Description

This connector discovers the LUNs of an VMware ESX5i server. It requires HTTPS access to the ESX host.

This connector supersedes:

• VMwareESX5iLUNSSH^[2]

enterprise^[3] hardware^[4] linux^[5] vmware^[6]

Target

Typical platform: VMware ESXi

Operating systems: Linux, Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: ESX excli utility (installed locally on the agent host)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• vcenter

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the metricshub account:

metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: vcenter

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list vcenter

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
            useSudo: true
            useSudoCommands: [ "vcenter" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The VMware ESXi 5 LUN (esxcli) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: esxcli -s %{HOSTNAME} -u %{USERNAME} -p %{PASSWORD} system version get
  • Output contains: Version: [567] (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: esxcli -s %{HOSTNAME} -u %{USERNAME} -p %{PASSWORD} storage core path list
  • Output contains: Transport: fc (regex)

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