1. VMware Workbench
Talk for EclipseCon 2011
Alan Tan
Senior R&D Manager, VMware
2. VMware Workbench
Overview
Development Kits
Certification Kits
Screenshots
3. VMware Workbench Overview
Next generation dev kit and certification virtual appliance
Fully integrated dev kit and testing environments for vSphere
plugins and applications
Supports full product lifecycle
Based on the Eclipse open source IDE (see: www.eclipse.org)
Full GUI environment for development, testing, and
troubleshooting
Including debuggers and log browsers ease troubleshooting
Highly extensible framework with hundreds of existing open source
plugins available
Advanced test suite framework with certification workflow
Advanced testbed setup and management
Dev kits and cert kits delivered as Eclipse plugins
4. VMware Workbench 1.0
Development Kit plugins
Driver Dev Kit (Beta) develop device drivers
CIM Provider Dev Kit (Beta) develop CIM providers
PSA Dev Kit (Beta) develop storage modules (such as
PowerPath)
vNetwork API Dev Kit (Beta) develop network filters
Certification/Test Kit plugins
Storage Cert (Beta) certify storage arrays
Server Cert (Beta) certify servers
FT Cert (RC) certify FT compatibility
Device Drivers Cert (RC) certify device drivers
vNetwork API Cert (RC) certify network filters
CIM Providers Tests (RC) test CIM providers (not a cert
program)
5. VMware Workbench Roadmap
Product Lifecycle
Legend: Level of support from light () to full featured ()
6. VMware Workbench Dev/Test/Debug
7. VMware Workbench Test & Certification
8. VMware Workbench
Edit/Compile
9. VMware Workbench
Debug
10. VMware Workbench
Testbed Setup
11. VMware Workbench
Run Cert Tests
12. VMware Workbench
