VMware Fling: vSphere Compatibility Predictor
[toc] Introduction If you work in the VMware suite of products and haven’t heard of or checked out the VMware Flings website, head on over and check it out! As the website says; “Flings are apps and tools built by our engineers that are intended to be played with and explored.” A lot of products and features that make it into the product start out as being VMware flings. Some recent ones that come to mind are the vCenter Migration Tool (migrate Windows vCenter to the Appliance), HTML5 Web Client, ESXi Embedded Host client … you get the drift. The flings are not supported by VMware Global Support Services, so the general recommendation is not to use these tools in production environments. The engineers and product managers are usually quite responsive via the comments section on the Flings website and social media. ...