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Tom_Lasswell
9 years ago

VMware_vCenter_ObjectCount datasource modification

There's a datasource in the LM repository for VMware_vCenter_ObjectCount. It just pulled the static number of VMs (and other things) but it's useful to know how many are powered off vs powered on.

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        <name>VMware_vCenter_ObjectCount</name>
        <displayedas>vCenter Object Count</displayedas>
        <description>number of VMs/Hosts/Datacenters/Networks servers attached to vCenter</description>
        <collector>script</collector>
        <hasMultiInstances>false</hasMultiInstances>
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            <value>import java.util.*;
import java.net.URL;
import com.vmware.vim25.*;
import com.vmware.vim25.mo.*;
import com.santaba.agent.util.esx.EsxVcService;
 
host = hostProps.get(&#34;system.hostname&#34;);
user = hostProps.get(&#34;esx.user&#34;);
pass = hostProps.get(&#34;esx.pass&#34;);

url = String.format(&#34;https://%s/sdk&#34;, host);
svc = EsxVcService.connect(url, user, pass, 10 * 1000); // timeout in 10 seconds
si = svc.getServiceInstance();
rootFolder = si.getRootFolder();
navigator = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder);
ManagedEntity[] mes = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder).searchManagedEntities(true);
ManagedEntity[] ves = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder).searchManagedEntities(&#34;VirtualMachine&#34;);

hostCount  = 0;
dcCount    = 0;
netCount   = 0;
vmCount    = 0;
dsCount    = 0;
vmOnCount  = 0;
vmOffCount = 0;

ves.each {
	powerstate = it.getRuntime().getPowerState();
	if (powerstate.toString().startsWith(&#34;poweredOn&#34;)) { vmOnCount++;}
	if (powerstate.toString().startsWith(&#34;poweredOff&#34;)) { vmOffCount++;}
}

for ( int i = 0; i &#60; mes.length; i++)
{

    if (mes.toString().startsWith(&#34;HostSystem:&#34;))
    {
        hostCount++;
    }
    else if (mes.toString().startsWith(&#34;Datacenter:&#34;))
    {
        dcCount++;
    }
    else if (mes.toString().startsWith(&#34;VirtualMachine:&#34;))
    {
        vmCount++;
    }
    else if (mes.toString().startsWith(&#34;Datastore:&#34;))
    {
        dsCount++;
    }
    else if (mes.toString().startsWith(&#34;Network:&#34;))
    {
        netCount++;
    }

}

println &#34;hosts: &#34; + hostCount;
println &#34;vms: &#34; + vmCount;
println &#34;datacenters: &#34; + dcCount;
println &#34;datastores: &#34; + dsCount;
println &#34;networks: &#34; + netCount;
println &#34;vmsOn: &#34; + vmOnCount;
println &#34;vmsOff: &#34; + vmOffCount;

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Remediation Steps:
   - Check for corresponding &#34;no data&#34; alerts from the ESXi host that disconnected.
   - Check vCenter (##HOSTNAME##) for disconnected hosts. 

Note, this alert will clear fairly quickly, however this does not mean that the problem is resolved. This is due to this being a delta alert. The corresponding &#34;no data&#34; alert will clear only once the host has come back into service in vCenter.</alertbody>
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            <description>number of networks managed by this vCenter</description>
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        </datapoint>
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            <name>esxVmCount</name>
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        </datapoint>
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            <name>esxVmOffCount</name>
            <dataType>7</dataType>
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            <iscomposite>false</iscomposite>
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            <name>esxVmOnCount</name>
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            <name>Object Count</name>
            <title>Object Count</title>
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                <type>1</type>
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