Vmware ESX & VM host

-H, –host=
ESX or ESXi hostname.

-D, –datacenter=
Datacenter hostname.

-N, –name=
Virtual machine name.

-u, –username=
Username to connect with.

-p, –password=
Password to use with the username.

-f, –authfile=
Authentication file with login and password. File syntax :
username=
password=
-w, –warning=THRESHOLD
Warning threshold. See
http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT
for the threshold format.
-c, –critical=THRESHOLD
Critical threshold. See
http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT
for the threshold format.
-l, –command=COMMAND
Specify command type (CPU, MEM, NET, IO, VMFS, RUNTIME, …)
-s, –subcommand=SUBCOMMAND
Specify subcommand
-S, –sessionfile=SESSIONFILE
Specify a filename to store sessions for faster authentication
-x, –exclude=
Specify black list
-t, –timeout=INTEGER
Seconds before plugin times out (default: 30)
-v, –verbose
Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

Supported commands(^ means blank or not specified parameter) :
Common options for VM, Host and DC :

* cpu – shows cpu info
+ usage – CPU usage in percentage
+ usagemhz – CPU usage in MHz
^ all cpu info

* mem – shows mem info
+ usage – mem usage in percentage
+ usagemb – mem usage in MB
+ swap – swap mem usage in MB
+ overhead – additional mem used by VM Server in MB
+ overall – overall mem used by VM Server in MB
^ all mem info

* net – shows net info
+ usage – overall network usage in KBps(Kilobytes per Second)
+ receive – receive in KBps(Kilobytes per Second)
+ send – send in KBps(Kilobytes per Second)
^ all net info

* io – shows disk io info
+ read – read latency in ms
+ write – write latency in ms
^ all disk io info

* runtime – shows runtime info
+ status – overall host status (gray/green/red/yellow)
+ issues – all issues for the host
^ all runtime info

VM specific :
* cpu – shows cpu info
+ wait – CPU wait in ms
* mem – shows mem info
+ swapin – swapin mem usage in MB
+ swapout – swapout mem usage in MB
+ active – active mem usage in MB
* io – shows disk I/O info
+ usage – overall disk usage in MB/s
* runtime – shows runtime info
+ con – connection state
+ cpu – allocated CPU in MHz
+ mem – allocated mem in MB
+ state – virtual machine state (UP, DOWN, SUSPENDED)
+ consoleconnections – console connections to VM
+ guest – guest OS status, needs VMware Tools
+ tools – VMWare Tools status
Host specific :
* net – shows net info
+ nic – makes sure all active NICs are plugged in
* io – shows disk io info
+ aborted – aborted commands count
+ resets – bus resets count
+ kernel – kernel latency in ms
+ device – device latency in ms
+ queue – queue latency in ms
* vmfs – shows Datastore info
+ (name) – info for datastore with name (name)
^ all datastore info
* runtime – shows runtime info
+ con – connection state
+ health – checks cpu/storage/memory/sensor status
+ maintenance – shows whether host is in maintenance mode
+ list(vm) – list of VMWare machines and their statuses
* service – shows Host service info
+ (names) – check the state of one or several services specified by (names), syntax for (names):,,…,
^ show all services
DC specific :
* io – shows disk io info
+ aborted – aborted commands count
+ resets – bus resets count
+ kernel – kernel latency in ms
+ device – device latency in ms
+ queue – queue latency in ms
* vmfs – shows Datastore info
+ (name) – info for datastore with name (name)
^ all datastore info
* runtime – shows runtime info
+ list(vm) – list of VMWare machines and their statuses
+ listhost – list of VMWare esx host servers and their statuses
* recommendations – shows recommendations for cluster
+ (name) – recommendations for cluster with name (name)
^ all clusters recommendations

CHEC_ESX Version – 0.5 :
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Posted new Version 0.5.