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Project Information
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Vmware Gadget for Google Desktop to show CPU utilization accross hosts or vmware guests
This application consists of web service providing CPU utilization statistics and Vmware gadget
Requirements: For Web Service:
- Windows 2000+
- IIS5+
- .NET 2.0+
For client: - Google Desktop any version
- Shall work in any client OS
Installation instructions: You need to install only one Vmware Gadget Service in your VC environment, then point all clients directly to it. - Install Vmware Gadget Service from "Downloads" tab above
- Preferable install on the same box where your VC is running so you can use computer account to authenticate and for perfomance reasons
- Open web.config file and type your VI API server location (for example https://viapi_server/sdk/ for configuration node called "VmwareServer")
- Open application pool which is assigned for VmwareServer and configure to run it as "LocalSystem", this will allow you to authenticate against API server without providing credentials.
- If you install on different server then configure application pool to run under user account which has READ-ONLY permission to VI API server
Install Vmware Gadget on your client OS - Download GG file from "Downloads" tab
- Once installed, go to "Settings" and input VmwareGadgetService URL which you installed above (e.g. http://vmware_server/vmwaregadgetservice/)
- Configure refresh rate in seconds
You can see it in action here http://www.screencast.com/t/4Xu0DGpAo
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