This document outlines tools that can be used to troubleshoot and assess the health of VMware environments, both free tools provided by VMware and tools from the community. It begins with an introduction and agenda, then discusses vRealize Log Insight and vRealize Ops Manager, which are included in some vCenter licenses. Community tools like vCheck and RVTools are also presented, which can retrieve metrics and display health information. The document encourages using free trials of tools and links to resources for further information.

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Troubleshooting & Assessing the Health
of VMware Environments with Free Tools

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Introduction
 Virtual Design Master Season 4 – 3Rd place
 Systems Engineer, Presidio
•Paul Woodward Jr.
•Twitter - @ExploreVM

3. 3
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#WIVMUG
#PaulWoodwardJr
#ExploreVM

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Session Agenda
 Tools from VMware
 Tools from the Community
 Q&A
 This is a Community Session, feel free to share and interact!

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Tools Provided by VMware

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vRealize Log Insight
 vCenter licensing includes a 25
OSI pack of vRealize Log Insight
licensing.
 This is good for a single Log
Insight appliance, and up to 25
items including vCenter, VMs,
network devices, and VMware
components.
 OSI licenses are only
consumed when a device is
configured to send logs to
vRLI.
 Just having a VM inside the
infrastructure doesn't consume
an OSI unless it's sending logs
itself.
ITS FREE*
*Included with vCenter Licensing as of 2016

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vRealize Log Insight – Video Walkthrough

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vRealize Log Insight – Cont.

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vRealize Ops Manager
 Centralized dashboard
 Health, performance, &
capacity metrics
 Immediate results
 Analytical measurements over
time
 vROPS is a licensed product,
BUT it can be test drove for 60
days
 VMware Partners have
additional packs for health
assessments

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vRealize Ops Manager – Overview Video

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Community Tools

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vCheck by Alan Renouf
 “vCheck is a PowerShell HTML framework script”
 Can run manually or as a scheduled task
 Output as an HTML web page or email
 Over 150 items checked
 Prerequisites:
• PowerShell V2
• PowerCLI 5.01 or later version
• vCenter 2.5 or later version

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vCheck Install & Run

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vCheck Output

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RVTools
 “RVTools is a Windows .NET 4.0 application which uses the VI SDK
to display information about your virtual environments”
 Similar to vCheck
 Data is displayed in a GUI versus a page/email
 Outputs 24 metrics

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RVTools – Example Output

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Tools Recommended by the vExpert Community
 Veeam One Free Edition
• Similar to vROPS
 VMware PowerCLI MP for
Linux & Mac OS
 Links to the tools are on my
blog

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@vDMChallenge #VirtualDesignMaster
International, community based design competition
offering learning, networking, cash and prizes!

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Resources and Links
My Blog: ExploreVM.com
Slide Deck (embedded & lined to SlideShare:
http://www.explorevm.com/2017/05/join-explorevm-at-wivmug-usercon-
2017.html
vCheck: http://www.virtu-al.net/vcheck-pluginsheaders/vcheck/
RVTools: http://www.robware.net/rvtools/
Free Tools for VMware: https://www.vladan.fr/free-tools-vmware/
vRealize Log Insight: http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-log-
insight.html
vRealize Ops Manager: https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vrealize-
operations-manager-pubs.html

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