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Can anyone suggest me a plugin or way to monitor ESXi nodes through snmp and by not taking the shell login to the machines.

ESXi does not provide SNMP access, but you can use Box293's vmware plugin to do it: https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... re/details

eloyd wrote:ESXi does not provide SNMP access

This isn't exactly true - actually it's false There are a few good SNMP options on the Exchange.

eloyd wrote:you can use Box293's vmware plugin to do it: https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... re/details

Although depending on your needs and what you have configured beforehand it may behoove you to still follow eloyd's advice - Box293 or check_esx3 are probably still better solutions.

NO WAY!! I've been looking for SNMP for ESXi for years and stopped looking because I never found it! I've never been happier to be wrong!

Thanks!

avijit_bhardwaj, did jdalrymple answer your question? Let us know if it is safe to lock the topic and mark it as resolved.

eloyed,

Have you used box293? Does it require a shell access to ESX boxes?

It does not monitor the guest operating systems, it monitors the host ESX or ESXi server. Read the manual at https://exchange.nagios.org/components/ ... 0&cf_id=29 to get an idea as to what you need to do.

@Box293 is also on the forums and twitter and at box293.com if you want to ask him for help with the plugin.

avijit_bhardwaj,

To answer your question about shell access, yes you do need a shell access to the VMWare servers.

avijit_bhardwaj wrote:eloyed,

Have you used box293? Does it require a shell access to ESX boxes?

It does not require shell access.

It runs on the VMware vMA Appliance. Please read the first couple of pages of the manual for the plugin as it clearly explains how it works.

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