Free VMware Tools

VMware ESX Tools and Utils This section of TechHead is dedicated to providing a list of useful VMware ESX related tools and utilities. This list will grow over time and please feel free to let me know of any tools/utils that you feel should be on the list.

AUDITING
VMware Health Check Report William Lam Free
SnapshotMyVM VKernel Free
FILE COPY
FastSCP Veeam Free
Storage vMotion Plug-in Schley Andrew Kutz Free
DEPLOYMENT
Ultimate Deployment Appliance (UDA) Carl Thijssen & Mike Laverick Free
ESX Deployment Appliance (EDA) Herco Free
MONITORING & HEALTH CHECK
Monitor Veeam Free
vmktree larstr Free
vWire vWire US$375 per host
Free VM Monitor SolarWinds Free
Daily ESX Report (Script) Alan Renouf Free
Health Check (Script) Anders Mikkelsen & dafa Free
LOGS
Syslog Appliance Adiscon Products Free(?)
DIAGNOSIS
OpsCheck vWire Free
VM HAL Check (Script) Alan Renouf Free
RVTools Rob de Veij Free
ESX Compliance Checker EMC/ConfigureSoft Free
IMAGES
Virtual Floppy Drive (Read & Edit floppy images) Ken Kato Free
LICENSING
Check to see if License Server is still running from ESX hosts (Script) Duncan Epping Free
SECURITY
ConfigCheck vWire Free
BACKUPS
GhettoVCB (Script) William Lam Free
SCRIPTING
PowerGUI VMware Power Pack Kirk Munro & Scott Herold Free
VMware vSphere PowerCLI VMware Free
Virtualization EcoShell Scott Herold (VisionCore) Free
CONNECTIVITY
Putty (Telnet/SSH Client) Simon Tatham Free
SNAPSHOTS
SnapAlert Dominic Rivera Free
SnapHunter PHDVirtual Free
ARTY BITS
Visio Stencils Scott Herold Free
Library VMware Icons & Diagrams VMware Free
OTHER
VMware vCenter Converter VMware Free (Standalone)
vmCDConnected (Script) Eric Sloof Free

VMware ESX Tools and Utils