What is RVTools?
RVTools is a free virtualization management and reporting tool used to gather detailed configuration and performance data from VMware vCenter servers. It provides administrators and engineers with in-depth visibility into their vSphere environments including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, networking, and storage.
Key features and capabilities of RVTools include:
- Discovery of inventory objects like VMs, templates, hosts, clusters, resource pools, vApps, datastores, and networks
- Reporting on VM hardware including CPU, memory, disks, network interfaces, VMware tools, and snapshots
- Host configuration details such as hardware, network, storage, VMware tools, and licensing information
- Performance data collection including real-time and historical CPU, memory, disk, and network usage
- Cluster, resource pool, vApp, and VM folder hierarchies
- Detailed storage reports on VMFS, NFS, vSAN, and VVOLs
- Networking inventory for vSwitches, port groups, vmk interfaces, and distributed switches
- HTML, Excel, CSV and PDF reporting formats
- Role-based access controls
- Scheduled report generation
With its comprehensive data collection capabilities and flexible reporting formats, RVTools provides administrators unique visibility to optimize capacity, troubleshoot issues, and analyze changes in their VMware infrastructure.