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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Nagios plugin to monitor vmware ESX and vSphere servers
#
# License: GPL
# This plugin is a forked by Martin Fuerstenau from the original one (check_esx.pl) from op5
#
# Copyright (c) 2008 op5 AB
# Original author: Kostyantyn Hushchyn <[email protected]>
# Contributor(s):
# Patrick Müller
# Jeremy Martin
# Eric Jonsson
# stumpr
# John Cavanaugh
# Libor Klepac
# maikmayers
# Steffen Poulsen
# Mark Elliott
# Simon Meggle
# Sebastien Prudhomme
# Raphael Schitz
# Markus Frosch
# Michael Friedrich
# Sven Nierlein
# Gerhard Lausser
# Danijel Tasov
# 6uellerBpanda
# Ricardo Bartels
# Claudio Kuenzler
# Bob Carlson
# Michael Geschwinder
# Manfred W
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
# published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# History and Changes:
#
# - 22 Mar 2012 M.Fuerstenau
# - Started with actual version 0.5.0
# - Impelemented check_esx3new2.diff from Simon (simeg / simmerl)
# - Reimplemented the changes of Markus Obstmayer for the actual version
# - Comments within the code inform you about the changes
# - It may happen that controllers has been found which are not active.
# Therefor around line 2300 the following was added:
#
# # M.Fuerstenau - additional to avoid using inactive controllers --------------
# elsif (uc($dev->status) eq "3")
# {
# $status = 0;
# }
# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# else
# {
# $state = 3;
# }
# $actual_state = Nagios::Plugin::Functions::max_state($actual_state, $status);
# }
# $perfdata = $perfdata . " adapters=" . $count . ";"$perf_thresholds . ";;";
#
# # M.Fuerstenau - changed the output a little bit
# $output .= $count . " of " . @{$storage->storageDeviceInfo->hostBusAdapter} . " defined/possible adapters online, ";
#
# - 30 Mar 2012 M.Fuerstenau
# - added --ignore_unknown. This maps 3 to 0. Why? You have for example several host adapters. Some are reported as
# unknown by the plugin because they are not used or have not the capability to reports something senseful.
#
# - 02 Apr 2012 M.Fuerstenau
# - _info (Adapter/LUN/Path). Removed perfdata. To count such items and display as perfdata doesn't make sense
# - Changed PATH to MPATH and help from "path - list logical unit paths" to "mpath - list logical unit multipath info" because
# it is NOT an information about a path - it is an information about multipathing.
#
# - 08 Jan 2013 M.Fuerstenau
# - Removed installation informations for the perl SDK from VMware. This informations are part of the SDK and have nothing to do
# with this plugin.
# - Replaced global variables with my variables. Instead of "define every variable on the fly as needed it is a good practice
# to define variables at the beginning and place a comment within it. It gives you better readability.
#
# - 22 Jan 2013 M.Fuerstenau
# - Merged with the actual version from op5. Therfore all changes done to the op5 version:
#
# - 2012-05-28 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Rename check_esx3 to check_vmware_api(Fixed issue #3745)
#
# - 2012-05-28 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Minor cosmetic changes
#
# - 2012-05-29 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Clear cluster failover perfdata units, as it describes count of possible failures
# to tolerate, so can't be mesured in MB
#
# - 2012-05-30 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Minor help message changes
#
# - 2012-05-30 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Implemented timeshift for cluster checks, which could fix data retrievel issues. Small refactoring.
#
# - 2012-05-31 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Remove dependency on inteval value for cluster checks, which allows to run commands that doesn't require historical intervals
#
# - 2012-05-31 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Remove unnecessary/unimplemented function which caused cluster effectivecpu subcheck to fail
#
# - 2012-06-01 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Hide NIC status output for net check in case of empty perf data result(Fixed issue #5450)
#
# - 2012-06-07 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed manipulation with undefined values, which caused perl interpreter warnings output
#
# - 2012-06-08 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Moved out global variables from perfdata functions. Added '-M' max sample number argument, which specify maximum data count to retrive.
#
# - 2012-06-08 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added help text for Cluster checks.
#
# - 2012-06-08 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Increment version number Kostyantyn Hushchyn
#
# - 2012-06-11 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Reimplemented csv parser to process all values in sequence. Now all required functionality for max sample number argument are present in the plugin.
#
# - 2012-06-13 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed cluster failover perf counter output.
#
# - 2012-06-22 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added help message for literal values in interval argument.
#
# - 2012-06-22 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added nicknames for intervals(-i argument), which helps to provide correct values in case you can not find them in GUI.
# Supported values are: r - realtime interval, h<number> - historical interval at position <number>, starting from 0.
#
# - 2012-07-02 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Reimplemented Datastore checking in Datacenter using different approach(Might fix issue #5712)
#
# - 2012-07-06 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed Datacenter runtime check Kostyantyn Hushchyn
#
# - 2012-07-06 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed Datastore checking in Datacenter(Might fix issue #5712)
#
# - 2012-07-09 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added help info for Host runtime 'sensor' subcheck
#
# - 2012-07-09 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added Host runtime subcheck to threshold sensor data
#
# - 2012-07-09 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed Host temperature subcheck causing perl interpreter messages output
#
# - 2012-07-10 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added listall option to output all available sensors. Sensor name now trieted as regexp, so result will be outputed for the first match.
