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Overview

The VMWare module

will detect automatically any new Virtual machines.
collect data from the ESX and Vitual machines.

Configuraiton

You must enable the Vsphere source in the file /etc/shinken/modules/sync-vmware.cfg

Property	Default	Description
enable	0	1 - Activate the module 0 - Viewed in the interface, but don't collect data.
*vcenter*	*vcenter.fqdn.com*	FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) or IP Address of the vSphere server.
*user*	*DOMAIN\user*	User used to connect to the vSphere server. Must be a read-only account.
*password*	*PASSWORD*	Password for the user access.
*esx_templates*	*esx*	Host template to set on the detected esx or esxi hosts.
*vm_templates*	*vmware-vm*	Host template to set on the detected virtual servers.

Definition Example

Here there an example of the module definition:

define module{
  enable           1
  module_name      sync-vmware
  module_type      sync-vmware
  check_esx_path   /var/lib/shinken/libexec/synchronizer/esx_discovery.pl
  vcenter          myesx.ovh.com
  user             admin
  password         XYZ
  esx_templates    esx
  vm_templates     vmware-vm
}

Automatic templates for Virtual Server based on their OS

Some host templates are automatically added to the detected Virtual Server,

based on the value set on the vSphere data (VM definition and/or the VMWare tools).

Here is the list of the host templates that are automatically added:

centos

debian

debian5

debian6

fedora

linux

oracle-linux

redhat

redhat4

redhat5

redhat6

windows

windows-datacenter

windows-enterprise

windows2000

windows2003

windows2008

windows2008r2

windows2012

windows7

windowsnt

windowsvista

windowsxp