check_openmanage and ESXi

[Randal, Phil]

You get more reported back from check_esxi_hardware.py if the check detects any error conditions.

I did a lot of work on this last year, see my blog post about it for example output when things don't work:

http://www.rebee.clara.net/blog/archives/2011/04/entry_185.html

Cheers,

Phil

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From: Hölzel, Arnold [mailto:arnold.holzel at kpn.com]
Sent: 16 August 2012 16:00
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] check_openmanage and ESXi

All,

I don't know if anyone else already posted this, I just joined the mail list.

We have been using check_openmanage (brilliant piece of work!) to check the hardware status of our Dell machines, lately we are moving from ESX 4 to ESXi 5 and found that the check_openmanage check could not help us with the monitoring of ESXi 5 hardware, because check_openmanage needs OMSA for its checks. Today I found a other plugin to check ESXi hardware, see http://www.claudiokuenzler.com/nagios-plugins/check_esxi_hardware.php

There is one disadvantage to this plugin and that is that you always get the same status details back with a OK. I don't know if it is possible but it would be nice to have the checks from the check_esxi_hardware available in the check_openmanage, only problem is one is written in Python the other in Perl...

I hope it helps and that maybe someone (Trond the author of check_openmanage?) can create one check of this.
Met vriendelijke groet/with kind regards,
Arnold Hölzel

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