#
# - 2012-07-26 Fixed issue which prevents plugin... v2.8.8 v2.8.8-beta1 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed issue which prevents plugin from executing under EPN(Fixed issue #5796)
#
# - 2012-09-03 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Implemented plugin timeout(returns 3).
#
# - 2012-09-05 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added storage refresh functionality in case when it's present(Fixed issue #5787)
#
# - 2012-09-21 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Added check for dead pathes, which generates 2 in case when at least one is present(Fixed issue #5811)
#
# - 2012-09-25 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Changed comparison logic in storage path check
#
# - 2012-09-26 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Fixed 'Global symbol normalizedPathState requires explicit package name'
#
# - 2012-10-02 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Changed timeshift argument type to integer, so that non number values will be treated as invalid.
#
# - 2012-10-02 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Changed to a conditional datastore refresh(Reduce overhead of solution suggested in issue #5787)
#
# - 2012-10-05 Kostyantyn Hushchyn
# Updated description so now almost all options are documented, though somewhere should be documented arguments like timeshift(-T),
# max samples(-M) and interval(-i) (Solve ticket #5950)
#
######################################################################################################################################
#
# General statement for all changes done by me:
#
# Nagios, Icinga etc. are tools for
#
# a) Alarming. That means checking values against thresholds (internal or handed over)
# b) Collecting performance data. These data, collected with the checks, like network traffic, cpu usage or so should be
# interpretable without a lot of other data.
#
# So as a conclusion collecting historic performance data collected by a monitored system should not be done using Nagios,
# pnp4nagios etc.. It should be interpreted with the appropriate admin tools of the relevant system. For vmware it means use
# the (web)client for this and not Nagios. Same for performance counters not self explaining.
#
# Example:
# Monitoring swapped memory of a vmware guest system seems to makes sense. But on the second look it doesn't because on Nagios
# you do not have the surrounding conditions in one view like
# - the number of the running guest systems on the vmware server.
# - the swap every guest system needs
# - the total space allocated for all systems
# - swap/memory usage of the hostcheck_vmware_esx.pl
# - and a lot more
#
# So monitoring memory of a host makes sense but the same for the guest via vmtools makes only a limited sense.
# Martin Fuerstenau
#
######################################################################################################################################
#
# - 31 Jan 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.1
# - Replaced most die with a normal if statement and an exit.
#
# - 1 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.2
# - Replaced unless with if. unless was only used eight times in the program. In all other statements we had an if statement
# with the appropriate negotiation for the statement.
#
# - 5 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.3
# - Replaced all add_perfdata statements with simple concatenated variable $perfdata
#
# - 6 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.4
# - Corrected bug. Name of subroutine was sub check_percantage but this was a typo.
#
# - 7 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.5
# - Replaced $percc and $percw with $crit_is_percent and $warn_versionis_percent. This was just cosmetic for better readability.
