Hyper-V Monitor Gadget

I've created a sidebar gadget so I can see what the Hyper-V server is doing from my workstation.
The gadget can list multiple servers at once and also support vmconnect when double clicking on a VM.
PS: The gadget uses WMI to connect to the server so the user need remote WMI access (Step 5) on the Hyper-V server.


Version 3.3 is now available!

Version 3.3 adds a Height Offset value to the settings.
This value indicates how much offset each row should add.
If the gadget is't showing all the VM's, try set Offset to 1 or 2.


The initial release had a very good response from all over the world!
I've actually had visits from more than 60 different countries the last week and seen the gadget been written about in blogs from China, Korea, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

The latest gadget version has been bumped from 2.3 up to 3.0 with the introduction of the new VM Control feature.
This new feature allows you to control your VM's directly from the gadget without having to open Hyper-V Manager.
Hyper-V Manager installation is being autodetected now so you don't need to locate and select the vmconnect.exe anymore.

PS: If you click on the gadget before holding the mouse over the VM Control buttons, you will see the description for the button.

Hyper-V Monitor.gadget (32.90 kb)
Hyper-V_Monitor_Portuguese.gadget (32.90 kb) - Translation by Mauro Ribeiro

Settings

Version history

3.3 (31.07.2008)
 - Added a Height Offset value to the settings

3.2 (01.07.2008)
 - Fixed a bug with VM Control not using the custom credentials

3.1 (01.07.2008)
 - Added support for custom credentials

3.0 (30.06.2008)
 - Hyper-V Manager installation is now detected automaticly
 - You can now open Hyper-V Manager by clicking on the server name
 - You can now select either Single or Double Click action for links and buttons
 - Added a new feature (WM Control) that allows you to control the VM's directly in the gadget (Turn Off, Shut Down, Save and Start)
 - Added highlight text to the VM Control buttons (The gadget need to be focused to show them)
 - Fixed a bug if you happened to have two VM's with the same name on the same server
 - Fixed javascript errors

2.3 (24.06.2008)
 - VM's are now sorted alphabetically

2.2 (21.06.2008)
 - Minor changes in the settings dialog

2.1 (21.06.2008)
 - First public version

 

Feel free to spread the gadget around the world, but link to this site and not directly to the gadget :-)