breathalize

With money very tight today

And every budget squeezed

How do keep your VMs in shape

And report on them with ease?

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Well luckily for admins all

though desperate it may seem

A free reporting tool is out

From those lovely folks at Veeam

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A windows server is all you need

To get this software live

You will need to run IIS

And dot net three point five ..

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If you don’t have a SQL box

Don’t think you are excluded

It also runs the free edition

And comes with it included

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The reports get even better

With SSRS installed

So when you get in running

Your boss will be enthralled

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Once it’s up and running

You’ll need to get some data

So point it at your vcentre

And come back a bit later

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On your return the screen should show

All kinds of counts and measures

Which you can add to dashboards

And report on at your leisure

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Now while there are restrictions

It’s free now let’s be fair

There is a rolling day of stats

To show what went on where

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Reporting on your vEstate

And linking with Business View

Are easily done in minutes

And it exports to Visio too

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So if you’ve yet to try it out

I really think you oughta

Your admin life will be enriched

By Veeam’s great free reporter

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You can check out Veeam Reporter Free edition by downloading it here.

This post is part of Veeam’s Blogger Contest to get the word out about Veeam Free Reporter 4. I have used the product for about a week now and it is really useful for all kinds of reports on your VM environment. Fellow bloggers have more conventional posts on their impressions of the product so check them out as well. All proceeds of the competition go to charity.