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Index
RVTools .................................................................................................................................................... 6
vInfo ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
vCpu ................................................................................................................................................... 16
vMemory ........................................................................................................................................... 20
vDisk .................................................................................................................................................. 24
vPartition ........................................................................................................................................... 29
vNetwork ........................................................................................................................................... 32
vCD .................................................................................................................................................... 36
vUSB................................................................................................................................................... 39
vSnapshot .......................................................................................................................................... 42
vTools ................................................................................................................................................ 45
vSource .............................................................................................................................................. 52
vRP ..................................................................................................................................................... 54
vCluster .............................................................................................................................................. 61
vHost .................................................................................................................................................. 66
vHBA .................................................................................................................................................. 71
vNic .................................................................................................................................................... 73
vSwitch .............................................................................................................................................. 75
vPort .................................................................................................................................................. 78
dvSwitch ............................................................................................................................................ 81
dvPort ................................................................................................................................................ 85
vSC+VMK ........................................................................................................................................... 90
vDatastore ......................................................................................................................................... 92
vMultipath ......................................................................................................................................... 95
vLicense ............................................................................................................................................. 98
vFileInfo ............................................................................................................................................. 99
vHealth ............................................................................................................................................ 100
VMWARE VM Performance optimization considerations ............................................................... 101
DISK I/O ....................................................................................................................................... 101
In-Memory VM performance ...................................................................................................... 101
Health properties ............................................................................................................................ 102
Preferences ...................................................................................................................................... 103
Communication ................................................................................................................................... 104
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Permissions .......................................................................................................................................... 104
MB versus MiB ..................................................................................................................................... 105
Deserialize error .................................................................................................................................. 106
Password encryption ........................................................................................................................... 108
Commandline parameters ................................................................................................................... 109
Start RVTools with pass-through autentication .............................................................................. 109
Start RVTools with userid password ................................................................................................ 109
Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to csv .......................................... 109
Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to csv ............................................................. 109
Start RVTools with pass-through authentication, and export all to xlsx ......................................... 109
Start RVTools with userid password, and export all to xlsx ............................................................ 110
Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to xlsx ..................................... 110
Start RVTools with userid password, and export a single tab page to csv ...................................... 112
Commandline switches ....................................................................................................................... 114
Powershell batch example .................................................................................................................. 115
RVToolsMergeExcelFiles ...................................................................................................................... 116
Log4net properties .............................................................................................................................. 117
Version information ............................................................................................................................ 118
Version 4.4.1 (February 11, 2023) ................................................................................................... 118
Version 4.3.2 (November 5, 2022) .................................................................................................. 118
Version 4.3.1 (February 5, 2022) ..................................................................................................... 118
Version 4.2.2 (December 29, 2021) ................................................................................................. 119
Version 4.2.1 (December 4, 2021) ................................................................................................... 119
Version 4.1.4 (June 14, 2021) .......................................................................................................... 119
Version 4.1.3 (April 11, 2021) .......................................................................................................... 119
Version 4.1.2 (April 5, 2021) ............................................................................................................ 119
Version 4.0.7 (December 19, 2020) ................................................................................................. 120
Version 4.0.6 (August 29, 2020) ...................................................................................................... 120
Version 4.0.4 (May 1, 2020) ............................................................................................................ 120
Version 3.11.9 (May 26, 2019) ........................................................................................................ 121
Version 3.11.8 (May 10, 2019) ........................................................................................................ 121
Version 3.11.7 (March 15, 2019) ..................................................................................................... 121
Version 3.11.6 (March 9, 2019) ....................................................................................................... 121
Version 3.10.2 (June, 2018) ............................................................................................................. 122
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Version 3.10 (February, 2018) ......................................................................................................... 122
Version 3.9.5 (April, 2017) ............................................................................................................... 123
Version 3.9.3 (March, 2017) ............................................................................................................ 123
Version 3.9 (February, 2017) ........................................................................................................... 123
Version 3.8.6 (July, 2016) ................................................................................................................ 124
Version 3.8 (March, 2016) ............................................................................................................... 124
Version 3.7 (March, 2015) ............................................................................................................... 125
Version 3.6 (February, 2014) ........................................................................................................... 125
Version 3.5 (March, 2013) ............................................................................................................... 125
Version 3.4 (September, 2012) ....................................................................................................... 126
Version 3.3 (April, 2012) .................................................................................................................. 126
Version 3.2 (October, 2011) ............................................................................................................ 126
Version 3.1 (April, 2011) .................................................................................................................. 127
Version 3.0 (January, 2011) ............................................................................................................. 127
Version 2.9.5 (September, 2010) .................................................................................................... 127
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 128
Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 128
Version 2.9 (April 2010) ................................................................................................................... 128
Version 2.8.1 (February 2010) ......................................................................................................... 128
Version 2.8 (January 2010) .............................................................................................................. 128
Version 2.7.3 (December 19, 2009) ................................................................................................. 129
Version 2.7.1 (November 19, 2009) ................................................................................................ 129
Version 2.7 (November, 2009) ........................................................................................................ 129
Version 2.6 (September, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 129
Version 2.5.5 (June 27, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 130
Version 2.5.1 (April 15, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 130
Version 2.5 (April 2009) ................................................................................................................... 130
Version 2.4.1 (March 18, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 131
Version 2.4 (March 2009) ................................................................................................................ 131
Version 2.3.1 (February 11, 2009) ................................................................................................... 132
Version 2.3 (February 2009) ............................................................................................................ 132
Version 2.2 (January 2009) .............................................................................................................. 132
Version 2.1 (November 2008) ......................................................................................................... 133
Version 2.0 (October 2008) ............................................................................................................. 133
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Version 1.1 (May 2008) ................................................................................................................... 133
Version 1.0 (April 2008) ................................................................................................................... 133
