Find Gaps in VMWARE vSphere Infrastructure

[vikram4690]

Hi Guys,

I have very common question, I want to find out gaps (like configuration, HA, DRS, Storage, Networking, Security) in existing VMWARE vSphere (3.5 & 4.1)Infrastrucure, can anybody please suggest, how shall I proceed?

[kjb007]

The best practices doc is a good start:  http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

You can also do a search for some scripts people have run to automate some of the data gathering and reporting tasks.

Here's one from lamw:  http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9842

There are others, a quick search should turn up a few easy to run.

-KjB

[Texiwill]

Hello,

If you have Enterprise+ you can use Host Profiles. You can also use VMware Configuration Manager (vCM). If neither of these, you can try WIlliam Lam's Perl SDK script.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Author of the books 'VMWare ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. 'VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.
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