Complied this list the other day, thought it might be useful.
The VMware Free Tools List
eda-v0.81.zip (ESX Deployment Appliance)
VMmark-1.1-20080520.zip (Benchmark Software)
SVMotionClientSetup-0.4.4.msi (SVmotion Plugin)
ITQ-VI-Setup.msi (Copies All PortGroups and VLANS)
RVTools.msi (RVTools is a small .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines)
configcheck.zip (assesses the security of VMware ESX)
icomasoft_PowerScripter_setup-v1.1.zip (Not Free but a cool tool)
vmjuggler.zip(Moves a VM between 2 hosts every 10 secs)
vima-124830.zip (Virtual Appliance to perform most of the tasks commonly performed in the ESX service console)
veeam_stencil.zip (Visio Stencils)
and some additional stencils
opscheck.zip(OpsCheck discovers any configuration discrepancies that affect VMotion)
VMWareComplianceChecker.msi(checks the compliance of VMware ESX hosts against VMware hardening guidelines)
ksquickconfig.zip (Builds KickStart Files)
Resource Pool Calculator.zip (The Dynamic Resource Pool Calculator recalculates all your resource pools)
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-6970
vmPerfmon.zip(Measure real Usage within a VM)
vmtime.zip(Measures the time within a Virtual Machine and the time of the Host it is running on)
xvs.rar(Xtravirt Virtual SAN appliance)
XVS_Installation_Guide.zip
SolarWinds-VMMonitor.zip(Continuously monitors a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines)
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excellent resouce. Thank you for taking the time and for the posting. Found a couple of them useful on a HA issue.
Thank you!:^0
Nice list bro, you can also get more descriptions and links to the tools on this site too and it has collected all the best for vmware tools.
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Stefan Nguyen
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iGeek Systems Inc.
VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant
Excellent list of free tools.
We are now offering a suite of free products ( former xtravirt products including the virtual SAN ) on our web site now.
Pete@esXpress
www.phdvirtual.com, makers of esXpress
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Here's some more tools: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9852
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
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Wow, what a list.
Thanks for sharing that tools, however most of them is for ESX not ESXi though.
I've also tested VIMA and VKCA they both didn;t work without the vCentre server.
Kind Regards,
AWT
Hi Albert,
JFYI: The VKernel stuff will work with ESXi. In the shops that I've consulted at, we had to leverage Virtual Center to get metrics out of it, but it was pretty useful. Hope this helps.
OK, thanks for the resources guys.
Cheers.
Kind Regards,
AWT
Excellent list!
Here is one more I just released: DoubleCloud Proxy, which can intercept messages between vSphere Client and vCenter/ESX, and generate code (Java for the moment and more coming) for you. It's a great tool for your automating your vSphere infrastructure.
http://www.doublecloud.org/2012/02/announcing-code-generator-for-vsphere-java-api/
Steve Jin, Author of VMware VI and vSphere SDK, creator of de factor vSphere Java API, blogger at doublecloud.org
Here is the list of 101 free tools for VMware administrators
101 Free Tools for VMware Administrators ~ VMware Arena
This tools helps VMware administrators to manage the virtual environment efficiently and intelligently. You will be able to complete your assigned tasks in a inspired way as compared to others with the use of this below tools. The below long list contains various varieties of free tools including Monitoring Tools ,Backup Tools, Storage tools like (iSCSI & NAS), Health Monitor tools, Cloud related tools, security tools, log management tools, Disk Management tools, Storage monitoring tools, Consolidation tools, Hardware Management tools, Compliance Monitoring tools, Troubleshooting tools, Scripting Tools, Free VMware Visio stencils ,Virtual Machine Management tools and lot of Tiny tools to simplify the VMware administration.
In free VMware tools you can use very limited features, to use advanced and extra ordinary features you have to purchase paid tools. Many company provides paid tools with trial version for testing purpose.