VMware ESXi - Disks (VMware)

Description

This connector enables disk monitoring for ESX servers v4 and higher through the VMware ESX4i agent's VMware classes.

hardware linux storage vmware

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• CpMgServNT
• DellOpenManage
• Director52Linux
• Director52ServeRAIDLinux
• Director5Linux
• Director61Linux
• HPInsightwbem
• ServerviewWBEM

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• VMwareESXiDisksIPMI

Target

Typical platform: VMware

Operating systems: Out-Of-Band, Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: WBEM

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t oob -c +VMwareESXiDisksStorage --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: oob
        connectors: [ +VMwareESXiDisksStorage ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wbem:
            protocol: https
            port: 5989
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The VMware ESXi - Disks (VMware) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/cimv2
  • Query: SELECT MajorVersion FROM VMware_HypervisorSoftwareIdentity
  • Result contains: ^\\([1-9][0-9]\\|[4-9]\\) (regex)
• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/cimv2
  • Query: SELECT DeviceID,Caption,NumberOfBlocks,BlockSize FROM VMware_StorageExtent

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
disk_controller	hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}	controller_number hw.parent.type id model name
logical_disk	hw.logical_disk.limit hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.type id name
physical_disk	hw.physical_disk.size hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id model name