VCPU of the secondary fault tolerance VM is
behind the VCPU of the primary VM. The unit is millisecond.
Provisioned MB
Total storage space, in MB, committed to this virtual machine across all datastores.
Essentially an aggregate of the property commited across all datastores that this virtual
machine is located on.
In use MB
Storage in use, space in MBs, used by this virtual machine on all datastores.
Unshared MB
Total storage space, in MB, occupied by the virtual machine across all datastores, that is
not shared with any other virtual machine.
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HA Restart Priority
Restart priority for a virtual machine. If not specified at either the cluster level or the
virtual machine level, this will default to medium.
NAME DESCRIPTION
clusterRestartPriority Virtual machines with this priority use the default restart priority
defined for the cluster that contains this virtual machine.
disabled vSphere HA is disabled for this virtual machine.
high Virtual machines with this priority have a higher chance of powering on
after a failure if there is insufficient capacity on hosts to meet all virtual
machine needs.
low Virtual machines with this priority have a lower chance of powering on
after a failure if there is insufficient capacity on hosts to meet all virtual
machine needs.
medium Virtual machines with this priority have an intermediate chance of

powering on after a failure if there is insufficient capacity on hosts to
meet all virtual machine needs.
HA Isolation Response
Indicates whether or not the virtual machine should be powered off if a host determines
that it is isolated from the rest of the compute resource. If not specified at either the
cluster level or the virtual machine level, this will default to powerOff.
NAME DESCRIPTION
clusterIsolationResponse Use the default isolation reponse defined for the cluster that
contains this virtual machine.
none Do not power off the virtual machine in the event of a host network
isolation.
powerOff Power off the virtual machine in the event of a host network
isolation.
shutdown Shut down the virtual machine guest operating system in the event
of a host network isolation. If the guest operating system fails to
shutdown within five minutes, HA will initiate a forced power off.
When you use the shutdown isolation response, failover can take
longer (compared to the powerOff response) because the virtual
machine cannot fail over until it is shutdown.
HA VM Monitoring
Level of HA Virtual Machine Health Monitoring Service. You can monitor both guest and
application heartbeats, guest heartbeats only, or you can disable the service
Cluster rules
This value will show you the affinity and anti-affinity rules which are defined for this VM.
Cluster rule names

This value will show you the name(s) of the affinity and anti-affinity rules which are
defined for this VM.
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Boot required
Specifies whether the VM needs an initial boot before the deployment is complete.
Boot delay
Delay in milliseconds before starting the boot sequence. The boot delay specifies a time
interval between virtual machine power on or restart and the beginning of the boot
sequence.
Boot retry delay

Delay in milliseconds before a boot retry. The boot retry delay specifies a time interval
between virtual machine boot failure and the subsequent attempt to boot again. The
virtual machine uses this value only if bootRetryEnabled is true.
Boot retry enabled

If set to true, a virtual machine that fails to boot will try again after the bootRetryDelay
time period has expired. When false, the virtual machine waits indefinitely for you to
initiate boot retry.
Boot BIOS setup

If set to true, the virtual machine automatically enters BIOS setup the next time it boots.
The virtual machine resets this flag to false so that subsequent boots proceed normally.
Firmware
Information about firmware type for this Virtual Machine. Possible values are:
bios BIOS firmware

efi Extensible Firmware Interface
HW version
Virtual hardware version.
HW upgrade status
Status for last attempt to run scheduled hardware upgrade.
failed Upgrade failed.

none No scheduled upgrade ever happened.
pending Upgrade is scheduled, but was not run yet.
success Upgrade succeeded.
HW upgrade policy
Scheduled hardware upgrade policy setting for the virtual machine.
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HW target
Key for target hardware version to be used on next scheduled upgrade.
Path
Path name to the configuration file for the virtual machine.
Log directory
Directory to store the log files for the virtual machine. If not specified, this defaults to the
same directory as the configuration file.
Snapshot directory
Path name of the directory that holds suspend and snapshot files belonging to the virtual
machine. Prior to vSphere 5.0, this directory also holds snapshot redo files. Starting with
vSphere 5.0, the redo files will stay in the same directory as the snapshotted disk, thus
this directory will no longer hold the snapshot redo files. This path name defaults to the
same directory as the configuration file.
Suspend directory
Some products allow the suspend directory to be different than the snapshot directory.
On products where this is not possible, setting of this property is ignored.
Annotation
Description for the virtual machine.
Custom Fields
The custom fields which you have defined.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter where the VM is running.
Cluster
The name of the cluster where the VM is running.
Host
The host that is responsible for running a virtual machine. This property is null when the
virtual machine is not running and is not assigned to run on a particular host.
OS according to the configuration file

This is the full name of the guest operating system for the virtual machine according to
the configuration file.
OS according to the VMware Tools

the VMware Tools.
VM ID
Object ID which can be used to find the VM when you browse the VI SDK.
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VM UUID
VirtualCenter-specific 128-bit UUID of a virtual machine, represented as a hexadecimal
string. This identifier is used by VirtalCenter to uniquely identify all virtual machine
instances in the Virtual Infrastructure environment, including those that may share the
same SMBIOS UUID. Normally, this property is not set by a client, allowing the Virtual
Infrastructure environment to assign or change it when VirtualCenter detects an identifier
conflict between virtual machines. This identifier can be modified even when a virtual
machine is powered on. Clients can specify that vCenter Server reassign a new identifier
by a providing an empty string. Reassigning the identifer is not allowed for Fault
Tolerance virtual machines.
VI SDK Server type

The complete product name, including the version information.
VI SDK API Version

The version of the API.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK Server which is used by RVTools to gather the information.
VI SDK UUID
A globally unique identifier associated with this service instance.
vCpu
The “vCpu” tab displays for each virtual machine, the name of the VM, powerstate,
template, number of cpu’s, number of sockets, number of cores per socket, max cpu,
overall cpu usage, level, shares, reservation, static cpu entitlement, distributed cpu
entitlement, limit, hot add value, hot remove value, annotations, custom fields,
datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name, VM folder name, operating system
name according to the config file, operating system name acoording to the VMware tools,
VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
VM
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Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
CPU’s
Total number of virtual processors in the virtual machine.
Sockets
Number of virtual sockets in the virtual machine.
Cores p/s
Number of cores per socket.
Max
Current upper-bound on CPU usage. The upper-bound is based on the host the virtual
machine is current running on, as well as limits configured on the virtual machine itself or
any parent resource pool. Valid while the virtual machine is running.
Overall
Basic CPU performance statistics, in MHz. Valid while the virtual machine is running.
Level
The allocation level. The level is a simplified view of shares. Levels map to a pre-
determined set of numeric values for shares. If the shares value does not map to a
predefined size, then the level is set as custom.
Shares
The number of shares allocated. Used to determine resource allocation in case of
resource contention. This value is only set if level is set to custom. If level is not set to
custom, this value is ignored. Therefore, only shares with custom values can be
compared.
Reservation
Amount of resource that is guaranteed available to the virtual machine or resource pool.
Reserved resources are not wasted if they are not used. If the utilization is less than the
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reservation, the resources can be utilized by other running virtual machines. Units are
MB for memory, MHz for CPU.
Entitlement
The static CPU resource entitlement for a virtual machine. This value is calculated based
on this virtual machine's resource reservations, shares and limit, and doesn't take into
account current usage. This is the worst case CPU allocation for this virtual machine, that
is, the amount of CPU resource this virtual machine would receive if all virtual machines
running in the cluster went to maximum consumption. Units are MHz.
DRS Entitlement
This is the amount of CPU resource, in MHz, that this VM is entitled to, as calculated by
DRS. Valid only for a VM managed by DRS.
Limit
The utilization of a virtual machine/resource pool will not exceed this limit, even if there
are available resources. This is typically used to ensure a consistent performance of
virtual machines / resource pools independent of available resources. If set to -1, then
there is no fixed limit on resource usage (only bounded by available resources and
shares). Units are MB for memory, MHz for CPU.
Hot Add
Value which will show you whether virtual processors can be added while this virtual
machine is running.
Hot Remove
Value which will show you whether virtual processors can be removed while this virtual
machine is running.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder
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the VMware Tools.
VM ID
VM UUID
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vMemory
The “vMemory” tab displays for each virtual machine the name of the VM, powerstate,
template, memory size, memory overhead, max memory usage, consumed memory,
consumed overhead, private memory, shared memory, swapped memory, ballooned
memory, active memory, entitlement memory, distributed memory entitlement, level,
shares, reservations , limit, hot add, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster
name, ESX host name, VM folder name, operating system name according to the config
file, operating system name acoording to the VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK
Server and VI SDK UUID.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Size MB
Memory size of the virtual machine, in megabytes.
Overhead
The amount of memory resource (in MB) that will be used by the virtual machine above
its guest memory requirements. This value is set if and only if the virtual machine is
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registered on a host that supports memory resource allocation features. For powered off
VMs, this is the minimum overhead required to power on the VM on the registered host.
Max
Current upper-bound on memory usage (in MB). The upper-bound is based on memory
configuration of the virtual machine, as well as limits configured on the virtual machine
itself or any parent resource pool. Valid while the virtual machine is running.
Consumed
Host memory utilization statistics, in MB. This is also known as consumed host memory.
This is between 0 and the configured resource limit. Valid while the virtual machine is
running. This includes the overhead memory of the VM.
Consumed overhead
The amount of consumed overhead memory, in MB, for this VM. Since vSphere API 4.0
Private
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to this VM from non-shared host memory.
Since vSphere API 4.0
Shared
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to this VM from host memory that is
shared between VMs. Since vSphere API 4.0
Swapped
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to this VM from the host's swap space.
This is a sign that there is memory pressure on the host. Since vSphere API 4.0
Ballooned
The size of the balloon driver in the VM, in MB. The host will inflate the balloon driver to
reclaim physical memory from the VM. This is a sign that there is memory pressure on
the host. Since vSphere API 4.0
Active
Guest memory utilization statistics, in MB. This is also known as active guest memory.
The number can be between 0 and the configured memory size of the virtual machine.
Valid while the virtual machine is running.
Entitlement
The static memory resource entitlement for a virtual machine. This value is calculated
based on this virtual machine's resource reservations, shares and limit, and doesn't take
into account current usage. This is the worst case memory allocation for this virtual
machine, that is, the amount of memory this virtual machine would receive if all virtual
machines running in the cluster went to maximum consumption. Units are MB. Since
vSphere API 4.0
DRS Entitlement
This is the amount of memory, in MB, that this VM is entitled to, as calculated by DRS.
Valid only for a VM managed by DRS.
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Level
Shares
compared.
Reservation
MB for memory, MHz for CPU.
Limit
shares). Units are MB for memory, MHz for CPU.
Hot Add
Whether memory can be added while this virtual machine is running.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder
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the VMware Tools.
VM ID
VM UUID
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vDisk
The “vDisk” tab displays for each virtual machine, name of VM, powerstate, template, all
the virtual disks, total disk capacity, raw switch, disk persistence mode, thin provisioned
flag, eagerly scrub flag, split flag, write through, level, shares value, reservation, limit,
SCSI controller, SCSI label, unit number, sharedBus, vmdk path, raw LUN ID, raw
compability mode, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host
name, VM folder name, operating system name according to the config file, operating
system name acoording to the VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server and VI
SDK UUID.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Disk
Name of the virtual disk.
Capacity MB
Total capacity of the disk, in megabytes. This is part of the virtual machine configuration.
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Raw
Switch which defines if the disk is raw or not.
Disk Mode
The disk persistence mode. Valid modes are:
Thin
Flag to indicate to the underlying filesystem, whether the virtual disk backing file should
be allocated lazily (using thin provisioning). This flag is only used for file systems that
support configuring the provisioning policy on a per file basis, such as VMFS3.
Eagerly Scrub
Flag to indicate to the underlying file system whether the virtual disk backing file should
be scrubbed completely at this time.
Virtual disks on some file systems like VMFS3 are zeroed-out lazily so that disk creation
time doesn't take too long. However, clustering applications and features like Fault
Tolerance require that the virtual disk be completely scrubbed. This setting allows
controlling the scrubbing policy on a per-disk basis. If this flag is unset or set to false,
the disk scrubbing policy will be decided by the file system. Since vSphere API 4.0
Split
Flag to indicate the type of virtual disk file: split or monolithic. If true, the virtual disk is
stored in multiple files, each 2GB
Write Through
Flag to indicate whether writes should go directly to the file system or should be
buffered.
Level
Shares
Shares are used in case of resource contention. The value should be within a range of
200 to 4000. While setting shares for storage I/O resource, if the property is unset, it is
treated as no change and the property is not updated. While reading back the shares
information of storage I/O resource, if the property is unset, a default value of level =
normal, shares = 1000 will be returned.
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Reservations
Reservation control is used to provide guaranteed allocation in terms of IOPS. Large IO
sizes are considered as multiple IOs using a chunk size of 32 KB as default. This control
is initially supported only at host level for local datastores. It future, it may get supported
on shared storage based on integration with Storage IO Control. Also right now we don't
do any admission control based on IO reservation values. Since vSphere API 5.5.
Limit
The utilization of a virtual machine will not exceed this limit, even if there are available
resources. This is typically used to ensure a consistent performance of virtual machines
independent of available resources. If set to -1, then there is no fixed limit on resource
usage (only bounded by available resources and shares). The unit is number of I/O per
second. While setting the limit for storage I/O resource, if the property is unset, it is
treated as no change and the property is not updated. While reading back the limit
information of storage I/O resource, if the property is unset, a default value of -1 will be
returned, which indicates that there is no limit on resource usage.
Controller
Name of SCSI controller.
Two IDE adapters and a SCSI adapter are installed in the virtual machine. The IDE
adapter is always ATAPI. For the SCSI adapter, you can choose between a BusLogic
or LSI Logic SCSI adapter. In the Select I/O Adapter Types page, the default for your
guest operating system is already selected. Older guest operating systems default to the
BusLogic adapter. The LSI Logic adapter has improved performance, works better with
non‐disk SCSI devices, and is included with Windows Server 2003.
Source: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_admin_guide.pdf
SCSI label
SCSI display label.
Unit number
The unit number of the SCSI controller. The SCSI controller sits on its own bus, so this
field defines which slot the controller is using.
SharedBus
Mode for sharing the SCSI bus. The modes are physical Sharing, virtual Sharing, and no
Sharing.
Path
VMDK file name.
Raw LUN ID
Unique identifier of the LUN accessed by the raw disk mapping.
Raw Comp. Mode

