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1 Virtual machine discovery key fields

The following table lists fields returned by virtual machine related discovery keys.

Item key
Description Field Retrieved content
vmware.cluster.discovery
Performs cluster discovery. {#CLUSTER.ID} Cluster identifier.
{#CLUSTER.NAME} Cluster name.
vmware.datastore.discovery
Performs datastore discovery. {#DATASTORE} Datastore name.
vmware.hv.discovery
Performs hypervisor discovery. {#HV.UUID} Unique hypervisor identifier.
{#HV.ID} Hypervisor identifier (HostSystem managed object name).
{#HV.NAME} Hypervisor name.
{#CLUSTER.NAME} Cluster name, might be empty.
{#DATACENTER.NAME} Datacenter name.
{#PARENT.NAME} Name of container that stores the hypervisor.
Supported since Zabbix 4.0.3.
{#PARENT.TYPE} Type of container in which the hypervisor is stored. The values could be Datacenter, Folder, ClusterComputeResource, VMware, where 'VMware' stands for unknown container type.
Supported since Zabbix 4.0.3.
vmware.hv.datastore.discovery
Performs hypervisor datastore discovery. Note that multiple hypervisors can use the same datastore. {#DATASTORE} Datastore name.
vmware.vm.discovery
Performs virtual machine discovery. {#VM.UUID} Unique virtual machine identifier.
{#VM.ID} Virtual machine identifier (VirtualMachine managed object name).
{#VM.NAME} Virtual machine name.
{#HV.NAME} Hypervisor name.
{#CLUSTER.NAME} Cluster name, might be empty.
{#DATACENTER.NAME} Datacenter name.
vmware.vm.net.if.discovery
Performs virtual machine network interface discovery. {#IFNAME} Network interface name.
vmware.vm.vfs.dev.discovery
Performs virtual machine disk device discovery. {#DISKNAME} Disk device name.
vmware.vm.vfs.fs.discovery
Performs virtual machine file system discovery. {#FSNAME} File system name.