Virtual Tool chest update: Flings and More
Most of you know the VMware labs and the flings they produce. Some flings are so good that they become part of a product. Some of them are good but remain a fling. Some of them are only useful in a handful of cases. It’s a challenge…
VMware Fling – DRS Doctor
DRS is a very powerful vSphere feature that has been around for years. It’s constantly monitoring host performance to ensure that VM demand is satisfied. When DRS determines that another host in a cluster could better suit a VM, a migration recommendation is generated, and…
New release vSphere HTML5 Web Client fling
A few months ago a new fling was released called “vSphere HTML5 Web Client“, this fling can be used in conjunction to the standard vCenter interfaces. The fling client is build on HTML5 and javascript and is deployed as a OVA. When they first released…
VMware Fling – Horizon Toolbox 2.0
At the beginning of this month a new version of the fling Horizon Toolbox 2.0 was made available. I missed it then but still wanted to share it with you all. It has almost been a year ago since the last update which I wrote…
VMware Fling – VM Resource and Availability Service
A couple of days ago, the VMware labs released a brand new fling, the VM Resource and Availability Service. What can you do with it? This Fling enables you to perform a what-if analysis for host failures on your infrastructure. You can simulate failure of…
VMware Fling – XenApp2Horizon
Fresh from the VMware labs, this time it’s all about migrating published applications and desktops from Citrix XenApp to Horizon View. One XenApp farm is migrated to one or more Horizon View farm(s). It’s called XenApp2Horizon. XenApp2Horizon helps you: Validate the View agent status on RDS…
VMware Fling – Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool
VMware released a new Fling, a latency sensitivity troubleshooting tool. The Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool provides scripts and examples to troubleshoot configuration and performance problems with the Latency Sensitivity feature in VMware vSphere 5.5. Features Python script that runs on ESXi to check virtual machine…
VMware Fling – BatchV2V
VMware released a new Fling, BatchV2V. It is a command line utility that helps to simplify batch V2V operations with VMware Converter. On first run, BatchV2V outputs a configuration file that can be used multiple times to batch copy one virtual machine to many other targets. For…
VMware Fling – Services Virtual File System
VMware release a new fling, a Service Virtual File System. Building on top of the FUSE API (Linux specific) and the llfuse library, Services Virtual File System (SVFS) aims to provide an easy way for creating a custom file system that integrates seamlessly with the…
VMware Fling – ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter
MAC learning functionality solves performance problems for use cases like nested ESX. This ESX extension adds functionality to ESX to support MAC-learning on vswitch ports. For most ESX use cases, MAC learning is not required as ESX knows exactly which MAC address will be used…
VMware Fling – VMware I/O Analyzer
VMware released a new version of their VMware I/O Analyzer Fling. VMware I/O Analyzer is an integrated framework designed to measure storage performance in a virtual environment and to help diagnose storage performance concerns. I/O Analyzer, supplied as an easy-to-deploy virtual appliance, automates storage performance…
VMware Fling – ViewDbChk tool
VMware released a new VMware Fling, the ViewDbChk tool. The ViewDbChk tool allows administrators to scan for, and fix provisioning errors that can not be addressed using View Administrator. Provisioning errors occur when there are inconsistencies between the LDAP, vCenter and View Composer databases. These…
VMware Fling – VMware OS Optimization Tool
The VMware OS Optimization Tool helps optimize Windows 7/8/2008/2012 systems for use with VMware Horizon View. The optimization tool includes customizable templates to enable or disable Windows system services and features, per VMware recommendations and best practices, across multiple systems. Since most Windows system services…
VMware Fling – Wavemaker Integration for vCenter Orchestrator
VMware Labs has released a great new fling which provides Integration for vCenter Orchestrator. Now you can easily run vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) workflows from within Wavemaker web applications. It covers much of the Workflow Presentation dialogs available in vCO, with Java services exposing the main…
VMware Fling – Real-time audio/video test
VMware Labs has released a great new fling, an application with which you can verify and test the real-time audio/video performance. The application includes a player that displays the ‘virtual webcam’ feed, and also loops back the audio if required. This allows for testing without a…