Win32 ESXi Guest running Agent

[dennisfeiock]

Has anyone else had problems running the zabbix agent on a Win32 ESX virtual machine?

The agent installs properly and the service gets all set up, but none of the items from the agent make it to the server. Simple checks work fine.

Server log shows:
4853:20081219:153654 Timeout while answering request
4853:20081219:153654 Get value from agent failed. Error: Cannot connect to [IND-VWSRP:10050] [Interrupted system call]
4853:20081219:153654 Host [IND-VWSRP] will be checked after 60 seconds
4853:20081219:153759 Timeout while answering request
4853:20081219:153759 Get value from agent failed. Error: Cannot connect to [IND-VWSRP:10050] [Interrupted system call]
4853:20081219:153759 Host [IND-VWSRP] will be checked after 60 seconds


Agent log shows:
3736:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd started. ZABBIX 1.4.4.
3904:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd listener started
3544:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd listener started
1824:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd listener started
3048:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd collector started
2684:20081219:153308 zabbix_agentd active check started [INDMOND00:10051]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:6]
2684:20081219:153308 In init_active_metrics()
2684:20081219:153308 In refresh_metrics('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153308 get_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153308 Sending [ZBX_GET_ACTIVE_CHECKS
IND-VWSRP
]
2684:20081219:153308 Before read
2684:20081219:153308 In parse_list_of_checks() [ZBX_EOF
]
2684:20081219:153308 In disable_all_metrics()
2684:20081219:153308 Parsed [ZBX_EOF]
2684:20081219:153308 In process_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153308 In get_min_nextcheck()
2684:20081219:153308 Sleeping for 60 seconds
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:238]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:6]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:238]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:6]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:238]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:44]
3048:20081219:153308 In GetCounterName() [index:2]
2684:20081219:153408 In process_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153408 In get_min_nextcheck()
2684:20081219:153408 Sleeping for 60 seconds
2684:20081219:153508 In refresh_metrics('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153508 get_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153508 Sending [ZBX_GET_ACTIVE_CHECKS
IND-VWSRP
]
2684:20081219:153508 Before read
2684:20081219:153508 In parse_list_of_checks() [ZBX_EOF
]
2684:20081219:153508 In disable_all_metrics()
2684:20081219:153508 Parsed [ZBX_EOF]
2684:20081219:153508 In process_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153508 In get_min_nextcheck()
2684:20081219:153508 Sleeping for 60 seconds
2684:20081219:153608 In process_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153608 In get_min_nextcheck()
2684:20081219:153608 Sleeping for 60 seconds
2684:20081219:153708 In refresh_metrics('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153708 get_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153708 Sending [ZBX_GET_ACTIVE_CHECKS
IND-VWSRP
]
2684:20081219:153708 Before read
2684:20081219:153708 In parse_list_of_checks() [ZBX_EOF
]
2684:20081219:153708 In disable_all_metrics()
2684:20081219:153708 Parsed [ZBX_EOF]
2684:20081219:153708 In process_active_checks('INDMOND00',10051)
2684:20081219:153708 In get_min_nextcheck()
2684:20081219:153708 Sleeping for 60 seconds

Example item:
vfs.fs.size[c:\,free]

Got the following when doing a manual check
zabbix_agentd.exe -t vfs.fs.size[c:\,free] -c c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf
vfs.fs.size[c:\,free] [u|5257437184]

I've got other Windows machines being monitored with the same items properly from the server (1.4.4) which are physical boxes.

Thanks,
- DF

[swaterhouse]

More than 2/3 of my servers are ESX guests - ESX is not the issue.

Can you telnet to\from the server and the agent on ports 10050\10051? Looks like its a firewall issue to me.

[dennisfeiock]

Firewall

Adding exceptions for zabbix in the firewall fixed the issue. I think I overlooked the fact that this particular system was set up by a different method than the physical boxes.

Thanks for the help!