Monitoring VMware ESX/ESXi servers

OpManager Plus monitors your VMware servers for availability and performance using native APIs. The advantage of using native APIs is that it does not require any agent to be installed on your servers. Moreover, it enhances the usability and offers in-depth monitoring capabilities to troubleshoot your Virtual Infrastructure.
 
Some of the highlights of monitoring VMware Servers with OpManager Plus:

  • Supports ESX/ESXi 4.0 to latest version 5.1
  • Monitors effective utilization of critical resources like CPU, Memory, Network and Disk
  • Supports monitoring of hardware health such as temperature, voltage, power, fan speed, status of processors etc. via API.
  • Out-of-the-box 70 plus reports on Host and VMs
  • Automatically maps the VMotioned VMs to the corresponding Hosts

Apart from monitoring the Hosts and VMs, OpManager Plus also monitors the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of guest OSs. Similar to that of any Windows or Linux server, OpManager Plus monitors the applications, Windows & TCP services, processes running on the VMs using WMI/SNMP.

Pre-requisites for monitoring VMware ESX/ESXi Servers

  • HTTPS User Name and Password: As OpManager Plus uses native APIs to monitor the VMware servers, it requires https username and password of the Host server to poll the performance data. Provide the correct https username and password when discovering the Host.
  • VMware Tools (optional): We recommend that you install VMware tools on the VMs. In general, VMware tools improve the performance of the Virtual Machine. Moreover, they offer IP address of the VMs, which helps OpManager Plus to automatically discover them. Click here to know the procedures for installing VMware tools.
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