1) Import the provided template.
- TEMPLATE.VMWARE_ESXi_6.0_CIM.xml
2) Install Dependencies:
# yum -y install sblim-wbemcli.x86_64 pywbem.noarch python2-pyvmomi.noarch python-setuptools jq python-setuptools zabbix-sender.x86_64
# pip install pysphere
# pip install docopt
3) Create a read only account on your VMWare ESXi with enough privileges to collect the data you want to monitor.
You can create such account with the following commands:
# /usr/lib/vmware/auth/bin/adduser -s /sbin/nologin -D -H zabbix -G root
# echo "YOUR_PASSWORD" | /usr/lib/vmware/auth/bin/passwd --stdin zabbix
# vim-cmd vimsvc/auth/role_add CIM_ReadOnly Host.Cim.CimInteraction System.Anonymous
# vim-cmd vimsvc/auth/entity_permission_add vim.Folder:ha-folder-root ‘zabbix‘ false CIM_ReadOnly true
4) VMWare Host UUID information:
You need to enable MOB VIB, be