# - Removed check_percentage(). It was replaced by two one liners directly in the code. Easier to read.
# - The only codeblocks using check_percentage() were the blocks checking warning and critical. But unfortunately the
# plausability check was not sufficient. Now it is tested that no other values than numbers and the % sign can be
# submitted. It is also checked that in case of percent the values are in a valid level between 0 and 100
#
# - 12 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.8
# - Replaced literals like CRITICAL with numerical values. Easier to type and anyone developing plugins should be
# safe with the use
# - Replaced $state with $actual_state and $res with $state. More for cosmetical issues but the state is returned
# to Nagios.
# - check_against_threshold from Nagios::Plugin replaced with a little own subroutine check_against_threshold.
# - Nagios::Plugin::Functions::max_state replaced with own routine check_state
#
# - 14 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.9
# - Replaced hash %STATUS_TEXT from Nagios::Plugin::Functions with own hash %status2text.
#
# - 15 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.10
# - Own help (print_help()) and usage (print_usage()) function.
# - Nagios::plugin kicked finally out.
# - Mo more global variables.
#
# - 25 Feb 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.11
# - $quickstats instead of $quickStats for better readability.
#
# - 5 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.12
# - Removed return_cluster_DRS_recommendations() because for daily use this was more of an exotical feature
# - Removed --quickstats for host_cpu_info and dc_cpu_info because quickstats is not a valid option here.
#
# - 6 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.13
# - Replaced -o listitems with --listitems
#
# - 8 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.14
# - --usedspace replaces -o used. $usedflag has been replaced by $usedflag.
# - --listvms replaces -o listvm. $outputlist has been replaced by $listvms.
# - --alertonly replaces -o brief. $briefflag has been replaced by $alertonly.
# - --blacklistregexp replaces -o blacklistregexp. $blackregexpflag has been replaced by $blacklistregexp.
# - --isregexp replaces -o regexp. $regexpflag has been replaced by $isregexp.
#
# - 9 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.15
# - Main selection is now transfered to a subroutine main_select because after
# a successfull if statement the rest can be skipped leaving the subroutine
# with return
#
# - 19 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.16
# - Reformatted and cleaned up a lot of code. Variable definitions are now at the beginning of each
# subroutine instead of defining them "on the fly" as needed with "my". Especially using "my" for
# definition in a loop is not goog coding style
#
# - 21 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.17
# - --listvms removed as extra switch. Ballooning or swapping VMs will always be listed.
# - Changed subselect list(vm) to listvm for better readability. listvm was accepted before (equal to list)
# but not mentioned in the help. To have list or listvm for the same is a little bit exotic. Fixed this inconsistency.
#
# - 22 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.18
# - Removed timeshift, interval and maxsamples. If needed use original program from op5.
#
# - 25 Mar 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.19
# - Removed $defperfargs because no values will be handled over. Only performance check that needed another
# another sampling invel was cluster. This is now fix with 3000.
#
# - 11 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.20
# - Rewritten and cleaned subroutine host_mem_info. Removed $value1 - $value5. Stepwise completion of $output makes
# this unsophisticated construct obsolete.
#
# - 16 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.21
# - Stripped down vm_cpu_info. Monitoring CPU usage in Mhz makes no sense under normal circumstances
# Mhz is no valid unit for performance data according to the plugin developer guide. I have never found
# a reason to monitor wait time or ready time in a normal alerting evironment. This data has some interest
# for performance analysis. But this can be done better with the vmware tools.
# - Rewritten and cleaned subroutine vm_mem_info. Removed $value1 - $value5. Stepwise completion of $output makes
# this unsophisticated construct obsolete.
#
# - 24 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.22
# - Because there is a lot of different performance counters for memory in vmware we ave changed something to be
# more specific.
# - Enhenced explanations in help.
# - Changed swap to swapUSED in host_mem_info().
# - Changed usageMB to CONSUMED in host_mem_info(). Same for variables.
# - Removed overall in host_mem_info(). After reading the documentation carefully the addition of consumed.average + overhead.average
# seems a little bit senseless because consumed.average includes overhead.average.
# - Changed usageMB to CONSUMED in vm_mem_info(). Same for variables.
# - Removed swapIN and swapOUT in vm_mem_info(). Not so sensefull for Nagios alerting because it is hard to find
# valid thresholds
# - Removed swap in vm_mem_info(). From the vmware documentation:
# "Current amount of guest physical memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file by the VMkernel. Swapped
