nagios vmware esx plugin

The best script to monitor VMWare ESX using nagios was developed by Steve Shipway. 1. Download the script wget http://felipeferreira.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/VMWare.zip unzip VMWare.zip cd VMWare chmod +x check_vmware.pl && sed -i -e ‘s/\r$//’ check_vmware.pl ./check_vmware.pl OBS: It is normal to get […]

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Setup check_vmware.pl on CentOS

Setup VMWare-CLI Perl Kit on CentOS 5.5 x64 (RedHat) Older Post with Simillar Information And overall info on how to monitor ESX IMPORTANT: For ESX(i) 6.x use https://github.com/op5/check_vmware_api First download my full package witch has all dependencies plus the vmware-vSphere-CLI Required […]

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monitor esx with nagios

Its a system administrator duty to be sure the ESX servers health and performance are OK. I monitor: I believe the most important things to monitor are: CPU check_cpu_esx DISK check_disk VOLUMES (storage) check_vfs Hardware (Fan,Temp,Arrays,Memory Dimms,Disks etc…) check_openmanage check_hpasm-4.2.tar.gz […]

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Setup HP Insight Manager on VMWare ESX 4

Setup HP Insight Manager on VMWare ESX 4 1. Download the file: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=MTX-54e9417b70db4823aff1cefbc0 2. Copy it to the ESX server using the tool WinSCP to /tmp 3. Uncompress and install software Inside the ESX # mv /tmp hpmgmt-8.3.1-vmware4x.tgz /usr/local # […]

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