[Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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[Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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Hi all,

VMware (vSphere 5 or higher) has dropped support of SNMP. We can use CIM/SMASH in order to obtain hardware status, etc. We can use their API in order to obtain "higher level" performance stats like CPU utilization, Memory utilization, Disk IO, etc. AFAIK Cacti doesn't have a means for doing either of those.

Does any of you have a template to share to retrieve ESXi metrics without vCenter, please ?

Thank you for your help, regards.
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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I dont know of any
Hoewver you could write one to pull the data using the script server
your script would call on the vcenter API to get the data and return it
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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seanmancini wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:08 am I dont know of any
Hoewver you could write one to pull the data using the script server
your script would call on the vcenter API to get the data and return it
Hi Sean,

Glad to see you here again :)

As I said it would be without using the vCenter, some of my ESXi are in standalone.

It's surprising that nothing exists for Cacti because it would interest a lot of people I guess :)
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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I think whole plugins have been written to streamline this, but not everyone shares.
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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oijkn wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:30 am
seanmancini wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:08 am I dont know of any
Hoewver you could write one to pull the data using the script server
your script would call on the vcenter API to get the data and return it
Hi Sean,

Glad to see you here again :)

As I said it would be without using the vCenter, some of my ESXi are in standalone.

It's surprising that nothing exists for Cacti because it would interest a lot of people I guess :)
I am always here :)

Hey I didn't know they axed SNMP on 6.x

in fact I found this procedure to enable it

How to enable SNMP on ESXi 6.x

SSH or Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials.
Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING with your desired community string.

esxcli system snmp set -r
esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING
esxcli system snmp set -p 161
esxcli system snmp set -L "City, State, Country"
esxcli system snmp set -C noc@example.com
esxcli system snmp set -e yes

If you selected a community string other than public or private, enter that string into Auvik by following these steps.
If in Step 2 you chose to “Apply these credentials to all devices we discover that meet the criteria below” ensure that:
Device Type = All Device Types
Vendor = All Vendors

Maybe give this a try ?
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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seanmancini wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:06 am
oijkn wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:30 am
seanmancini wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:08 am I dont know of any
Hoewver you could write one to pull the data using the script server
your script would call on the vcenter API to get the data and return it
Hi Sean,

Glad to see you here again :)

As I said it would be without using the vCenter, some of my ESXi are in standalone.

It's surprising that nothing exists for Cacti because it would interest a lot of people I guess :)
I am always here :)

Hey I didn't know they axed SNMP on 6.x

in fact I found this procedure to enable it

How to enable SNMP on ESXi 6.x

SSH or Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials.
Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING with your desired community string.

esxcli system snmp set -r
esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING
esxcli system snmp set -p 161
esxcli system snmp set -L "City, State, Country"
esxcli system snmp set -C noc@example.com
esxcli system snmp set -e yes

If you selected a community string other than public or private, enter that string into Auvik by following these steps.
If in Step 2 you chose to “Apply these credentials to all devices we discover that meet the criteria below” ensure that:
Device Type = All Device Types
Vendor = All Vendors

Maybe give this a try ?
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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camerabob wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:40 am
See the links in my signature.

Hi there,
i try to use you templates, thats show in you signature
download/file.php?id=36808

and i recive some error - when i try to import the esxi_cpu.xml and esxi_hw.xml the system says that
"IMPORT parse_xml_hash ERROR wrong hash format for hash: name" for both files.

what it's can it mean?
and may be you can explain why it's hapening.


Sorry for my English :oops: .
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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Hit my links: http://www.camerabob.com/cacti

Download the ESXI .zip file and try that. The link you posted was a part of the total package.
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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camerabob wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:12 am Hit my links: http://www.camerabob.com/cacti

Download the ESXI .zip file and try that. The link you posted was a part of the total package.
Hi
Yes, I downloaded exactly these files
and when importing the esxi_cpu & hw file, I get an error with an incorrect hash
I'm using Cacti 1.2.19
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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camerabob wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:12 am Hit my links: http://www.camerabob.com/cacti

Download the ESXI .zip file and try that. The link you posted was a part of the total package.
Looks your site is down.

And in the Zip file. 2 files can't import. Log is showing parser "name" is error.
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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Yes, my site is down. Thank Verizon. Anyhow, I don't know why you're getting any errors. I am currently using those templates on my system at this time.
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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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Re: [Request] Template ESXi 6.x standalone with Cacti 1.2.x

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Camerabob,

Is it okay to publish this in the 1.2.23 release of Cacti? I would need to get/find the multi-cpu average script. I'll be changing both to only pass in the device id.

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