ESX Info

Starting in 9.0, Orion can tell the difference between garden-variety net-snmp linux boxes and VMware ESX boxes. They get different values for Vendor and Machine Type now, assuming the SNMP on ESX is set up right.

Can you point me to where I can find how to setup SNMP correctly on ESX for use with Orion? I have the same hosts set in Orion since version 7 or 8.

thanks

We don't have any particular expertise on setting up VMware.   When I googled SNMP for VMware ESX, I got a VMware support page for ESX v2.0.  I would suggest looking at their support site or contacting them directly.

using Orion version 9.1 and a RO community screen you should see something like...
Displaying the vmware icon is something new in the 9.1 release.

There is a new ESX View that will be avaiable to take advantage of the new information. Make certain that the servers are configured in Admin /Views by device type (VMware ESX Server).

 I must have something limited in my snmp configuration that it returns net-snmp. 

Are you certain you are using Orion 9.1? 

 Yes.  :)

I fixed the issue of Solarwinds not showing it as VMware - one of our network admins "tweaked" the snmp.conf file.  However, I still don't see the VM's and I confirmed that the view is set to ESX Server Details.  Did I miss a step?

 I attached the snmpd.conf file I am using.

Yes.  :) I fixed the issue of Solarwinds not showing it as VMware - one of our network admins "tweaked" the snmp.conf file.  However, I still don't see the VM's and I confirmed that the view is set to ESX Server Details.  Did I miss a step?

That's good news.

Question

When you view your ESX Monitored server does your page display:

 ESX Server Details - <your host server> 

Also you need to verify that your account settings node details view is set to "By Device type"

Also you need to verify that your account settings node details view is set to "By Device type"