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Free tools

• 1) http://www.ivobeerens.nl/?p=106 (Create an html report with datastore, cpu, memory and snapshot info... and more.)
• 2) http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/vmware/check-vmware-configuration-with-powershell/ . This Powershell script generates an overview of any items that are not available to every ESX server in a VMware cluster
• 3) RVTools is a small .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.x or ESX 3.x RVTools is able to list information about cpu, memory, disks, nics, cd-rom, floppy drives, snapshots, VMware tools and datastores. With RVTools you can disconnect the cd-rom or floppy drives from the virtual machines and RVTools is able to list the current version of the VMware Tools installed inside each virtual machine and update them to the latest version.
• 4) VMware Health Analyzer Appliance → A linux appliance that can connect to your VC/ESX and analyze log files. At this point in time it's only available for VMware Employees or Partners with access to Partner Central.

Licensed tools

• Veeam Monitor → Monitor your VI3 environment including performance graphs etc.
• Veeam Reporter → A reporting tool, which will come in handy when documenting environments and comparing the current config to an old config.
• Vizioncore vFoglight → Might come in handy when doing analyses of trends and pinpointing resource contention.
• Tripwire Configcheck → Analyze the security of your VMware ESX environment.