check_esx.pl unter Nagios Installieren

1. download and place the check_esx.pl or check_esx3.pl in to /usr/local/nagios/libexec/
2. download and install VMware SDK API
3. install perl-Models with “yum install perl-M*”
4. run “cpan install Nagios::Plugin” or “perl -MCPAN -e ‘install Nagios::Plugin’”
5. “cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec/”
6. “su nagios”
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VMware Guest Time Synchronization on Linux Based Systems

first on edit your boot.conf:

default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2187_FC5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 clock=pit nosmp noapic nolapic initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5.img

then check the configuration on VMware tools to time synchronization Vcenter or direct on vmx file from Virtual Machine

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

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udev messages on RHEL or CentOS Virtual Machines on ESX

After installing VMware Tools on a CentOS or RHEL  guest hosted on ESX-Server receiving the following udev warnings:
Starting udev:
udevd[572]: add_to_rules: unknown key ‘SUBSYSTEMS’
udevd[572]: add_to_rules: unknown key ‘ATTRS{vendor}’
udevd[572]: add_to_rules: unknown key ‘ATTRS{model}’
udevd[572]: add_to_rules: unknown key ‘SUBSYSTEMS’
udevd[572]: add_to_rules: unknown key … Continue reading