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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 # […]
reset esx 4 password
How to reset ESX password 1. Power on the ESX server. At the Grub boot loader, select the “VMware ESX 4.0” entry and press a to modify the kernel arguments. 2. Add a space and the word single to the […]
ESX VLAN TAGGING
VLAN testing in ESX 4, So I need to test lots of VLANs and make sure connectivity is OK. Well here is quick and easy way to do it? 1. Create a port group on the vSwitch with ID 4095. […]
ESX Loses Connection to VC
ERROR: warning ‘Heartbeat’] Failed to bind heartbeat socket (-1). Using any IP. Our ESX server is in a remote site using NAT to connect to the Virtual Center and it loses connection because the ports are not open and the […]