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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 4.5.1 (November 29, 2023) ................................................................................................ 118 Version 4.5.0 (November 23, 2023) ................................................................................................ 118 Version 4.4.5 (October 18, 2023) .................................................................................................... 118 Version 4.4.4 (October 5, 2023) ...................................................................................................... 118 Version 4.4.3 (June 23, 2023) .......................................................................................................... 118 Version 4.4.2 (May 25, 2023) .......................................................................................................... 118 Version 4.4.1 (February 11, 2023) ................................................................................................... 119 Version 4.3.2 (November 5, 2022) .................................................................................................. 119 Version 4.3.1 (February 5, 2022) ..................................................................................................... 119 Version 4.2.2 (December 29, 2021)................................................................................................. 120 Version 4.2.1 (December 4, 2021)................................................................................................... 120 Version 4.1.4 (June 14, 2021) .......................................................................................................... 120 Version 4.1.3 (April 11, 2021).......................................................................................................... 120 Version 4.1.2 (April 5, 2021)............................................................................................................ 120 Version 4.0.7 (December 19, 2020)................................................................................................. 121 Version 4.0.6 (August 29, 2020) ...................................................................................................... 121

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Version 4.0.4 (May 1, 2020) ............................................................................................................ 121 Version 3.11.9 (May 26, 2019) ........................................................................................................ 122 Version 3.11.8 (May 10, 2019) ........................................................................................................ 122 Version 3.11.7 (March 15, 2019) ..................................................................................................... 122 Version 3.11.6 (March 9, 2019) ....................................................................................................... 122 Version 3.10.2 (June, 2018) ............................................................................................................. 123 Version 3.10 (February, 2018)......................................................................................................... 123 Version 3.9.5 (April, 2017)............................................................................................................... 124 Version 3.9.3 (March, 2017) ............................................................................................................ 124 Version 3.9 (February, 2017) ........................................................................................................... 124 Version 3.8.6 (July, 2016) ................................................................................................................ 125 Version 3.8 (March, 2016) ............................................................................................................... 125 Version 3.7 (March, 2015) ............................................................................................................... 125 Version 3.6 (February, 2014) ........................................................................................................... 126 Version 3.5 (March, 2013) ............................................................................................................... 126 Version 3.4 (September, 2012) ....................................................................................................... 127 Version 3.3 (April, 2012).................................................................................................................. 127 Version 3.2 (October, 2011) ............................................................................................................ 127 Version 3.1 (April, 2011).................................................................................................................. 127 Version 3.0 (January, 2011) ............................................................................................................. 128 Version 2.9.5 (September, 2010) .................................................................................................... 128 Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 129 Version 2.9.1 (May 4, 2010) ............................................................................................................ 129 Version 2.9 (April 2010)................................................................................................................... 129 Version 2.8.1 (February 2010)......................................................................................................... 129 Version 2.8 (January 2010) .............................................................................................................. 129 Version 2.7.3 (December 19, 2009)................................................................................................. 130 Version 2.7.1 (November 19, 2009) ................................................................................................ 130 Version 2.7 (November, 2009) ........................................................................................................ 130 Version 2.6 (September, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 130 Version 2.5.5 (June 27, 2009) .......................................................................................................... 131 Version 2.5.1 (April 15, 2009).......................................................................................................... 131 Version 2.5 (April 2009)................................................................................................................... 131 Version 2.4.1 (March 18, 2009) ....................................................................................................... 132

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Version 2.4 (March 2009) ................................................................................................................ 132 Version 2.3.1 (February 11, 2009) ................................................................................................... 133 Version 2.3 (February 2009) ............................................................................................................ 133 Version 2.2 (January 2009) .............................................................................................................. 133 Version 2.1 (November 2008) ......................................................................................................... 134 Version 2.0 (October 2008) ............................................................................................................. 134 Version 1.1 (May 2008) ................................................................................................................... 134 Version 1.0 (April 2008)................................................................................................................... 134

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