We will create a separate host, which will be the starting point for the discovery. This host won't do anything else for us besides monitoring generic VMware parameters and discovering all other entities. Go to Configuration | Hosts and click on Create host. Enter VMware
in the Host name field, clear out existing groups in the In groups block, and enter VMware
in the New group field. Switch to the Macros tab, and fill in values for these three macros:
{$URL}
: The VMware API/SDK URL in the formhttps://server/sdk
{$USERNAME}
: The VMware account username{$PASSWORD}
: The VMware account password
Now, switch to the Templates tab, start typing vmware
, choose Template Virt VMware, and click on the Add control in the Link new templates section. When done, click on the Add button at the bottom.
What's next? Well, nothing. If everything has been done right, everything should be monitored automatically. Hypervisors should...