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New version of RVTools is out

Duncan Epping · Feb 26, 2018 ·

I was talking with a couple of VMware partners last week, one of them mentioned how much they used RVTools for sizing and designing. Funny if you consider that this little free tool is made by someone in his spare time. RVTools is closing in on 1 million downloads, so it is safe to say that this is probably the most successful tool out there made by an individual. So once again, thanks Rob for spending the time and effort on this!

Here’s what’s new :

Version 3.10 (February, 2018)

  • Upgraded RVTools solution to Visual Studio 2017
  • Upgraded RVTools to .Net Framework version 4.6.1
  • Upgraded Log4net to version 2.0.8, Waffle.AD to version 1.8.3 and NPOI to version 2.3.0
  • Connection error when TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 are disabled and only TLSv1.2 is enabled is solved by using .Net Framework 4.6.1
  • vInfo tab page new columns: The latency-sensitivity setting of the virtual machine, Change Block Tracking (CBT) and disk.EnableUUID values
  • vDisk tab page new columns: SCSI label, unit number and sharedBus
  • vHost tab page new columns: Assigned License(s), ATS heartbeat, ATS locking values. 0 = disabled 1 = enabled, Host Power Policy shortname, CPU Power Management current policy and CPU power hardware support
  • When Export to xlsx is executed a metadata worksheet with version number of RVTools and date time stamp is added to the output xlsx file
  • All columns in the RVTools export xlsx file(s) now have a filter
  • When export to csv newline characters are replaced by spaces
  • When started from cli and login fails an error message and login box was displayed. Now RVTools will exit with exit code -1, without showing the error message and login form.
  • Added an example PowerShell script with which you can merge RVTools export xlsx files
  • Added a example PowerShell script to start Export all to xlsx for multiple vCenters
  • vDatastore tab page: For NFS datastores the address column is now filled with remote host and path info
  • vDatastore tab page new columns: Datastore Cluster Name, Cluster capacity and Cluster free space
  • The upper limit on the Health check for number of VMs on a datastore is now 9999
  • vHealth tab page: new column “message type” which can be used as a filter in Excel
  • vHealth tab page: hbrdisk.RDID files are no longer reported as possible zombie files
  • vHealth tab page: low disk space messages no also show the free space in MB
  • All tab pages: Refresh or auto-refresh will respect your sort order
  • CLI export2xls parameters changed to export2xlsx (old parameter will still work)
  • Bug Fix: invalid “Horizontal Alignment” value in xlsx style sheet.
  • Bug Fix: Calculation of total snapshot size was not always correct
  • Bug Fix: Child snapshot hierarchy was not always correct
  • Default installation directory is changed to C:\Program Files (x86)\RobWare\RVTools without the version number

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  1. Frank Kruller says

    24 September, 2018 at 21:56

    I’ve built a super-customized inventory/show me issues PowerBI file for RVTools that takes this all to the next level.

    • RJ says

      23 October, 2018 at 05:48

      Hi Frank , can you share what work have you done ?

    • AK says

      29 November, 2018 at 12:31

      Hi Frank
      Interested too 🙂

    • Matty Courtney says

      17 December, 2018 at 02:55

      I’m keen to see that too Frank

    • Coquilhat says

      19 March, 2019 at 16:43

      Hi Frank, i’m just starting also. Could you please share yours ? Thx in advance

  2. Kevin says

    2 January, 2019 at 19:41

    Is ESXi 6.7 supported yet?

  3. Manaji Salunkhe says

    7 February, 2019 at 14:02

    I just want to schedule RVTools report to auto export and save to server. Can anyone help on this or can share steps will be grate.

  4. Manaji Salunkhe says

    7 February, 2019 at 14:15

    I just want to schedule RVTools report to auto export and save to server. Can anyone help on this or can share steps will be grate.

  5. Seenu says

    13 August, 2019 at 19:51

    Hi Duncan,

    Is there any proof that running RVTools in our infrastructure is safe. Your response if much appreciated.

    • Duncan Epping says

      14 August, 2019 at 12:36

      I think over a hundred thousand downloads should say enough,

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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