[VMware Labs] VisualESXtop

This is the first post of a new series of useful tools you can find at VMware Labs.

VisualEsxtop is a graphical interface that can show data of an ESXi Host like esxtop. You can use it in Windows and Linux OS.

Installation:

• Download the software here and unzip it.
• Add java path (for windows it´s probably like C:\Program Files\VMware\jre\bin)  to %path% respectively $path.
• run vtop.bat respectively vtop.sh.
• Click File and Connect to Live Server to logon to an ESX Host.

Pros:

• Look at esxtop data without connecting ssh console.
• You can also show charts not just digits.
• Exporting data is just a mouse-click.
• You can show more hosts within on instance of visualESXtop.

Notes:

• In current version VMware adds support to vSphere 5.5. At a first glance it also works with 6.0.