The compatibility mode of the raw disk mapping (RDM). This must be specified when a
new virtual disk with an RDM backing is created. On subsequent virtual machine
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reconfigurations, this property should be handled as follows, depending on the version of

the host:
On ESX Server 2.5, the compatibility mode of an RDM backing is a characteristic of the
virtual machine's configuration. When reconfiguring a virtual machine that currently uses
a virtual disk backed by an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing may be
modified. When reconfiguring a virtual machine to add an existing virtual disk backed by
an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing may be specified. If left unspecified it
defaults to "physicalMode".
On ESX Server 3.x, the compatibility mode of an RDM backing is a characteristic of the
RDM itself. Once the RDM is created, its compatibility mode cannot be changed by
reconfiguring the virtual machine. When reconfiguring a virtual machine to add an
existing virtual disk backed by an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing must be
left unspecified.
NAME DESCRIPTION
physicalMode A disk device backed by a physical compatibility mode raw disk mapping
cannot use disk modes, and commands are passed straight through to the
LUN indicated by the raw disk mapping.
virtualMode A disk device backed by a virtual compatibility mode raw disk mapping can
use disk modes.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder

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the VMware Tools.
VM ID
VM UUID
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vPartition
The “vPartition” tab displays for each virtual machine, if the VMware Tools are active, the
name of the VM, powerstate, template, Disk name, total disk capacity, consumed disk
capacity, total free disk capacity, percentage free disk capacity, annotations, custom
fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name, VM folder name, operating
system name according to the config file, operating system name acoording to the
VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Disk
Name of the virtual disk in the guest operating system. For example: C:\
Capacity MB
Total capacity of the disk, in megabytes.
Consumed MB
Total consumed capacity of the disk, in megabytes.
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Free MB
Free space on the disk, in megabytes. This is retrieved by VMware Tools.
Is empty when the information from the VMware tools are not available.
Free %
Percentage free space on the disk.
Is empty when the information from the VMware tools are not available.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder


the VMware Tools.
VM ID
VM UUID
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VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vNetwork
The “vNetwork” tab displays for each virtual machine the name of the VM, powerstate,
template, Adapter type, network name, switch name, connected value, starts connected
value, Mac Address, Mac Address type, IP Address, direct path IO, annotations, custom
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Adapter
Name of the network adapter.
The following network adapters might be available for your virtual machine:
Source: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/191081
• Vlance — Vlance (also called PCNet32) is a faithful virtual implementation of a

common, if now somewhat aging, physical network adapter. Most 32-bit guest
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operating systems, except for Windows Vista, have built-in support for this card
so a virtual machine configured with this network adapter can use its network
immediately.
• vmxnet — The vmxnet virtual network adapter has no physical counterpart.
VMware makes vmxnet available because Vlance, a faithful implementation of a
physical card, is far from optimal for network performance in a virtual machine.
Vmxnet is highly optimized for performance in a virtual machine. Because there is
no physical card of type vmxnet, operating system vendors do not provide built-in
drivers for this card. You must install VMware Tools to have a driver for the
vmxnet network adapter available.
• Flexible — The Flexible network adapter identifies itself as a Vlance adapter when
a virtual machine boots, but initializes itself and functions as either a Vlance or a
vmxnet adapter, depending which driver initializes it. VMware Tools versions
recent enough to know about the Flexible network adapter include the vmxnet
driver but identify it as an updated Vlance driver, so the guest operating system
uses that driver. When using the Flexible network adapter, you can have vmxnet
performance when sufficiently recent VMware tools are installed. When an older
version of VMware Tools is installed, the Flexible adapter uses the Vlance adapter
(with Vlance performance) rather than giving no network capability at all when it
can’t find the vmxnet adapter.
• e1000 — e1000 is a faithful virtual implementation of a physical network adapter
that is broadly supported by newer operating systems, specifically most 64-bit
operating systems and both 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista. e1000 performance is
intermediate between Vlance and vmxnet.
• Enhanced vmxnet — The enhanced vmxnet adapter is based on the vmxnet
adapter but provides some high-performance features commonly used on modern
networks, such as jumbo frames. This virtual network adapter is the current
state-of-the-art device in virtual network adapter performance, but it is available
only for some guest operating systems on ESX Server 3.5. This network adapter
will become available for additional guest operating systems in the future.
Enhanced VMXNET is supported only for a limited set of guest operating systems:
• 32/64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 2003 (Enterprise and Datacenter
Editions). You can use enhanced vmxnet adapters with other versions of the
Microsoft Windows 2003 operating system, but a workaround is required to enable
the option in the VI Client. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007195.
• 32/64-bit versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0
• 32/64-bit versions SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
• 64-bit versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
Network
Name of the network connected to this adapter.
Switch
Name of the switch where the virtual network adaptor is connected to.
Connected
Column indicating if the virtual network adaptor is connected or not.
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Starts Connected
Column indicating if the virtual network adaptor starts connected or not.
Mac Address
MAC address of the adapter.
Mac Type
This field can have one of the following values:
Manual Statically assigned MAC address.

Generated Automatically generated MAC address.
Assigned MAC address assigned by VirtualCenter.
IP Address
IP addresses of the adapter.
Direct Path IO
Indicates whether UPT(Universal Pass-through) compatibility is enabled on this network
adapter. UPT is only compatible for Vmxnet3 adapter. Clients can set this property
enabled or disabled if ethernet virtual device is Vmxnet3.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder


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VM ID
VM UUID
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vFloppy
The “vFloppy” tab displays for each virtual machine the floppy information Name of VM,
powerstate, template, Device node, connected value, starts connected value, device
type, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name, ESX host name, VM
folder name, operating system name according to the config file, operating system name
acoording to the VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID. It’s
possible to disconnect the Floppy from this screen.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Device Node
Name of the device.
Device type
This column shows the device type.
Remote /dev/fd0 = client device
/dev/fd0 = host device
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Connected
Column indicating if the virtual device is connected or not. Only valid when the virtual
machine is running.
Starts Connected
Column indicating if the virtual device is connected when the virtual machine starts.
Device Type
Device type.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder


the VMware Tools.
VMRef
For internal use only.
VM ID
VM UUID
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VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vCD
The “vCD” tab displays for each virtual machine CD-Rom information: name of the VM,
powerstate, template, device node, connected value, start connected value, device type,
annotations, custom fields, datacentername, cluster name, ESX host name, VM folder
name, operating system name according to the config file, operating system name
acoording to the VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
It’s possible to disconnect the CD-Rom from this screen.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
Device Node
This column provides a node for the device.
Connected
Column indicating if the virtual device is connected or not. Only valid when the virtual
machine is running.
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Starts connected
Column indicating if the virtual device is connected when the virtual machine starts.
Device Type
This column shows the device type.
Remote ATAPI = client device
ATAPI /dev/cdrom = host device
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder


the VMware Tools.
VMRef
VM ID
VM UUID
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VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vSnapshot
The “vSnapshot” tab displays for each snapshot the VM name, powerstate, snapshot
name, description, date / time of the snapshot, filename, size MB (vmsn), size MB total,
quiesced value, state value, annotations, custom fields, datacenter name, cluster name,
ESX host name, VM folder name, operating system name according to the config file,
operating system name acoording to the VMware tools, VM ID, VM UUID, VI SDK Server
and VI SDK UUID.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Name
Name of the snapshot.
Description
Description of the snapshot.
Date / time
The date and time the snapshot was taken.
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Filename
Filename of snapshot.
Size MB (vmsn)
Size of the memory state at the time the snapshot was taken
Size MB (total)
Total size of all snapshots for this VM.
Quiesced
Flag to indicate whether or not the snapshot was created with the "quiesce" option,
ensuring a consistent state of the file system.
State
The power state of the virtual machine when this snapshot was taken.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder


the VMware Tools.
VM ID
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VM UUID
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vTools
The “vTools” tab displays for each virtual machine the VM name, powerstate, template,
virtual machine hardware version, Tools status, tools version, required tools version,
upgradeable flag, upgrade policy, sync time, app status, heartbeat status, kernel crash
state, operation ready, state change support, interactive guest, annotations, custom
When you install a patched version of ESX Server, VMware expects you to upgrade
VMware Tools to the latest version, included with that release. If you report a problem
with a virtual machine that has an older version of the VMware Tools installed in the
guest operating system, VMware Technical Support may ask you to upgrade the VMware
tools to the version included with the ESX Server Patch in the process of troubleshooting
that problem.
VM
Powerstate
NAME DESCRIPTION
Template
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VM Version
Virtual machine hardware version.
Tools
Current status of VMware Tools running in the guest operating system.
NAME DESCRIPTION
toolsNotInstalled VMware Tools has never been installed or has not run in the virtual machine.
toolsNotRunning VMware Tools is not running.
toolsOk VMware Tools is running and the version is current.
toolsOld VMware Tools is running, but the version is not current.
Tools version
Current version of VMware Tools, if known.
# VMware version-mapping file.
#
# This file provides a one-to-one mapping between VMware Tools for
# ESX/ESXi version-number codes, and paths to OSP repositories suitable
# for that Tools version.
#
# The ESXi server mapping is only to show that the particular version of
# Tools ships with that particular ESXi server build number, but the Tools
# can work with a greater range of ESXi versions.
#
# Column 1: Tools version on NGC/VI Client
# Column 2: ESXi server version.'esx/0.0' indicates that the tools version
# is not yet bundled with ESXi.
# Column 3: Tools version on guest Setup/About page
# Column 4: ESXi server build number
#
#
10341 esx/6.5p03 10.3.5 10884925
10338 esx/6.7ep05 10.3.2 10764712
10338 esx/6.7u1 10.3.2 10302608
10309 esx/6.0ep19 10.2.5 10719132
10309 esx/6.0p07 10.2.5 9239799
10305 esx/6.5ep11 10.2.1 10719125
10305 esx/6.7ep2a 10.2.1 9214924
10305 esx/6.5u2 10.2.1 8294253
10304 esx/6.7 10.2.0 8169922
10287 esx/6.5p02 10.1.15 7388607
10282 esx/6.0p06 10.1.10 6921384
10279 esx/6.5u1 10.1.7 5969303
10277 esx/6.0p05 10.1.5 5572656
10272 esx/6.5p01 10.1.0 5146846
10272 esx/6.5 10.1.0 4564106
10252 esx/6.5 10.0.12 4564106
10249 esx/5.5p11 10.0.9 6480324
10249 esx/5.5ep11 10.0.9 5230635
10249 esx/6.0u3 10.0.9 5050593
10249 esx/5.5p10 10.0.9 4722766
10249 esx/6.0p04 10.0.9 4600944
10249 esx/5.5p09 10.0.9 4345813
10249 esx/6.0p03 10.0.9 4192238
10249 esx/5.5p08 10.0.9 4179633
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10248 esx/0.0 10.0.8

10246 esx/6.0u2 10.0.6 3620759
10245 esx/0.0 10.0.5
10240 esx/6.0ep05 10.0.0 3566359
10240 esx/6.0p02 10.0.0 3380124
10240 esx/5.5p07 10.0.0 3248547
10240 esx/5.5ep10 10.0.0 3568722
10240 esx/5.5ep09 10.0.0 3343343
9541 esx/6.0ep04 9.10.5 3247720
9541 esx/6.0u1 9.10.5 3029758
9537 esx/6.0p01 9.10.1 2809209
9536 esx/6.0 9.10.0 2494585
9359 esx/5.5ep08 9.4.15 3116895
9359 esx/5.5u3 9.4.15 3029944
9356 esx/5.5p05 9.4.12 2668677
9355 esx/5.5ep07 9.4.11 2638301
9355 esx/5.5ep06 9.4.11 2456374
9355 esx/5.5p04 9.4.11 2403361
9354 esx/5.5ep05 9.4.10 2143827
9354 esx/5.5p03 9.4.10 2143827
9354 esx/5.5u2 9.4.10 2068190
9350 esx/5.5p02 9.4.6 1892794
9349 esx/5.5ep04 9.4.5 1881737
9349 esx/5.5ep03 9.4.5 1746974
9349 esx/5.5ep02 9.4.5 1750340
9349 esx/5.5u1 9.4.5 1623387
9344 esx/5.5p01 9.4.0 1474528
9344 esx/5.5 9.4.0 1331820
9233 esx/5.1p09 9.0.17 3872664
9232 esx/5.1p08 9.0.16 3070626
9231 esx/5.1p07 9.0.15
2583090
9231 esx/5.1u3 9.0.15 2323236
9229 esx/5.1p06 9.0.13 2126665
9228 esx/5.1p05 9.0.12 1897911
9227 esx/5.1ep05 9.0.11 1900470
9227 esx/5.1p04 9.0.11 1743533
9226 esx/5.1ep04 9.0.10 1612806
9226 esx/5.1u2 9.0.10 1483097
9221 esx/5.1p03 9.0.5 1312873
9221 esx/5.1p02 9.0.5 1157734
9221 esx/5.1ep03 9.0.5 1117900
9221 esx/5.1u1 9.0.5 1065491
9217 esx/5.1ep02 9.0.1 1021289
9217 esx/5.1p01 9.0.1 914609
9216 esx/5.1 9.0.0 799733
8401 esx/5.0p13 8.6.17 3982828
8400 esx/5.0p12 8.6.16 3086167
8399 esx/5.0p11 8.6.15 2509828
8398 esx/5.0p10 8.6.14 2312428
8398 esx/5.0p09 8.6.14 1976090
8397 esx/5.0ep06 8.6.13 1918656
8397 esx/5.0p08 8.6.13 1851670
8396 esx/5.0p07 8.6.12 1489271
8395 esx/5.0u3 8.6.11 1311175
8395 esx/5.0p06 8.6.11 1254542
8395 esx/5.0ep05 8.6.11 1117897
8395 esx/5.0p05 8.6.11 1024429
8394 esx/5.0u2 8.6.10 914586
8397 esx/5.0p08 8.6.13 1739451
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8389 esx/5.0p04 8.6.5 821926

