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VMware ESXi - Disks (VMware)

Connector file name: MS_HW_VMwareESXiDisksStorage.hdf

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Description

This connector provides disk monitoring through the VMware ESX4i agent's VMware classes

Target

Typical platform: VMware ESXi

Operating systems: Out-of-Band, Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: WBEM

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Connector Activation Criteria

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

  • The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/cimv2
    • WQL Query: SELECT MajorVersion FROM VMware_HypervisorSoftwareIdentity
    • Result contains: ^[34567] (regex)
  • The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/cimv2
    • WQL Query: SELECT DeviceID,Caption,NumberOfBlocks,BlockSize FROM VMware_StorageExtent

Monitors

Object Type Discovered Properties Collected Parameters
Disk Controller (MS_HW_DISKCONTROLLER)
  • Model
  • Controller Status
Logical Disk, RAID (MS_HW_LOGICALDISK)
  • Model
  • Size
  • Status
Physical Disk (MS_HW_PHYSICALDISK)
  • Model
  • Size
  • Status
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