Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

Archives for 19 November, 2009

RVTools 2.7.1

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Rob de Veij has just uploaded a new version of RVTools, 2.7.1. So far over RVTools has been downloaded over 25000 times. Yes 25000 times, that is a lot isn’t it. There’s a good reason though that it is popular. It is easy to use and gives you all the details you are looking for.

Version 2.7.1 contains the following new features and bug fixes:

  • RVTools now reports storage which is wasted by zombie VMs, VMDKs, templates and snapshots. You can find this information on the vHealth tab page. If you guys pay me a dime for every gigabyte of wasted storage, found by RVTools, you will make me rich.
  • Due to the fact that the search all datastores task can take a long time to complete, RVTools now use a separate thread to collect this information.
  • The default percentage value of “free datastore capacity” is changed from 10% to 15%.
  • Bug fix! If a snapshot is more than two levels deep, only the first two are visible. With the input from Mike Price this problem is now solved! Thanks again Mike.

The full releasenotes can be found here. I guess that’s enough for today, just download it!

Dutch VMUG, be there.

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On the 11th of December the anual Dutch VMUG conference will take place at the Nieuwegein Business Center. Over 600 Dutch VMware Warriors will make a plan to conquer the world, we are the new vikings or should I say vIkings?

The final agenda has recently been published and judging on the names and topics it is going to be an awesome event again. Not only will key representatives of several well known vendors present you the latest info; at the Dutch VMUG gurus like Eric Sloof, Luc Dekens and Bouke Groenescheij will take you on a journey to the trenches of virtualization. I can promise you that it will be worth it!

You can also meet some of the Dutch prominent bloggers which will be walking around and helping out during the event. The list probably isn’t complete, but these are the guys who you can expect to walk into. Don’t be shy make sure to say hi.

VMTN Podcast number 73, VMworld Booth Rack at Gestalt IT Tech Field Day

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Kind of a weird topic for a Podcast but this week the discussions was around the “VMworld Booth Rack at Gestalt IT Tech Field Day”. As always you can download this episode here and I have gathered the following links which were posted during in the chat window: