VMware ESX/ESXi

• version: 8.1

• Compatibility: v 7.6.9

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: VSAN storage is visible now

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• version: 8.0

• Compatibility: v 7.6.8

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: Improvement: Test Methods added for Demo Server

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• version: 7.9

• Compatibility: v 7.6.4

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: Bug Fix: Metric Display issue

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• version: 7.8

• Compatibility: v 7.6.4

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: Internal coding changes

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• version: 7.7

• Compatibility: v 7.6.2

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: Addition of Flag for Duplication with values YES or NO. Default: NO

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• version: 7.6

• Compatibility: v 7.6.0

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Change from Last Version: Bug: An error of “Failed to Discover VMWare Esxi” was popping up while discovery, which is now resolved.

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• version: 7.5

• Compatibility: v 7.5.3

• Requires: Host/IP/CIDR/CSV (Mandatory), VM Sync (Mandatory), JMX Port (Mandatory), Username (Mandatory), Password (Mandatory), Discover Powered Off VM (Mandatory), Metric Collect Interval (Mandatory)

• Operation: monitors the VMware ESX ESXi.

• Plugin-Metrics:

Metric	Data Type
CPU (%)	Numeric
Memory (%)	Numeric
Disk (%)	Numeric
CPU (MHz)	Numeric
CPU Wait (ms)	Numeric
CPU Ready (ms)	Numeric
CPU Reserved Capacity (MHz)	Numeric
CPU Swap Wait (ms)	Numeric
CPU Capacity (MHz)	Numeric
Disk I/O (Bytes/sec)	Numeric
VMKernel Memory (MB)	Numeric
Swap Memory (MB)	Numeric
Active Memory (MB)	Numeric
Consumed Memory (MB)	Numeric
Memory Swap OUT Rate (KBps)	Numeric
Memory Capacity (MB)	Numeric
Swap OUT Memory (MB)	Numeric
Unreserved Memory (MB)	Numeric
Heap Memory (MB)	Numeric
Reserved Capacity Memory (MB)	Numeric
Zero Memory (MB)	Numeric
Heap Free Memory (MB)	Numeric
Shared Memory (MB)	Numeric
Swap IN Memory (MB)	Numeric
Memory Swap IN Rate (KBps)	Numeric
Overhead Memory (MB)	Numeric
Active Write Memory (MB)	Numeric
Balloon Memory (MB)	Numeric
Granted Memory (MB)	Numeric
Network IN Traffic (bps)	Numeric
Network OUT Traffic (bps)	Numeric
Network Traffic (bps)	Numeric
Shared Common Memory (MB)	Numeric
Virtual Machines	Numeric
Running Virtual Machines	Numeric
CPU Speed (MHz)	Numeric
Logical Processors	Numeric
CPU Cores	Numeric
Physical Processors	Numeric
System Uptime (Seconds)	Numeric
Installed Memory (MB)	Numeric
NIC Cards	Numeric
HBA Cards	Numeric
License Key	String
Uptime	String
Version	String
System Name	String
VM Motion Enabled	String
Maintenance Mode Enabled	String
Power State	String
License	String
License Expiration Date	String
VM System Date	String
License Remaining Days	String
CPU Description	String
Vendor	String

Instance Columns:

Disk

Metric	Data Type
Disk	String
Disk Byte Reads/sec	Numeric
Disk Byte Writes/sec	Numeric
Disk Writes/sec	Numeric
Disk Reads/sec	Numeric
Disk Queue Read Latency (ms)	Numeric
Disk Issued Commands/sec	Numeric
Disk Queue Write Latency (ms)	Numeric
Disk Aborted Commands	Numeric
Disk I/O Latency (ms)	Numeric
Disk Read Latency (ms)	Numeric
Disk Write Latency (ms)	Numeric
Disk Queue Latency (ms)	Numeric

Storage Adapter

Metric	Data Type
Storage Adapter	String
Storage Adapter Byte Writes/sec	Numeric
Storage Adapter Byte Reads/sec	Numeric
Storage Adapter Issued Commands/sec	Numeric
Storage Adapter Read Latency (ms)	Numeric
Storage Adapter Write Latency (ms)	Numeric
Storage Adapter Reads/sec	Numeric
Storage Adapter Writes/sec	Numeric

Storage Path

Metric	Data Type
Storage Path	String
Storage Path Byte Writes/sec	Numeric
Storage Path Byte Reads/sec	Numeric
Storage Path Issued Commands/sec	Numeric
Storage Path Read Latency (ms)	Numeric
Storage Path Write Latency (ms)	Numeric
Storage Path Reads/sec	Numeric
Storage Path Writes/sec	Numeric

Interface

Metric	Data Type
Interface	String
Interface IN Traffic (bps)	Numeric
Interface OUT Traffic (bps)	Numeric
Interface Traffic (bps)	Numeric

Datastore

Metric	Data Type
Datastore	String
Datastore Write Latency (ms)	Numeric
Datastore Read Latency (ms)	Numeric
Datastore Byte Writes/sec	Numeric
Datastore Byte Reads/sec	Numeric
Datastore Reads/sec	Numeric
Datastore Writes/sec	Numeric
Datastore Capacity (MB)	Numeric
Datastore Free (MB)	Numeric
Datastore Used (MB)	Numeric
Datastore Type	String
Datastore URL	String
Datastore Utilization (%)	Numeric

CPU Core

Metric	Data Type
CPU Core	String
CPU Core (MHz)	Numeric
CPU Core Swap Wait (ms)	Numeric
CPU Core Ready (ms)	Numeric
CPU Core Utilization (%)	Numeric
CPU Core Wait (ms)	Numeric
CPU Core Reserved Capacity (MHz)	Numeric