# memory stays on disk until the virtual machine needs it. This statistic refers to VMkernel swapping and not
# to guest OS swapping. swapped = swapin + swapout"
#
# This is more an issue of performance tuning rather than alerting. It is not swapping inside the virtual machine.
# it is not possible to do any alerting here because (especially with vmotion) you have no thresholds.
# - Removed OVERHEAD in vm_mem_info(). From the vmware documentation:
# "Amount of machine memory used by the VMkernel to run the virtual machine."
# So using this we have a useless information about a virtual machine because we have no valid context and we
# have no valid thresholds. More important is overhead for the host system. And if we are running in problems here
# we have to look which machine must be moved to another host.
# - As a result of this overall in vm_mem_info() makes no sense.
#
# - 25 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.23
# - Removed swap in vm_mem_info(). From vmware documentation:
# "Amount of guest physical memory that is currently reclaimed from the virtual machine through ballooning.
# This is the amount of guest physical memory that has been allocated and pinned by the balloon driver."
# So here we have again data which makes no sense used alone. You need the context for interpreting them
# and there are no thresholds for alerting.
#
# - 29 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.24
# - Renamed $esx to $esx_server. This is only for cosmetics and better reading of the code.
# - Reimplmented subselect ready in vm_cpu_info and implemented it new in host_cpu_info.
# From the vmware documentation:
# "Percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled
# to run on the physical CPU. CPU ready time is dependent on the number of virtual
# machines on the host and their CPU loads."
# High or growing ready time can be a hint CPU bottlenecks (host and guest system)
# - Reimplmented subselect wait in vm_cpu_info and implemented it new in host_cpu_info.
# From the vmware documentation:
# "CPU time spent in wait state. The wait total includes time spent the CPU Idle, CPU Swap Wait,
# and CPU I/O Wait states. "
# High or growing wait time can be a hint I/O bottlenecks (host and guest system)
#
# - 30 Apr 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.25
# - Removed subroutines return_dc_performance_values, dc_cpu_info, dc_mem_info, dc_net_info and dc_disk_io_info.
# Monitored entity was view type HostSystem. This means, that the CPU of the data center server is monitored.
# The data center server (vcenter) is either a physical MS Windows serversionver (which can be monitored better
# directly with SNMP and/or NSClient++) or the new Linux based appliance which is a virtual machine and
# can be monitored as any virtual machine. The OS (Linux) on that virtual machine can be monitored like
# any standard Linux.
#
# - 5 May 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.26
# - Revised the code of dc_list_vm_volumes_info()
#
# - 9 May 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.27
# - Revised the code of host_net_info(). The function was devided in two parts (like others):
# - subselects
# - else which included all.
# So most of the code existed twice. One for each subselect and nearly the same for all together.
# The else block was removed and in case no subselect was defined we defined all as $subselect.
# With the variable set to all we can decide wether to leave the function after a subselect section
# has been processed or stay and enhance $output and $perfdata. So the code is more clear and
# has nearly half the lines of code left.
# - Removed KBps as unit in performance data. This unit is not specified in the plugin developer
# guide. Performance data is now just a number without a unit. Adding the unit has to be done
# in the graphing tool (like pnp4nagios).
# - Removed the number of NICs as performance data. A little bit senseless to have those data here.
#
# - 10 May 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.27
# - Revised the code of vm_net_info(). Same changes as for host_net_info() exept the NIC section.
# This is not available for VMs.
#
# - 14 May 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.28
# - Replaced $command and $subselect with $select and $subselect. Therfore also the options --command
# --subselect changed to --select and --subselect. This has been done to become it more clear.
# In fact these items where no commands (or subselects). It were selections from the amount of
# performance counters available in vmware.
#
# - 15 May 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.29
# - Kicked out all (I hope so) code for processing historic data from generic_performance_values().
# generic_performance_values() is called by return_host_performance_values(), return_host_vmware_performance_values()
# and return_cluster_performance_values() (return_cluster_performance_values() must be rewritten now).
# The code length of generic_performance_values() was reduced to one third by doing this.
#
# - 6 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.30
# - Substituted commandline option for select -l with -S. Therefore -S can't be used as option for the sessionfile
# Only --sessionfile is accepted nor the name of the sessionfile.
# - Corrected some bugs in check_against_threshold()
# - Ensured that in case of thresholds critical must be greater than warning.
#
# - 11 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.31
# - Changed select option for datastore from vmfs to volumes because we will have volumes on nfs AND vmfs on local or
# SAN disks.
# - Changed output for datastore check to use the option --multiline. This will add a \n (unset -> default) for
# every line of output. If set it will use HTML tag <br>.
#
# The option --multiline sets a <br> tag instead of \n. This must be filtered out
# before using the output in notifications like an email. sed will do the job:
#
# sed 's/<[Bb][Rr]>/&\n/g' | sed 's/<[^<>]*>//g'
#
# Example:
#
# # 'notify-by-email' command definition
# define command{
# command_name notify-by-email
# command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "Message from Nagios:\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nHostalias: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $SHORTDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n$LONGSERVICEOUTPUT$" | sed 's/<[Bb][Rr]>/&\n/g' | sed 's/<[^<>]*>//g' | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTNAME$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
# }
#
# - 13 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.32
# - Replaced a previous change because it was wrong done:
# - --listvms replaced by subselect listvms
#
# - 14 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.33
# - Some minor corrections like a doubled chop() in datastore_volumes_info()
# - Added volume type to datastore_volumes_info(). So you can see whether the volume is vmfs (local or SAN) or NFS.
# - variables like $subselect or $blacklist are global there is no need to handle them over to subroutines like
# ($result, $output) = vm_cpu_info($vmname, local_uc($subselect)) . For $subselect we have now one uppercase
# (around line 580) instead of having one with each call in the main selection.
# - Later on I renamed local_uc to local_lc because I recognized that in cases the subselect is a volume name
# upper cases won't work.
# - replaced last -o $addopts (only for the name of a sensor) with --sensorname
#
# - 18 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.34
# - Rewritten and cleaned subroutine host_disk_io_info(). Removed $value1 - $value7. Stepwise completion of $output makes
# this unsophisticated construct obsolete.
# - Removed use of performance thresholds in performance data when used disk io without subselect because threshold
# can only be used for one item not for all. Therefore they weren't checked in that section. Senseless.
# - Changed the output. Opposite to vm_disk_io_info() most values in host_disk_io_info() are not transfer rates
# but latency in milliseconds. The output is now clearly understandable.
# - Added subselect read. Average number of kilobytes read from the disk each second. Rate at which data is read
# from each LUN on the host.read rate = # blocksRead per second x blockSize.
# - Added subselect write. Average number of kilobytes written to disk each second. Rate at which data is written
# to each LUN on the host.write rate = # blocksRead per second x blockSize
# - Added subselect usage. Aggregated disk I/O rate. For hosts, this metric versionincludes the rates for all virtual
# machines running on the host.
#
# - 21 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.35
# - Rewritten and cleaned subroutine vm_disk_io_info(). Removed $value1 - $valuen. Stepwise completion of $output makes
# this unsophisticated construct obsolete.
# - Removed use of performance thresholds in performance data when used disk io without subselect because threshold
# can only be used for on item not for all. Therefore they weren't checked in that section. Senseless.
#
# - 24 Jun 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.7.36
# - Changed all .= (for example $output .= $xxx.....) to = $var... (for example $output = $output . $xxx...). .= is shorter
# but the longer form of notification is better readable. The probability of overlooking the dot (especially for older eyes
