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After updating from 2012r2.5 to 2.9 and installing nrpe-linux client the vmware API checks are broken.
I have searched, and this problem seems to be recurring since who knows when.

So far i have seen a lot of suggestions. None has solved my problem!!!
IT IS 100% SURE NOT A CREDENTIAL PROBLEM!!!!!
I can loginto virtual center without any problem with the used credentials.

Example: (and this was fully functional before updating)

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_esx3.pl -H my-host-ip -f "/usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/vmware/my-hostname_auth.txt" -l "VMFS"

Result:

ESX3 CRITICAL - Server version unavailable at 'https://my-host-ip:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl' at /usr/share/perl5/VMware/VICommon.pm line 551, <AUTH_FILE> line 2.

From what i have read the most likely cause is perl.

Does anyone have the real solution to this problem???
I would settle for a step by step manual of how to uninstall and reinstall the related components.

Please help me out!!!!!!

Kind regards,
Detronict, Rik Lijkendijk

Which version of the vmware sdk do you have currently installed, and which version of vcenter or vsphere are you checking against?

Hello Reinhardt,

Thank you for your reaction.

My installed SDK version before updating Nagios was 5.0.

I (partially) solved the problem.

The steps i took where:

1. Uninstall vSphere-CLI
2. (re)Install prerequisites and SDK 5.5 using the doc. "Nagios XI - Monitoring VMware With Nagios XI" Revision 1.0 - August, 2014
3. Update Redhat through yum.

Apparently the SDK is very picky about all kinds of dependencies, because after these steps and a reboot of the server the checks work again when executed bij the scheduler
However, when executing from commandline i still get an error. ( Login to VirtualCentre server failed: Error connecting to server at 'https://my-virtual-center-server/sdk/webService': Connection refused

The situation is workable, but it bugs me that i cant figure out why the command will not work directly from commandline.

Open the "check_esx3.pl" plugin in a text editor and add the following line to the top of the script (below the comments):
Save, exit and try your check again. Let me know if this helped. Thanks!

An alternative to look at is the box293_check_vmware plugin. It uses a vMA appliance to execute checks on which already has the SDK pre-installed.

box293_check_vmware can be downloaded here (along with a very detailed manual):
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Pl ... re/details