VMWare VMD¶
The nep-vmware-vmd uses NetEye VMD module to deliver VMware monitoring without further access to the VMware infrastructure.
With this package, it is possible to monitor:
VMware Host Systems
VMware Virtual Machines
VMware datastores
It has also the ability to automatically create Monitoring Objects, including parent-child relationships, using Icinga Director Automations.
Minimum supported environment¶
This package can be installed on systems running the software described below. Systems with equivalent components are also suitable for installation.
Required software |
Requirements |
|---|---|
NetEye |
Version |
NetEye modules |
|
Package requirements¶
Service and Host Template shipped with package nep-vmware-vmd require the following nep:
nep-common
nep-vmware-api
To perform monitoring, this package makes direct queries to the underlying MariaDB of NetEye. To avoid issues, consider increasing the maximum number of connections that MariaDB allows is adequate. To increase the maximum number of allowed connections, set the max_connections variable of my.cnf file at an adequate value. Depending on how much objects are monitored, adequate means from a minimum of 200 to a maximum of some thousands.
[mysqld]
max_connections=200
Setup instructions¶
To setup Package nep-vmware-vmd, just use the Setup Utility:
nep-setup install nep-vmware-vmd
Available Objects¶
This section contains a description of all the Objects from this package that can be used to build your own monitoring environment.
Director Objects¶
This package contains the following Director Objects:
Host Templates
The following Host Templates can be used to freely create Host Objects. Remember to not edit these Host Templates because they will be restored/updated at the next NEP package update.
Host Template name |
Description |
|---|---|
nx-ht-status-vmd |
Determine the status of a Host Object using the Power Status from VMD. It applyes only to VMs. |
nx-ht-vmd-host-system |
Describe a Host System that should be monitored using VMD |
nx-ht-vmd-vcsa |
Describe a VCSA that VMD uses as a gateway to get monitoring data. Only reachability is monitored. |
nx-ht-vmd-virtual-machine |
Describe a Virtual Machine that should be monitored using VMD |
Service Templates
The following Service Templates can be used to freely create Service Objects, Service Apply Rules or Service Sets. Remember to not edit these Service Templates because they will be restored/updated at the next NEP Package update.
Template name |
Run on Agent |
Description |
|---|---|---|
nx-st-agentless-vmd |
No |
Checks all aspects of a VMD-monitored Object |
nx-st-agentless-vmd-datastore |
No |
Specific version of |
Service Sets
The following Service Sets can be used to freely monitor Host Objects. Remember to not edit these Service Sets because they will be restored/updated at the next NEP Package update.
Service Set name |
Description |
|---|---|
nx-ss-vmware-vmd-host-system-status |
Monitor all basic aspects of a Host System |
nx-ss-vmware-vmd-virtual-machine-status |
Monitor all basic aspects of a Virtual Machine |
Automations
The following Automations can be used to populate and maintain the monitored Host Objects.
Type |
Automation name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-datastore |
Gets all available Datastores from VMD |
Import Source |
x-is-vmd-host-system |
Gets all available Host Systems from VMD |
Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-vcsa |
Gets all available VCSA from VMD |
Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-virtual-machines |
Gets all available Virtual Machines from VMD |
Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-datastore |
Creates SO to monitor all avilable Datastores |
Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-host-system |
Creates HO to monitor all available Host Systems |
Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-vcsa |
Creates HO to monitor availability of all available VCSA |
Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-virtual-machines |
Creates HO to monitor all available Virtual Machines |
ITOA Dashboards¶
The Package does not provide any ITOA Dashboards right now.
Package’s objects list¶
Object Type |
Object Name |
Editable |
Containing File |
|---|---|---|---|
Director Command |
nx-c-check-vmd-object |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-02-command.json |
Director Data List |
[NX] VMD State calculation method |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-01-datalist.json |
Director Host Template |
nx-ht-status-vmd |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-03-host.json |
Director Host Template |
nx-ht-vmd-host-system |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-03-host.json |
Director Host Template |
nx-ht-vmd-vcsa |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-03-host.json |
Director Host Template |
nx-ht-vmd-virtual-machine |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-03-host.json |
Director Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-datastore |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-host-system |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-vcsa |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Import Source |
nx-is-vmd-virtual-machines |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Service Set |
nx-ss-vmware-vmd-host-system-status |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-05-serviceset.json |
Director Service Set |
nx-ss-vmware-vmd-virtual-machine-status |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-05-serviceset.json |
Director Service Template |
nx-st-agentless-vmd-datastore |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-04-service.json |
Director Service Template |
nx-st-agentless-vmd |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-04-service.json |
Director Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-datastore |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-host-system |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Sync Rule |
|
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
Director Sync Rule |
nx-sr-vmd-virtual-machines |
No |
baskets/import/nep-vmware-vmd-06-automation.json |
