How To Monitor VMware ESXi with Grafana and Telegraf

How To Monitor VMware ESXi with Grafana and Telegraf

1. Step 1: Install InfluxDB and Grafana. All collected metrics are stored in InfluxDB database. ...
2. Step 2: Install and Configure Telegraf. ...
3. Step 3: Check InfluxDB Metrics. ...
4. Step 3: Add InfluxDB Data Source to Grafana. ...
5. Step 4: Import Grafana Dashboards.

1. How do I monitor ESXi host?
2. How do I access VMware ESXi remotely?
3. How do I check ESXi performance?
4. Does ESXi have a GUI?
5. What is the default user account on ESXi?
6. How can I check the health of my ESXi host?
7. How do I connect to a VMware ESXi server?
8. How do I access ESXi?
9. How do I remotely connect to a VMware Server?
10. How do I analyze ESXi logs?
11. How do I check my ESXi queue depth?
12. How do I check my VM latency?

How do I monitor ESXi host?

To monitor ESXi hardware, CIM must be enabled and running on the host. To check if CIM is enabled, simply telnet <ESXi IP address> 5989. A successful connection means that CIM is running unless some other service is using the same port.

How do I access VMware ESXi remotely?

Use the Host Client to enable local and remote access to the ESXi Shell:

1. Log in to a Host Client using IP address of the host in a browser.
2. Click on Manage under Navigator section.
3. Click the Services tab.
4. In the Services section, select TSM from the list:
5. Click Actions and select Start to enable the ESXi shell.

How do I check ESXi performance?

To determine whether the poor performance is due to storage latency:

1. Determine whether the problem is with the local storage. ...
2. Reduce the number of Virtual Machines per LUN.
3. Look for log entries in the Windows guests that look like this: ...
4. Using esxtop , look for a high DAVG latency time.

Does ESXi have a GUI?

The vSphere Client can be used to connect to a VMware vCenter Server instance or directly to an ESXi host. It offers a rich graphical user interface for all management tasks and for the advanced configuration of your vSphere environment.

What is the default user account on ESXi?

The administrative user name for the ESXi host is root. By default, the administrative password is not set.

How can I check the health of my ESXi host?

Expand Host, click Manage and then click Security & Users tab. Click Roles and Add role... Select a name for the role (eg. Health), then click Global and check Health, then click Add.

How do I connect to a VMware ESXi server?

Procedure

1. Connect the device to the Windows computer with vSphere client.
2. Temporarily change the Local Area Connection settings on the Windows computer. Note. ...
3. Open the vSphere client.
4. Type the following: IP address / Name: 169.254. ...
5. Click Login.
6. Perform the required deployment task.

How do I access ESXi?

The only way to access the ESXi console is to go to the console of the server. Once you are on the server's console, press Alt-F1. At that point you will see a console log of what has happened on the server but there is no prompt and no help file available. If you type something, it will not appear on the screen.

How do I remotely connect to a VMware Server?

Connecting to shared virtual machines

1. Go to File > Connect to Server.
2. Enter the host name or IP address of the host machine running Workstation Server.
3. When prompted, login with the username and password of a local administrator on the remote host.

How do I analyze ESXi logs?

Through the ESXi HTML 5 Host Client ^

Select Monitor, click the Logs tab, and select the logs you want to view. You'll access a window where you can choose the log file and view its contents in the lower pane.

How do I check my ESXi queue depth?

To identify the storage device queue depth:

1. Run the esxtop command in the service console of the ESX host or the ESXi shell (Tech Support mode). ...
2. Press u.
3. Press f and select Queue Stats.
4. The value listed under DQLEN is the queue depth of the storage device.

How do I check my VM latency?

Run SockPerf on the VMs

After the SockPerf installation is complete, the VMs are ready to run the latency tests. First, start SockPerf on the receiver. Now that the server is listening, the client can begin sending packets to the server on the port on which it is listening (in this case, 12345).