8389 esx/5.0p03 8.6.5 768111
8389 esx/5.0u1 8.6.5 623860
8384 esx/5.0p02 8.6.0 515841
8384 esx/5.0p01 8.6.0 474610
8384 esx/5.0 8.6.0 469512
8307 esx/4.1p11 8.3.19
8307 esx/4.1p10 8.3.19
8307 esx/4.1p09 8.3.19
8307 esx/4.1p08 8.3.19
8306 esx/4.1p07 8.3.18
8305 esx/4.1p06 8.3.17
8305 esx/4.1u3 8.3.17
8300 esx/4.1p05 8.3.12
8300 esx/4.1p04 8.3.12
8300 esx/4.1u2 8.3.12
8295 esx/4.1p03 8.3.7
8295 esx/4.1u1 8.3.7
8290 esx/4.1 8.3.2
8199 esx/4.0p15 8.0.7
8199 esx/4.0p14 8.0.7
8198 esx/4.0p13 8.0.6
8197 esx/4.0ep09 8.0.5
8196 esx/4.0p12 8.0.4
8196 esx/4.0p11 8.0.4
8196 esx/4.0u4 8.0.4
8196 esx/4.0p10 8.0.4
8196 esx/4.0u3 8.0.4
8195 esx/4.0u2 8.0.3
8194 esx/4.0u1 8.0.2
8192 esx/4.0 8.0.0
7304 esx/3.5p27 7.4.8
7304 esx/3.5p25 7.4.8
7304 esx/3.5p24 7.4.8
7304 esx/3.5u5 7.4.8
7303 esx/3.5u4 7.4.7
7302 esx/3.5u3 7.4.6
7302 esx/3.5u2 7.4.6
Source: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions
Required tools version

Column which specify whether or not the tools are upgradeable from this application.
Upgradeable
Column which specify whether or not the tools are upgradeable from this application.
The UpgradeTools_Task operation requires the following:

• ESX Server must be version 3.0.1 or later.
• The virtual machine must be powered on.
• VMware Tools must be installed and running.
• The VirtualMachine's guest.toolsStatus property must be either "toolsOK" or
"toolsOld".
• VMware Tools must be the version that ships with ESX 3.0.
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Upgrade Policy
The policy setting used to determine when tools are auto-upgraded for a virtual machine.
NAME DESCRIPTION
manual No auto-upgrades for tools will be performed for this virtual machine.
Users must manually invoke the UpgradeTools operation to update the
tools.
upgradeAtPowerCycle When the virtual machine is power-cycled, the system checks for a
newer version of tools when the VM comes back up. If it is available, a
tools upgrade is automatically performed on the virtual machine and it is
rebooted if necessary.
Sync Time
Indicates whether or not the VMware tools program will sync time with the host time.
App status
Application state. If vSphere HA is enabled and the vm is configured for Application
Monitoring and this field's value is "appStateNeedReset" then HA will attempt
immediately reset the vm. There are some system conditions which may delay the
immediate reset. The immediate reset will be performed as soon as allowed by vSphere
HA and ESX. If during these conditions the value is changed to appStateOk the reset will
be cancelled
Heartbeat status
Application heartbeat status.
Kernel Crash state

Guest operating system's kernel crash state. If true, the guest operating system's kernel
has crashed.
Operation ready
Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process guest
operations.
State change support

State change support. If true, the vitrual machine is ready to process soft power
operations.
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Interactive Guest
Interactive Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process
guest operations as the user interacting with the guest desktop.
Annotation
Custom Fields
Datacenter
Cluster
Host
Folder

the VMware Tools.
VMRef
VM ID
VM UUID
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VI SDK UUID
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vRP
The “vRPt” tab displays for each resource pool the name, status, number of VM’s,
numbers of vCPUs, CPU limit, CPU overhead limit, CPU reservation, CPU Level, CPU
shares, CPU expendable reservation switch, CPU max usage, CPU overall usage, CPU
reservation used, CPU reservation used for VM, CPU unreserved for pool, CPU unreserved
for VM, memory configured, memory limit, memory overhead limit, memory reservation,
memory level, memory shares, memory expandable reservation, memory max usage,
memory overal usage, memory reservation used, memory reservation used for vm,
memory unreserved for pool, memory unreserved for vm, overall CPU demand statistics,
Overall CPU usage statistics, static CPU Entitlement statistics, distributed CPU entitlement
statistics, ballooned memory statistics, compressed memory statistics, consumed
overhead memory statistics, distributed memory entitlement statistics, guest memory
usage statistics, host memory usage statistics, overhead memory statistics, private
memory statistics, shared memory statistics, static memory entitlement statistics,
swapped memory statistics, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Resource pool
Name and hierarchy of the resource pool
Status
A General Discussion of Resource pool states and admission control There are
three states that the resource pool tree can be in: undercommited (green),
overcommited (yellow), and inconsistent (red). Depending on the state, different
resource pool configuration policies are enforced. The states are described in more detail
below:
• GREEN (aka undercommitted): We have a tree that is in a good state. Every
node has a reservation greater than the sum of the reservations for its children.
We have enough capacity at the root to satisfy all the resources reserved by the
children. All operations performed on the tree, such as powering on virtual
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machines, creating new resource pools, or reconfiguring resource settings, will

ensure that the above constraints are maintained.
• RED (aka. inconsistent): One or more nodes in the tree has children whose
reservations are greater than the node is configured to support. For example, i) a
resource pool with a fixed reservation has a running virtual machine with a
reservation that is higher than the reservation on resource pool itself., or ii) the
child reservations are greater than the limit.
In this state, the DRS algorithm is disabled until the resource pool tree's
configuration has been brought back into a consistent state. We also restrict the
resources that such invalid nodes request from their parents to the configured
reservation/limit, in an attempt to isolate the problem to a small subtree. For the
rest of the tree, we determine whether the cluster is undercommitted or
overcommitted according to the existing rules and perform admission control
accordingly.
Note that since all changes to the resource settings are validated on the
VirtualCenter server, the system cannot be brought into this state by simply
manipulating a cluster resource pool tree through VirtualCenter. It can only
happen if a virtual machine gets powered on directly on a host that is part of a
DRS cluster.
• YELLOW (aka overcommitted): In this state, the tree is consistent internally,

but the root resource pool does not have the capacity at to meet the reservation
of its children. We can only go from GREEN -> YELLOW if we lose resources at the
root. For example, hosts becomes unavailable or is put into maintenance mode.
Note that we will always have enough capacity at the root to run all currently
powered on VMs. However, we may not be able to satisfy all resource pool
reservations in the tree. In this state, the reservation configured for a resource
pool is no longer guaranteed, but the limits are still enforced. This provides
additional flexibility for bringing the tree back into a consistent state, without
risking bringing the tree into a RED state. In more detail:
o Resource Pool The root is considered to have unlimited capacity. You can
reserve resources without any check except the requirement that the tree
remains consistent. This means that nodes whose parents are all
configured with expandable reservations and no limit will have unlimited
available resources. However, if there is an ancestor with a fixed
reservation or an expandable reservation with a limit somewhere, then the
node will be limited by the reservation/limit of the ancestor.
o Virtual Machine Virtual machines are limited by ancestors with a fixed
reservation and the capacity at the root.
# VMs
Total number of VMs in this resource pool
# vCPUs
Total number of virtual CPUs in this resource pool
CPU limit
shares). Units are MHz.
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CPU overheadlimit
The maximum allowed overhead memory. For a powered on virtual machine, the
overhead memory reservation cannot be larger than its overheadLimit. This property is
only applicable to powered on virtual machines and is not persisted across reboots. This
property is not applicable for resource pools. If set to -1, then there is no limit on
reservation. Units are MB.
CPU reservation
CPU.
CPU level
CPU shares
compared. There is no unit for this value. It is a relative measure based on the settings
for other resource pools.
CPU expandableReservation
In a resource pool with an expandable reservation, the reservation on a resource pool
can grow beyond the specified value, if the parent resource pool has unreserved
resources. A non-expandable reservation is called a fixed reservation. This property is
ignored for virtual machines.
CPU maxUsage
Current upper-bound on usage. The upper-bound is based on the limit configured on this
resource pool, as well as limits configured on any parent resource pool.
CPU overallUsage
Close to real-time resource usage of all running child virtual machines, including virtual
machines in child resource pools.
CPU reservationUsed
Total amount of resources that have been used to satisfy the reservation requirements of
all descendants of this resource pool (includes both resource pools and virtual machines).
CPU reservationUsedForVm
running virtual machines in this resource pool or any of its child resource pools.
CPU unreservedForPool
Total amount of resources available to satisfy a reservation for a child resource pool. In
the undercommitted state, this is limited by the capacity at the root node. In the
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overcommitted case, this could be higher since we do not perform the dynamic capacity
checks.
CPU unreservedForVm
Total amount of resources available to satisfy a reservation for a child virtual machine. In
general, this should be the same as unreservedForPool. However, in the overcommitted
case, this is limited by the remaining available resources at the root node.
Mem configured
Total configured memory of all virtual machines in the resource pool, in MB.
Since vSphere API 4.0
Mem limit
shares). Units are MB.
Mem overheadLimit
The maximum allowed overhead memory. For a powered on virtual machine, the
overhead memory reservation cannot be larger than its overheadLimit. This property is
only applicable to powered on virtual machines and is not persisted across reboots. This
property is not applicable for resource pools. If set to -1, then there is no limit on
reservation. Units are MB.
Mem reservation
MB.
Mem level
Mem shares
compared. There is no unit for this value. It is a relative measure based on the settings
for other resource pools.
Mem expandableReservation
In a resource pool with an expandable reservation, the reservation on a resource pool
can grow beyond the specified value, if the parent resource pool has unreserved
resources. A non-expandable reservation is called a fixed reservation. This property is
ignored for virtual machines.
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Mem maxUsage
Current upper-bound on usage. The upper-bound is based on the limit configured on this
resource pool, as well as limits configured on any parent resource pool.
Mem overallUsage
Close to real-time resource usage of all running child virtual machines, including virtual
machines in child resource pools.
Mem reservationUsed
all descendants of this resource pool (includes both resource pools and virtual machines).
Mem reservationUsedForVm
running virtual machines in this resource pool or any of its child resource pools.
Mem unreservedForPool
Total amount of resources available to satisfy a reservation for a child resource pool. In
the undercommitted state, this is limited by the capacity at the root node. In the
overcommitted case, this could be higher since we do not perform the dynamic capacity
checks.
Mem unreservedForVm
Total amount of resources available to satisfy a reservation for a child virtual machine. In
general, this should be the same as unreservedForPool. However, in the overcommitted
case, this is limited by the remaining available resources at the root node.
QS: A set of statistics that are typically updated with near real-time regularity. These
statistics are aggregates of the corresponding statistics of all virtual machines in the
given resource pool, and unless otherwise noted, only make sense when at least one
virtual machine in the given resource pool is powered on
QS overallCpuDemand
Basic CPU performance statistics, in MHz.
QS overallCpuUsage
Basic CPU performance statistics, in MHz.
QS staticCpuEntitlement
The static CPU resource entitlement for a virtual machine. This value is calculated based
on this virtual machine's resource reservations, shares and limit, and doesn't take into
account current usage. This is the worst case CPU allocation for this virtual machine, that
is, the amount of CPU resource this virtual machine would receive if all virtual machines
running in the cluster went to maximum consumption. Units are MHz.
QS distributedCpuEntitlement
This is the amount of CPU resource, in MHz, that this VM is entitled to, as calculated by
DRS. Valid only for a VM managed by DRS.
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QS balloonedMemory
The size of the balloon driver in a virtual machine, in MB. The host will inflate the balloon
driver to reclaim physical memory from a virtual machine. This is a sign that there is
memory pressure on the host.
QS compressedMemory
The amount of compressed memory currently consumed by VM. Since vSphere API 4.1
QS consumedOverheadMemory
The amount of overhead memory, in MB, currently being consumed to run a VM. This
value is limited by the overhead memory reservation for a VM, stored in
overheadMemory.
QS distributedMemoryEntitlement
This is the amount of memory, in MB, that this VM is entitled to, as calculated by DRS.
Valid only for a VM managed by DRS.
QS guestMemoryUsage
Guest memory utilization statistics, in MB. This is also known as active guest memory.
The number can be between 0 and the configured memory size of a virtual machine.
QS hostMemoryUsage
Host memory utilization statistics, in MB. This is also known as consummed host
memory. This is between 0 and the configured resource limit. Valid while a virtual
machine is running. This includes the overhead memory of a virtual machine.
QS overheadMemory
The amount of memory resource (in MB) that will be used by a virtual machine above its
guest memory requirements. This value is set if and only if a virtual machine is
registered on a host that supports memory resource allocation features. For powered off
VMs, this is the minimum overhead required to power on the VM on the registered host.
For powered on VMs, this is the current overhead reservation, a value which is almost
always larger than the minimum overhead, and which grows with time.
QS privateMemory
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to a virtual machine from non-shared host
memory.
QS sharedMemory
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to a virtual machine from host memory
that is shared between VMs.
QS staticMemoryEntitlement
The static memory resource entitlement for a virtual machine. This value is calculated
based on this virtual machine's resource reservations, shares and limit, and doesn't take
into account current usage. This is the worst case memory allocation for this virtual
machine, that is, the amount of memory this virtual machine would receive if all virtual
machines running in the cluster went to maximum consumption. Units are MB.
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QS swappedMemory
The portion of memory, in MB, that is granted to a virtual machine from the host's swap
space. This is a sign that there is memory pressure on the host.
VI SDK Server
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vCluster
The “vCluster” tab displays for each cluster the name, config status, overall status,
number of hosts, number of effective hosts, Total cpu resources, number of cores,
number of cpu threads, effective cpu resources, total memory, effective memeory,
number of vMotions, HA enabled flag, failover level, Admission control enabled flag, host
monitoring flag, heart beat datastore condidate policy, Isolation response, restart
priority, cluster settings, max failures, max failure window, failure interval, minimal up
time, VM monitoring, DRS enabled flag, DRS default VM behavior, DRS vmotion rate,
DPM enabled flag, DPM default behavior, DPM host power action rate, VI SDK Server and
VI SDK UUID.
Name
Cluster name.
Config status
involving this Cluster. The meanings of the config status values are:

OverallStatus
Overall alarm status.
NAME DESCRIPTION
gray The status is unknown.
green The entity is OK.
red The entity definitely has a problem.
yellow The entity might have a problem.
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NumHosts
Total number of hosts.
NumEffectiveHosts
Total number of effective hosts.
TotalCpu
Aggregated CPU resources of all hosts, in MHz.
NumCpuCores
Number of physical CPU cores. Physical CPU cores are the processors contained by a CPU
package.
NumCpuThreads
Aggregated number of CPU threads.
Effective Cpu
Effective CPU resources (in MHz) available to run virtual machines. This is the aggregated
effective resource level from all running hosts. Hosts that are in maintenance mode or
are unresponsive are not counted. Resources used by the VMware Service Console are
not included in the aggregate. This value represents the amount of resources available
for the root resource pool for running virtual machines.
TotalMemory
Aggregated memory resources of all hosts, in MB.
Effective Memory
Effective memory resources (in MB) available to run virtual machines. This is the
aggregated effective resource level from all running hosts. Hosts that are in maintenance
mode or are unresponsive are not counted. Resources used by the VMware Service
Console are not included in the aggregate. This value represents the amount of resources
available for the root resource pool for running virtual machines.
Num VMotions
Total number of migrations with VMotion that have been done internal to this cluster.
HA Enabled
Flag to indicate whether or not vSphere HA feature is enabled.
Failover Level
Configured failover level. This is the number of physical host failures that can be
tolerated without impacting the ability to satisfy the minimums for all running virtual
machines. Acceptable values range from one to four.
AdmissionControlEnabled
Flag that determines whether strict admission control is enabled. When you use
admission control, the following operations are prevented, if doing so would violate the
admissionControlPolicy.
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• Powering on a virtual machine in the cluster.

