Cheshire Cat Computing

I'm trying to set up the check_esx2 to monitor ESXi CPU Load, ESXi Memory usage, ESXi Network usage and ESXi Runtime status in nagios. I've been doing the services like this:
define service{
use generic-service
host_name esxi01
service_description ESXi CPU Load
check_command check_esx_cpu!80!90
}

and the commands like:
define command {
command_name check_esx_cpu
command_line $USER1$/check_esx2 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u $USER11$ -p $USER12$ -l CPU -s usage -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}
On my nagios I just get a list of all the hosts with a number in the brackets after, eg VHosts: 10/10 up: ssaas-sbs(304), 2003 Veeam(16) etc.

If I try to run the command within the terminal filling in the parameters I get:
Unknown option: u
then the same VHosts.....

I tried dropping the -u but I still get the VHosts.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advanced,
Jethro

You should change to using check_vmware instead of check_esx -- the VMWare API has changes and check_esx has been replaced by check_vmware which uses the official API.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

The VMware API is the new and only supported way to get status information from ESX or virtual centre.

You can download the Perl API toolkit from VMware - this is called the vSphere Perl SDK these days, but its the same thing:
http://communities.vmware.com/community ... e_sdk_perl

You need to install this in order for the check_vmware agent to work.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

just replaced check_esx with check_vmware.
works like a charm thanks to you steve.

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