vmProcessStrobeWeb – Beta 2

Our second public beta of vmProcessStrobeWeb improves the performance of remotely displaying screen shots of each selected virtual machine, especially across cellular data connections. The standalone Linux build can now automatically daemonize itself just by adding the parameter “daemonize” to the command line when executing vmProcessStrobeWeb.

The “--port=80” parameter can be used in conjuction with “daemonize” if you also want to change the port from the default of 80 to something else. As an example of automatically daemonizing the standalone Linux build of vmProcessStrobeWeb while also changing the port to 8080, use “vmProcessStrobeWeb --port=8080 daemonize” on the command line.

vmProcessStrobeWeb – Beta

We are proud to announce our first public beta of vmProcessStrobeWeb. It’s essentially the web version of vmProcessStrobe, which means that it has a browser based user interface and can be accessed from any smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc. Remote access via your preferred mobile device to monitor, kill, and launch processes in any, or all, of the Virtual Machines running across your VMware servers (vCenter, ESXi, ESX, Server, etc.) is now possible, remarkably fast, and very easy. This beta is of the Personal Edition.

Like our other software products, the Personal Edition implies it is free of charge and has most of the core functionality. Some features are reserved for those who purchase the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. The Personal Edition is for hobbyists and those who want to try before they buy. The Professional Edition is for professionals and small businesses. The Enterprise Edition is for medium to large businesses. With each step up in Editions, each software product has more features available and more generous licensing.

vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1.4 – Personal Edition

Fixes and refinements that improve ease of use for newcomers to VMware make up the bulk of this minor update to vmCLIpboard.

vmProcessStrobe 2012 Release 1.2 – Personal Edition

This minor update to vmProcessStrobe includes the usual fixes and refinements with a focus on making it even easier for novice VMware users.

vmProcessStrobe 2012 Release 1.1 – Personal Edition

This minor update to vmProcessStrobe adds support for VMware Workstation 8.0.2 and enhances the automatic update notification system and user interface.

vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1.3 – Personal Edition

The automatic update notification system and user interface are enhanced and support for VMware Workstation 8.0.2 is added in this minor update to vmCLIpboard.

vmProcessStrobe 2012 Release 1 – Personal Edition

Our first release of vmProcessStrobe is now available! If you you are interested in easily seeing what is running in any of your VMware virtual machines then you will find this tool very useful. The Personal Edition is free, so enjoy!

vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1.2 – Personal Edition

Our first minor update to vmCLIpboard in 2012 improves resource utilization on both ends of the spectrum. For laptops and desktops with slow processors and little memory, vmCLIpboard uses as few processing cycles and as little memory as possible. For workstations and servers with lots of processing power and plenty of memory, vmCLIpboard will take advantage of those resources to maximize performance.

The latter improvement is in preparation for the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition of vmCLIpboard, both of which will handle parallel processing of CLI (Command Line Interface) commands using a separate thread for each VMware host. Hosts can be remote, such as VMware ESXi and VMware Server, or local, such as VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. By managing parallel processes using separate threads, CLI commands can be executed simultaneously across hundreds of servers. The only significant limitation is the processing power of the workstation, or server, where vmCLIpboard is run. For those VMware administrators that want to minimize the elapsed time required to execute CLI commands across many, or all, of their servers, the Professional and Enterprise Editions of vmCLIpboard will prove to be valuable tools.

vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1.1 – Personal Edition

This minor update adds further refinement to vmCLIpboard, especially in terms of accessibility.

vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1 – Personal Edition

The Personal Edition of vmCLIpboard 2011 Release 1 has emerged from beta after extensive development and testing with current and recent versions of Windows, Mac OS X, and a few Linux distributions. We will post details, screenshots, and a few tutorial videos over the coming weeks. So check back each week for those updates and enjoy the first, and free, Personal Edition of vmCLIpboard!