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I am currently re-writing bits of the excellent ZenPacks.community.VMwareESXiMonitor ZenPack ( http://wiki.zenoss.org/ZenPack:VMware_ESXi_Monitor ) to use the PythonCollector rather than getting data using zencommand (which is very costly with lots of VMs / datastores). I am also updating it to use the new zenpacklib which eases a lot of the code-writing (especially the javascript stuff).

A question here especially for the original developers, Eric Enns and Matthias Kittl, but also for anyone else using this ZenPack. In current form, my ZenPack is a different distinct entity but has the same object types, classes, datasources, templates etc as the original. For testing at least, I am ensuring that the older ZenPack is not installed. My thoughts are to eventually swap it around so that it is an upgrade to the old ZenPack and just create a new version. This should mean that it is much easier for folk to upgrade, without the risk of losing discoverd devices, vms and datastores - but it must be well tested or there is potential for a real mess.

What thoughts does anyone have about the merits of a different ZenPack (and you would have to uninstall the old one first) versus an upgrade to the existing one

Another consideration is whether folk have created local copies of the ESXiHost, ESXiVM or ESXiDatastore templates I suspect that you are going to lose these by default. Will anyone care

I would be very interested in any input - please email me directly at jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk - as well as updating the thread here. - on the wiki. We could also discuss on the IRC channel.

Subject:	I'd be interested in seeing
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2015-09-08 13:15

I'd be interested in seeing the results, or more examples of zenpacklib. I'm in the process of trying to update the SNMP VMware zenpack to work with vmware 5.x (the field numbers/names of the oids changed since the pack was last updated).

Subject:	I now have a beta version of
Author:	Jane Curry
Posted:	2015-09-14 09:38

I now have a beta version of this available for testing. Please note - TESTING. I would strongly suggest you currently only install this in a backed-up development environment.

Please note the pre-reqs. You do NOT need any ZenPacks other than PythonCollector >=1.6 . You do NOT need the vSphere Perl SDK. You DO need the Python pyvmomi vSphere SDK. You DO need PyYaml (to support zenpacklib).

The code is available at https://github.com/jcurry/ZenPacks.community.VMwareESXiMonitorPython . Use the "Download ZIP" button on the right to get the packaged zip file, unzip the file, and install in development mode with:

zenpack --link --install ZenPacks.community.VMwareESXiMonitorPython

Restart Zenoss.

I have only tested this with Zenoss 4.2.5 so far. Anyone who could test in a Zenoss 5 environment, feedback would be most appreciated. Also only tested against VMware Workstation 9.0.1 and ESXi 5.1.0 - again, I would appreciate results from other environments.

Cheers,
Jane

Email: jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk Web: https://www.skills-1st.co.uk

Subject:	I was using the old zendpack,
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2015-09-15 10:40

I was using the old zendpack, but i stoped cause it flooded the vcenter database with logins, and crashed my vcenter server :P

I understand that this wont be an issue with your update

My original issue could be solved by automated cleanup of the database, but i also stoped using it cause it would TOTALY breakj uppon updating Zenoss 5.0.* to a newer version. (i had to reinstall either zenoss from scratch or forcefully remove ALL zenpacks, stock and custom, and reinstall them all by hand).

Subject:	Hello Jane.
Author:	ValeruS
Posted:	2016-02-29 15:36

Hello Jane.

I have question.

In Your modified zenpack, can you add new Proprerties called zVSphereHost(IP/Hostname)

to put in this field IP of vmware server.

I need this (for me or maybe for other) to monitor physical HP Servers via iLO4
and vmware VMGuest.. DataStore.. at the same device(do not create 2 separe device)
Primary IP (device.manageIp) from iLO4
and from Properties zVSpereHost of physical server of vmware.

"If not set zVSphereHost default IP get from device.manageIP"

Thanks.

Subject:	VMware ESXi ZenPack - input requested for update
Author:	Jane Curry
Posted:	2015-09-08 04:30

VMware ESXi ZenPack - input requested for update