Saturday 29 December 2018

VMware Configurations Maximum Tool URL

VMware has created a nice friendly URL - https://configmax.vmware.com to help you quickly look at the configuration maximums across a few of their product ; NSX Data Center for vSphere, vSphere, VMware NSX-T, vRealize Operations Manager and VMware Site Recovery Manager. I assume VMware will add more as time goes by.



As you can see from the screenshot I have selected vSphere as the product and the version is 6.7. Under All Maximum you can select which maximums you want to view. From my screenshot I have selected Virtual Machine Maximums and to the right of the screen you can see all the maximum related to virtual machines. You can select to display other maximums as well and click View Limits to have the data updated, use the collapse all button to help collapse all the section of  your selected configuration maximums . There is a button to export all maximums to pdf  which exports all the maximums and not just what you have filtered down for display on the screen. It would be good if that function was to export what you had currently displayed on screen.

Another great feature of this site is that you can compare limits of different versions of the product which you can access by selecting Compare Limits button at the top of the page. So for example I have again select vSphere as the product and the base version I wanted to compare is 6.0. On the right hand side of the screen I have selected to compare with vSphere 6.5 and 6.7. You can add as many version as you want that can be compared and hit the Compare button. 



A new screen is displayed with the details of the version of vSphere we selected to compare. Again there is a button to export this information to csv file.

As you can see this site can be useful for when you are designing or upgrading a new environment so that you know what the new maximums are. It is also useful when you are taking your VCP exam too.

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