• Migrating a virtual machine into the cluster.
• Increasing the CPU or memory reservation of powered-on virtual machines in the
cluster.
With admission control disabled, there is no assurance that all virtual machines in the HA
cluster can be restarted after a host failure. VMware recommends that you do not disable
admission control, but you might need to do so temporarily, for the following reasons:
• If you need to violate the failover constraints when there are not enough
resources to support them (for example, if you are placing hosts in standby mode
to test them for use with DPM).
• If an automated process needs to take actions that might temporarily violate the
failover constraints (for example, as part of an upgrade directed by VMware
Update Manager).
• If you need to perform testing or maintenance operations.
Host monitoring
Determines whether HA restarts virtual machines after a host fails.
HB Datastore Candidate Policy

The policy on what datastores will be used by vCenter Server to choose heartbeat
datastores. Since vSphere API 5.0
Isolation Response
Indicates whether or not the virtual machine should be powered off if a host determines
that it is isolated from the rest of the compute resource. If not specified at either the
cluster level or the virtual machine level, this will default to powerOff.
NAME DESCRIPTION
clusterIsolationResponse Use the default isolation reponse defined for the cluster that
contains this virtual machine.
none Do not power off the virtual machine in the event of a host network
isolation.
powerOff Power off the virtual machine in the event of a host network
isolation.
shutdown Shut down the virtual machine guest operating system in the event
of a host network isolation. If the guest operating system fails to
shutdown within five minutes, HA will initiate a forced power off.
When you use the shutdown isolation response, failover can take
longer (compared to the powerOff response) because the virtual
machine cannot fail over until it is shutdown.
Restart Priority
Restart priority for a virtual machine. If not specified at either the cluster level or the
virtual machine level, this will default to medium.
Cluster Settings
Flag indicating whether to use the cluster settings or the per VM settings.
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Max Failures
Maximum number of failures and automated resets allowed during the time that
maxFailureWindow specifies. If maxFailureWindow is -1 (no window), this represents the
absolute number of failures after which automated response is stopped. If a virtual
machine exceeds this threshold, in-depth problem analysis is usually needed. The default
value is 3.
Max Failure Window

The number of seconds for the window during which up to maxFailures resets can occur
before automated responses stop. If set to -1, no failure window is specified. The default
value is -1.
Failure Interval
If no heartbeat has been received for at least the specified number of seconds, the
virtual machine is declared as failed. The default value is 30.
Min Up Time
The number of seconds for the virtual machine's heartbeats to stabilize after the virtual
machine has been powered on. This time should include the guest operating system
boot-up time. The virtual machine monitoring will begin only after this period. The default
value is 120.
VM Monitoring
Indicates the type of virtual machine monitoring. Specify a string value corresponding to
one of the following values:
• vmMonitoringDisabled (the default value)
• vmMonitoringOnly
• vmAndAppMonitoring
DRS enabled
Flag to indicate whether or not VirtualCenter is allowed to perform any DRS migration or
initial placement recommendations for this virtual machine. If this flag is false, the virtual
machine is effectively excluded from DRS. If no individual DRS specification exists for a
virtual machine, this property defaults to true.
DRS default VM behavior

Specifies the cluster-wide default DRS behavior for virtual machines.
DRS vmotion rate

Threshold for generated ClusterRecommendations. DRS generates only those
recommendations that are above the specified vmotionRate. Ratings vary from 1 to 5.
This setting applies to manual, partiallyAutomated, and fullyAutomated DRS clusters.
DPM enabled
Flag indicating whether or not the service is enabled. This service can not be enabled,
unless DRS is enabled as well.
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DPM default behavior

Specifies the default VMware DPM behavior for hosts.
DPM Host Power Action Rate

DPM generates only those recommendations that are above the specified rating. Ratings
vary from 1 to 5. This setting applies to both manual and automated DPM clusters.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vHost
The “vHost” tab displays for each host the name, datacenter name, cluster name, config
status, CPU model, CPU speed, hyperthread information, number of CPU’s, cores per
CPU, number of cores, 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 cpu’s,
number of virtual cpu’s per core, vRam, used memory by vm’s, swapped memory by
vm’s, ballooned memory by vm’s, vMotion support flag, storage vMotion support flag,
current EVC mode, Max EVC mode, Assigned license, ATS heartbeat, ATS locking,
Current CPU power man policy, Supported CPU power man, Host Power Policy, ESX
version of this host, Boot time, custom fields, DNS Servers, DHCP, Domain name, DNS
Search Order, NTP Server(s), NTPD running, Time Zone, Time Zone Name, GMT Offset,
harware vendor, model, serial number, Service tag (serial #), OEM specific string, BIOS
vendor, BIOS version, BIOS date, Host object id, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
Name of the ESX host.
Datacenter
Name of the datacenter.
Cluster
Name of the cluster.
Config status
involving this Host. The meanings of the config status values are:

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CPU Model
The CPU model.
Speed
The speed of the CPU cores. This is an average value if there are multiple speeds. The
product of cpuMhz and numCpuCores is approximately equal to the sum of the MHz for
all the individual cores on the host.
HT Available
The flag to indicate whether or not hyperthreading optimization is available on the
system. This property is set by VMware prior to installation.
HT Active
The flag to indicate whether or not the CPU scheduler is currently treating hyperthreads
as schedulable resources. Setting this property involves a successful invocation of either
the enableHyperThreading() method ("true") or the disableHyperthreading() method
("false"). The property is set once the system is rebooted.
# CPUs
Number of physical CPU cores on the host. Physical CPU cores are the processors
contained by a CPU package.
Cores per CPU

Number of cores per physical CPU cores on the host.
# Cores
Number of cores.
CPU usage %
Aggregated CPU usage across all cores on the host in %.
# Memory
Total amount of physical memory on the host in MB.
Memory usage %
Physical memory usage on the host in %.
Console
The amount of memory that is currently reserved for the service console.
# NICs
The number of network adapters.
# HBAs
The number of host bus adapters (HBAs).
# VMs
The number of running VMs on this host.
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VMs per core

The number of running VM’s per core on this host.
# vCPUs
Total number of running virtual CPUs on this host
vCPUs per core

The number of active virtual cpu's per core.
vRAM
Total amount of virtual RAM allocated to all running VMs.
VM Used memory
Guest memory: Total amount of memory in MB, recently accessed.
VM Memory swapped
Guest memory: Total amount of memory in MB, reclaimed by swapping.
VM Memory ballooned
Guest memory: Total amount of memory in MB, reclaimed by ballooning.
VMotion support
Flag indicating whether you can perform VMotion.
Storage VMotion support

Indicates whether the storage of a powered-on virtual machine may be relocated.
Current EVC
The Enhanced VMotion Compatibility mode that is currently in effect for this host. If the
host is in a cluster where EVC is active, this will match the cluster's EVC mode; otherwise
this will be unset.
Max EVC
The most capable Enhanced VMotion Compatibility mode supported by the host hardware
and software; unset if this host cannot participate in any EVC mode.
Assigned license
Assigned license.
ATS heartbeat
ATS heartbeat value.
ATS locking
ATS locking value.
Current CPU power man policy

Information about current CPU power management policy.
Supported CPU power man

Information about supported CPU power management.
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Host Power Policy

Power Policy Short Name.
ESX Version
complete product name, including the version information.
Boot time
The time when the host was booted.
DNS Servers
The IP addresses of the DNS servers, placed in order of preference.
Note: When DHCP is not enabled, the property can be set explicitly. When DHCP is
enabled, the property reflects the current DNS configuration, but cannot be set.
DHCP
The flag to indicate whether or not DHCP (dynamic host control protocol) is used to
determine DNS configuration automatically.
Domain
The domain name portion of the DNS name. For example, "vmware.com".
DNS Search domains

The domain in which to search for hosts, placed in order of preference.
NTP Server(s)
List of time servers, specified as either IP addresses or fully qualified domain names
(FQDNs). NTP issues are visible in the vHealth tab page.
Time Zone
Description of the time zone.
NTPD running
Flag indicating whether the NTPD service is currently running.
NTP issues are visible in the vHealth tab page.
Time Zone Name

The time zone name.
GMT Offset
The GMT offset in seconds that is currently applicable to the time zone (with respect to
the current time on the host).
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Vendor
Name of hardware vendor.
Model
System model identification.
Serial number
Serial number.
Service tag
The Service tag of the system.
OEM specific string

The Asset tag of the system
BIOS vendor
The vendor for the BIOS.
BIOS version
Current BIOS.version of physical machine.
BIOS date
Release date of BIOS.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vHBA
The vHBA tab displays for each host name, datacenter, cluster name, device name,
device type, status flag, bus number, PCI address, driver name, driver model name,
worldwide name, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
Datacenter
Cluster
Device
The device name of host bus adapter.
Type
HBA type.
Status
The operational status of the adapter. Valid values include "online", "offline", and "fault".
Bus
The host bus number.
Pci
The Peripheral Connect Interface (PCI) ID of the device representing the host bus
adapter.
Driver
The name of the driver.
Model
The model name of the host bus adapter.
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WWN
The worldwide port name for the adapter.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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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, virtual
switch name, Uplink port, PCI ID, wake on switch, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
Datacenter
Cluster
Network device
The device name of the physical network adapter.
Driver
The name of the driver.
Speed
The bit rate on the link.
Duplex
The flag to indicate whether or not the link is capable of full-duplex ("true") or only half-
duplex ("false").
PCI
Device hash of the PCI device corresponding to this physical network adapter.
Switch
Name of (distributed) virtual switch to which the nic is connected.
Uplink port
Name of uplink port.
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Wake on
Flag indicating whether the NIC is wake-on-LAN capable.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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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, 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, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
The name of the host where the switch is defined.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter where the switch is defined.
Cluster
The name of the cluster where the switch is defined.
Switch
The name of the virtual switch. Maximum length is 32 characters.
# Ports
The number of ports that this virtual switch is configured to use. Changing this setting
does not take effect until the next reboot. The maximum value is 1024, although other
constraints, such as memory limits, may establish a lower effective limit.
Free Ports
The number of ports that are available on this virtual switch. There are a number of
networking services that utilize a port on the virtual switch and are not accounted for in
the Port array of a PortGroup. For example, each physical NIC attached to a virtual
switch consumes one port. This property should be used when attempting to implement
admission control for new services attaching to virtual switches.
Promiscuous mode
The flag to indicate whether or not all traffic is seen on the port.
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Mac Changes
The flag to indicate whether or not the Media Access Control (MAC) address can be changed.
Forged Transmits
The flag to indicate whether or not the virtual network adapter should be allowed to send network
traffic with a different MAC address than that of the virtual network adapter.
Traffic Shaping
The flag to indicate whether or not traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
Width
The average bandwidth in bits per second if shaping is enabled on the port.
Peak
The peak bandwidth during bursts in bits per second if traffic shaping is enabled on the
port.
Burst
The maximum burst size allowed in bytes if shaping is enabled on the port
Policy
Network adapter teaming policy includes failover and load balancing, It can be one of the
following:
• loadbalance_ip: route based on ip hash.

• loadbalance_srcmac: route based on source MAC hash.
• loadbalance_srcid: route based on the source of the port ID.
• failover_explicit: use explicity failover order.
Reverse Policy
The flag to indicate whether or not the teaming policy is applied to inbound frames as
well. For example, if the policy is explicit failover, a broadcast request goes through
uplink1 and comes back through uplink2. Then if the reverse policy is set, the frame is
dropped when it is received from uplink2. This reverse policy is useful to prevent the
virtual machine from getting reflections.
Notify Switch
Flag to specify whether or not to notify the physical switch if a link fails. If this property
is true, ESX Server will respond to the failure by sending a RARP packet from a different
physical adapter, causing the switch to update its cache.
Rolling Order
The flag to indicate whether or not to use a rolling policy when restoring links. For
example, assume the explicit link order is (vmnic9, vmnic0), therefore vmnic9 goes
down, vmnic0 comes up. However, when vmnic9 comes backup, if rollingOrder is set to
be true, vmnic0 continues to be used, otherwise, vmnic9 is restored as specified in the
explicitly order.
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Offload
Offload capabilities are used to optimize virtual machine network performance. When a
virtual machine is transmitting on a network, some operations can be offloaded to either
the host or the physical hardware. This policy indicates what networking related
operations should be offloaded. All virtual machines using this PortGroup are subject to
this policy. There is no setting for an individual virtual machine to determine if an
operation should be offloaded.
TSO
The flag to indicate whether or not TCP segmentation offloading (TSO) is supported.
Zero Copy Xmit

The flag to indicate whether or not zero copy transmits are supported.
MTU
The maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the virtual switch in bytes.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vPort
The vPort tab displays for each port the host name, datacenter name, cluster name,
port group, 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, zero copy transmits support flag , VI
SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
The name of the host where the port group is defined.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter where the port group is defined.
Cluster
The name of the cluster where the port group is defined.
Port Group
The name of the port group.
Switch
The identifier of the virtual switch on which this port group is located.
VLAN
The VLAN ID for ports using this port group. Possible values:
• A value of 0 specifies that you do not want the port group associated with a VLAN.
• A value from 1 to 4094 specifies a VLAN ID for the port group.
• A value of 4095 specifies that the port group should use trunk mode, which allows
the guest operating system to manage its own VLAN tags.
Settings on the port group take precedence over the ones specified on the virtual switch.
Promiscuous mode
The flag to indicate whether or not all traffic is seen on the port.
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Mac Changes
The flag to indicate whether or not the Media Access Control (MAC) address can be changed.
Forged Transmits
The flag to indicate whether or not the virtual network adapter should be allowed to send network
traffic with a different MAC address than that of the virtual network adapter.
Traffic Shaping
The flag to indicate whether or not traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
Width
The average bandwidth in bits per second if shaping is enabled on the port.
Peak
The peak bandwidth during bursts in bits per second if traffic shaping is enabled on the
port.
Burst
The maximum burst size allowed in bytes if shaping is enabled on the port
Policy
Network adapter teaming policy includes failover and load balancing, It can be one of the
following:
• loadbalance_ip: route based on ip hash.

