Discover VMware VMs -> Host prototypes -> add Group based on {#HV.ID} with .regsub

[cowa]

Hello,

I would like to add a group to the "Discover VMware VMs".
{#HV.ID} should use as a base, because I am not allowed to use regular user macros in LLD.

For example, my {#HV.ID}:

esxi07.lan.company.org
esxi06.lan.company.org
esxi2.lan.company.local

I now want to cut everything up to the first point.

Wished result:

lan.company.org
lan.company.org
lan.company.local

Unfortunately, all my attempts to do this with {{#HV.ID}.regsub(...)} failed.
Is there someone who can create my regular expression for the REGSUB for me?

This was one of my many attempts:

{{#HV.ID}.regsub([a-zA-Z]+,(\.[a-zA-Z]+)+)}

Alternatively, I would prefer if I could give the groups of the hypervisor (parent) to Discovery VM (child). But I still have no idea how best to do this.

Thanks for your help,
Best Regards,
Cornelius

[cyber]

{{#HV.ID}.regsub("(.*?)\.(.*)",\2)}

https://regex101.com/r/70kkHX/1

[cowa]

regex is working! Thanks!

[cyber]

{{#HV.ID}.regsub("(.*?)\.(.*)",\2)}

https://regex101.com/r/70kkHX/1

[cowa]

regex is working! Thanks!

[cowa]

Hello Cyber,
thanks so much!
I've been trying for more than 6 hours with no success.

Now it works on ONE ESXi Hypervisor



If I now execute this on an ESXI hypervisor, it works.
When I execute it on a second ESXI hypervisor, I get the error message that the group already exists.




I think the Problem is, i added more esxi with the ending lan.company.org lile esx1.lan.company.org and esxi3.lan.company.org ...
On each ESXi I added the templates "VMware" and "Template Virt VMware Hypervisor".



Maybe my approach is wrong here?


I guess I have to create a dummy host for all ESXi in a group.
In this dummy host I link the template "VMware" as well as all ESXi as interface SNMP.

Since we have installations without vcenter(vcsa), I have to use the {VMware} variable for every ESXi Hypervisor separately ...
In the variable {VMware}: "https://{HOST.IP}/sdk" I am not allowed to use {HOST.IP}, because this is a user macro.
Only LLD macros are allowed there...

Can you help me?
I may have gotten a bit off track.

Best Regards,
Cornelius

[cowa]

Now i add the dummy host and i think it is working, when i change the {vmware} Variable for every ESXi, but I am afraid that the "Discovery VMware VM" will then no longer be updated for the VM guests, since the LLD Discovery is in the dummy host.

[cyber]

Just like hostnames, group names have to be unique, so if you have discovered those already from one, then it gives you error in another.

[cowa]

It is a confirmed critical bug.

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-7898

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-7898?focusedCommentId=763335&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-763335

Anywhere have any experience how long it might take for the Zabbix team to fix critical bugs?

[cyber]

as you saw.. that bugreport was created in 2014... has been around since versions 2.2...:P Zabbix has long lost the touch with their older bugs...