{"id":12336,"date":"2015-03-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=12336"},"modified":"2023-07-16T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T09:25:18","slug":"rvtools-3-7-free-health-check-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/rvtools-3-7-free-health-check-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"RVTools 3.7 free health check tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck01.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RVTools 3.7 is a free health check tool that connects your vCenter Server or ESXi hosts displaying information about your virtual infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>With RVTools administrators can disconnect CD-ROM and floppy drives from the VMs and also update VMware Tools on all virtual machines.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Collected data can be easily <strong>exported into a xls or csv files format<\/strong> to be analyzed using Excel or just for output archive purposes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/robware.net\/index.php\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a> RVTools 3.7<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robware.net\/download\/RVTools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Documentation<\/a> in pdf format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Install RVTools<\/h2>\n<p>Run the installer. Accept the EULA then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck02.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck02\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to start the installation Wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck03.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck03\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leave default folder path then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck04.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck04\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to start the installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck05.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck05\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool is being installed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck06.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck06\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the installation has completed, click <strong>Close<\/strong> to exit the Wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck07.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck07\" width=\"503\" height=\"407\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RVTools has been installed successfully in the system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Connect RVTools to vCenter Server<\/h2>\n<p>Run the tool, insert the <strong>IP address \/ Name<\/strong> and <strong>credentials<\/strong> of the vCenter Server then click <strong>Login<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck08.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck08\" width=\"317\" height=\"313\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool connects the vCenter Server.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck09.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck09\" width=\"499\" height=\"27\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Main screen <strong>vInfo<\/strong> shows general information of the\u00a0virtual machines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck10.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck10\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>vHealth<\/strong> tab shows the health of the virtual infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck11.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck11\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The information can also be <strong>exported to be analyzed<\/strong> using Excel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rvtools37healthcheck12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rvtools37healthcheck12.jpg\" alt=\"rvtools37healthcheck12\" width=\"459\" height=\"221\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RVTools is a nice tool that allows the administrators to have a complete overview of the virtual infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"firma\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RVTools 3.7 is a free health check tool that connects your vCenter Server or ESXi hosts displaying information about your virtual infrastructure. 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