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I went through the API reference for the Converter SDK you linked to and it looks nearly identical to the vSphere SDK as far as available counters are concerned. For BIOS information, I looked into check the check_esxi_hardware.py plugin, but it seems to me that would require logging into the esxi h...

Yes, I've already been through the documentation on that one and am currently using it in our development environment for a few different checks, but unfortunately I didn't find the metrics we are looking for there either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Hi, We are currently trying to setup up ESXI host monitoring through our vCenter server in Nagios and are using the check_vmware_api.pl plugin. I have gone through the list of available counters in the API reference guide online and see that some of the metrics that are being requested for monitorin...

That was the issue, our templates were set up backwards, we wanted the services listed in service_description to be dependent on Ping instead of how it was set up where Ping was dependent on those services, after changing the servicedependency and templates, everything works as intended. Thanks for ...

This is the service dependency setup: define servicedependency { host_name HOSTNAME service_description Swap,Memory,Uptime,Cpu-Usage,Storage,Udeploy_Process,Controlm_Process,Siem_Process,Filesystem_Permission dependent_host_name HOSTNAME dependent_service_description Ping execution_failure_criteria ...

changing max check attempts to 2 did not fix the problem, I have also attached the output file from running ps -ef

Advanced Tab for Ping Service:

Admin>Monitoring Engine Status:

Sorry, I posted the wrong template definition the first time, here is xiwizard_linuxserver_ping_service: define service { name xiwizard_linuxserver_ping_service use xiwizard_generic_service check_command check_xi_host_ping!3000.0!80%!5000.0!100%!!!! event_handler_enabled 1 register 0 }

This is from the status.dat file for one of the hosts in pending status: servicestatus { host_name=HOSTNAME service_description=Ping modified_attributes=0 check_command=check_xi_host_ping!3000.0!80%!5000.0!100%!!!! check_period=24x7 notification_period=24x7 check_interval=5.000000 retry_interval=1.0...