[Check_mk (english)] Monitoring vCenter Services

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Hi List,

Currently we are monitoring vCenter using API that we have in Check_MK.

We are not able get the services information which are important for vCenter.

Could you please help/guide me here.

Scenario: We have ran into a situation where vCenter was down due to one the dependent service which was in stopped state.

We got critical alert as “No response from Web API”. However curious to check if we have any option to monitor vCenter services.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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Hi

this is pretty easy, please refer to this link: https://mathias-kettner.com/cms_monitoring_vmware.html

If you mean a “service”, what dou you mean in special? Does your vCenter run on a Windows server?

Then you need to install the Check_MK windows agent to monitor Windows and, if i understand this correctly, have it look at a certain service.

BR

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Am Fr., 18. Jan. 2019 um 17:36 Uhr schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula praveen.velpula@gmail.com:

Hi List,

Currently we are monitoring vCenter using API that we have in Check_MK.

We are not able get the services information which are important for vCenter.

Could you please help/guide me here.

Scenario: We have ran into a situation where vCenter was down due to one the dependent service which was in stopped state.

We got critical alert as “No response from Web API”. However curious to check if we have any option to monitor vCenter services.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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Hallo,
if you are using the windows version of vcenter you should know that this type of vcenter is in status EOL.
You are using the dataource-agent?
The problem monitoring services to find out if they are down or „only“ in an unclear status.

Ralf

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Am 18.01.2019 um 17:35 schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula <praveen.velpula@gmail.com>:

Hi List,

Currently we are monitoring vCenter using API that we have in Check_MK.
We are not able get the services information which are important for vCenter.
Could you please help/guide me here.

Scenario: We have ran into a situation where vCenter was down due to one the dependent service which was in stopped state.
We got critical alert as "No response from Web API". However curious to check if we have any option to monitor vCenter services.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Praveen.
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Thanks Thomas. We are monitoring the current environment using the same method.

If you mean a “service”, what do you mean in special?

Services which are independent for Appliance like

VMware vService Manager

VMware vCenter Server

VMware vSphere Web Client

VMware vCenter-Services etc.

Does your vCenter run on a Windows server?
Yes, we are using Windows environment.

And as per the support agreement with Vendor, we were not supposed to install CMK on this machine.

Therefore we are using this API and monitoring the environment.

So was checking if anyone is monitoring the VMware environment like this.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:33 PM Thomas Wittmann tom.teel@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

this is pretty easy, please refer to this link: https://mathias-kettner.com/cms_monitoring_vmware.html

If you mean a “service”, what dou you mean in special? Does your vCenter run on a Windows server?

Then you need to install the Check_MK windows agent to monitor Windows and, if i understand this correctly, have it look at a certain service.

BR

Am Fr., 18. Jan. 2019 um 17:36 Uhr schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula praveen.velpula@gmail.com:

Hi List,

Currently we are monitoring vCenter using API that we have in Check_MK.

We are not able get the services information which are important for vCenter.

Could you please help/guide me here.

Scenario: We have ran into a situation where vCenter was down due to one the dependent service which was in stopped state.

We got critical alert as “No response from Web API”. However curious to check if we have any option to monitor vCenter services.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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Yes correct.

I mean windows services like these.

Are they all running correct? But as Ralf already stated: this is EOL, switch to appliace asap

BR

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Am Sa., 19. Jan. 2019 um 18:55 Uhr schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula praveen.velpula@gmail.com:

Thanks Thomas. We are monitoring the current environment using the same method.

If you mean a “service”, what do you mean in special?

Services which are independent for Appliance like

VMware vService Manager

VMware vCenter Server

VMware vSphere Web Client

VMware vCenter-Services etc.

Does your vCenter run on a Windows server?
Yes, we are using Windows environment.

And as per the support agreement with Vendor, we were not supposed to install CMK on this machine.

Therefore we are using this API and monitoring the environment.

So was checking if anyone is monitoring the VMware environment like this.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:33 PM Thomas Wittmann tom.teel@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

this is pretty easy, please refer to this link: https://mathias-kettner.com/cms_monitoring_vmware.html

If you mean a “service”, what dou you mean in special? Does your vCenter run on a Windows server?

Then you need to install the Check_MK windows agent to monitor Windows and, if i understand this correctly, have it look at a certain service.

BR

Am Fr., 18. Jan. 2019 um 17:36 Uhr schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula praveen.velpula@gmail.com:

Hi List,

Currently we are monitoring vCenter using API that we have in Check_MK.

We are not able get the services information which are important for vCenter.

Could you please help/guide me here.

Scenario: We have ran into a situation where vCenter was down due to one the dependent service which was in stopped state.

We got critical alert as “No response from Web API”. However curious to check if we have any option to monitor vCenter services.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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Hallo,

normally monitoring ESX is working out of the box.
Please describe your problem more detailed.

Ralf

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Am 21.01.19 um 11:09 schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula:

Thanks Ralf. Sorry I didn't get you.

[Ralf] - if you are using the windows version of vcenter you should know that this type of vcenter is in status EOL.
[Praveen] - No, we are using all the VMware based. OS is also VMware product.

[Ralf] - You are using the dataource-agent?
[Praveen] - Yes, *Contact either Check_MK Agent or use datasource program*
*
Could you please guide me here, how to monitor this.

Thanks in advance.

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We are checking if there is any option to monitor the services which are dependent for VMware appliance.
Services like

VMware vService Manager

VMware vCenter Server

VMware vSphere Web Client

VMware vCenter-Services etc.

We are planning to monitor these services and their status.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Praveen.

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 2:14 PM Ralf Prengel ralf.prengel@rprengel.de wrote:

Am 21.01.19 um 11:09 schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula:

Thanks Ralf. Sorry I didn’t get you.

[Ralf] - if you are using the windows version of vcenter you should know

that this type of vcenter is in status EOL.

[Praveen] - No, we are using all the VMware based. OS is also VMware

product.

[Ralf] - You are using the dataource-agent?

[Praveen] - Yes, Contact either Check_MK Agent or use datasource program

Could you please guide me here, how to monitor this.

Thanks in advance.

Hallo,

normally monitoring ESX is working out of the box.

Please describe your problem more detailed.

Ralf

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Hallo,
you can use
1)
Windowsservice up or down with the service check
2)
a http_check to see if the login-pages are reachable
3)
a check to see if all necessary ports are active
4)
tools like selenium to check the response of the admin-webpages

Ralf

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Am 21.01.19 um 14:30 schrieb Praveen Kumar Velpula:

We are checking if there is any option to monitor the services which are dependent for VMware appliance.
Services like
*VMware vService Manager*
*VMware vCenter Server*
*VMware vSphere Web Client*
*VMware vCenter-Services etc.*