Any recommendations for VMware monitoring

[samton99]

Hello,

I am working on monitoring my vm hosts now through Nagios. I am sure there are many who are presently doing this and would like to know what is the best plugins for vmware monitoring.

thanks in advance

[agriffin]

I currently use check_esx3 for this -- seems to work pretty well.

[samton99]

Can you provide me with where the plugin is.

I have looked at the op5 plugin which is check_vmware_api.pl. They said they renamed it it to this. But then I tried the checks and check command and no go.

Would you mind to let me know where the plugin and maybe a snippet of your commands and servicesÉ If not, then the plugin will be fine and I will search on how this is done.

thanks

[agriffin]

You're right, it doesn't seem to be listed on exchange any more. It's used in the Nagios XI VMWare wizard though, so you can download this zip file to get it. Unzip it, and you'll find the the plugin in vmware/plugins/check_esx3.pl. Discard the rest of the files in that zip file unless you feel like upgrading to Nagios XI.

[samton99]

Hi,

Thanks after much playing with it I finally got it to work and I got it to work with the check_vmware_api.pl.

Would it possible for you to send me your service definitions for your vm's?

Thanks