# like mine) is smaller.
#
# - 07 Aug 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.0
# - Changed "eval { require VMware::VIRuntime };" to "use VMware::VIRuntime;". The eval construct
# made no sense. If the module isn't available the program will crash with a compile error.
#
# - Removed own subroutine format_uptime() only used by host_uptime_info(). The complete work of this function
# was done converting seconds to days, hours etc.. Instead of the we use the perl module Time::Duration.
# So instead of
# $output = "uptime=" . format_uptime($value);
# we simply use
# $output = "uptime=" . duration_exact($value);
#
# - Removed perfdata from host_uptime_info(). Perfdata for uptime seems senseless. Same for threshold.
# - Started modularization of the plugin. The reason is that it is much more easier to
# patch modules than to patch a large file.
# - Variables used in that functions which are defined on the top level
# with "my" must now be defined with "our".
#
# BEWARE! Using "our" with unknown modules can lead to curious results if
# in this functions are variables with the same name. But in this
# case it is no risk because the modules are not generic. We have only
# broken the plugin in handy pieces.
#
# - Made an seperate modules:
# - help.pm -> print_help()
# - process_perfdata.pm -> get_key_metrices()
# -> generic_performance_values()
# -> return_host_performance_values()
# -> return_host_vmware_performance_values()
# -> return_cluster_performance_values()
# -> return_host_temporary_vc_4_1_network_performance_values()
# - host_cpu_info.pm -> host_cpu_info()
# - host_mem_info.pm -> host_mem_info()
# - host_net_info.pm -> host_net_info()
# - host_disk_io_info.pm -> host_disk_io_info()
# - datastore_volumes_info.pm -> datastore_volumes_info()
# - host_volumes_info.pm -> host_volumes_info()
# - host_runtime_info.pm -> host_runtime_info()
# - host_service_info.pm -> host_service_info()
# - host_storage_info.pm -> host_storage_info()
# - host_uptime_info.pm -> host_uptime_info()
#
# - 13 Aug 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.1
# - Moved host_device_info to host_mounted_media_info. Opposite to it's name
# and the description this function wasn't designed to list all devices
# on a host. It was designed to show host cds/dvds mounted to one or more
# virtual machines. This is important for monitoring because a virtual machine
# with a mount cd or dvd drive can not be moved to another host.
# - Made an seperate modules:
# - host_mounted_media_info.pm -> host_mounted_media_info()
#
# - 19 Aug 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.2
# - Added SOAP check from Simon Meggle, Consol. Slightly modified to fit.
# - Added isblacklisted and isnotwhitelisted from Simon Meggle, Consol. . Same as above.
# Following subroutines or modules are affected:
# - datastore_volumes_info.pm
# - host_runtime_info.pm
# - Enhanced host_mounted_media_info.pm
# - Added check for host floppy
# - Added isblacklisted and isnotwhitelisted
# - Added $multiline
#
# - 21 Aug 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.3
# - Reformatted and cleaned up host_runtime_info().
# - A lot of bugs in it.
#
# - 17 Aug 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.4
# - Minor bug fix.
# - $subselect was always converted to lower case characters.
# This is correct exect $subselect contains a name (e.g. volumes). Volume names
# can contain upper and lower letters. Fixed.
# - datastore_volumes_info.pm had my ($datastore, $subselect) = @_; as second line
# This was incorrect because "global" variables (defined as our in the main program)
# are not handled over via function call. (Yes - may be handling over maybe more ok
# in the sense of structured programming. But really - does handling over and giving back
# a variable makes the code so much clearer? More a kind of philosophy :-)) )
#
# - 27 Oct 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.5
# - Made an seperate modules:
# - vm_cpu_info.pm -> vm_cpu_info()
# - vm_mem_info.pm -> vm_mem_info()
# - dc_list_vm_volumes_info.pm -> dc_list_vm_volumes_info()
# - vm_net_info.pm -> vm_net_info()
# - vm_disk_io_info.pm -> vm_disk_io_info()
#
# - 31 Oct 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.9
# - Readded -V|--version to display the version number.
#
# - 01 Nov 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.10
# - removed return_host_temporary_vc_4_1_network_performance_values() from
# process_perfdata.pm. Not needed in ESX version 5 and above.
# Affected subroutine:
# host_net_info().
# - Bug fixed in generic_performance_values(). Unfortunaltely I had moved
# my @values = () to main function. Therefore instead of containing a
# new array reference with each run the new references were added to the array
# but only the first one was processed. Thanks to Timo Weber for discovering this bug.
#
# - 20 Nov 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.11
# - check_state(). Bugfix. Logical error. Complete rewrite.
# - host_net_info()
# - Minor bugfix. Added exit 2 in case of unallowed thresholds
# - Simplified the output. Instead of doing it for every subselect (or not
# if subselect=all for selecting all info) we have a new helper variable
# called $true_sub_sel.
# 0 means not a true subselect.
# 1 means a true subselect (including all)
# - host_runtime_info().
# - Filtered out the sensor type "software components". Makes no sense for alerting.
# - The complete else tree (no subselect) was scrap due to the fact that the return code
# was always ok. There would never be any alarm. Kicked out.
# - The else tree was replaced by a $subselect=all as in host_net_info().
# - Same for output.
# - subselect listvms.
