- Create VIBs using custom VIB descriptor files and custom payload files
- Sign and verify a VIB
- Extract and display VIB information
- Publish the VIB as an offline depot ZIP file
Friday, September 28. 2012
VMware Labs presents its latest Fling - VIB Author
Video - DynamicOps vSphere
DynamicOps’ products and technology extend VMware’s current capabilities by enabling customers to deploy and manage cloud solutions across VMware-based private and public clouds, physical infrastructure, multiple hypervisors and public clouds. Using DynamicOps’ groundbreaking Operations Virtualization technology, organizationally-aware cloud platform, and extensive out-of-the-box functionality, customers realize fast time-to-cloud value and respond to market demands quickly and economically. Enterprises boost IT efficiency and easily embrace consumerization by empowering users with personalized, instantly available services.
Wednesday, September 26. 2012
RVTools version 3.4 is now available for download
RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.0, ESX Server 4.0, VirtualCenter 4.1, ESX Server 4.1, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance or ESX Server 5.0. RVTools is able to list information about VMs, CPU, Memory, Disks, Partitions, Network, Floppy drives, CD drives, Snapshots, VMware tools, ESX hosts, HBAs, Nics, Switches, Ports, Distributed Switches, Distributed Ports, Service consoles, VM Kernels, Datastores and health checks. With RVTools you can disconnect the cd-rom or floppy drives from the virtual machines and RVTools is able to update the VMware Tools installed inside each virtual machine to the latest version.
Version 3.4 (September, 2012)
- Overall performance improvements and better end user experience
- VI SDK reference changed from 4.0 to 5.0
- 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 tabpage new fields: Eagerly Scrub and Write Through
- On vHost tabpage new field: vRAM = total amount of virtual RAM allocated to all running VMs
- On vHost tabpage 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
Wednesday, September 19. 2012
Free Tools Contest - Win Mac mini, iPad3 and Apple TVs
- The contest is open from September 17th till October 1st
- You may submit more than one idea
- Winners will be announced October 15th here and via email
- Submission must include a problem description and how to solve it
- Judges are looking for ideas that can affect many VM admins and that provide high value
- Ideas should be easy to implement