Submitted by: Eric Enns

Description:

This ZenPack monitors general ESXi host and vm stats such as CPU, memory, and storage. Now you can watch and assure your virtual infrastructure with Zenoss.

The ZenPack has the following Device Class(es)

• ESXi/zport/dmd/Devices/Server/Virtual Machine Host/ESXi

  • Performance Template VMwareHost

    /zport/dmd/Devices/Server/Virtual Machine  Host/ESXi/rrdTemplates/VMwareHost

    DataSource	Datapoint	Description
    VMwareHost
    	cpuReservedcapacity
    	cpuUsage
    	cpuUsagemhz
    	diskUsage
    	memActive
    	memGranted
    	memSwapused
    	sysUpTime

    Graph CPU Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    CPU Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Disk Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Disk Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Memory

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Active Memory	DataPointGraphPoint
    Granted Memory	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Raw CPU Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    CPU Reserved Capacity	DataPointGraphPoint
    CPU Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Swap

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Swap Space Used	DataPointGraphPoint

  • Performance Template VirtualMachine

    /zport/dmd/Devices/Server/Virtual Machine  Host/ESXi/rrdTemplates/VirtualMachine

    DataSource	Datapoint	Description
    VMwareGuest
    	cpuUsage
    	cpuUsageAvg
    	cpuUsageMax
    	cpuUsageMin
    	diskUsage
    	memConsumed
    	memOverhead
    	memUsage

    Graph CPU Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    CPU Usage  (Max)	DataPointGraphPoint
    CPU Usage (Average)	DataPointGraphPoint
    CPU Usage (Min)	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Disk Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Disk Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Host Memory Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Host Memory Consumed	DataPointGraphPoint
    Overhead Memory	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Memory Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    Memory Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

    Graph Raw CPU Usage

     

    Name	Type	Description
    CPU Usage	DataPointGraphPoint

Installation:

First Install the dependencies since they rely on each other you will need to issue the command "zopectl restart" after each zenpack installion.

Secondly install this zenpack, then as per before do a "zopectl restart".

Monitoring a Device:

You must make sure you are adding a fresh device, if you already had it in zenoss delete it now.

To add the ESX/ESXi host to be monitored, run the following command in a terminal as the zenoss user "zendisc run --deviceclass=/Server/Virtual\ Machine\ Host/ESXi and  --device=ipaddress". Your device is now added and its name should be its fqdn (fully qualified domain name, also this must be lowercase because fqdn is case sensitive and will stay this way), but nothing will show up that’s because you haven't set any passwords yet. The required zProperties are as follows, zVSphereUsername, zVSpherePassword, zCommandUsername and zCommandPassword. These need to be set to the correct values (this needs to be a user setup though the vmware infrastructure client and it only needs read-only access). Now all the necessary values are set and you can re-model your device and information should start to populate.

Dependencies

ZenPacks.community.VMwareDataSource >=1.0,

ZenPacks.zenoss.ZenossVirtualHostMonitor >=2.3.0

Screenshots:

Installation Requirements:

• Zenoss Versions Supported:2.5.X & 3.0.X
  
• External Dependencies: None
• ZenPack Dependencies:
  • ZenPacks.community.VMwareDataSource >=1.0,  ZenPacks.zenoss.ZenossVirtualHostMonitor >=2.3.0
• Installation Notes:zenoss restart after installing this ZenPack.
• Configuration: Configuration Properties?

History:

Change History:

• 1.2 initial release

Tested: This ZenPack was tested with Zenoss  version 3.0.X and 2.5.X.

Source: https://github.com/zenoss/Community-Zenpacks/tree/master/ZenPacks.community.VMwareESXiMonitor/

Known issues: