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Agents generated by the plugin

The execution of this plugin will create several agents, depending on the configuration that has been implemented in the configuration file. In total the plugin can create the following agent types with the following modules:

Datacenter

An agent will be created for the datacenter specified in the configuration file, with the following modules

Module Name Description API version Disponibility
Ping ping ping to the machine that supports vCenter All Anytime
Check 443 port check443 Check to port 443 of the machine that supports vCenter All Anytime

Datastores

An agent will be created for each datastore to be monitored, according to the specified configuration, with the following modules

Module Name Description Versión API Disponibility
Capacity capacity Maximum Datastore capacity in bytes All Anytime
Free Space freeSpace Percentage of free space in the Datastore All Anytime
Disk Overallocation overallocation Percentage of disk over-allocation ≥v4.0 Anytime
Free Space Bytes freeSpaceBytes Amount of free space in bytes All Anytime

ESX

An agent will be created for each ESXI host to be monitored, according to the specific configuration.

Module Name Description API version Disponibility
Boot Time bootTime Last date on which the host was turned on All Anytime
CPU Info [x] cpuInfo CPU overview (one module is created per ESXi CPU) All If connected
Memory Size memorySize Total amount of host physical memory in Bytes All If connected
Overall CPU Usage overallCpuUsage Sum of all CPUs usage in Mhz All If  connected
Overall Memory Usage overallMemoryUsage Overall Memory Usage of VMware Hosts All If connected
Power State powerState Host power status ≥v2.5 Anytime
SSL Thumbprint sslThumbprint Host SSL fingerprint ≥v4.0 If configured
Uptime uptime Host Uptime in seconds ≥v4.1 If connected
VNIC Info [x] vnicInfo Information on host virtual network interfaces All If configured and connected
Host Alive hostAlive Module that is worth 1 if the ESX is connected and 0 otherwise All Anytime
Connection State connectionState Host connection status All Anytime
Disk Read diskRead Kbps rate read from disk All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Write diskWrite Disk written Kbps rate All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Read Latency diskReadLatency Disk read latency in milliseconds All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Write Latency diskWriteLatency Disk write latency in milliseconds All Nivel stats ≥2
Data received netReceived Kbps rate received from host All Nivel stats ≥2
Data transmitted netTransmitted Rate of Kbps sent from host All Nivel stats ≥2
Packages Received netPkgRx Number of packets received in the interval All Nivel stats ≥2
Packages Transmitted netPkgTx Number of packets sent in the interval All Nivel stats ≥2
CPU Usage cpuUsagePercent Percentage of CPU usage All Nivel stats ≥2
Memory Usage memoryUsagePercent Percentage of RAM usage All Nivel stats ≥2
Net Usage netUsage Network data received and sent from all NICs All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Rate diskRate Assaulted I/O rate in KB/sec All Nivel stats ≥2
Max. Disk Latency maxDiskLatency Maximum latency of all disks All Nivel stats ≥2
HA Status haStatus Host HA status ≥v5.0 If configured
Sensor* systemHealthInfo Status of hardware sensors (one module per sensor) All ESXi >= 3.5

VM

An agent will be created for each virtual machine to be monitored, according to the specific configuration.

Módulo Nombre corto Descripción Versión API Disponibilidad
Boot Time bootTime Last date on which the virtual machine was powered on All If connected
Connection State connectionState Connection status All Anytime
Consumed Overhead Memory consumedOverheadMemory Amount of memory consumed by the virtual machine in MB ≥v4.0 if configured
CPU Allocation cpuAllocation Information on the resources allocated to the virtual machine's CPU All if configured
Disk Free [x] diskFree Free percentage of the virtual machine's disk (there will be one module for each disk contained in the virtual machine). All if configured
Guest State guestState Operating mode of the host operating system All if configured
Host Info host VMware host information All if configured
Host Alive hostAlive Module that is worth 1 if the virtual machine is running and 0 otherwise All Anytime
Host Memory Usage hostMemoryUsage Memory consumed by the virtual machine in MB All if connected
Host Name hostName Name of associated host All if configured
IP Address [x] ipAddress IP address of the machine (one will be displayed per available network interface) ≥v4.1 if configured
MAC Address [x] macAddress MAC address of the machine (one will be displayed per available network interface) All if configured
Max CPU Usage maxCpuUsage Upper limit of virtual machine CPU utilization All If connected
Max Memory Usage maxMemoryUsage Upper limit of virtual machine RAM memory usage All If connected
Memory Allocation memoryAllocation Limit of memory resources All if configured
Memory Overhead memoryOverhead Amount of memory used by the virtual machine over and above the needs of the host operating system in bytes. All if configured
Overall CPU Demand overallCpuDemand Basic statistics on CPU performance in Mhz ≥v4.0 If connected
Overall CPU Usage overallCpuUsage Basic statistics on CPU utilization in Mhz All If connected
Power State powerState Current virtual machine status All Anytime
Private Memory privateMemory Amount of memory in MB that is given to the virtual machine from the unshared memory ≥v4.0 If connected
Shared Memory sharedMemory Amount of memory in MB given to the virtual machine of the shared memory ≥v4.0 If connected
Tools Running Status toolsRunningStatus Current running status of VMware Tools installed on the guest operating system ≥v4.0 if configured
Trigger Alarm State triggeredAlarmState VMware alarm status ≥v4.0 if configured
Uptime Seconds uptimeSeconds Virtual machine uptime in seconds ≥v4.1 If connected
Virtual Image Path virtualImagePath Virtual machine configuration file path (.vmx) All Anytime
Disk Read diskRead Kbps rate read from disk All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Write diskWrite Disk written Kbps rate All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Read Latency diskReadLatency Disk read latency in milliseconds All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Write Latency diskWriteLatency Disk write latency in milliseconds All Nivel stats ≥2
Data received netReceived Kbps rate received from host All Nivel stats ≥2
Data transmitted netTransmitted Rate of Kbps sent from host All Nivel stats ≥2
Packages Received netPkgRx Number of packets received in the interval All Nivel stats ≥2
Packages Transmitted netPkgTx Number of packets sent in the interval All Nivel stats ≥2
CPU Usage cpuUsagePercent Percentage of CPU usage All Nivel stats ≥2
Memory Usage memoryUsagePercent Percentage of RAM usage All Nivel stats ≥2
Net Usage netUsage Network data received and sent from all NICs All Nivel stats ≥2
Disk Rate diskRate Assaulted I/O rate in KB/sec All Nivel stats ≥2
Max. Disk Latency maxDiskLatency Maximum latency of all disks All Nivel stats ≥2
HeartBeat heartbeat Number of heartbeats of the virtual machine All Nivel stats ≥2
CPU Ready cpuReady Percentage of time machine is ready, but not queued to run on the physical CPU All Nivel stats ≥2
Number Snapshots snapshotCounter Número de snapshots para la máquina virtual (este Módulo puede afectar al rendimiento de la monitorización, por ello se recomienda ejecutarlo con un valor de intervalo alto, por ejemplo cada hora). All Nivel stats ≥2
Date Snapshots snapshotDate Name and date of snapshots from a virtual machine All if configured
HA Status haStatus HA status for the virtual machine ≥v5.0 if configured

Switches

If switch monitoring is enabled with the "virtual_network_monitoring" option in the configuration file, an agent will be created for each switch with the following modules:

<nombre_switch>_ifOperStatus indicates the operational status of a physical or virtual network interface
<nombre_switch>_overallStatus indicates the general status of the switch in terms of availability and health
<nombre_switch>_connectedVMs displays the number of virtual machines that are connected
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