Description

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

This connector is superseded by:

• VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli^[2]

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

Target

Typical platform: VMWare ESXi

Operating systems: Linux, Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: ESX SSH interface

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

Examples

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

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