• loadbalance_srcmac: route based on source MAC hash.
• loadbalance_srcid: route based on the source of the port ID.
• failover_explicit: use explicity failover order.
Reverse Policy
The flag to indicate whether or not the teaming policy is applied to inbound frames as
well. For example, if the policy is explicit failover, a broadcast request goes through
uplink1 and comes back through uplink2. Then if the reverse policy is set, the frame is
dropped when it is received from uplink2. This reverse policy is useful to prevent the
virtual machine from getting reflections.
Notify Switch
Flag to specify whether or not to notify the physical switch if a link fails. If this property
is true, ESX Server will respond to the failure by sending a RARP packet from a different
physical adapter, causing the switch to update its cache.
Rolling Order
The flag to indicate whether or not to use a rolling policy when restoring links. For
example, assume the explicit link order is (vmnic9, vmnic0), therefore vmnic9 goes
down, vmnic0 comes up. However, when vmnic9 comes backup, if rollingOrder is set to
be true, vmnic0 continues to be used, otherwise, vmnic9 is restored as specified in the
explicitly order.
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Offload
Offload capabilities are used to optimize virtual machine network performance. When a
virtual machine is transmitting on a network, some operations can be offloaded to either
the host or the physical hardware. This policy indicates what networking related
operations should be offloaded. All virtual machines using this PortGroup are subject to
this policy. There is no setting for an individual virtual machine to determine if an
operation should be offloaded.
TSO
The flag to indicate whether or not TCP segmentation offloading (TSO) is supported.
Zero Copy Xmit

The flag to indicate whether or not zero copy transmits are supported.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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dvSwitch
The dvSwitch tab displays for each distributed virtual switch the following properties:
switch name, datacenter name, short product name, vendor, description, date created,
host members, max ports, number of ports, number of connected VMs, traffic shaping
values, CDP type, CDP operation, LACP name, LACP mode, LACP loadbalance Algorithm,
max MTU, contact, name of responsible person, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Switch
The name of the switch.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter.
Name
Short form of the product name.
Vendor
Name of the vendor of this product.
Version
Dot-separated version string.
Description
A description string of the switch.
Created
The create time of the switch.
Host members
The hosts that join the switch.
Max Ports
The maximum number of ports allowed in the switch, not including conflict ports.
# Ports
Current number of ports, not including conflict ports.
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# VMs
Number of VMs connected to the switch.
In Traffic Shaping
The flag to indicate whether or not in-throughput traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
In Avg
The average in-throughput bandwidth in Kbits per second if shaping is enabled on the
port
In Peak
The in-throughput peak bandwidth during bursts in Kbits per second if traffic shaping is
enabled on the port.
In Burst
The maximum in-throughput burst size allowed in Kbytes if shaping is enabled on the
port.
Out Traffic Shaping

The flag to indicate whether or not out-throughput traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
Out Avg
The average out-throughput bandwidth in Kbits per second if shaping is enabled on the
port
Out Peak
The out-throughput peak bandwidth during bursts in Kbits per second if traffic shaping is
Out Burst
The maximumout-throughput burst size allowed in Kbytes if shaping is enabled on the
port.
CDP Type
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Whether to advertise or listen.
NAME DESCRIPTION
advertise Sent discovery packets for the switch, but don't listen for incoming discovery
packets.
both Sent discovery packets for the switch and listen for incoming discovery packets.
listen Listen for incoming discovery packets but don't sent discovery packet for the switch.
none Don't listen for incoming discovery packets and don't sent discover packets for the
switch either
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CDP Operation
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The discovery protocol type.
NAME DESCRIPTION
cdp Cisco Discovery Protocol
lldp Link Layer Discovery Protocol
LACP Name
The display name.
LACP mode
Link Aggregation Control Protocol policy modes.
Name Description
active Link Aggregation Control Protocol always sends frames along the configured
uplinks
passive Link Aggregation Control Protocol acts as "speak when spoken to".
LACP loadbalance Algorithm
Name Description
destIp Destination IP
destIpTcpUdpPort Destination IP and TCP/UDP port number
destIpTcpUdpPortVlan Destination IP, TCP/UDP port number and VLAN
destIpVlan Destination IP and VLAN
destMac Destination MAC address
destTcpUdpPort Destination TCP/UDP port number
srcDestIp Source and Destination IP
srcDestIpTcpUdpPort Source and destination IP and TCP/UDP port number
Source and destination IP, source and destination TCP/UDP port
srcDestIpTcpUdpPortVlan
number and VLAN.
srcDestIpVlan Source and destination IP and VLAN
srcDestMac Source and destination MAC address
srcDestTcpUdpPort Source and destination TCP/UDP port number
srcIp Source IP
srcIpTcpUdpPort Source IP and TCP/UDP port number
srcIpTcpUdpPortVlan Source IP, TCP/UDP port number and VLAN
srcIpVlan Source IP and VLAN
srcMac Source MAC address
srcPortId Source Virtual Port Id
srcTcpUdpPort Source TCP/UDP port number
vlan VLAN only
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Max MTU
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The maximum MTU in the switch.
Contact
The contact information for the human operator.
Admin Name
The name of the person who is responsible for the switch.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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dvPort
The dvPort tab displays for each distributed virtual port the following properties: name of
portgroup, distributed switch name, portgroup type, number of ports, VLAN id, speed,
Full duplex switch, blocked switch, allow promiscuous switch, Mac changes switch, active
Uplink, standby uplink, policy, forged transmits switch, traffic shapping values, reverse
policy switch, notify switch, rolling order, check beacon, live port moving switch, check
duplex flag, check error % flag, check speed flag, block override flag, config reset switch,
override shaping switch, vendor config override switch, security policy override switch,
teaming override switch, VLAN override switch, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Port
The name of the portgroup.
Switch
The DistributedVirtualSwitch that the portgroup is defined on. This property should
always be set unless the user's setting does not have System.Read privilege on the
object referred to by this property.
Type
The type of portgroup.
NAME DESCRIPTION
earlyBinding A free DistributedVirtualPort will be selected and assigned to a Virtual Machine

when the Virtual Machine is reconfigured to connect to the portgroup.
ephemeral A DistributedVirtualPort will be created and assigned to a Virtual Machine when the
Virtual Machine is powered on, and will be deleted when the Virtual Machine is
powered off. An ephemeral portgroup has no limit on the number of ports that can
be a part of this portgroup. In cases where the vCenter Server is unavailable the
host can create conflict ports in this portgroup to be used by a Virtual Machine at
power on.
lateBinding A free DistributedVirtualPort will be selected and assigned to a Virtual Machine

when the Virtual Machine is powered on.
# Ports
Number of ports in the portgroup.
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VLAN
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The VLAN ID for ports. Possible values:
A value of 0 specifies that you do not want the port associated with a VLAN. Value from
1 to 4094 specifies a VLAN ID for the port.
Speed
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Link speed.
Full Duplex
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Full Duplex switch.
Blocked
Blocked switch.
Allow Promiscuous
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not all traffic is seen
on the port.
Mac Changes
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not the Media
Access Control (MAC) address can be changed.
Active Uplink
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! List of active uplink ports used for load balancing.
Standby Uplink
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Standby uplink ports used for failover.
Policy
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware Network adapter teaming policy. The policy defines
the way traffic from the clients of the team is routed through the different uplinks in the
team. The policies supported on the vDS platform is one of:
NAME DESCRIPTION
failover_explicit Use explicit failover order
loadbalance_ip Routing based on IP hash
loadbalance_loadbased Routing based by dynamically balancing traffic through the NICs in a

team. This is the recommended teaming policy when the network I/O
control feature is enabled for the vNetwork Distributed Switch.
loadbalance_srcid Route based on the source of the port ID
loadbalance_srcmac Route based on source MAC hash
Forged Transmits
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not the virtual
network adapter should be allowed to send network traffic with a different MAC address
than that of the virtual network adapter.
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In Traffic Shaping
The flag to indicate whether or not in-throughput traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
In Avg
The average in-throughput bandwidth in Kbits per second if shaping is enabled on the
port
In Peak
The in-throughput peak bandwidth during bursts in Kbits per second if traffic shaping is
In Burst
The maximum in-throughput burst size allowed in Kbytes if shaping is enabled on the
port.
Out Traffic Shaping

The flag to indicate whether or not out-throughput traffic shaper is enabled on the port.
Out Avg
The average out-throughput bandwidth in Kbits per second if shaping is enabled on the
port
Out Peak
The out-throughput peak bandwidth during bursts in Kbits per second if traffic shaping is
Out Burst
The maximumout-throughput burst size allowed in Kbytes if shaping is enabled on the
port.
Reverse Policy
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not the teaming
policy is applied to inbound frames as well.
Notify Switch
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Flag to specify whether or not to notify the physical
switch if a link fails.
Rolling Order
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not to use a rolling
policy when restoring links.
Check Beacon
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not to enable this
property to enable beacon probing as a method to validate the link status of a physical
network adapter. checkBeacon can be enabled only if the VirtualSwitch has been
configured to use the beacon. Attempting to set checkBeacon on a PortGroup or
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VirtualSwitch that does not have beacon probing configured for the applicable
VirtualSwitch results in an error.
Live Port Moving
Allow a live port to be moved in and out of the portgroup.
Check Duplex
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not to use the link
duplex reported by the driver as link selection criteria. If true, then fullDuplex is the
configured duplex mode. The link is considered bad if the link duplex reported by driver is
not the same as fullDuplex. If false, then fullDuplex is unused, and link duplexity is not
used as a detection method.
Check Error %
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! The flag to indicate whether or not to use link error
percentage to detect failure. If true, then percentage is the configured error percentage
that is tolerated. The link is considered bad if error rate exceeds percentage. If false,
percentage is unused, and error percentage is not used as a detection method.
Check Speed
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! To use link speed as the criteria, checkSpeed must
be one of the following values:
o exact: Use exact speed to detect link failure. speed is the configured exact speed
in megabits per second.
o minimum: Use minimum speed to detect failure. speed is the configured minimum
speed in megabits per second.
o empty string: Do not use link speed to detect failure. speed is unused in this case.
Percentage
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware. See Check Error%.
Block Override
Allow the blocked setting of an individual port to override the default setting of a
portgroup.
Config Reset
If true, reset the port network setting back to the portgroup setting (thus removing the
per-port setting) when the port is disconnected from the connectee.
Shaping Override
Allow the inShaping Policy or outShaping Policy settings of an individual port to override
the default setting of a portgroup.
Vendor Config Override

Allow the vendor specific configuration setting of an individual port to override the default
setting of a portgroup.
Sec. Policy Override

Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Allow the setting ofsecurity policy for an individual
port to override the default setting of a portgroup.
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Traming Override
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Allow the setting of uplink teaming policy for an
individual port to override the default setting of a portgroup.
VLAN Override
Only for Virtual Switch from VMware! Allow the setting of VLAN ID, trunk VLAN ID, or
primary VLAN ID for an individual port to override the default setting of a portgroup.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vSC+VMK
The vSC+VMK tab displays for each service console and VMkernel the host name,
datacenter name, cluster name, port group, device, mac address, DHCP flag, IP address,
IP 6 address, subnet mask, gateway address, gateway IP 6 address , VI SDK Server and
VI SDK UUID.
Host
The name of the host where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Cluster
The name of the cluster where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Port group
If the vnic is connecting to a vSwitch, this property is the name of portgroup connected.
If the vnic is connecting to a DistributedVirtualSwitch, this property is ignored.
Device
VirtualNic device to which configuration applies.
Mac Address
The media access control (MAC) address of the virtual network adapter.
DHCP
The flag to indicate whether or not DHCP (dynamic host control protocol) is enabled. If
this property is set to true, the ipAddress and the subnetMask strings cannot be set
explicitly.
IP Address
The IP address currently used by the network adapter. All IP addresses are specified
using IPv4 dot notation. For example, "192.168.0.1". Subnet addresses and netmasks
are specified using the same notation.
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Note: When DHCP is enabled, this property reflects the current IP configuration and
cannot be set. When DHCP is not enabled, this property can be set explicitly.
IP 6 Address
The IP 6 address currently used by the network adapter.
Subnet Mask
The subnet mask.
Note: When DHCP is not enabled, this property can be set explicitly. When DHCP is
enabled, this property reflects the current IP configuration and cannot be set.
Gateway
The default gateway address.
IP 6 Gateway
The default IP 6 gateway address.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vDatastore
The “vDatastore” tab displays for each datastore the name, config status, connectivity
status, file system type, number of virtual machines on the datastore, total capacity in
mb’s, Total provisioned storage in MB, Used storage in MB, shared storage in MB, free
capacity in mb’s, SIOC enabled flag, SIOC congested threshold value, number of hosts
connected, names of connected hosts, datastore cluster name, datastore cluster capacity,
datastore cluster free space, block size, max blocks, number of extents, major version
number, version string, upgradeable status flag, multiple host access indication, url
address, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Name
The name of the datastore.
Config status
involving this datastore. The meanings of the config status values are:

Address
The full device's address (controller, target, device)
Accessible
The connectivity status of this datastore. If this is set to false, meaning the datastore is
not accessible, this datastore's capacity and freespace properties cannot be validated.
Furthermore, if this property is set to false, the url properties should not be used.
Type
Type of file system volume, such as VMFS or NFS.
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# VMs
Total number of active virtual machines on this datastore.
Capacity MB
Maximum capacity of this datastore, in megabytes.
Provisioned MB
Total storage space, in MB, potentially used by all the virtual machines on this datastore.
In Use MB
Total storage space, in MB, on this datastore that is actually being used.
Free MB
Free space on the datastore, in megabytes.
Free %
Percentage free space on the datastore.
SIOC Enabled
Flag indicating whether or not the service is enabled.
SIOC Threshold
The latency beyond which the storage array is considered congested.
# Hosts
Number of hosts which are connected to the datastore.
Hosts
Host names of all hosts which are connected to the datastore.
Datastore cluster name

The name of the storage pod.
Datastore cluster capacity

Total capacity of this storage pod, in MB. This value is the sum of the capacity of all
datastores that are part of this storage pod, and is updated periodically by the server.
Datastore cluster free space

Total free space on this storage pod, in MB. This value is the sum of the free space on all
datastores that are part of this storage pod, and is updated periodically by the server.
Block size
Block size of VMFS. Determines maximum file size. The maximum number of blocks is
typically fixed with each specific version of VMFS. To increase the maximum size of of a
VMFS file, increase the block size. The minimum block size is 1MB.
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Max Blocks
Maximum number of blocks. Determines maximum file size along with blockSize. See
information about the blockSize. In VMFS2, this number is 466,944. In VMFS3, this
number is 786,432.
# Extents
The total number of extents.
Major Version
Major version number of VMFS.
Version
Version string. Contains major and minor version numbers.
VMFS Upgradeable
Indication if the filesystem can be upgraded to a newer version
MHA
Multiple Host Access. More than one host in the datacenter has been configured with
access to the datastore. This information is only provided by VirtualCenter.
URL
The unique locator for the datastore. This property is guaranteed to be valid only if
accessible is true.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vMultipath
The “vMultiPath” tab displays for all datastores per host the hostname, cluster name,
datacenter name, datastore name, disk name, display name, policy, operational state,
paths (8), path states (8), vStorage support, vendor, model, revision, level, uuid, object
id, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Host
The name of the host where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Datacenter
The name of the datacenter where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Cluster
The name of the cluster where the service console or VMkernel is defined.
Datastore
The name of the datastore.
Disk
Name of the SCSI disk device on which a VMware File System (VMFS) extent resides.
Display name
User configurable display name of the SCSI logical unit. A default display name will be
used if available. If the display name is not supported, it will be unset. The display name
does not have to be unique but it is recommended that it be unique.
Policy
Policy that the logical unit should use when selecting a path.
NAME DESCRIPTION
VMW_PSP_FIXED Use a preferred path whenever possible.
VMW_PSP_RR Load balance
VMW_PSP_MRU Use the most recently used path.
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Opererational state
The operational states of the LUN. When more than one item is present in the array, the
first state should be considered the primary state. For example, a LUN may be "ok" and
"degraded" indicating I/O is still possible to the LUN, but it is operating in a degraded
mode.
Path 1 through 8
Array of paths available to access this LogicalUnit.
Path 1 through 8 state

System-reported state of the path. Must be one of the following values:
NAME DESCRIPTION
active Path can be used for I/O.
standby Path can be used for I/O if active paths fail.
disabled Path has been administratively disabled.
dead Path cannot be used for I/O.
unknown Path is in unknown error state.
vStorage
Storage array hardware acceleration support status. When a host boots, the support
status is unknown. As a host attempts hardware-accelerated operations, it determines
whether the storage device supports hardware acceleration and sets the vStorageSupport
property accordingly.
NAME DESCRIPTION
vStorageSupported Storage device supports hardware acceleration. The ESX host will use
the feature to offload certain storage-related operations to the device.
vStorageUnknown Initial support status value.
vStorageUnsupported Storage device does not support hardware acceleration. The ESX host
will handle all storage-related operations.
Vendor
The vendor of the SCSI device
Model
The model number of the SCSI device.
Revision
The revision of the SCSI device.
Level
The SCSI level of the SCSI device.
UUID
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Universally unique identifier for the LUN used to identify ScsiLun across multiple servers.
Object id
For internal use.
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vLicense
The “vLicense” tab displays information about your licenses. For each license: name of
the licensed product, license key, labels, cost unit, total licenses, used licenses,
expiration date, features, VI SDK Server and VI SDK UUID.
Note: You must have permissions to see the licenses. Check chapter permissions.
Name
Display name of the license.
Key
License key.
Labels
Labels for this license.
Cost unit
The cost unit for this license.
Total
Total numer of licenses.
Used
Used number of licenses.
Expiration data
License expiration date.
Features
List of license features
VI SDK Server
VI SDK UUID
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vHealth
The “vHealth” tab will display the health check messages.
There are 19 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
12. Multipath operational state
Degraded = One or more paths to the LUN are down, but I/O is still possible.
Further path failures may result in lost connectivity.
error = The LUN is dead and/or not reachable.
lostCommunication = No more paths are available to the LUN.
Off = The LUN is off.
13. Virtual machine consolidation needed
14. Search datastore errors.
15. VM config issues
16. Host config issues
17. NTP issues
18. Cluster config issues
19. Datastore config issues
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Health properties
On the properties form you can set your own thresholds and choose which health checks
to execute or to skip.
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Preferences
On the preferences form you can select the “show folder info” and “show vApp names”
options which when set will show the folder and vApp information on the tab pages.
Since version 3.7 you can also set the Auto refresh settings.
Since version 3.9 you can exclude the custom annotation fields.
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Communication
The default ports that the VirtualCenter Server uses to listen for connections from the VI
Client are ports 80, 443, and 902. The VirtualCenter Server also uses port 443 to listen
for data transfer from the VI Web Access Client and other SDK clients.
RVTools is using the https protocol and port 443 to communicate with the VI SDK.
Permissions
The user who starts RVTools must have at least read-only access to vSphere to see
(most) of the information. This chapter describes a couple vSphere roles and what this
means for the information displayed by RVTools.
Read-only role
• Disconnect Floppy is not working
• Disconnect CD is not working
• Upgrade VMware Tools is not working
• License information is not visible
• Search Datastore health checks are not working
Virtual machine user role

• License information not visible
• Search Datastore health checks are not working
Virtual machine power user role

• License information not visible
Administrator
• All information is visible
If you clone the Virtual machine power user role to let’s say “Virtual machine power
user+” role and add global | license access to this new role then you don’t have to be an
administrator to see all the information.
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Password encryption
In the RVTools program directory you can find a small application with which you can
encrypt passwords for RVTools. You can use the encrypted password to start the
application and/or the command line version of RVTools.
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Commandline parameters
Start RVTools with pass-through autentication
Start RVTools, use pass-through authentication, and connect to a specific virtualcenter or
ESX server.
RVTools -passthroughAuth -s virtualcenter.domain.local
Example: RVTools –passthroughAuth –s vc5.robware.local
Start RVTools with userid password

Start RVTools, pass userid and password, and connect to a specific virtualcenter or ESX
server.
RVTools–u userid –p password -s virtualcenter.domain.local
Example: RVTools -u Administrator –p password –s 192.168.2.220
Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to csv

Start RVTools, use pass-through authentication, connect to a specific virtualcenter or ESX
server, start export all to csv and write the csv files to the given directory.
RVTools -passthroughAuth -s virtualcenter.domain.local -c ExportAll2csv -d directory
Example: RVTools –passthroughAuth –s vc5.robware.local -c ExportAll2csv -d c:\temp
Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to csv

Start RVTools connect to a specific virtualcenter or ESX server, pass userid and
password, start export all to csv and write the csv files to a specific directory.
RVTools -s virtualcenter.domain.local –u userid –p password -c ExportAll2csv -d directory
Example: RVTools -s 192.168.2.220 –u Administrator –p password -c ExportAll2csv -d c:\temp
Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to xlsx

Start RVTools, use pass-through authentication, connect to a specific virtualcenter or ESX
server, start export all to xlsx and write the xlsx file to the given directory with the given
filename.
RVTools -passthroughAuth -s virtualcenter.domain.local -c ExportAll2xlsx -d directory –f

filename
Example:
RVTools –passthroughAuth –s vc5.robware.local -c ExportAll2xlsx -d c:\temp –f mytest.xlsx
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Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to xlsx

Start RVTools connect to a specific virtualcenter or ESX server, pass userid and
password, start export all to xlsx and write the xlsx files to the given directory with the
given filename.
RVTools.exe -s virtualcenter.domain.local –u userid –p password -c ExportAll2xlsx -d directory

-f filename
Example: RVTools.exe -s 192.168.2.220 –u Administrator –p password -c ExportAll2xlsx -d

c:\temp –f rvtools.xlsx
If you don’t pass the filename RVTools will create a filename with a timestamp
RVTools_export_all_yyyymmddhhmmss.
Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to xlsx
Since version 3.2 it’s possible to export a single tab page to excel.
vInfo
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2.220 -c ExportvInfo2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vInfo.xlsx
vCPU
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCpu2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vCpu.xlsx
vMemory
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvMemory2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vMemory.xlsx
vDisk
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvDisk2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vDisk.xlsx
vPartition
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvPartition2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vPartition.xlsx
vNetwork
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvNetwork2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vNetwork.xlsx
vFloppy
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvFloppy2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vFloppy.xlsx
vCD
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCD2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vCD.xlsx
vSnapshot
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSnapshot2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vSnapshot.xlsx
vTools
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvTools2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vTools.xlsx
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vRP
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvRP2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vRP.xlsx
vCluster
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCluster2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vCluster.xlsx
vHost
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHost2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vHost.xlsx
vHBA
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHBA2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vHBA.xlsx
vNIC
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvNIC2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vNIC.xlsx
vSwitch
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSwitch2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vSwitch.xlsx
vPort
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvPort2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vPort.xlsx
dvSwitch
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportdvSwitch2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
dvSwitch.xlsx
dvPort
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportdvPort2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
dvPort.xlsx
vSC+VMK
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSC+VMK2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vSC+VMK.xlsx
vDatastore
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvDatastore2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vDatastore.xlsx
vMultiPath
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvMultiPath2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vMultiPath.xlsx
vLicense
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvLicense2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vLicense.xlsx
vHealth
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHealth2xlsx -d C:\Temp -f
vHealth.xlsx
These commands will also work when you use the -passthroughAuth option.
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Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to csv
Since version 3.7 it’s possible to export a single tab page to csv.
vInfo
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2.220 -c ExportvInfo2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vInfo.csv
vCPU
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCpu2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vCpu.csv
vMemory
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvMemory2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vMemory.csv
vDisk
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvDisk2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vDisk.csv
vPartition
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvPartition2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vPartition.csv
vNetwork
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvNetwork2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vNetwork.csv
vFloppy
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvFloppy2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vFloppy.csv
vCD
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCD2csv -d C:\Temp -f vCD.csv
vSnapshot
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSnapshot2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vSnapshot.csv
vTools
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvTools2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vTools.csv
vRP
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvRP2csv -d C:\Temp -f vRP.csv
vCluster
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvCluster2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vCluster.csv
vHost
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHost2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vHost.csv
vHBA
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHBA2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vHBA.csv
vNIC
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvNIC2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vNIC.csv
vSwitch
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSwitch2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vSwitch.csv
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vPort
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvPort2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vPort.csv
dvSwitch
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportdvSwitch2csv -d C:\Temp -f
dvSwitch.csv
dvPort
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportdvPort2csv -d C:\Temp -f
dvport.csv
vSC+VMK
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvSC+VMK2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vSC+VMK.csv
vDatastore
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvDatastore2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vDatastore.csv
vMultiPath
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvMultiPath2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vMultiPath.csv
vLicense
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvLicense2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vLicense.csv
vHealth
rvtools -u Administrator -p password -s 192.168.2. 220 -c ExportvHealth2csv -d C:\Temp -f
vHealth.csv
These commands will also work when you use the -passthroughAuth option.
Commandline switches
-ExcludeCustomAnnotations
When this switch is passed to the CLI the custom annotation fields are not exported.
-DBColumnNames
When this switch is passed to the CLI the column names are not the display column
names but the RVTools internally column names. This can be used if the RVTools data
will be uploaded into a database management system.
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Batch file example

Since version 3.1 there is an example batch file deployed in the RVTools program file
directory.
rem #########################
rem Name RVToolsBatch
rem By RobWare
rem Date April 2017
rem Version 3.9.5
rem #########################
rem =====================================
rem Include robware/rvtools in searchpath
rem =====================================
set path=%path%;c:\program files (x86)\robware\rvtools
rem =========================
rem Set environment variables
rem =========================
set $VCServer=<your vc server>
set $SMTPserver=<your smtp server>
set $SMTPport=<your smtp port, default = 25>
set $Mailto=<mail address>
set $Mailfrom=<mail sender address>
set $Mailsubject=<subject, example "RVTools batch report">
set $AttachmentDir=<directory name, example c:\temp>
set $AttachmentFile=<file name, example RVTools.xlsx>
rem ===================
rem Start RVTools batch
rem ===================
rvtools.exe -passthroughAuth -s %$VCServer% -c ExportAll2xlsx -d %$AttachmentDir% -
f %$AttachmentFile%
rem =========
rem Send mail
rem =========
rvtoolssendmail.exe /smtpserver %$SMTPserver% /smtpport %$SMTPport% /mailto
%$Mailto% /mailfrom %$Mailfrom% /mailsubject %$Mailsubject% /attachment
%$AttachmentDir%\%$AttachmentFile%
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Powershell batch example

Since version 3.10 there is an example PowerShell file deployed in the RVTools program
file directory. With this example script you can start the the RVTools export all to xlsx
function for multiple vCenter servers. The output xlsx files will be merged to one xlsx file
which will be mailed.
#
===================================================================================
# Script: RVToolsBatchMultipleVCs.ps1
# Version: 1.1
# Date: January, 2019
# By: Rob de Veij
#
===================================================================================
<#
.SYNOPSIS
With this example script you can start the the RVTools export all to xlsx function
for multiple vCenter servers.
The output xlsx files will be merged to one xlsx file which will be mailed
.DESCRIPTION
With this example script you can start the the RVTools export all to xlsx function
for multiple vCenter servers.
The output xlsx files will be merged to one xlsx file which will be mailed
.EXAMPLE
.\RVToolsBatchMultipleVCs.ps1
#>
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Powershell merge xlsx files example

