NAGIOS CORE: HOW TO MONITOR HOST ESX 5.5

[NAGOWNER92]

Good morning,

I would like to monitor ESX Hosts 5.5 but i don't want to use SNMP ?Can anyone help me

[millisa]

Check out this post:
Tech Tip: Monitoring VMware ESX 3.x, ESXi, vSphere 4 and vCenter Server

It applies to esx5 systems (we use it for 4.x and 5.x vmware systems)
Pay attention to the '--authfile= ' option. You'll want to use it to keep the username/password out of the actual command definition. It's also good to setup a read-only user on the esx server for the plugin to use (don't use your root account).

[slansing]

Thank you for the post millisa! That is a commonly recommended plugin, paired with the vmware SDK (required). There is also the option of using a vmware VMA and trying out the new Box293 plugin:

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

[NAGOWNER92]

I have tried this plugin (box293_check_vmware) and it works on 5.5 Vmware Vcenter but I therefore ask: Is so important the VMA considering that you have only to copy inside che plugin, or i can use even a normal linux machine on my vcenter?

[slansing]

It is highly recommended to use the vMA because it communicates directly with the virtualization host, as is noted in the instruction manual, the creator of the plugin will not be able to offer you any support if you stray from using vMA.

[Box293]

I have tried this plugin (box293_check_vmware) and it works on 5.5 Vmware Vcenter but I therefore ask: Is so important the VMA considering that you have only to copy inside che plugin, or i can use even a normal linux machine on my vcenter?

The vMA appliance includes the VMware SDK already installed with all the pre-requistes to make it work. All the development of this plugins is done on the vMA appliance so I know 100% it will work in any environment.

I will not be able to support people not using the plugin on a vMA appliance.