Problem with Virt VMware Hypervisor ESXi template

[bab]

I am using Virt VMware Hypervisor ESXi - Andre Bello after import template in the zabbix I did follow steps:

https://github.com/zabbix/community-templates/tree/main/Virtualization/VMware/template_hypervisor_esxi_vmware_datastore_monitoring/6.0

1- added 3 macro

{$USERNAME} ----> root

{$PASSWORD} -----> password

{$URL} -----> https://esxi1.com/sdk

Also ad host with UUID

but cannot discovery and show :


Unknown hypervisor uuid.

How can I solve this problem?

[Markku]

This is a long shot but can you try with the UUID in lower case?

In my case the same discovery key vmware.hv.datastore.discovery works and I have the UUID in lower case.

I see the esxcfg-info command returns the same UUID as the vim-cmd does but it's upper case, vim-cmd returns it in lower case.

Markku

[Markku]

Let's see that template, and take one item from it to see how it works:

	name: 'Cluster name'
	type: SIMPLE
	key: 'vmware.hv.cluster.name[{$URL},{HOST.HOST}]'
	delay: '600'
	trends: '0'
	value_type: CHAR
	username: '{$USERNAME}'
	password: '{$PASSWORD}'
	description: 'Cluster name of the guest VM.'

So, it uses the ESXi URL and the Zabbix host name as parameters to vmware.hv.cluster.name. NOW, the documentation for it (https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ks/vmware_keys) says the second parameter should be the UUID, actually it says "uuid - VMware hypervisor host name", which doesn't make any sense.

IMO there is just something wrong with the template.

What I have done in my ESXi template is I have defined the {$UUID} macro and used it instead of {HOST.HOST} in the items.

UUID = get from the host with "vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep uuid" (my own memo, hope it works)

Markku

[Markku]

(Alternatively, if you rename the ESXi host in Zabbix to use the UUID of the ESXi host, that should work as well.)

[bab]

(Alternatively, if you rename the ESXi host in Zabbix to use the UUID of the ESXi host, that should work as well.)

According to attached pic I did above solution but another it shows that error (I attached all info)

[Markku]

The discovery interval is one day. Did you Unlink and clear the template from the host and then add it again? (= is the error new or old)

Markku

[bab]

The discovery interval is one day. Did you Unlink and clear the template from the host and then add it again? (= is the error new or old)

Markku

Yes . Unlink that template from host and another attach it and then execute discovery manually . The error is old (Unnown hypervision uuid) I got my esxi uuid with follow command :
esxcfg-info -u

[Markku]

This is a long shot but can you try with the UUID in lower case?

In my case the same discovery key vmware.hv.datastore.discovery works and I have the UUID in lower case.

I see the esxcfg-info command returns the same UUID as the vim-cmd does but it's upper case, vim-cmd returns it in lower case.

Markku

[bab]

This is a long shot but can you try with the UUID in lower case?

In my case the same discovery key vmware.hv.datastore.discovery works and I have the UUID in lower case.

I see the esxcfg-info command returns the same UUID as the vim-cmd does but it's upper case, vim-cmd returns it in lower case.

Markku

Thanks . It solved with lower case . Just one question
in latest data it cannot show datastore name and show "Average write latency of the datastore $3" actually for all of datastorename use $3

[Markku]

Is that your mean my uuid is not correct ?I used this command to get uuid ;

vim-cmd hostsvc/hosthardware | grep uuid
uuid = "38393638-3435-4e43-3738-333930335939",

That's lower case, yes, but in your screenshot you have it in upper case.

Markku

[bab]

That's lower case, yes, but in your screenshot you have it in upper case.

Markku

Thanks . It solved with lower case . Just one question
in latest data it cannot show datastore name and show "Average write latency of the datastore $3" actually for all of datastorename use $3 . when I click on it ,shows correct datastore name in the key but it returns parameters in the Name field (please see attach pic)

[Markku]

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.0/en/manual/installation/upgrade_notes_600#positional-macros-no-longer-supported

You need to manually replace $3 with LUN-DR-Normal-1.

Markku

[bab]

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...nger-supported

You need to manually replace $3 with LUN-DR-Normal-1.

Markku

I have many datastore and there are many items about datastore on this template such as datastore latency , datastore total space , datastore free space , ...

It shows all parameters for datastore$3 for example it show about 15 Datastore Free $3 , it shows about 15 Average write latency of the datastore $3 . How can define datastore name instead of $3 ?

[Markku]

See the item prototype and reconfigure it there.

Markku

[bab]

See the item prototype and reconfigure it there.

Markku

This is my item prototype name : Average write latency of the datastore $3
This is key : vmware.hv.datastore.write[{$URL},{HOST.HOST},{#DATASTORE},latency]

Do I have to use $DATASTORE instead of $3 ?

[Hamardaban]

{#DATASTORE} , not {$DATASTORE}