Comments on: Health Check tools I use

By: dmann

dmann — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:02:58 +0000

Actually – I found an update to the script that does pull disk usage at the ESX host level:

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-1010;jsessionid=3402EFC804BCC04140D8C675AD3CCFB4

Not quite exactly what I was looking for – but might be a nice addition to your list of tools to grab a bit of performance information at both ESX host and VM level. Ran in a few seconds in some of my environments.

By: dmann

dmann — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:41:57 +0000

thanks for the list – great info.

I’ve been hunting for any script to collect disk performance information – ESX host level would be good but would prefer VM level. I’ve not found anything – any suggestions? Closest I found was perf.pl on the communities site – but the disk attributes seem to have broken in an update as the script is pretty dated.

BTW – thanks for blogging – love your site.

-don

By: A. Mikkelsen

A. Mikkelsen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:28:11 +0000

Just so you all know, a new version of the ESX Health Scripts, has been released today.

And we are looking for new developers.

A. Mikkelsen

By: Anton Gostev

Anton Gostev — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:25:38 +0000

“I’m not using the following tools actively during engagements because of licensing…”

Actually, Veeam Monitor has a fully functional free version as well.

Thanks!

By: Tom Halle

Tom Halle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:10:31 +0000

Duncan – a bit of a plug here – to add a security dimension to your health check engagements, take a look at the free ConfigCheck tool for ESX 3.0 and 3.5 hosts – http://www.tripwire.com/configcheck – does a very rapid scan of an ESX host’s security-related settings, comes back with a pass/fail for every setting based on VMware’s Infrastructure Security Hardening Guide, and provides step-by-step remediation guidance to bring each setting back into compliance with VMware’s security recommendations. Very fast, very powerful, very free…

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:53:26 +0000

You are absolutely right Dave. That’s was actually the last bullet point, run it through the toolkit. Should have added the vmsupport dump indeed.

By: Dave Convery

Dave Convery — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:23:01 +0000

Duncan –
You didn’t mention this, but I am sure you do it….
Capture a support file export. If you untar the support zrchives from each ESX server, the .etc folder gives you some nice outputs from things like vdf and esxcfg-hbadevs -l. It also includes logs and vmx files from all registered VMs.

I make sure I capture these while I am running the HealthAnalyzer. I never even thought of using any of the tools that you mention, but it may be nice. I am going to try them on my next HC assignment.

Thanks again!
Dave

By: Duncan Epping

Duncan Epping — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:10:38 +0000

Koen,

If you’re a VMware Partner you should have access to Partner Central, you can search the site for “health analyzer” and should be able to download it.

By: Koen

Koen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:11:23 +0000

Hi,

Can you point me to where I can find this VMware Health Analyzer Virtual Appliance ?

Thanks in advance,

Koen