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 …
Setup check_vmware.pl on CentOS
Setup VMWare-CLI Perl Kit on CentOS 5.5 x64 (RedHat)
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And overall info on how to monitor ESX
IMPORTANT: For ESX(i) 6.x use https://github.com/op5/check_vmware_api
First download …
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
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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
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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. …
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?
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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 …