Probably one of the most downloaded tools ever, just released a new version: RVTools 4.0.4. Rob emailed me over the weekend, that this new version was just released and he also mentioned that he has reached over 1.2 million downloads. 1.2 million indeed! Crazy number, especially knowing how many customers VMware has today. Congratulations Rob! Anyway, RVTools 4.0.4 was just released, what is in it?
Version 4.0.4 (May 1, 2020)
- Upgraded RVTools solution to use VMware vSphere Management SDK 7.0
- Upgraded RVTools solution to use CIS REST API, available since vSphere 6.5, to get tag information
- vInfo tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags and min Required EVC Mode Key
- vCPU tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vMemory tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags and Memory Reservation Locked To Max
- vDisk tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vPartition tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vCD tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vFloppy tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vNetwork tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vSnapshot tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vTools tab page new columns: Virtual machine tags
- vRP tab page new columns: Resource Pool tags and object ID
- vCluster tab page new columns: Cluster tags, custom attributes and object ID
- vHost tab page new columns: Host tags, in Maintenance Mode and in Quarantine Mode
- dvSwitch tab page new columns: Distributed VirtualSwitch tags, custom attributes and object ID
- dvPort tab page new columns: Distributed VirtualSwitch Port Group tags and object ID
- vDatastore tab page new columns: Datastore tags, custom attributes and object ID
- Preference extra checkbox for “Exclude tags”
- CLI new parameter -ExcludeTags
- Bug fix: removed column “Config Checksum” from vInfo tab page.
This Base64Binary field was sometimes the cause for a XML deserialize error! - Bug fix: not all snapshots from all snapshot siblings where displayed
- Bug fix: preference setting “Exclude Annotation fields” value was overwritten.
- Bug fix: Name on vRP tab page was full path
- Bug fix: In example RVToolsBatchMultipleVCs.ps1 script parameters changed for RVToolsMergeExcelFiles.exe
- Bug fix: vSphere 7, “Unhandled exception: Input string was not in a correct format.”
- Known issue: Tags are only visible when logged on with userid/password. It’s not working when SSO is used!