Monitoring vCenter VM disk usage

[proddan]

Hi Everyone,

We have an installation of Nagios XI 5.4.1.1 (deployed from the OVF) and I'm looking for a way to monitor disk usage on some ESXi 6.0 vCenter VMs.

We have the built in plugin (from the monitoring wizard) to monitor guests on the VM hosts, but none of the metrics report on disk space.
I've searched the forum, and can see conflicting information as to if this is possible. The VMs in question are in a DMZ, and the Nagios server currently has no route to this network.

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to monitor the disk space of our VM Guests using a vCenter check? I don't mind installing stuff on the guests, but it's not practical to route to them from the Nagios server.


Many thanks,


Peter.

[npolovenko]

Hello, @proddan.
This plugin will check disk usage on a windows based guest VM's.
https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... er/details
Here' a syntax:
./check_diskusage_by_vcenter -n IP_of_the_vmware_server_instance -u username -p password -g guest_vm_name

Otherwise, this plugin should be able to do what you want:
https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... re/details

[proddan]

Great, thanks - I'll take a look.

Best Regards,


Peter

[npolovenko]

@proddan, Not a problem. I'll leave this thread open for a while in case you come back with any questions.