VMware ESXi 5 LUN (SSH)

Description

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

hardware linux vmware

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli

Target

Typical platform: VMware

Operating systems: Linux, Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: ESX SSH interface

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +VMwareESX5iLUNSSH --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +VMwareESX5iLUNSSH ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The VMware ESXi 5 LUN (SSH) 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 monitored host:
  • Command: esxcli system version get
  • Output contains: Version: [567] (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: esxcli storage core path list
  • Output contains: Transport: fc (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
lun	hw.lun.paths hw.status{hw.type="lun", state="present"}	array_name hw.parent.type id name
other_device	hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}	device_type hw.parent.type id info name