The version number of the resxtop command is not displayed.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

resxtop -v does not report its version number, but it displays as follows and the version was not shown.

# resxtop -v
Resxtop (Version e.x.p)

Environment

VMware vSphere Resxtop

Cause

The version number is not implemented in resxtop and will not be displayed.

Resolution

The version of resxtop cannot be confirmed.

Although it is an unsupported procedure, the build number can be confirmed by following these steps.

readelf --debug-dump=info <path to resxtop> | grep -i '/build/mts/release/' | awk '{print $8}' | uniq

(Example) For resxtop-8.0.1-21711926-lin64:

# readelf --debug-dump=info /usr/bin/resxtop | grep -i '/build/mts/release/' | awk '{print $8}' | uniq
/build/mts/release/bora-21711926

(Example) For resxtop-7.0.0-15992393-lin64:

# readelf --debug-dump=info /usr/bin/resxtop | grep -i '/build/mts/release/' | awk '{print $8}' | uniq
/build/mts/release/bora-15992393