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VMware ESXi - Disks (IPMI)

Description

This connector enables disk monitoring for ESX servers v4 and higher through discrete IPMI sensors.

This connector is superseded by:

enterprise[11] hardware[12] linux[13] storage[14] vmware[15]

Target

Typical platform: VMware ESXi

Operating systems: Out-Of-Band, Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: WBEM

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t management -c +VMwareESXiDisksIPMI --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +VMwareESXiDisksIPMI ] # 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 - Disks (IPMI) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/cimv2
    • WQL Query: SELECT MajorVersion FROM VMware_HypervisorSoftwareIdentity
    • Result contains: ^\\([1-9][0-9]\\|[4-9]\\) (regex)
  • The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/cimv2
    • WQL Query: SELECT IpmiSensorType,SensorType,CurrentState FROM OMC_DiscreteSensor
    • Result contains: ^13;11;Assert; (regex)

Metrics

Type Collected Metrics Specific Attributes
physical_disk
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
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