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I/O Analyzer

version 1.6.2u1 — May 21, 2018
cluster
performance
performance data
storage performance analysis
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virtual appliance
VMware vSphere™

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Release Date: October 06, 2014

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Summary
VMware I/O Analyzer is an integrated framework designed to measure storage performance in a virtual environment and to help diagnose storage performance concerns. I/O Analyzer, supplied as an easy-to-deploy virtual appliance, automates storage performance analysis through a unified interface that can be used to configure and deploy storage tests and view graphical results for those tests. I/O Analyzer can use Iometer to generate synthetic I/O loads or a trace replay tool to deploy real application workloads. It uses the VMware VI SDK to remotely collect storage performance statistics from VMware ESX/ESXi hosts. Standardizing load generation and statistics collection allows users and VMware engineers to have a high level of confidence in the data collected. Please post comments and questions regarding this fling to the I/O Analyzer Community.

Features

  • Integrated framework for storage performance testing
  • Readily deployable virtual appliance
  • Easy configuration and launch of storage I/O tests on one or more hosts
  • Integrated performance results at both guest and host levels
  • Storage I/O trace replay as an additional workload generator
  • Ability to upload storage I/O traces for automatic extraction of vital metrics
  • Graphical visualization of workload metrics and performance results
You may find all open source files used or modified by I/O Analyzer in vmware-io-analyzer-1.6-vmw.oss.tgzvmware-io-analyzer-1.6-vmw.oss.tgz
Requirements

I/O Analyzer has the following minimum system requirements:

  • VMware ESX/ESXi version 4.0 or later
  • 16.5 GB of storage space (additional space recommended)
  • 1 vCPU and 2048 MB VM memory
  • A supported Internet browser (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox)
Instructions

Complete installation and usage instructions are included in the VMware I/O Analyzer Installation and User’s Guide.

 

To use the hot patch script, first deploy I/O Analyzer 1.6.2 Update 1, and run the following command from a console: cd /root/ioAnalyzerScripts; ./hotpatch-1.6.2u1.py --ip IP_TO_CONTROLLER_VM_TO_BE_UPGRADED

Changelog

New in version 1.6.2u1

  • Support vSphere 6.5 onward
  • Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2o
  • Hot patch script to live upgrade existing 1.6.2 VMs

New in version 1.6.2

  • Patched BASH binary to fix Shellshock vulnerability
  • Patched OpenSSL library to fix Heartbleed vulnerability
  • Added warning messages when invalid VM names are detected
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