Since version 3.10 there is an example PowerShell file deployed in the RVTools program
file directory. With this script you can merge two RVTools export xlsx files into one xlsx
file. This script must be started on a Windows machine where Excel is installed!
#
===================================================================================
# Script: RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.ps1
# Version: 1.0
# Date: February, 2018
# By: Rob de Veij
#
===================================================================================
<#
.SYNOPSIS
With this script you can merge two RVTools export xlsx files into one xlsx file
.DESCRIPTION
With this script you can merge two RVTools export xlsx files into one xlsx file
This script must be started on a Windows machine where Excel is installed!
.PARAMETER InputFile1
Path and Name of the first xlsx file
.PARAMETER InputFile2
Path and Name of the first xlsx file
.PARAMETER OutputFile
Path and Name of the output xlsx file
.EXAMPLE
.\RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.ps1 -InputFile1 C:\temp\AAA.xlsx -InputFile2
C:\temp\BBB.xlsx -OutputFile C:\temp\CCC.xlsx
Script will first copy inputfile 1 to outputfile and after this will add inputfile
2 data to outputfile
#>
Note! In version 3.11 RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.exe is a replacement for this PowerShell script. This new program
has a much better performance and doesn’t need that excel is installedt.
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RVToolsMergeExcelFiles
Since version 3.11 there is a new executable available in the RVTools program directory.
This new executable is a replacement for the Powershell merge xlsx files script.
With RVToolsMergeExcelFiles it’s possible to merge multiple RVTools ExportAll files.
It’s not needed that Excel is installed on the machine where this program has to run.
USAGE
RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.exe -input file_a;file_b -output file_c
[-template file_d] [-overwrite] [-verbose]
-input full path to input xlsx file(s)

-output full path to output xlsx file
-template full path to template xlsx file
-overwrite overwrite output file if it exists
-verbose display informational messages
The first input file is leading which means that only the worksheets and columns which
are available in the first input file are filled with the data from the second input file.
An example: first input file is a vInfo worksheet with annotation columns aa, bb and cc.
The second input file is a vInfo worksheet with annotation columns bb, cc and dd.
Only the annotation columns bb and cc are merged. Column dd is skipped.
Templatefile
You can use a template file if you only want a subset of worksheet and /or colums.
Copy an exportall xlsx file to a template file and remove all data! Remove the worksheet
and columns from the template file which you don’t want to see in the output file.
An example: You have to share your RVTools exportall information with an external party
but you don’t want to share your VMware license information. Edit your template file,
remove the vLicense worksheet and remove the assigned license column in the vHost
worksheet.
An example: if your first input file has annotation fields aa, bb and cc and your second
input file has annotation fields bb, cc and dd and you want to see all annotation columns
in the output file you have to create a template file with annotation columns aa, bb, cc
and dd.
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Log4net properties
Since version 3.4 it’s possible to write debug information to a log file. By default
debugging is disabled <level value=”OFF” />. The value <level value=”DEBUG” /> will
enable the logging. Take care when enabled it will have a performance penalty.
The log4net.properties file can be found in the RVTools application directory.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="${ALLUSERSPROFILE}/RVTools.log"/>
<param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<countDirection value="1"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p %c %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="OFF" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
More information about log4net can be found on: http://logging.apache.org/log4net/
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Version information
Version 3.11.9 (May 26, 2019)
• Bug Fix: Web service call, send en receive timeout value increased.
I solved this problem with help from Chris Apostolof. Thanks again Chris for
helping me to find a solution for this nasty bug.
Version 3.11.8 (May 10, 2019)

• Bug Fix: in some situation not all NIC information was displayed in the vNic tab
page.
Version 3.11.7 (March 15, 2019)

• Bug Fix: in some circumstances a “host not found” message when host name is an
IP address.
Version 3.11.6 (March 9, 2019)

• Upgraded RVTools solution to use VMware vSphere Management SDK 6.7U1
• Windows Authentication Framework (Waffle) is no longer used by RVTools
• NPOI .NET library for creating excel export files is no longer used by RVTools
• RVTools now uses OpenXML and ClosedXML for creating the excel export files
• Performance improvements for export to excel
• added -ExcludeCustomAnnotations switch to RVTools command line interface
• added –DBColumnNames switch to RVTools command line interface
• vInfo tab page new column: Creation date virtual machine
• vInfo tab page new columns: Primary IP Address and vmx Config Checksum
• vInfo tab page new columns: log directory, snapshot directory and suspend
directory
• dvSwitch tab page new columns: LACP name, LACP mode and LACP loadbalance
Algorithm
• vNIC tab page new column: Name of uplink port
• vNetwork tab page new column: Network Adapter DirectPath I/O Parameter
• vHost tab page new columns: Serial number and BIOS vendor
• Header row and first column in export Excel file are now locked.
• First "Select" column is removed from excel worksheet vFloppy, vCD and vTools.
• added a new executable to merge your vCenter xlsx files super-fast to
one xlsx file.
RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.exe -input c:\temp\AA.xlsx;c:\temp\BB.xlsx -output
c:\temp\AABB.xlsx -template c:\temp\mytemplate.xlsx -verbose –overwrite
• Example script RVToolsBatchMultipleVCs.ps1 is changed. It will now uses
RVToolsMergeExcelFiles to merge the xlsx files.
• Bug Fix: a Single Sign On problem solved
• Bug Fix: ExportvSC+VMK2csv command was not working
• Bug Fix: ExportdvPort2csv command was not working
• Bug Fix: On vNIC tabpage not all Switch/dvSwitch information was displayed
• Bug Fix: Export now reflect value of “Latency Sensitivity” enumeration
• Bug Fix: After changing the preference settings the data is not always refreshed
as needed
• Bug fix: Content Libraries vmdk files are no longer reported as possible zombie
files
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Version 3.10.2 (June, 2018)

• Bug Fix: vNic tabpage sometimes not all switches/dvSwitches where displayed
Version 3.10 (February, 2018)

• Upgraded RVTools solution to Visual Studio 2017
• Upgraded RVTools to .Net Framework version 4.6.1
• Upgraded Log4net to version 2.0.8, Waffle.AD to version 1.8.3
and NPOI to version 2.3.0
• Connection error when TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 are disabled and only TLSv1.2 is
enabled is solved by using .Net Framework 4.6.1
• vInfo tab page new columns: The latency-sensitivity setting of the virtual
machine, Change Block Tracking (CBT) and disk.EnableUUID values
• vDisk tab page new columns: SCSI label, unit number and sharedBus
• vHost tab page new columns: Assigned License(s), ATS heartbeat, ATS locking
values. 0 = disabled 1 = enabled, Host Power Policy shortname, CPU Power
Management current policy and CPU power hardware support
• When Export to xlsx is executed a metadata worksheet with version number of
RVTools and date time stamp is added to the output xlsx file
• All columns in the RVTools export xlsx file(s) now have a filter
• When export to csv newline characters are replaced by spaces
• When started from cli and login fails an error message and login box was
displayed. Now RVTools will exit with exit code -1, without showing the error
message and login form.
• Added an example PowerShell script with which you can merge RVTools export
xlsx files
• Added a example PowerShell script to start Export all to xlsx for multiple vCenters
• vDatastore tab page: For NFS datastores the address column is now filled with
remote host and path info
• vDatastore tab page new columns: Datastore Cluster Name, Cluster capacity and
Cluster free space
• The upper limit on the Health check for number of VMs on a datastore is now
9999
• vHealth tab page: new column "message type" which can be used as a filter in
Excel
• vHealth tab page: hbrdisk.RDID files are no longer reported as possible zombie
files
• vHealth tab page: low disk space messages no also show the free space in MB.
• All tab pages: Refresh or auto-refresh will respect your sort order
• CLI export2xls parameters changed to export2xlsx (old parameter will still work)
• Bug Fix: invalid "Horizontal Alignment" value in xlsx style sheet.
• Bug Fix: Calculation of total snapshot size was not always correct
• Bug Fix: Child snapshot hierarchy was not always correct
• Default installation directory is changed to C:\Program Files
(x86)\RobWare\RVTools without the version number
Version 3.9.5 (April, 2017)

• Bug fix: Unhandled System.Security.SecurityException in CLI
• Bug fix: Export vLicence tabpage not working in CLI
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• Bug fix: Export from CLI creates tabpage.xls.xlsx files. Now changed to
tabpage.xlsx files
• Bug fix: dvSwitch tab has two 'Name' fields. One is renamed now
Version 3.9.3 (March, 2017)

• Bugfix: unhandled exception in decrypt function

• Migrated RVTools to use .NET Framework version 4
• Migrated RVTools to use NPOI 2.1.3.1
• Support for vSphere 6.5
• Improved logon performance
• RVTools will no longer write messages to the Windows eventlog
• All VM related tab pages now have a new column: OS according to the VMware
Tools
• All tab pages now have a new column: VI SDK Server
• All tab pages column vCenter UUID renamed to VI SDK UUID
• vInfo tab page: new column VI SDK API version
• Export to Excel will now use xlsx format
• Export to Excel all columns are now auto sized
• Excel worksheet names will use same name as the tab page names
• Annotations fields can now be excluded! See preference window
• vPartition tab page new column: Consumed MB
• vHealth _replica directories are excluded for zombie checks
• *_sesparse.vmdk files are excluded for zombie checks
• New tab page with license information
• New PasswordEncryption application added with which you can encrypt your
password
• RVTools command line interface accepts now encrypted passwords
• Bug fix: URL Link to online version info issue solved.
Version 3.8.6 (July, 2016)

• Bug Fix: Unhandled exceptions on vInfo tab page are now handled
Version 3.8 (March, 2016)

• VI SDK reference changed from 5.5 to 6.0
• on vInfo tab page new field: ChangeVersion unique identifier for a given version
of the configuration
• on vInfo tab page new field: HA VM Monitoring status
• on vInfo tab page new fields: Number of supported monitors and Video RAM in
KB.
• on vInfo tab page new field: Config status.
VM config issues are visible on the vHealth tab page
• on vInfo tab page new field: OS according to the VMware Tools
• on vTools tab page new fields: App state, App heartbeat status and Kernel crash
state
• on vTools tab page new fields: Operations availability, State change support and
Interactive Guest Operations availability
• on vHost tab page new field: NTPD running state.
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• NTP issues are visible on the vHealth tab page

• on vHost tab page new field: Config status.
Host config issues are visible on the vHealth tab page
• on vCluster tab page new field: Config status.
Cluster config issues are visible on the vHealth tab page
• on vDatastore tab page new field: Config status.
Datastore config issues are visible on the vHealth tab page
• on vSC+VMK tab page new fields: IP 6 Address and IP 6 Gateway
• all VM related tab pages now have a VM Object ID and VM UUID columns
• all VM related tab pages now have powerstate and template columns
• all tab pages. Now have a vCenter UUID column (= unique identifier for a vCenter
Server)
• all VM related tab pages. The Custom Attributes columns are now ordered
alphabetically
• all tab pages. A select is now a full row select so it is easier to follow the
information across many columns
• bug fix: Refresh data issue on vRP and vCluster tab pages solved
• bug fix: Filter issue on vCluster tab page solved
• bug fix: On vInfo tab page the HA information was not filled with cluster default
values
• bug fix: Content Libraries vmdk files are no longer reported as possible zombie
files
• bug fix: msi installer sometimes installs RVTools in root of c:\ drive. This is solved
now.

• Extended the timeout value from 10 to 20 minutes for really big environments
• New field VM Folder on vCPU, vMemory, vDisk, vPartition, vNetwork, vFloppy,
vCD, vSnapshot and vTools tab pages
• On vDisk tab page new Storage IO Allocation Information
• On vHost tab page new fields: service tag (serial #) and OEM specific string
• On vNic tab page new field: Name of (distributed) virtual switch
• On vMultipath tab page added multipath info for path 5, 6, 7 and 8
• On vHealth tab page new health check: Multipath operational state
• On vHealth tab page new health check: Virtual machine consolidation needed
check
• On vInfo tab page new fields: boot options, firmware and Scheduled Hardware
Upgrade Info
• On statusbar last refresh date time stamp
• On vhealth tab page: Search datastore errors are now visible as health messages
• You can now export the csv files separately from the command line interface (just
like the xls export)
• You can now set a auto refresh data interval in the preferences dialog box
• All datetime columns are now formatted as yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• The export dir / filenames now have a formated datetime stamp yyyy-mm-
dd_hh:mm:ss
• Bug fix: on dvPort tab page not all networks are displayed
• Overall improved debug information
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• New tab page with cluster information
• New tab page with multipath information
• On vInfo tab page new fields HA Isolation response and HA restart priority
• On vInfo tab page new fields Cluster affinity rule information
• On vInfo tab page new fields connection state and suspend time
• On vInfo tab page new field The vSphere HA protection state for a virtual machine
(DAS Protection)
• On vInfo tab page new field quest state.
• On vCPU tab page new fields Hot Add and Hot Remove information
• On vCPU tab page cpu/socket/cores information adapted
• On vHost tab page new fields VMotion support and storage VMotion support
• On vMemory tab page new field Hot Add
• On vNetwork tab page new field VM folder.
• On vSC_VMK tab page new field MTU
• RVToolsSendMail: you can now also set the mail subject
• Fixed a datastore bug for ESX version 3.5
• Fixed a vmFolder bug when started from the commandline
• Improved documentation for the commandline options

• On vInfo tab page new field: Resource pool
• On vInfo tab page new field: Consolidation needed.
• On vCPU tab page new field: Number of cores per socket
• New tab page with resource pool information
• On vNetwork tab page new column: Switch name
• On vNetwork tab page new column: Starts Connected
• On vTools tab page new column: required version
• On vHost tab page new columns: custom fields
• On vDisk tab page new columns: raw disk information
• Improved error handling for SSO login problems
• Bug fix: Invalid snapshot size fixed
• Bug fix: All datetime fields now use the local time zone
• Bug fix: data not refreshed after changing filter
Version 3.4 (September, 2012)

• Overall performance improvements and better end user experience
• Added reference to Log4net (Apache Logging Framework) for debugging purpose
• Fixed a SSO problem
• CSV export trailing separator removed to fix PowerShell read problem
• On vDisk tab page new fields: Eagerly Scrub and Write Through
• On vHost tab page new field: vRAM = total amount of virtual RAM allocated to all
running VMs
• On vHost tab page new fields: Used memory by VMs, Swapped memory by VMs
and Ballooned memory by VMs
• Bugfix: Snapshot size was displayed as zero when smaller than 1 MB
• Added a new preferences screen. Here you can disable / enable some
performance killers. By default they are disabled
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Version 3.3 (April, 2012)

