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-DS Paths Status	dsPathStatus	Datastore is accessible for all the configured ESXs	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

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