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Report Automation with RVtools and Excel

By ⋅ May 5, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

Recently I needed to extract some configuration info from vCenter and email it someone on a semi-regular basis. They wanted specific information about the hosts and VMs in each vCenter. I figured the easiest way to get the required info was to use Rob de Veij’s excellent RVTools. To start, I ran RVTools, exported the […]

VMware View supported in vSphere 5.1 – Thank you!

By ⋅ October 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

So, after vSphere 5.1 was released, I, like many others, could not wait to get my lab upgraded and dive in.  Uncharacteristically, I RTFM and was surprised to see no versions of view were supported!?!   Torn between living on the edge and patiently waiting, I again did the opposite of my normal behavior and waited. […]

View 5.1 released, are you ready?

By ⋅ May 18, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

VMware released View 5.1 yesterday and it has some changes that require you to pay close attention.   I am going to link and post the highlights here, because its really imperative you know this! www.vmware.com/support/view51/doc/README.rtf 1)  You cannot downgrade View 5.1 Connection Server to previous versions. 2)  vCenter Server and View Composer hosts need […]

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