v0.15.1

Overview

• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.16.2
  • Statically linked
  • Linux (x86, x64)

Fixed

• CHANGELOG

  • Fix Deprecated section header level for v0.15.0 release entry of this
    CHANGELOG

• check_vmware_question plugin

  • invalid threshold text/label

References

• See the v0.15.1 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.15.0

Overview

• New plugin
• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.16.2
  • Statically linked
  • Linux (x86, x64)

Added

• New plugin: check_vmware_question

Deprecated

• 32-bit binaries are likely going to be dropped from future releases
  • if there is interest, they will continue to be provided
  • see GH-192 for details (and to leave feedback)

Fixed

• CHANGELOG

  • Fix Deprecated section header lvel for v0.12.0 release entry of this
    CHANGELOG

• contrib

  • multiple mistakes in vc1.example.com.cfg host config file
    • missing service group
    • referenced wrong service group
    • service description in consistent with existing entries
  • vmware-disk-consolidation command definition doc comments regarding
    powered on/off VM state evaluation incorrect

• internal constants do not reflect check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin
  rename

• README

  • vmware-disk-consolidation command definition doc comments regarding
    powered on/off VM state evaluation incorrect

References

• See the v0.15.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.14.0

Overview

• New plugin
• Misc tweaks
• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.16.2
  • Statically linked
  • Linux (x86, x64)

Added

• New plugin: check_vmware_disk_consolidation

Changed

• README

  • remove Status column from plugin table
  • replace GH issue links with GH discussion links
    • GH-160 to GH-178
    • GH-79 to GH-176

• check_vmware_vhw plugin

  • thresholds output text adjusted

• Refactoring

  • very minor tweaks, much, much more to do

• Dependencies

  • rs/zerolog
    • v1.20.0 to v1.21.0
  • vmware/govmomi
    • v0.24.0 to v0.24.1

Fixed

• Doc comments

  • typo
  • copy/paste/forget

• contrib

  • multiple mistakes in vc1.example.com.cfg host config file

• check_vmware_datastore plugin

  • remove included_resource_pools and excluded_resource_pools fields from
    log messages as they do not apply to this plugin

• README

  • invalid host-name flag used in check_vmware_vm_power_update examples

References

• See the v0.14.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.13.1

Overview

• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.16.2
  • Statically linked
  • Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

• Dependencies
  • Go
    • 1.15.8 to 1.16.2
  • actions/setup-node
    • v2.1.4 to v2.1.5

Fixed

• check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
  • incorrect exit code returned for WARNING state

References

• See the v0.13.1 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.13.0

Overview

• Plugin improvements
• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.15.8
• shelve building Windows binaries until feedback is provided

Breaking

Precompiled Windows binaries have been discontinued. If this affects you,
please provide feedback to
GH-160.

See the build instructions in the project README file for other options.

Added

• New monitoring mode for check_vmware_vhw plugin
  • Default is minimum required version
  • Asserts that all evaluated Virtual Machines meet or exceed the default
    version specified by either a specified host or a specified cluster

Changed

• Makefile

  • add clean recipe for single OS builds (linux, windows) to match what
    is already done for the all recipe

• README

  • Update coverage of installation steps
  • Note shelving of Windows builds until feedback is received indicating
    that others find them useful
  • Add "other OSes" section inviting requests for precompiled binaries for
    other supported OSes

Fixed

• Missing plugin "type" in log messages due to missing constant/check in
  logging setup
• Invalid preallocaction of vhw slices used by Oldest and Newest
HardwareVersionsIndex methods
• Add Deprecated section to v0.12.0 release entry of this CHANGELOG
  • this matches the current Release entry for this project's GH repo (which
    was previously labeled as Breaking)

References

• See the v0.13.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.12.0

Overview

• Plugin improvements
• built using Go 1.15.8

Deprecated

• Windows binaries are likely not going to be included in the next release
  • if there is interest, they will continue to be provided
  • see GH-160 for details (and to leave feedback)

Changed

• check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
  • list 10 most recently booted VMs in extended output
• check_vmware_rps_memory plugin
  • list 10 most recently booted VMs in extended output
  • list 10 most memory consuming VMs in extended output

Fixed

• Typo in plugin name in prior CHANGELOG version entry

References

• See the v0.12.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.11.0

Overview

• Bug fixes
• Misc tweaks
• built using Go 1.15.8

Changed

• check_vmware_vhw plugin
  • two new additional monitoring modes added
    • minimum required version check
    • outdated-by or threshold range check
• CI build timeout adjusted from 20 to 40 minutes
• check_vmware_vm_power_update plugin
  • Extend check_vmware_vm_power_uptime to list 5-10 highest uptime VMs when
    state is OK

Fixed

• CI-driven Makefile builds timing out after v0.10.0 release
• "shorthand" suffix missing for plugin-specific help output for short flag
  options
• Validation checks for CRITICAL/WARNING threshold checks does not (negative)
  assert CRITICAL <= WARNING

References

• See the v0.11.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.10.0

Overview

• New plugin
• Misc tweaks
• built using Go 1.15.8

Added

• New plugin: check_vmware_vm_power_uptime

Changed

• minor refactor of summary and report functions

References

• See the v0.10.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.9.0

Overview

• New plugin
• built using Go 1.15.8

Added

• New plugin: check_vmware_host_cpu

Changed

• Dependencies
  • built using Go 1.15.8
    • Statically linked
    • Windows (x86, x64)
    • Linux (x86, x64)

References

• See the v0.9.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.

v0.8.0

Overview

• New plugin
• Bug fixes
• Minor tweaks
• built using Go 1.15.7

Added

• New plugin: check_vmware_host_memory

Changed

• Remove doc comments regarding hidden resource pool from vc1.example.com.cfg Nagios host configuration file
  • this topic is already covered by the main README file
  • some details have changed slightly since the remarks were written

References

• See the v0.8.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.