[hobbit] ESX monitoring.

[Odinn]

You'll need to write custom scripts for monitoring VMs.  I wrote several scripts at my last company, but they let me go, so I no longer have access to those scripts.
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Jim Sloan


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From: Ambati Srinivas <am.srini at gmail.com>
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Cc: everett.vernon at gmail.com
Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 11:52:17 AM
Subject: Re: [hobbit] ESX monitoring.

Hi,

I did installed Xymon ESX agent on to the ESX, I just want to know the status of running VMs and its status.

Thanks for your assistance.
AM


On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com> wrote:

You can install the Red Hat binaries in the ESX service console, and although it works, it still only gives a limited view. (Remember, the service console is also a VM)
>>Also, remember, installing non-authorised packages into the service console could negate support contracts.
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>I was playing with using SNMP to monitor the rest of the host server at my previous contract, but never completed the job :-(
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>Getting a "complete view" of an ESX machine is not easy. We eventually settled for the client in each VM, and the service console.
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>Not perfect, but acceptable.
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>Cheers
>     Vernon
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>On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Ambati Srinivas <am.srini at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Hi Everyone,
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>>Does some one can suggest point me to addon for monitoring ESX machine?
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>>AM
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