Virtualization Toolbox

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Contents 1 iPhone Tools 2 Administration Tools [1] 3 Performance/Monitoring Tools [1] 4 Reporting [1] 5 Backup Tools [1] 6 P2V Tools [1] 7 Security Tools [1] 8 General Tool [1] 9 Comments 10 kris carlier said ... 11 superlearnmathngentot said ... 12 samanta said ...

iPhone Tools

• TouchTerm SSH Client^[3]
• Files Lite for the ability to access and read the VMware ESX Publications in PDF form. ^[2] As well as the following White Papers:
  • Shared Disk Clusters ala MSCS, RedHat Clustering, etc.
  • Guest Operating System Installation Guide.
  • Using IP Multicast with VMware ESX 3.5
  • Implementing Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) in a Virtualized Environment
  • Interpreting esxtop Statistics. You will need to save this as a Word or PDF document
  • VMware Virtual Networking Concepts
  • VMware ESX Server 3: 802.1Q VLAN Solutions
  • VMware VI3 in a Cisco Environment
  • http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/how-traffic-routes-between-vms-on-esx-hosts/ How Traffic Routes between VMs on ESX Hosts] Save as Word or PDF document
  • Security Design of the VMware 3 Architecture
  • DMZ Virtualization with VMware Infrastructure
  • Tripwire Whitepaper: Virtualization Security Risks (note: requires registration to access)
  • VMware Infrastructure 3 Hardening
  • CISecurity VMware ESX Security Benchmark followed by the CISecurity Linux Benchmark
  • UNIX STIG Unzip first.
  • ESX STIG Unzip first
  • Proven Practice: VI3 Security Risk Assessment - Xtravirt.com
  • Remote Authentication - Full/Partial AD Integration, Secure LDAP, NIS, ..., Save as a Word or PDF document.

Administration Tools ^[1]

• VMware’s VI Toolkit w/[http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/pages/download-windows-powershell.aspx Microsoft PowerShell
• VMware’s VI Perl Toolkit
• VMware’s Remote CLI
• VMware Update Manager Plug-in for VMware Infrastructure Client which is a part of VMware vCenter Server.
• Andrew Kutz’s Storage VMotion VMware Infrastructure Client Plug-in
• Hyper9’s Search Toolbar VMware Infrastructure Client Plug-in
• Tripwire Opscheck (a must for solving VMware VMotion issues)
• PuTTY (a must for accessing host via secure shell (SSH) from Window’s systems)
• PowerGUI w/Active Directory Cmdlets (GUI for PowerShell and VI Toolkit)
• Snaphunter (hunt for and destroy snapshots)
• Snapalert (find and commit snapshots with Remote CLI support)
• Adobe Acrobat (for reading VMware whitepapers, hardware compatibility lists and other documents)
• Twhirl (for Twitter access)
• Firefox for access to the VMware Communities Forums and Google Search

Performance/Monitoring Tools ^[1]

• VMware Infrastructure Client ^[2] which is part of VMware ESX, ESXi or vCenter for real time performance graphs
• VMware’s esxtop which is available from the RCLI or VMware ESX service console for details on server utilization also have on hand the Interpreting esxtop Statistics document.
• vmktree
• Vizioncore’s vFoglight
• Nagios for service monitoring

Reporting ^[1]

• VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client Mapping capability which is part of VMware ESX, ESXi, and vCenter
• Veeam Reporter
• Alan Renouf’s vDiagram

Backup Tools ^[1]

• VMware Consolidated Backup
• VMware Converter
• One of either Vizioncore vRangerPro, PHD Technologies’ esXpress, or Veeam Backup

P2V Tools ^[1]

• VMware Capacity Planner - VAC access only
• VMware Converter 4.0

Security Tools ^[1]

• Ultimate Boot CD for Darik’s Boot and Nuke utility (in ISO form)
• Tripwire ConfigCheck
• My own Virtual Security Management Suite (still in pre-beta with a hope to get it out soon!)
• Hardening Script from VMware Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment, available first half of 2009.
• DISA STIG for ESX SRR
• Nessus
• Nmap
• Backtrack for Penetration Testing (in ISO form)
• Helix for Forensics (in ISO form)
• Nucleus Kernel Linux for Data Recovery
• Virtual Firewall (smoothwall, IPcop, etc.)

General Tool ^[1]

• Ulli Hankeln’s MOA

^[1] Unless otherwise mentioned this is from the blog My Virtualization Toolbox
^[2] From the blog Three New Tools for the VMware VI Toolbox

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