ESXi 4.0 Hardware and Software Monitoring VMWare

[dima_dm]

I use RHEL6
openssl-devel-1.0.0-10.el6_1.5.x86_64
openssl-1.0.0-10.el6_1.5.x86_64

perl module
Class-MethodMaker-2.15
UUID-0.04
rpm

perl-DBI-1.609-4.el6.x86_64
perl-Email-Date-Format-1.002-5.el6.noarch
perl-MIME-Types-1.28-2.el6.noarch
perl-XML-SAX-0.96-7.el6.noarch
perl-libwww-perl-5.833-2.el6.noarch
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-DBD-MySQL-4.013-3.el6.x86_64
perl-Digest-SHA1-2.12-2.el6.x86_64
perl-URI-1.40-2.el6.noarch
perl-MailTools-2.04-4.el6.noarch
perl-MIME-Lite-3.027-2.el6.noarch
perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.57-16.el6.x86_64
perl-XML-LibXML-1.70-5.el6.x86_64
perl-HTML-Parser-3.64-2.el6.x86_64
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-22.el6.noarch
perl-TimeDate-1.16-11.1.el6.noarch
perl-SOAP-Lite-0.710.10-2.el6.noarch
perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.10-3.el6.noarch
perl-HTML-Tagset-3.20-4.el6.noarch
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.x86_64
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64

[renato-barbosa]

Thanks for hoje reply. I'll check these packages and test again.
Regards.

[Kkweit]

Hi,

I'm using Esxi 5.0

when i run:
/usr/bin/wbemcli ei -noverify "https://root:[email protected]/root/hpq:SMX_FAN"

got this error message:

*
* /usr/bin/wbemcli: Cim: (3) CIM_ERR_INVALID_NAMESPACE: Invalid namespace
*

so i start looking for HP agent. i found "VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 (ESXi) and Updates" on HP website. downloaded it but get a .iso file. (5.0_Oct_2011_ESXi_HD-USB-SDImgeInstlr_Z7550-00253.iso)

My questions:
Did i downloaded the right file ?
If it's the right one, how do i install it ?


cheers

[dima_dm]

so i start looking for HP agent. i found "VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 (ESXi) and Updates" on HP website. downloaded it but get a .iso file. (5.0_Oct_2011_ESXi_HD-USB-SDImgeInstlr_Z7550-00253.iso)

You can use ESXi from HP (initial install) or HP ESXi Offline Bundle for installed ESXi. Download page
VMware from HP ProLiant Server VMware Support Matrix

[Kkweit]

I'm using a HP ProLiant DL180 G5
it's already running so i can't use the 1st link.
it seems that there's no Bundle for Esxi 5 working on HP ProLiant DL 180 G5.

Don't no know what to do. Any clue ?

[dkmark]

Dear dima_dm,

When I try run ./zabbix_perl_api_vmware.pl IP Password User I see "1".
But when I run /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/performance/viperformance.pl --host HostName --server IP --countertype net --samples 1 --instance "*" --username USER --password PSW I see:
"Counter: Broadcast receives
Instance :
Description: Number of broadcast packets received during the sampling interval
Units: Number
Sample info : 20,2012-01-19T14:47:00Z
Value: 59
....
"
Can you help me investigate that.

Thanks.

[dima_dm]

When I try run ./zabbix_perl_api_vmware.pl IP Password User I see "1".

1 - error with perl API
Do you see any data in file /tmp/vmware_api_IP.txt?
Add print operator in script to see detail.

# Login to Virtual Center service:
my $retval =Vim::login(service_url => $service_url, user_name => $username, password => $password);
      };
      if ($@)
        {
          if ($@ =~ /incorrect user name or password/) {
            $error_code=3;
         } else {
[B]print "test $@\n";[/B]
           $error_code=1;
         }
       }

[dkmark]

dima_dm,

I don't see "vmware_api_IP.txt" in /tmp/ .
When ' print "test $@\n"; ' was added I see:

test Server version unavailable at 'https://MyIP:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl' at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VICommon.pm line 545.

1

[dima_dm]

dima_dm,

I don't see "vmware_api_IP.txt" in /tmp/ .
When ' print "test $@\n"; ' was added I see:

test Server version unavailable at 'https://MyIP:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl' at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VICommon.pm line 545.

