New VMware ESXi ZenPack

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Matt Ray

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Mar 9, 2010 6:22 PM

Thanks to Zenoss Master David Nalley for providing his VMware ESXi ZenPack. Currently this ZenPack provides monitoring for host hardware of VMware ESXi. This works on supported host platforms, and monitors fans, temperature, RAID arrays, controllers, individual drives, raid card batteries, power supplies, and storage.

The WBEM Classes that it checks are:

CIM_ComputerSystem
CIM_NumericSensor
CIM_Memory
CIM_Processor
CIM_RecordLog
OMC_DiscreteSensor
OMC_Fan
OMC_PowerSupply
VMware_StorageExtent
VMware_Controller
VMware_StorageVolume
VMware_Battery
VMware_SASSATAPort

Currently it checks - and if ok, reports OK, if there is a problem, it creates an event listing the specific component and problem.(ie which DIMM Slot a problem is occurring with and what the problem is)

Thanks David!

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1. Mar 9, 2010 8:18 PM (in response to Matt Ray)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

bombs out with

File "./check_esx_wbmem.py", line 78, in ?
    instance_list = wbemclient.EnumerateInstances(classe)
File "/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 403, in EnumerateInstances
    ClassName = CIMClassName(ClassName),
File "/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 219, in imethodcall
    raise CIMError(code, tt[1]['DESCRIPTION'])
pywbem.cim_operations.CIMError: (6, u'The requested object could not be found')

on 2.5.0. I have verified correct username and password.

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2. Mar 9, 2010 8:36 PM (in response to fearthepenguin)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

upgraded to 2.5.2 , same error. Also seems to crash zenmodeler, but that could be unrelated.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./check_esx_wbmem.py", line 78, in ?
    instance_list = wbemclient.EnumerateInstances(classe)
File "/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 403, in EnumerateInstances
    ClassName = CIMClassName(ClassName),
File "/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 219, in imethodcall
    raise CIMError(code, tt[1]['DESCRIPTION'])
pywbem.cim_operations.CIMError: (6, u'The requested object could not be found')

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3. Mar 10, 2010 10:10 AM (in response to Matt Ray)

Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

Great - thanks! I've been waiting for this one.

But where (in zProperties? "zCommandUsername"?) do I set the login and password to the HTTPS-server? All I get now are error-events...

Cmd: /usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py https://192.168.x.y:5989 user - Code: 1 - Msg: General error

Update:

I found out it has to be "zCommandUsername" and "zCommandpassword":

../ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi# grep -r zComm *
objects/objects.xml:${here/ZenPackManager/packs/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi/path}/check_esx_wbmem.py https://${dev/manageIp}:5989 ${dev/zCommandUsername} ${dev/zCommandPassword}

Right, the password is there too now, but still a general error:

Cmd: /usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py https://192.168.x.y:5989 user password - Code: 1 - Msg: General error

Running the above command on the CLI on the Zenoss-host does work however.

Update 2:

Using the test-option in the template reveals even more issues:

Executing command

/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py https://192.168.x.y:5989 user password

against 192.168.x.y

'import site' failed; use -v for traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py", line 24, in <module>

import sys,os

ImportError: No module named os

DONE in 0 seconds

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4. Mar 11, 2010 4:30 PM (in response to hbokh)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

I had the same error, but running zenoss restart as the zenoss user fixed it....

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5. Mar 12, 2010 1:35 AM (in response to fearthepenguin)
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I get the exact same error as fearthepenguin, fresh VMware image, 2.5.2

/home/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py https://ip root password
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py", line 78, in ?
    instance_list = wbemclient.EnumerateInstances(classe)
File "/home/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 403, in EnumerateInstances
    ClassName = CIMClassName(ClassName),
File "/home/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/lib/pywbem/cim_operations.py", line 219, in imethodcall
    raise CIMError(code, tt[1]['DESCRIPTION'])
pywbem.cim_operations.CIMError: (6, u'The requested object could not be found')

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6. Mar 12, 2010 6:25 AM (in response to trosebrook)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

I had the same error, but running zenoss restart as the zenoss user fixed it....

That's somewhat of a fix indeed. I get some events now.
Weird... because restarting the zenoss_stack from /etc/init.d/ as root (Ubuntu Linux 9.10 x86_64) won't!

