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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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