VMWAREHOST-HEALTH

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How does it work?

The VMWAREHOST-HEALTH check type is used to obtain general health information on the ESX/ESXi host running the virtual machines. This will require VMWare ESX/ESXi release 3 or higher. Communication between ServersCheck and the VMWare host is XML based over SOAP. ServersCheck natively communicates with VMWare.


How to configure?

In the main dashboard overview, click on the MONITOR NEW DEVICE button

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Enter the IP address of the VMWare Host and select from the Operating System field VMWare ESX/ESXI

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By default the XML SOAP gateway from VMWare runs on port 443. If you haven't changed the port of your VMWare server then leave it to the default value. Enter now also the username and password. Default username for VMWare is root


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Click on Next Step >>> The VMWare system will now be scanned to discover the different identifiers needed for monitoring.


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When the scanning has been completed, you will prompted with a form where you can define the different treshold values for the metrics being monitored.


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Now click on the TEST SETTINGS button. A new dialog window will open.


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It is now connecting to the VMWare host and retrieving the Key Performance indicators as well as general systems health (hardware). When completed a confirmation message like following will be shown:

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