1

check rpm openssl-devel

http://www.lkj.net/2009/09/vimservice-wsdl-cli-problems-with-server-version-unavailable/

In order to bypass the server certificate validation, set PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME environnement variable to 0.
export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0

[dkmark]

check rpm openssl-devel

http://www.lkj.net/2009/09/vimservice-wsdl-cli-problems-with-server-version-unavailable/

In order to bypass the server certificate validation, set PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME environnement variable to 0.
export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0

Thanks a lot.

export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0

That fixed my problem.

[Attunga]

I am having an annoying problem with this one ..

The WBEM side of things seems to be working. I get the vmware_IP.txt written for a couple of hosts. I am having problems with the API side of things where nothing is written.

If I run the command manually:

/etc/zabbix/zabbix_perl_api_vmware.pl [IP] [password] [username]

I get a return of 0 and text written into the /tmp directory. Zabbix then picks up on the various items - so that side works well.

The problem is that Zabbix just does not seem to be writing this text file. I have tested it logged in as both root and Zabbix and manually the command always works, but not automatically.

I can't see any error messages in the logs so I am not sure where I can look now. It almost seems as if something is not starting the api scripts.

I have gone over the configs, double checked the entries in the zabbix-agentd.conf and all other locations.

Any other things to check ? What actually causes the script to run in Zabbix ? and why would the WBEM script run without a problem and nothing is seen on the API script.

Any help much appreciated.

[dima_dm]

Any other things to check ? What actually causes the script to run in Zabbix ? and why would the WBEM script run without a problem and nothing is seen on the API script.

Check permissions on file
ls -l vmware_api_172.16.38.106.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 zabbix zabbix 2218 Feb 14 14:02 vmware_api_172.16.38.106.txt

[Attunga]

Thanks heaps for the reply. This is what is seen when I run the file manually as the zabbix user.

zabbix@zabbix:/tmp$ ls -al vmware_api_x.x.x.x.txt 
-rw-rw-r-- 1 zabbix zabbix 3310 2012-02-15 11:06 vmware_api_x.x.x.x.txt

I have tried removing all existing files just in case it did have something to do with the files not being able to be overwritten.

The only other thing is that I had to use the "export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0" suggestion to get things working manually the other day. I did set it as global, and it seems to work when logged in as Zabbix.

Yesterday I turned on further logging and I have now found these lines in the logs. Does this indicate that it is getting a 1 result when zabbix is trying to run the command ? Could this be caused by the environment variable above ?

26172:20120215:111614.242 Processing request.
 26172:20120215:111614.242 Requested [system.cpu.load[,avg1]]
 26172:20120215:111614.242 Sending back [0.020000]
 26171:20120215:111614.243 Processing request.
 26171:20120215:111614.243 Requested [API[x.x.x.x,pass,username]]
 26171:20120215:111614.243 In zbx_popen() command:'/etc/zabbix/zabbix_perl_api_vmware.pl x.x.x.x pass username'
 26171:20120215:111614.244 End of zbx_popen():7
  6821:20120215:111614.245 zbx_popen() executing script
 26174:20120215:111614.280 In send_buffer() host:'127.0.0.1' port:10051 values:0/100
 26174:20120215:111614.280 End of send_buffer():SUCCEED
 26174:20120215:111614.281 Sleeping for 1 second(s)

 26171:20120215:111614.502 In zbx_waitpid()
 26171:20120215:111614.502 zbx_waitpid() exited, status:0
 26171:20120215:111614.502 End of zbx_waitpid():6821
 26171:20120215:111614.502 Run remote command [/etc/zabbix/zabbix_perl_api_vmware.pl x.x.x.x pass username] Result [1] [1]...
 26171:20120215:111614.502 Sending back [1]
 26168:20120215:111614.579 In update_cpustats()
 26168:20120215:111614.579 End of update_cpustats()
 26172:20120215:111614.630 Processing request.

[Attunga]

I just put the

print "test $@\n";

into the code and received the same result as the person above.

[test Server version unavailable at 'https://x.x.x.x:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl' at /usr/share/perl/5.12/e/VICommon.pm line 545.

So it seems to be the:

export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0

I on Ubuntu Server 11.10. I put it in /etc/environment which then seems to be recognised by users I log in with but not zabbix.

Another thing I tried is to put

$ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0;

in

/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general/connect.pl

With no success.

[Attunga]

And the strange thing, if I run the commands manually from a script, being run under crontab, under the zabbix user account, they run no problems at all.

Files are written to /tmp with the zabbix username and they have the correct data.