Best plugins for virtual environments?

[BanditBBS]

Just wanting opinions....

1.) VMWare - Is Box293's plugin the current best for monitoring? (I know your answer already Box, LOL)

2.) OVM - Anyone find any great plugins for monitoring OVM?

Thanks!

[slansing]

Actually, I'd highly suggest Box's plugin as well . It has worked great every time I've had the need to test it out for a feature, plus the documentation is second to none.

As far as OVM, this seems like the plugin with the highest regard that I could find:

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Pl ... m3/details

[snapon_admin]

I've only used 2 VMware plugins, but Box's is the best of the 2. We recently switched to it and I haven't had any reason to look for another one.

[tmcdonald]

Gonna throw my hat into the ring for Box as well. As for OVM, can't really say I have a favorite.

[Box293]

I've got a Nagios XI wizard for it currently in the pipeline ... it'll knock your socks off!

FYI I uploaded a new version of it yesterday to the Nagios Exchange.

[BanditBBS]

Ok, looks like everyone agrees Box293's plugin is best for VMWare. Wishing I could find something other than that one for OVM, will keep searching the web a bit more on that one.

[slansing]

If you find one other than the (one) on the exchange let us know and we can probably throw it up there!

[rajasegar]

I am using this. Works fine.

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[nagios@nagiosprodxi1 libexec]$ ./check_esx3.pl --help
check_esx3.pl 0.2.0

This nagios plugin is free software, and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU
General Public Licence (see http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.txt).

VMWare Infrastructure plugin

Usage: check_esx3.pl -D <data_center> | -H <host_name> [ -N <vm_name> ]
    -u <user> -p <pass> | -f <authfile>
    -l <command> [ -s <subcommand> ]
    [ -t <timeout> ] [ -w <warn_range> ] [ -c <crit_range> ]
    [ -V ] [ -h ]

[tmcdonald]

SNMP maybe for OVM?

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35328_01/E35 ... -snmp.html