Capture vCenter Versions

On 9/28/2021 at 10:06 AM, Shack said:

I figured this out and went a different route.  Here is what I'm using.  Works perfectly on all VC's in our environment, both windows and appliance.

 

import com.santaba.agent.groovyapi.esx.ESX
import com.vmware.vim25.mo.*

def host = hostProps.get("system.hostname")
def user = hostProps.get("esx.user")
def pass = hostProps.get("esx.pass")
def addr = hostProps.get("esx.url") ?: "https://${host}/sdk"

def svc = new ESX()
svc.open(addr, user, pass, 10 * 1000) // timeout in 10 seconds

def si = svc.getServiceInstance()
def rootFolder = si.getRootFolder()

// Get resource
HostSystem esxHost = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder).searchManagedEntities("HostSystem").first()

println "auto.vcenter.fullname=${si.aboutInfo.fullName}"
println "auto.vcenter.build=${si.aboutInfo.build}"
println "auto.vcenter.licenseproductname=${si.aboutInfo.licenseProductName}"
println "auto.vcenter.os.type=${si.aboutInfo.osType}"
println "auto.vcenter.product.line=${si.aboutInfo.productLineId}"
println "auto.vcenter.version=${si.aboutInfo.version}"

return 0

Thanks for this. Trying to find the exact Service Instance context via VMware documentation was unfruitful and I don't have direct access to the SDK endpoints at the moment.  I was about to try to regain access to a lab vCenter to get this information and I stumbled upon this.  I owe you a beer @Shack.

In the interest of keeping the sharing vibe strong, here's a similar property source that I made for iDRAC BIOS and Firmware versioning.  If it helps anyone else, my job is done.  If not, no worries.

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Dell iDRAC BIOS - AppliesTo - system.sysoid =~ "1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5" || hasCategory("DellDRACDetail")

/*********** Frank G - LM Community ******************/
import com.santaba.agent.groovyapi.snmp.Snmp;

def hostname = hostProps.get("system.hostname");

// gather all properties necessary.
def props = hostProps.toProperties()
def timeout = 5000; // Timeout in milliseconds

def system_WalkAsMap = Snmp.walkAsMap(hostname, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.300.50", props, timeout); // This is the systemBIOStable for iDRAC

if (system_WalkAsMap) {
    println "auto.drac.bios.version=" + system_WalkAsMap['1.8.1.1']  // 1.8.1.1 = BIOS version name
    println "auto.drac.bios.version.date=" + system_WalkAsMap['1.7.1.1'] // 1.7.1.1 = BIOS version date
}

// Successful script execution, return 0;
return 0;

 

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Dell iDRAC Firmware (similar/same appliesTo as above)

/*********** Frank G - LM Community ******************/
import com.santaba.agent.groovyapi.snmp.Snmp;

def hostname = hostProps.get("system.hostname");

// gather all properties necessary.
def props = hostProps.toProperties()
def timeout = 5000; // Timeout in milliseconds

def system_WalkAsMap = Snmp.walkAsMap(hostname, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.300.60", props, timeout); // This is the firmwaretable for iDRAC

if (system_WalkAsMap) {
    println "auto.drac.firmware.version.1=" + system_WalkAsMap['1.11.1.1']  // 1.11.1.1 = firmware version name
    println "auto.drac.firmware.version.2=" + system_WalkAsMap['1.11.1.2'] // 1.11.1.2 = firmware version name (2, if applicable)
    println "auto.drac.version=" + system_WalkAsMap['1.8.1.1'] // 1.8.1.1 = iDRAC version
}

// Successful script execution, return 0;
return 0;

Do you already have a script started? 

You might check here and here for examples of how to fetch web pages in Groovy. From there, since you're fetching XML, it shouldn't be too hard to parse XML. I like this tutorial. 

I figured this out and went a different route.  Here is what I'm using.  Works perfectly on all VC's in our environment, both windows and appliance.

import com.santaba.agent.groovyapi.esx.ESX
import com.vmware.vim25.mo.*

def host = hostProps.get("system.hostname")
def user = hostProps.get("esx.user")
def pass = hostProps.get("esx.pass")
def addr = hostProps.get("esx.url") ?: "https://${host}/sdk"

def svc = new ESX()
svc.open(addr, user, pass, 10 * 1000) // timeout in 10 seconds

def si = svc.getServiceInstance()
def rootFolder = si.getRootFolder()

// Get resource
HostSystem esxHost = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder).searchManagedEntities("HostSystem").first()

println "auto.vcenter.fullname=${si.aboutInfo.fullName}"
println "auto.vcenter.build=${si.aboutInfo.build}"
println "auto.vcenter.licenseproductname=${si.aboutInfo.licenseProductName}"
println "auto.vcenter.os.type=${si.aboutInfo.osType}"
println "auto.vcenter.product.line=${si.aboutInfo.productLineId}"
println "auto.vcenter.version=${si.aboutInfo.version}"

return 0

I'm totally new to datapoints in LM, so hopefully I'm just missing simple. When I add the groovy script above to a new datasource, I get results via "poll now" but they are only in the "Raw Request/Response" section as "Script Output" while "Output" remains a null value. I'm using "content the script writes to the standard output" and a Key value of "auto.vcenter" - Thanks for any insight!

param prefix is not invalid in format - (valid_prefixes=[.], method=namevalue, param=auto.vcenter)

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null

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auto.vcenter.fullname=VMware vCenter Server 6.7.0 build-18831049
auto.vcenter.build=18831049
auto.vcenter.licenseproductname=VMware VirtualCenter Server
auto.vcenter.os.type=linux-x64
auto.vcenter.product.line=vpx
auto.vcenter.version=6.7.0

If you are trying to capture non-numeric data, you should build this as a propertysource. If you've got it as a DataSource, non-numerical data will result in "NaN" errors.

If you are trying to set these attributes as properties, you need to build it as a propertysource.