• GetWebResponse timeout value changed from 5 minutes to 10 minutes (for very
big environments)
• New tab page with HBA information
• On vDatastore tab the definition of the Provisioned MB and In Use MB columns
was confusing! This is changed now.
• RVToolsSendMail accepts now multiple recipients (semicolon is used as separator)
• Folder information of VMs and Templates are now visible on vInfo tab page
• Bugfix: data in comboboxes on filter form are now sorted
• Bugfix: Problem with api version 2.5.0 solved
• Bugfix: Improved exception handling on vCPU tab.
• Bugfix: Improved exception handling on vDatastore tab.
Version 3.2 (October, 2011)

• New tab page with distributed switch information
• New tab page with distributed port information
• It's now possible to export a single tab page to an excel file from the command
line.
• It's now possible to save the filter. The next time RVTools is started it will use the
filter automatically.
• Bugfix: On vSnapshot tab the displayed filename and filesize are not always
correct.
• Bugfix: Improved exception handling on vPort tab.
Version 3.1 (April, 2011)

• Logon form tab order rearranged
• Logon form will remember your last selected host / vCenter server
• On vInfo new fields Provisioned, Used and shared storage
• On vInfo new fields install Boot Required, number of Virtual Disks
• On vInfo new fields Fault Tolerance State, FT Latency Status, FT Band width and
FT Secondary Latency
• On vInfo new field 128-bit SMBIOS UUID of the virtual machine.
• On vDatastore new fields Total provisioned, Used and shared storage
• On vDatastore new fields SIOC enabled flag and congested threshold value
• On vDisk new field disk persistence mode.
• On vNetwork all IP addresses of adapter are now visible
• On vMemory new field distributed Memory Entitlement
• On vCPU new fields static Cpu Entitlement and field distributed Cpu Entitlement
• On vHost new fields Current EVC mode and Max EVC mode
• New batch command line parameters -u user and -p password
• Bugfix: custom fields not always visible on vSnapshot tab.
• Bugfix: Export to Excel, some numeric columns are saved as text instead of
numbers
• RVToolsBatch.cmd with send by email example deployed in RVTools program file
directory
Version 3.0 (January, 2011)

• Pass-through authentication implemented. Allows you to use your logged on
Windows credentials to automatically logon.
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• All numeric columns are now formated to make it more readable.

• On vInfo the columns Commited, Uncommited, Shared and on vSnapshot the
column size are now formated in MBs instead of bytes.
• New tab page created with service console and VMKernel information.
• Now using vSphere Web Services SDK 4.1 which supports the new features
available in vSphere 4.1
• Export to csv file now uses Windows regional separator
• using NPOI to make it possible to write directly to xls files without the need for a
installed Excel version on the system.
• New menu function to write all information to one excel workbook with for each
tab page a new worksheet.
• new command line options. Check the documentation!
Version 2.9.5 (September, 2010)

• On vInfo tab new field: Guest heartbeat status. The heartbeat status is classified
as: gray - VMware Tools are not installed or not running, red - no heartbeat,
guest operating system may have stopped responding. yellow -intermittent
heartbeat, may be due to guest load. green - guest operating system is
responding normally
• On vMemory tab new fields: Ballooned memory, consumed overhead memory,
private memory, shared memory, swapped memory and static memory
entitlement
• On vDatastore tab new field: Full device address (controller, target, device)
• On vInfo tab new fields: Commited storage, uncommited storage and unshared
storage
• Bug fix! A semicolon in the annotations fields are no longer a problem for the
export functions
• Bug fix! Health check "Zombie vmdk" problems solved
• Bug fix! Health check "inconsistent foldername" problems solved
• Bug fix! On vport tab the column "notify switch" value solved
• Bug fix! Sort problem on vNic tab on column "speed" solved
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010)

• Bug fix! On vNic tab unhandled exception when link is down.
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010)

• Bug fix! On vNic tab unhandled exception when link is down.
Description in VI API Reference is excelent "The current link state of the physical
network adapter. If this object is not set, then the link is down". Sorry guys this
situation was not tested by me. This is fixed now.
Version 2.9 (April 2010)

• On vHost tab new fields: Vendor and model.
• On vHost tab new fields: Bios version and Bios release date.
• On vInfo tab new field: VM overall size in bytes (visible when using VI API 4.0)
• On vSnapshot tab new fields: Snapshot filename and size in bytes (visible when
using VI API 4.0)
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• New vNic tab. The vNic tab displays for each physival nic on the host the following
fields: Host, datacenter, cluster name, network device, driver, speed, duplex
setting, mac address, PCI and wakeon switch.
• Layout change on vHost, vSwitch and vPort tab pages. They now all start with
host name, datacenter and cluster name.
• The commandline function ExportAll extended with an extra optional parameter.
It's now possible to specify the directory where the export files are written.
Version 2.8.1 (February 2010)

• 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 tab
page.
• 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.
Version 2.8 (January 2010)

• On vHost tab field "# VMs" now only powered on VMs are counted.
• On vHost tab field "VMs per core" now only powered on VMs are counted.
• On vHost tab field "vCPUs per core" now only powered on VMs are counted.
• On vDatastore tab field "# VMs" now only calculated for VM's which are powered
on.
• Health check "Number of running virtual CPUs per core" now only powered on VMs
are counted.
• Health check "Number of running VMs per datastore" now only powered on VMs
are counted.
• During Installation there will be an application event source created for RVTools.
This to fix some security related problems.
• Some users run into a timeout exception from the SDK Web server. The default
web service timeout value is now changed to a higher value.
• New fields on vHost tab: NTP Server(s), time zone information, Hyper Threading
information (available and active), Boot time, DNS Servers, DHCP flag, Domain
name and DNS Search order
• New Health Check: Inconsistent folder names.
• Improved exception handling on vDisk, vSwitch and vPort tab pages.
Version 2.7.3 (December 19, 2009)

• With the help of Ciaran Garvey, Benj Starratt and Shane Wendel I was able to
improve the zombie file discovery. Thanks to all.
• Files in .snapshot directories are no longer reported as zombies.
• CTK files are no longer reported as zombies.
• The problems with VM files which are placed in the root directory are now solved.
• Under some condition the filter screen terminated with an exception. This is fixed
now.
• New fields on vDisk tab: ThinProvisioned and split.
• New field on vTools tab: Virtual machine hardware version.
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Version 2.7.1 (November 19, 2009)

• 15 minutes after the release of version 2.7 I received an email from Kyle Ross
who told me that RVTools was showing the cos and esxconsole VM's as zombies!
This problem is now fixed! Thanks again Kyle for alerting me so soon.
Version 2.7 (November, 2009)

• RVTools now reports storage which is wasted by zombie VMs, VMDKs, templates
and snapshots. You can find this information on the vHealth tab page.
If you guys pay me a dime for every gigabyte of wasted storage, found by
RVTools, you will make me rich ☺.
• Due to the fact that the search all datastores task can take a long time to
complete, RVTools now use a separate thread to collect this information.
• The default percentage value of “free datastore capacity” is changed from 10% to
15%.
• Bug fix! If a snapshot is more than two levels deep, only the first two are visible.
With the input from Mike Price this problem is now solved! Thanks again Mike.
Version 2.6 (September, 2009)

• RVTools is now using the vSphere 4 SDK. The SDK has been enhanced to support
new features of ESX/ESXi 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0 systems.
• On vNetwork tab the Vmxnet2 information is improved (due to the new SDK).
• The name of the vCenter server or ESX host to which RVTools is connected is now
visible in the windows title.
• New menu option: Export All. Which exports all the data to csv files.
• Export All function can also started from the command line. The output files are
written to a unique directory in the users documents directory.
• New vSwitch tab. The vSwitch tab displays for each virtual switch the 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, host name, datacenter name and cluster name.
• New vPort tab. The vPort tab displays for each port 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, zero copy transmits
support flag, size, host name, datacenter name and cluster name.
• Filter is now also working on vHost, vSwitch and vPort tab.
• Health check change: number of virtual machines per core check is changed to
number of virtual CPUs per core.
Version 2.5.5 (June 27, 2009)

• Changed health check properties are not set at start of the program. The program
will use the default values until you start and transmit the properties screen. This
problem is now fixed.
• Since version 2.5 the vDisk tab displays information that is aggregated from
“config.hardware” and “guest” information. That was not a good idea! If there is
more than one partition on a virtual disk the displayed information is wrong.
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To solve this problem I now split this information in a vDisk tab which will show
only the information that is provided by the “config.hardware” information and a
new vPartition tab that will display the “guest” information.
• Better exception handling on filter.
• New fields on vHost tab: Number of CPUs, Cores per CPU and virtual CPUs per
Core.
Version 2.5.1 (April 15, 2009)

Bug fix! Better exception handling on the vDisk and vNetwork tab pages.
With the help from Alan Civita this problem is now solved! Thanks again Alan.

• The installation file now understands how to upgrade without the need to uninstall
the previous version first.
• The documentation file is now also deployed to the program directory.
You can start the Adobe reader from the RVtools “help” menu.
• New fields on vInfo tab: Network #1 to Network #4
• New fields on vDisk tab: Level, Shares, SCSI Controller, Unit id and vmdk path
name. I’m now using the “config.hardware” information to fill this tab page. In the
previous versions of the program I was using the guest information which have a
strong dependency with the VMware tools.
• New fields on vNetwork tab: Adapter type and Mac Address type.
I’m now using the “config.hardware” information to fill this tab page. In the
previous versions of the program I was using the guest information which have a
strong dependency with the VMware tools.
• New field on vHost tab: Number of VMs per core
• New tab! vHealth. Displays health check messages.
There are 8 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 VMs 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
• You can set your “own” health check threshold values in the “Health Check
Properties” form.
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Version 2.4.1 (March 18, 2009)

The new filter throws an exception when there are ESX hosts which do not belong to any
cluster. With the help from Mario Vinet this problem is now solved! Thanks again Mario.
Version 2.4 (March 2009)

• On the vDatastore tab you can now see which hosts are connected to the
datastore.
• The data on the vInfo, vCpu, vMemory, vDisk, vFloppy, vCD, vSnapshot and
vTools tab pages can now be filtered.
Version 2.3.1 (February 11, 2009)

• System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type
'VimApi.NasDatastoreInfo' to type 'VimApi.VmfsDatastoreInfo' bug on vDatastore
tab fixed!
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Version 2.3 (February 2009)

• New vHost tab. 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
and the ESX version of this host.
• All tab pages (except the datastore tab) now also display the datacenter name
and cluster name.
• New VMFS “Block size”, “Max Blocks”, “Number of extents”, “Major Version
number”, “Version string” and “VMFS upgradeable” fields on the vDatastore tab.
• New “Virtual machine version string” field on the vInfo tab page.
• Divide by zero bug on vDatastore tab is now fixed.
• The vInfo fields “upgrade policy” and “Sync.time with host” which where
introduced in version 2.2 caused some problems in combination with the 2.0
version of the VI API. This is now fixed!
Version 2.2 (January 2009)

• New vDatastore tab. 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, multiple host access
indication and the url.
• Your custom defined fields are now visible on most of the tab pages
• New menu option “export data to cvs file”
• New “upgrade policy” field on vTools tab page
• New “Sync time with host” field on vTools tab page
• The field “OS” which is displayed on most of the tab pages now displays the name
of the guest OS according to the VMware Tools. In previous versions we used the
configuration value. The vTools tab displays both “OS” fields.
Version 2.1 (November 2008)

• Overall performance improvements.
• New vInfo tab. 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, configuration path, annotation, ESX host name,
operating system name and VI SDK object id.
• New CPU tab. The “vCpu” tab displays for each virtual machine number of cpu’s,
max cpu, overall cpu usage, shares, reservations, limits, annotations, ESX host
name and operating system name.
• New Memory tab. The “vMemory” tab displays for each virtual machine the
memory size, max memory usage, memory overhead, guest memory, host
memory, shares, reservations , limits, annotations, ESX host name and operating
system name
• New snapshot tab. The “vSnapshot” tab displays for each snapshot the name,
description, date / time of the snapshot, quiesced value, state value, annotations,
ESX host name and operating system name.
• The header text is automatically included after a copy and past action. This
version 1.1 functionality was “lost” in version 2.0.
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Version 2.0 (October 2008)

• RVTools has five new tab pages which give you information about your virtual
machines. RVTools displays information about cpu, memory, disks, nics, cd-rom,
floppy drives and VMware tools. With RVTools you can disconnect the cd-rom or
floppy drives from the virtual machines. It’s also possible to start an upgrade of
the VMware Tools.
Version 1.1 (May 2008)

• You can copy the selected datagrid values with ctrl-c to the clipboard. The header
text is automatically included. After this you can paste the clipboard data to your
favorite editor.
• The login form remembers the names and/or IP addresses of the entered ESX
hosts and/or VirtualCenter servers.You can use a filter to display only the
"templates" or "virtual machines".
• Annotations "notes" field is visible in the datagrid.

First public release.
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poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

• red: A problem has been detected involving the entity.

connected The server has access to the virtual machine.

host managed by VirtualCenter shows up in this state.

running Guest is running normally.

shuttingdown Guest has a pending shutdown command.

notrunning Guest is not running.

unknown Guest information is not available.

gray The status is unknown.

green The entity is OK.

red The entity definitely has a problem.

yellow The entity might have a problem.

Resource pool name

disabled vSphere HA is disabled for this virtual machine.

medium Virtual machines with this priority have an intermediate chance of

Cluster rule names

Boot retry delay

Boot retry enabled

Boot BIOS setup

bios BIOS firmware

failed Upgrade failed.

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools

VI SDK Server type

VI SDK API Version

poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools

poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools

poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

Raw Comp. Mode

reconfigurations, this property should be handled as follows, depending on the version of

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools

poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools

poweredOff The virtual machine is currently powered off.

poweredOn The virtual machine is currently powered on.

suspended The virtual machine is currently suspended.

• Vlance — Vlance (also called PCNet32) is a faithful virtual implementation of a

Manual Statically assigned MAC address.

OS according to the configuration file

OS according to the VMware Tools