# - The (OK) in the output was a hardcoded. Replaced by the deliverd value (UP). (in my oipinion senseless)
# - Removed perfdata. The number of virtual machines as perfdata doesn't
# make so much sense.
# - Rearranged the order of subselects. Must be the same as the statements
# in the kicked out else sequence to get the same order in output
# - connection state.
#
# From the docs:
# connected Connected to the server. For ESX Server, this is always
# the setting.
# disconnected The user has explicitly taken the host down. VirtualCenter
# does not expect to receive heartbeats from the host. The
# next time a heartbeat is received, the host is moved to
# the connected state again and an event is logged.
# notResponding VirtualCenter is not receiving heartbeats from the server
# . The state automatically changes to connected once
# heartbeats are received again. This state is typically
# used to trigger an alarm on the host.
#
# In the past the presset of returncode was 2. It was set to 0 in case of a
# connected. But disconnected doesn' mean a critical error. It means main-
# tenance or somesting like that. Therefore we now return a 1 for warning.
# notResonding will cause a 2 for critical.
# - Kicked out maintenance info in runtime summary and as subselect. In the beginning of
# the function is a check for maintenance. In the original program in this case
# the program will be left with a die which caused a red alert in Nagios. Now an info
# is displayed and a return code of 1 (warning) is deliverd because a maintenance is
# regular work. Although monitoring should take notice of it. Therefore a warning.
# Therefor the maintenence check in the else tree was scrap. It was never reached.
# - listvms
# In case of no VMs the plugin returned a critical. But this is not correct. No VMs
# on a host is not an error. It is simply what it says: No VMs.
# - Replaced --listitems and --listall with --listsensors because there were two options
# for the same use.
# - Later on I decided to kick out the complete sensorname construction. To monitor a seperate sensor
# by name (a string which ist different for each sensor) seems not to make so much sense. To monitor
# sensors by type gave no usefull information (exept temperature which is still monitored. All usefull
# informations are in the health section. Better to implement some out here if needed.
# renamed -s temperature to -s temp (because I am lazy).
# - Changed output of --listsensors. | is the seperation symbol for performance data. So it should not be
# used in output strings.
# - Same for the error output of sensors in case of a problem.
# - subselect=health. Filter out sensors which have not valid data. Often a sensor is
# reckognizedby vmware but has not the ability to report something senseful. In this
# case an unknown is reported and the message "Cannot report on the current health state of
# the element". This it can be skipped.
# - Bugfix for vm_net_info(). It worked perfectly for -H but produced bullshit with the -D option.
# With -D in PerfQuerySpec->new(...) intervalId and maxSample must be set. Default was 20 for intervalId
# and 1 for maxSample
# - datastore_volumes_info()
# - New option --gigabyte
# - Fixed bug for treating name as regexp (--isregexp).
# - Fixed bug in perfdata (%:MB). Is now MB or GB.
# - If no single volume is selected warning/critical threshold can be given
# only in percent.
# - Fixed bug in regexp for blacklists and whitelists and replace --blacklistregexp and --whitelistregexp with
# --isregexp. Used in
# - host_mounted_media_info()
# - datastore_volumes_info()
# - host_runtime_info()
# All subroutines revised later will include it automatically
# - Fixed bug in regexp for blacklists and whitelists and replace --blacklistregexp and --whitelistregexp with
# - Opposite to the op5 original blacklists and whitelists can now contain true reular expressions.
# - help.pm rewritten. It was too much output. Now the user has several choices:
# -h|--help=<all> The complete help for all.
# -h|--help=<dc|datacenter|vcenter> Help for datacenter/vcenter checks.
# -h|--help=<host> Help for vmware host checks.
# -h|--help=<vm> Help for virtual machines checks.
# -h|--help=<cluster> Help for cluster checks.
# - host_service_info() rewritten.
# - No longer a list of services via subselect.
# - Instead full blacklist/whitelist support
# - With --isregexp blacklist/whitelist items are interpreted as regular expressions
# - Changed switch of blacklist from -x to -B
# - Changed switch of whitelist from -y to -W
# - main_select(). Something for the scatterbrained of us. Replaced string compare (eq,ne etc.) with
# a regexp pattern matching. So it is possible to type in services or Services instead of service.
#
# - 29 Nov 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.13
# - In all functions checking host for maintenance we had the following contruction:
#
# if (uc($host_view->get_property('runtime.inMaintenanceMode')) eq "TRUE")
#
# This is quite stupid. runtime.inMaintenanceMode is xsd:boolean wich means true or false (in
# lower cas letters. So a uc() make no sense. Removed
#
# - Bypass SSL certificate validation - thanks Robert Karliczek for the hint
# - Added --sslport if any port other port than 443 is wanted. 443 is used as default.
# - Rewritten authorization part. Sessionfiles are working now.
# - Updated README.
#
# - 03 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.14
# - host_runtime_info()
# - Fixed minor bug. In case of an unknown with sensors the unknown was always mapped to
# a warning. This wasn't sensefull under all circumstances. Now it is only mapped to warning
# if --ignoreunknow is not set.
