Monitoring VMware ESX/ESXi Servers
OpStor provides monitoring and management of VMware ESX/ESXi servers in your SAN environment.
Models Supported
    - VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
 
    - VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0
 
    - VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1
 
    - VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0
 
    - VMware ESX/ESXi 5.5
 
Features supported
    
        
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            Logical Details | 
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            Report Details | 
        
    
    
        
            
            
                - SCSI LUN Info
 
                - DataStore Info
 
             
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                - CPU Utilization
 
                - Memory Utilization
 
                - Ethernet Link Status
 
             
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                - Virtual Switch Info
 
                - Virtual Machines Info
 
                - Processor Info
 
                - Physical CPU Info
 
                - HBA Info
 
                - NIC Info
 
             
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                - Host Summary
 
                - Availability
 
                - Performance
 
             
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Prerequisites for monitoring VMware ESX Servers
    - Ensure that the vSphere WebAccess service is running in ESX server.
 
Steps to add VMware ESX Servers to OpStor
    - Navigate to Admin Tab --> Manage Storage Devices link in OpStor Webclient
 
    - Specify the IP Address of the ESX server.
 
    - Choose Device Type as 'Host'.
 
    - Choose Vendor as 'VMware'.
 
    - Choose Model as 'ESX(3.5&above)'
 
    - Provide the vSphere WebAccess service administrator Username and Password.
 
    - Click on 'Add Device'.
 
Note: If the Ping facility is disabled for the device, then please uncheck 'Ping the given IP' field.
Note: In case of non discovery of the device, please follow the troubleshooting tips displayed in the webclient and try readding the device.