Description

This connector discovers the LUNs of an VMware ESX5i server. It requires HTTPS access to the ESX host.

Connector ID: VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli

This connector supersedes:

• VMwareESX5iLUNSSH

Target

Typical platform: VMware ESXi

Operating systems: Linux, Out-of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: ESX excli utility (installed locally on the agent host)

Technology and protocols: System Commands

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• vcenter

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the hwsagent account:

hwsagent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: vcenter

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

hws HOSTNAME -t linux -f VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list vcenter

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: linux
  selectedConnectors: [ VMwareESX5iLUNesxcli ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  ssh:
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt
    useSudo: true
    useSudoCommands: [ "vcenter" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The VMware ESXi 5 LUN (esxcli) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: esxcli -s %{HOSTNAME} -u %{USERNAME} -p %{PASSWORD} system version get
  • Output contains: Version: [567] (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: esxcli -s %{HOSTNAME} -u %{USERNAME} -p %{PASSWORD} storage core path list
  • Output contains: Transport: fc (regex)