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7. Mar 18, 2010 1:01 AM (in response to hbokh)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

I was having th esame issue as hbokh. Turns out the script does not like the complex password that I had set for my root account. Started and ended with a #

Once I changed it to somethign simple (temporarily I hope) it worked.

Hopefuly this can be corrected

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8. Mar 25, 2010 10:07 PM (in response to Matt Ray)

Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

everything seems to work ok but there is no Data collected.

i created the device path /device/server/vmware/esxi
i added the Zenpack with no problems.
i varified that the ESXi template is added to ESXi organizer
i discovered a new ESXi device
no data is collected - also no errors on the output or in the new discovered device events. Model Device output:

2010-03-26 02:02:41	INFO	zen.Utils	Executing command: /usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/bin/zenmodeler run --now --monitor localhost -F -d 192.168.x.x --weblog
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	Connecting to localhost:8789
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	Connected to ZenHub
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	Collecting for device 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	No WMI plugins found for 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	No Python plugins found for 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	No command plugins found for 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	SNMP monitoring off for 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	No portscan plugins found for 192.168.x.x
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	Scan time: 0.17 seconds
2010-03-26 02:02:43	INFO	zen.ZenModeler	Daemon ZenModeler shutting down
2010-03-26 02:02:45	INFO	zen.PerformanceConf	configuration collected

Test ESXi template Data Source look ok :

Executing command

/usr/local/zenoss/zenoss/ZenPacks/ZenPacks.dnalley.VMwareESXi-1.0-py2.4.egg/ZenPacks/dnalley/VMwareESXi/check_esx_wbmem.py https://192.168.x.x:5989 root ******

against 192.168.x.x

DONE in 3 seconds

But after all this there is no data in the Tabs (Hardware,status,OS,Perf)!!!!!!

please help!

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9. Mar 26, 2010 12:35 AM (in response to maayanay)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

I don’t think this ZenPack actually shows any info. Just warns if there is a problem. Correct me if I'm wrong

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10. Mar 26, 2010 7:35 AM (in response to Ekstreme)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

the first post said:

"Currently it checks - and if ok, reports OK, if there is a problem, it creates an event listing the specific component and problem.(ie which DIMM Slot a problem is occurring with and what the problem is)"

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11. Mar 29, 2010 2:05 PM (in response to Matt Ray)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

Can someone help with this?

someone installed it already and it is working?
can you tell me what should i see in the Zenoss?

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12. Mar 30, 2010 2:23 PM (in response to maayanay)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

Well, nothing really - you bind it to the class you want to have your
ESXi hosts in, and then it goes... Nothing happens unless there is a
problem, in which case an event is created. It doesn't claim to do
graphs for instance.
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LEPP Computer Group
Cornell University

maayanay wrote, On 3/29/2010 2:05 PM:
Can someone help with this?

someone installed it already and it is working?
can you tell me what should i see in the Zenoss?
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13. Mar 30, 2010 4:41 PM (in response to jmp242)
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it si not suppose to show something like

Processor: OK
Storage: OK
Fans: OK

like in the ESXi GUI?!?

do i have some way to make sure that zenoss is really able to monitor it correctly without taking out a DISK.

I ask this because all of my Zenoss tabs for this device are totaly empty i even don't have the OS MODEL, OS version, SYSTEM UP TIME
nothing... is this ok?

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14. Mar 31, 2010 9:12 AM (in response to maayanay)
Re: New VMware ESXi ZenPack

I can't say, I didn't write the zenpack, nor do I use it - that's just
what the documentation says. Of course, feel free to improve the zenpack
and submit updates. I'm sure the community would benefit.
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Information Technology Area Supervisor
LEPP Computer Group
Cornell University

maayanay wrote, On 3/30/2010 4:41 PM:
it si not suppose to show something like

Processor: OK
Storage: OK
Fans: OK

like in the ESXi GUI?!?

do i have some way to make sure that zenoss is really able to monitor it correctly without taking out a DISK.

I ask this because all of my Zenoss tabs for this device are totaly empty i even don't have the OS MODEL, OS version, SYSTEM UP TIME
nothing... is this ok?
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