ESXi Hardware Health Monitor
list Shannon Anderson
Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware. http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/ This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats. You get: FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on. Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/>; [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email
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Any chance we will see this work on *nix? Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson
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Fellow XYmoners,**** ** ** Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.**** ** ** http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/**** **** This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats.**** ** ** You get:**** FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on.**** ** ** *Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE *Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX
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It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available.
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From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM To: Shannon Anderson Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor Any chance we will see this work on *nix? Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware. http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/ This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats. You get: FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on. Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX
direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX> | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX>
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Great! This looks very promising.
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Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Shannon Anderson
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<user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>wrote:
It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available.**** ** ** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** ** ** Any chance we will see this work on *nix?**** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX **** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson <
user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:****
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Fellow XYmoners,**** **** Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.**** **** http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/**** This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats.**** **** You get:**** FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on.**** **** *Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE *Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX http://www.cornetser.com**** **** [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; **** *AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 * ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] **** P Please consider the environment before printing this email**** **** ** **
list Shannon Anderson
Just FYI, During my last edit I placed a typo on line 107, "host_name.esxhost" should be "$host_name.esxhost" I am correcting that in the zip on website now...
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From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:19 PM
To: Shannon Anderson
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor
Great! This looks very promising.
Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available.
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM
To: Shannon Anderson
Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor
Any chance we will see this work on *nix?
Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX>
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX>
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XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware. http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/ This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats. You get: FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on. Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX> | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX> http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/>; [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email
list Josh Luthman
Got it, thanks. I'm guessing this is the SDK needed - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/ At this time it seems to be broken, though. Anyone else trying this out?
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Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Shannon Anderson
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<user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Just FYI,**** ** ** During my last edit I placed a typo on line 107, “host_name.esxhost” should be “$host_name.esxhost”**** ** ** I am correcting that in the zip on website now…**** ** ** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:19 PM *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** ** ** Great! This looks very promising.**** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX **** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Shannon Anderson <
user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:****
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It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available.**** **** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** **** Any chance we will see this work on *nix?**** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX**** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson < user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:**** Fellow XYmoners,**** **** Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.**** **** http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/**** This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats.**** **** You get:**** FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on.**** **** *Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE *Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX http://www.cornetser.com**** **** [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; **** *AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 * ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] **** P Please consider the environment before printing this email**** **** **** ** **
list Shannon Anderson
Yeap that's the one, And URL worked for me. I am able to place in my VMware ID and get access to all 3 SDK packages (Windows and Linux)
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From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:25 PM To: Shannon Anderson Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor Got it, thanks. I'm guessing this is the SDK needed - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/ At this time it seems to be broken, though. Anyone else trying this out? Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Just FYI, During my last edit I placed a typo on line 107, "host_name.esxhost" should be "$host_name.esxhost" I am correcting that in the zip on website now... From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:19 PM To: Shannon Anderson Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor Great! This looks very promising. Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote: It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available. From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM To: Shannon Anderson Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor Any chance we will see this work on *nix? Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware. http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/ This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats. You get: FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on. Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX<tel:XXX-XXX-XXXX> | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX> | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX<tel:XXX.XXX.XXXX> http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/>; [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email
list Josh Luthman
Got it via IE, may be a Chrome issue. Is there an install guide for *nix? I see the Window jobs but I'm wondering if I just do the same stuff in Cron, like below? */5 * * * perl /foobar/getESXHostHealth.pl --server xymonserver.foobar.com--username root --password password
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Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Shannon Anderson
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<user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Yeap that’s the one, And URL worked for me. I am able to place in my VMware ID and get access to all 3 SDK packages (Windows and Linux)**** ** ** ** ** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:25 PM *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** ** ** Got it, thanks.**** ** ** I'm guessing this is the SDK needed - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/**** ** ** At this time it seems to be broken, though. Anyone else trying this out?* *** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX **** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Shannon Anderson <
user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:****
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Just FYI,**** **** During my last edit I placed a typo on line 107, “host_name.esxhost” should be “$host_name.esxhost”**** **** I am correcting that in the zip on website now…**** **** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:19 PM**** *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** **** Great! This looks very promising.**** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX**** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Shannon Anderson < user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:**** It does, same prereqs apply, must have VMware SDK installed and CURL available.**** **** *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:14 PM *To:* Shannon Anderson *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor**** **** Any chance we will see this work on *nix?**** Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX**** On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Shannon Anderson < user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> wrote:**** Fellow XYmoners,**** **** Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.**** **** http://www.squidworks.net/2012/11/xymon-esx-hardware-health-monitor/**** This is a bit different from the ESXi script that provides VM level health and stats.**** **** You get:**** FAN,CPU failure, MEMORY Module Errors, RAID, Drive and Controller errors, Power supply failures and lost redundancy and so on.**** **** *Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE *Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" XXXXX Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD XXXXX direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX | main: XXX.XXX.XXXX | fax: XXX.XXX.XXXX http://www.cornetser.com**** **** [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts>; **** *AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 * ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] **** P Please consider the environment before printing this email**** **** **** **** ** **
list L.M.J
Le Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:56:03 +0000,
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Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> a écrit :
Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.
Thank you very much ! -- LMJ "May the source be with you my young padawan"
list Shannon Anderson
And may you live long and prosper!
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 4:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Xymon] ESXi Hardware Health Monitor
Le Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:56:03 +0000,
Shannon Anderson <user-7532c39d5acc@xymon.invalid> a écrit :
Fellow XYmoners, Here is my RC1 of a VMWare ESX vShpere Hardware health monitoring script for XYmon that can be used on any remote network to send data back to your XYmon display. I tie in to the CIM data produced by the hardware so you can get any notice of failures to the ESX hosts hardware.
Thank you very much ! -- LMJ "May the source be with you my young padawan"
list Betsy Schwartz
I'd run it out of tasks.cfg, or clientlaunch.cfg on a client. I'm trying to enforce the rule here that anything that talks to xymon, runs out of xymon. (except for some scripts that we have that are testing cron) On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Josh Luthman
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<user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Is there an install guide for *nix? I see the Window jobs but I'm wondering if I just do the same stuff in Cron, like below? */5 * * * perl /foobar/getESXHostHealth.pl --server xymonserver.foobar.com--username root --password password