Audit tool

[ben31]

Hello,

What is the name of VMware audit tool using WMI interface ?

thanks

ben

[Ken_Cline]

I assume you're talking about Capacity Planner. It's not really an "audit tool", more of an "inventory / performance data collection tool"

[ben31]

yes

memory usage / processor ...

[Ken_Cline]

Yep...VMware Capacity Planner. You cannot purchase the product, you have to engage with VMware (or partner) professional services to gain access to it.

See: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/virtualization_assessment.pdf

[ben31]

dam ok ...

you know a good free software to get the same informations maybe ?

[GaryJBlake]

Check out www.platespin.com and their PowerRecon product. If you are after simply inventory you can install v3 and discovery upto 100 servers for free. If you want usage stats then you will have to purchase the monitoring module.

[Netwrix]

If you a looking for an audit tool that can audit configuration changes in VMware take a look at Netwrix Auditor for VMware solution, it has 20days free trial.

Netwrix Auditor for VMware can audit all critical VMware configuration changes, including host system settings, cluster resources and individual virtual machines. It can provide reports on creation of virtual machines, snapshots, and changes to VM resource configuration.