# - README
# - Updated installation notes
# - Optional pathname for sessionfile
#
# - 10 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.15
# - datastore_volumes_info()
# - Changed "For all volumes" to "For all selected volumes". This should fit all. The subroutine datastore_volumes_info
# is called from several subroutines and to make a difference here for a single volume or more volumes will cause
# a lot of unnecessary work just for cosmetics.
# - Fixed typo in error message.
# - Modified error messages
# - Removed plausibility check whether critical must be greater than warning. In case of freespace for example it must
# be the other way round. The plausibility check was nice but too complicated for all the different conditions.
# - check_against_threshold() - Cleaned up and partially rewritten.
#
# - 12 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.16
# - datastore_volumes_info()
# - Some small fixes
# - Changed the output for OK from "For all selected volumes" to "OK for all seleted volumes."
# - Same for error plus an error counter for the alarms
# - Parameter usedspace was ignored on volume checks because a local variable defined with my instead of a more global
# one. Changed it from my to our fixed it. Thanks to dgoetz for reporting (and fixing) this.
# - Capacity is now displayed and deliverd as perfdata
# - Main selection - GetOptions. Unce upon a time I had kicked out $timeout unintended. Fixed now. Thanks to
# Andreas Daubner for the hint.
#
# - 12 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.17
# - host_net_info()
# - Changed output
# - Added total number of NICs
#
# - 13 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.8.18
# - host_mounted_media()
# - Delivers now a warning instead of a critical
#
# - 25 Dec 2013 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.0
# - help()
# - Removed -v/--verbose. The code was not debugging the plugin but not for working with it.
# - host_storage_info()
# - Removed optional switch for adaptermodel. Displaying the adapter model is default now.
# - Removed upper case conversion for status. The status was converted (for examplele online to ONLINE) and
# compared with a upper case string like "ONLINE". Sensefull like a second asshole.
# - Added working blacklist/whitelist.
# - Blacklist: blacklisted adapters will not be displayed.
# - Whitelist: only whitelisted adapters will be displayed.
# - Removed perfdata for the number of hostbusadapters. These perfdata was absolutely senseless.
# - Status for hostbusadapters was not checked correctly. The check was only done for online and unknown but NOT(!!)
# for offline and unbound.
# - LUN states were not correct. UNKNOWN is not a valid state. Not all states different from unknown are
# supposed to be critical. From the docs:
#
# degraded One or more paths to the LUN are down, but I/O is still possible. Further
# path failures may result in lost connectivity.
# error The LUN is dead and/or not reachable.
# lostCommunication No more paths are available to the LUN.
# off The LUN is off.
# ok The LUN is on and available.
# quiesced The LUN is inactive.
# timeout All Paths have been down for the timeout condition determined by a
# user-configurable host advanced option.
# unknownState The LUN state is unknown.
#
# - Removed number of LUNs as perfdata. Senseless (again).
# - In the original selection for the displayed LUN the displayName was used first, then the deviceName and
# the last one was the canonical name. Unfortunately in the GUI SCSI ID, canonical name an runtime name is
# displayed. So using the freely configurable DisplayName is senseless. The device name is formed from the
# path (/vmfs/devices/disks/) followed by the canonical name. So it is either senseless.
# - The real numeric LUN number wasn'nt display. Fixed. Output is now LUN, canonical name, everything from
# the display name not equal canonical name and status.
# - Complete rewrite of the paths part. Only the state of the multipath was checked but not the state of the
# paths. So a multipath can be "Active" which is ok but the second line is dead. So if the active path becomes
# dead the failover won't work.There must be an alarm for a standby path too. It is now grouped in the output.
# - Multiline support for this.
#
# - 03 Jan 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.1
# - check_vmware_esx.pl
# Added new flag --ignore_warning. This will map a warning to ok.
# - host_runtime_info() - some minor changes
# - Changed state to powerstate. In the original version the power state was mapped:
# poweredOn => UP
# poweredOff => DOWN
# suspended => SUSPENDED
# This suggested a machine state but it is only a powerstate. All other than UP caused a critical. But this is
# not true. A power off machine can also be ok. But to be sure that it is noticed we will have a warning for
# powerd off and suspended
# - Perfdata changed.
# - vm_up -> vm_powerdon
# - New: vm_poweroff
# - New: vm_suspended
# - vm_runtime_info() -> vm_runtime_info.pm
# - Removed a lot of unnecessary variables and hashes. Rewritten a lot.
# - Connection state. Only "connected" was checked. All other caused a critical error without a usefull message.
# This wa a little bit incomplete. Corrected. States delivered from VMware are connected, disconnected,
# inaccessible, invalid and orphaned.
# - Removed cpu. VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo maxCpuUsage (in Mhz) doesn't make so much sense for monitoring/alerting.
# See VMware docs for further information for this performance counter.
# - Removed mem. VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo maxMemoryUsage doesn't make so much sense for monitoring/alerting.
