VMware ESXi 4.x+

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for ESXi servers v4 and higher through the VMware CIM service.

hardware linux vmware

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• CpMgServNT
• DellOpenManage
• Director52Linux
• Director5Linux
• Director61Linux
• HPInsightwbem
• ServerviewWBEM

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• VMwareESXi
• IpmiTool
• LinuxIpmiTool
• WindowsIpmiTool

Target

Typical platform: VMware

Operating systems: Out-Of-Band, Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: WBEM

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t oob -c +VMwareESX4i --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: oob
        connectors: [ +VMwareESX4i ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wbem:
            protocol: https
            port: 5989
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The VMware ESXi 4.x+ connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/cimv2
  • Query: SELECT MajorVersion FROM VMware_HypervisorSoftwareIdentity
  • Result contains: ^[1-9][0-9]\|[4-9] (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
battery	hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
cpu	hw.cpu.speed.limit{limit_type="max"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id model name
enclosure	hw.enclosure.energy hw.enclosure.power hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
fan	hw.fan.speed hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.critical"} hw.fan.speed_ratio hw.fan.speed_ratio.limit{limit_type="low.critical"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
memory	hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.full_duplex hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	device_type hw.parent.type id name physical_address physical_address_type
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}	hw.parent.type id name
voltage	hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="present"} hw.voltage hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="low.critical"}	hw.parent.type id name