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2.6

  • Fixed a bug that crashed VmBix if it was started on command line without specifiying a configuration file.
  • Fixed the default timeout values (set them in ms)

2.5

  • BREAKING CHANGE : all parameters in the configuration file vmbix.conf and on the command line must now be in lowercase. The possible arguments in command line have also changed. See the "usage" output.
  • Improved the script vmbix-object-sync
  • Hacked the vm.guest.disk.* methods with a workaround for ZBX-10590. If a disk name ends with **, a space will be added at the end of the disk name. This is controlled by the parameter escapechars in the configuration file. It is set to false by default.
  • Fixed the ESX usage item in the template.
  • Code cleanup and better error handling
  • Added the vm.stats methods :
    • vm.stats[threads] indicates the number of working threads
    • vm.stats[queue] indicates the size of the connection queue
    • vm.stats[requests] indicates the number of requests received by VmBix
    • vmbix.stats[cachesize,(vm|esxi|ds|perf|counter|hri|cluster)] indicates the size of each cache
    • vmbix.stats[hitrate,(vm|esxi|ds|perf|counter|hri|cluster)] indicates the hit rate of each cache (1.0 = 100% hits)
  • Exposed the following parameters in the configuration
    • connecttimeout : the VmWare API connect timeout
    • readtimeout : the VmWare API read timeout
    • maxconnections : the maximum number of concurrent connections accepted by Vmbix

2.4

  • Fixed the UUID in the discovery of NAS datastores
  • Added a vm.snapshot method that replies 1 if a VM has at least one snapshot.

2.3

  • Added a datastore.local method to check if a datastore is local
  • Replaced the Python import script by a new one : vmbix-object-sync. Check the README for details.
  • Included the zabbix folder into the packages. This folder is installed in /usr/share/vmbix/
  • Improved the documentation

2.2

  • BREAKING CHANGE : Refactored the performance counter methods to include the rollup type in the counter name. Instead of querying a performance counter like this for example :
zabbix_get -s localhost -p 12050 -k vm.counter[VM01,cpu.usagemhz]

It now has be be queried like this :

zabbix_get -s localhost -p 12050 -k vm.counter[VM01,cpu.usagemhz.average]

The *.counter.list and *.counter.discovery methods have been updated in the same way.

  • The project now uses Travis-CI and Bintray to automate the building and distribute the packages.
  • Packages for Debian/Ubuntu and RedHat/Centos are automatically created. You can get them here (thank you kireevco).
  • A new method vm.discovery.full[*] was added. It returns a JSON array of VMs including their power state, if you need to filter the LLD rule on the power state of the VMs.
  • The methods cluster.cpu[name,usage] and cluster.mem[name,free] had issues. They have been fixed.

2.1

  • Added the esx.uptime and vm.uptime methods (not always relevant)
  • Added the version method to query for VmBix version
  • Fixes

2.0

  • Switched VMWare Java API to YAViJava 6.0.3 instead of ViJava 5.1. This adds support for VMWare API 5.5 and 6.0.
  • Switched from ant/ivy to Maven.
  • Added Logback for logging (and removed the verbose parameter). The logging configuration is now defined in the /etc/vmbix/logback.xml file.
  • vmbix command now logs to console and vmbixd logs to file (/var/log/vmbix.log by default).
  • Added support for NAS datastores (thank you Andrea).
  • Slightly refactored the code.

1.2.3

  • Improved caching
  • Added cache config options in config file
  • Added cluster checks
  • Added Ivy Package Manager

1.2.2

  • Improved the processing of performance counter values. Percents are now displayed as rounded percents (ie 28 for 28.33% instead of 2833).
  • Fixed remaining references to vmbixget.py in the templates.

1.2.1

1.2

  • Added the UUID to the JSON formatted output for the esx.discovery method.
  • Added the UUID to the JSON formatted output for the vm.discovery method.
  • VMs and ESX hosts can now be queried by UUID instead of the name. The useuuid parameter must be set to "true" in the configuration file. Example :
zabbix_get -s localhost -p 12050 -k esx.status["32333536-3030-5a43-3244-3238314c319b"]
1
  • Added caching of the virtual machines, ESX hosts and performance counters objects.
  • Added the methods vm.name and esx.name to query the display names when using UUID and the primary identifier.
  • Added the method vm.guest.os.short to get the OS family.
  • Added the method vm.annotation to get the annotations.
  • Do not print 0 when we cannot query VM disks.
  • Decreased verbosity.

1.1.8

  • Use the toolsVersionStatus2 instead of toolsVersionStatus property to get the VM Tools version status of a virtual machine. Needs VSphere 5.x.
  • The status codes now are :
vm.guest.tools.version :
0 -> guestToolsNotInstalled
1 -> guestToolsCurrent
2 -> guestToolsNeedUpgrade
3 -> guestToolsUnmanaged
4 -> guestToolsBlacklisted
5 -> guestToolsSupportedNew
6 -> guestToolsSupportedOld
7 -> guestToolsTooNew
8 -> guestToolsTooOld
9 -> unknown

1.1.7

1.1.6

  • Updated the templates.

1.1.5

  • The status codes for the vm.guest.tools.version and vm.guest.tools.running methods are now numeric :
vm.guest.tools.version :
0 -> guestToolsNotInstalled
1 -> guestToolsCurrent
2 -> guestToolsNeedUpgrade
3 -> guestToolsUnmanaged
4 -> unknown

vm.guest.tools.running :
0 -> guestToolsNotRunning
1 -> guestToolsRunning
2 -> guestToolsExecutingScripts
3 -> unknown

You may create mapping tables in Zabbix for this purpose.

1.1.4

  • Better error handling for performance counters
  • The counter[name] method was removed. You can now get the list of the available performance counters with these new methods :
esx.counter.list[name]
vm.counter.list[name]
  • Two new methods to get the instance list of a specific performance counter. The output is JSON-formatted for Zabbix Low-Level Discovery :
esx.counter.discovery[name,counter,[interval]]
vm.counter.discovery[name,counter,[interval]]

For example, to get the read latency on a VM vDisks :

# zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -p 12050 -k vm.counter.discovery[VMNAME,virtualDisk.totalReadLatency]
{"data":[{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:2"},{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:1"},{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:0"},{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:6"},{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:5"},{"{#METRICINSTANCE}":"scsi2:4"},{"{#M$
# zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -p 12050 -k vm.counter[VMNAME,virtualDisk.totalReadLatency,scsi2:4,300]
6

1.1.1

  • Added performance counters for ESX hosts.
  • Added new methods for datastores (danrog):
 datastore.size[name,provisioned]
 datastore.size[name,uncommitted]

vmbix now displays a version number when called without arguments. 1.1.0

  • Fixed the unnecessary carriage return in the output
  • Added Zabbix Low-Level Discovery methods to automatically create datastores, hosts, virtual machines, and VM disks. A JSON-formatted output is displayed (using Google GSON), ex:
 # zabbix_get -s localhost -p 12050 -k esx.discovery[*]
 {"data":[{"{#ESXHOST}":"esx0.domain.local"},{"{#ESXHOST}":"esx1.domain.local"}]}
  • Added several items:
    • VMWare Performance Manager counters:
  counters[name]: list the available counters for an entity (VM, host, datastore)
  vm.counter[name,counter,[instance,interval]]: displays the value of the counter with optional interval/instance

The method outputs an aggregated sum or average of real-time values, ex:

  # zabbix_get -s localhost -p 12050 -k vm.counter[VMNAME,cpu.ready,,200]
  491

An additional interval parameter was added to the configuration file to specify the default interval for the performance counter queries.

  • VM Tools status methods

  • ping : always returns 1, to check vmbix availability

  • about : display vCenter SDK version

  • guest IP/hostname methods

  • etc

  • The status/powerstate methods now return an integer value instead of a string (ex: "poweredOff"). This is better to store integers than strings in Zabbix and allows for graphing. Typically :

 Running State:
 0 -> poweredOff
 1 -> poweredOn
 2 -> suspended
 3 -> unknown

 Status:
 0 -> grey
 1 -> green
 2 -> yellow
 3 -> red
 4 -> unknown
  • The Zabbix templates haven't been updated yet.

1.0.1

  • Fixed host used memory checks(returned cpu used MHz instead of memory used MB), fixed a custom multiplier for the same item.
  • Added several items:
    • Average private memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average shared memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average swapped memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average compressed memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average overheadConsumed memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average consumed memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average balooned memory usage in % for all powered on vms.
    • Average active memory usage in % for all powered on vms.

1.0.0 First release