how to install zabbix agent on vmware esxi

[EctoZz_]

hello, i can't find a way to install an agent on my vmware esxi server. I explain the context I seek to obtain the values of the processor temperature sensor and to obtain the S.M.A.R.T disk values.

thank you very much for your investment

[Michał Czerniakiewicz]

Hello EctoZz_
Integration with VMware is already extensive with variety of templates. Please find official sources with possible data values https://www.zabbix.com/integrations/vmware#vmware. Monitoring S.M.A.R.T. would require Agent 2 and here is the template for it https://www.zabbix.com/integrations/smart#smart_agent2. If you are looking for step by step tutorial how to set up ESXI monitoring please look upon this example https://techexpert.tips/zabbix/zabbi...r-vmware-esxi/.
Kind regards

[Hamardaban]

Although esxi is based on unix, but it is not a full distribution and you will not install an agent in it - there will not be enough dependencies and development tools.
VMware monitoring built into zabbix as a simple check will not give you information about hardware - only esxi-level information (datastores, vm status, etc.)
If your server supports IPMI, then most of the data can be obtained without installing an agent.

[EctoZz_]

Thanks for your help

[stevefxp]

So does that mean that the Zabbix availability will never be green correct?

[Hamardaban]

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/data_collection/hosts#reading-host-availability

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Availability Host availability per configured interface is displayed.
Icons represent only those interface types (Zabbix agent, SNMP, IPMI, JMX) that are configured. If you position the mouse on the icon, a popup list appears listing all interfaces of this type with details, status and errors (for the agent interface, availability of active checks is also listed).
The column is empty for hosts with no interfaces.
The current status of all interfaces of one type is displayed by the respective icon color:
Green - all interfaces available
Yellow - at least one interface available and at least one unavailable; others can have any value including 'unknown'
Red - no interfaces available
Gray - at least one interface unknown (none unavailable)

Active check availability
Since Zabbix 6.2 active checks also affect host availability, if there is at least one enabled active check on the host. To determine active check availability heartbeat messages are sent in the agent active check thread. The frequency of the heartbeat messages is set by the HeartbeatFrequency parameter in Zabbix agent and agent 2 configurations (60 seconds by default, 0-3600 range). Active checks are considered unavailable when the active check heartbeat is older than 2 x HeartbeatFrequency seconds.
Note that if Zabbix agents older than 6.2.x are used, they are not sending any active check heartbeats, so the availability of their hosts will remain unknown.
Active agent availability is counted towards the total Zabbix agent availability in the same way as a passive interface is (for example, if a passive interface is available, while the active checks are unknown, the total agent availability is set to gray(unknown)).