# See VMware docs for further information for this performance counter.
# - Changed state to powerstate. In the original version the power state was mapped:
# poweredOn => UP
# poweredOff => DOWN
# suspended => SUSPENDED
# This suggested a machine state but it is only a powerstate. All other than UP caused a critical. But this is
# not true. A power off machine can also be ok. But to be sure that it is noticed we will have a warning for
# powerd off and suspended
# - Changed guest to gueststate. This is more descriptive.
# Removed mapping in guest state. Mapping was "running" => "Running", "notrunning" => "Not running",
# "shuttingdown" => "Shutting down", "resetting" => "Resetting", "standby" => "Standby", "unknown" => "Unknown".
# This was not necessary from a technical point of view. The original messages are clearly understandable.
# - The guest states were not interpreted correctly. In check_vmware_api.pl all states different from running
# caused a "Critical" error. But this is nonsense. A planned shutted down machine is not an error. It's daily
# business. But the operator should probably have a notice of that. So it causing a "Warning".
#
# The states are (from the docs):
# running -> Guest is running normally. (returns 0)
# shuttingdown -> Guest has a pending shutdown command. (returns 1)
# resetting -> Guest has a pending reset command. (returns 1)
# standby -> Guest has a pending standby command. (returns 1)
# notrunning -> Guest is not running. (returns 1)
# unknown -> Guest information is not available. (returns 3)
#
# - Rewritten subselect tools. VirtualMachineToolsStatus was deprecated. As of vSphere API 4.0
# VirtualMachineToolsVersionStatus and VirtualMachineToolsRunningStatus
# has to be used. So a great part of this subselect was not working.
# - vm_disk_io_info()
# - Minor bug in output and perfdata corrected. I/O is not in MB but in MB/s. Some
# of the counters were in MB.
# - Corrected help. The original on was nonsense.
# - Changed all values to KB/s because so it is equal to host disk I/O and so it
# it is deleverd from the API.
# - help()
# - Some small bug fixes.
# - host_disk_io_info()
# - added total_latency.
#
# - 08 Jan 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.2
# - help()
# - Some small bug fixes.
# - vm_disk_io_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - host_disk_io_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - Bug fix. Usage was given without subselect but missing as subselect. Not
# detected earlier due to the duplicate code.
# - host_cpu_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - Added usage as subselect.
# - vm_cpu_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - Added usage as subselect.
# - host_mem_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - swapused
# - I swapused is a subselect there should be enhanced information about
# the virtual machines and should be available. If this won't work
# nothing will happen. In the past this caused a critical error which
# is nonsense here.
# - memctl
# - Same as swapused
# - vm_mem_info()
# - Removed duplicated code. (if subselect ..... else ....)
# The code was 90% identical.
# - Added vmmemctl.average (memctl) to monitor balloning.
#
# - 16 Jan 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.3
# - All modules
# - Corrected typo at the end. common instead of commen
# - host_storage_info()
# - Removed ignored counter for whitelisted items. A typical copy and paste
# b...shit.
# - vm_runtime_info()
# - issues
# - Some bugs with the output. Corrected.
# - tools
# - Minor bug fixed. Previously used variable was not removed.
# - host_runtime_info()
# - issues.
# - Some bugs with the output. Corrected.
# - listvms
# - output now sorted by powerstate (suspended, poweredoff, powerdon)
# - Corrected some minor bugs
# - dc_list_vm_volumes_info()
# - Removed handing over of unnecessary parameters
# - dc_runtime_info() -> dc_runtime_info.pm
# - Code cleaned up and reformated
# - listvms
# - output now sorted by powerstate (suspended, poweredoff, powerdon)
# - Added working blacklist/whitelist with the ability to use regular
# expressions
# - Added --alertonly here
# - Added --multiline here
# - listhosts
# - %host_state_strings was mostly nonsense. The mapped poser states from
# for virtual machines were used. Hash removed. Using now the orginal
# power states from the system (from the docs):
# - poweredOff -> The host was specifically powered off by the user
# through VirtualCenter. This state is not a certain
# state, because after VirtualCenter issues the command
# to power off the host, the host might crash, or kill
# all the processes but fail to power off.
# - poweredOn -> The host is powered on
# - standBy -> The host was specifically put in standby mode, either
# explicitly by the user, or automatically by DPM. This
# state is not a cetain state, because after VirtualCenter
# issues the command to put the host in stand-by state,
# the host might crash, or kill all the processes but fail
# to power off.
# - unknown -> If the host is disconnected, or notResponding, we can
# not possibly have knowledge of its power state. Hence,
# the host is marked as unknown.
# - Added working blacklist/whitelist with the ability to use regular
# expressions
# - Added --alertonly here
# - Added --multiline here
# - listcluster
# - Removed senseless perf data
# - More detailed check than before
# - Added working blacklist/whitelist with the ability to use regular
# expressions
# - Added --alertonly here
# - Added --multiline here
# - status
# - Rewritten and reformatted
# - tools
# - Rewritten and reformatted
# - Improved more detailed output.
# expressions
# - Added --alertonly here
# - Added --multiline here
#
# - 24 Jan 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.4
# - Merged pull request from Sven Nierlein
# - Modified hel to work with Thruk
# - Added Makefile. This is optional. Calling it generates a single file
# from all the modules. Maybe it is a little bit slower than the modules.
# The readon for modules was speed and better maintenance.
# - host_runtime_info()
# - Added quotes in perfdata for temp.
# - Enhanced README. Explained the differences un host_storage_info() between
# the original one and this one
# - host_net_info()
# - Minor bugfix in output. Corrected typo.
#
# - 29 Jan 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.5
# - host_runtime_info()
# - Minor bug. Corrected quotes in perfdata for temp.
# - vm_net_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - Removed VM name from output
# - vm_mem_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - vm_disk_io_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - vm_cpu_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - host_net_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - host_mem_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - host_disk_io_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - host_cpu_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - dc_runtime_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
# - datastore_volumes_info()
# - Quotes in perfdata
#
# - 04 Feb 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.6
# - host_storage_info()
# - New switch --standbyok for storage systems where a standby multipath is ok
# and not a warning
#
# - 06 Feb 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.7
# - Bugfixes/Enhancements
# - In some cases it might happen that no performance counters are delivered
# by VMware. Especially if the version is old (4.x, 3.x). Under these
# circumstances an undef was returned by the routines from process_perfdata.pm
# and not handled correctly in the calling subroutines. Fixed.
# Affected subroutines:
# - host_cpu_info()
# - vm_net_info()
# - vm_mem_info()
# - vm_net_info()
# - vm_disk_io_info()
# - vm_cpu_info()
# - host_net_info()
# - host_mem_info()
# - host_disk_io_info()
# - vm_net_info()
# - Rewritten to the same structure as similar modules
# - host_net_info()
# - Rewritten to the same structure as similar modules
#
# - 24 Feb 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.8
# - Corrected a type in the help()
# - Moved the block for constructing the full path of the sessionfile downward to the authentication
# stuff to have all in one place.
# - Authentication:
# - To reduce amounts of login/logout events in the vShpere logfiles or a lot of open sessions using
# sessionfiles the login part has been rewritten. Using session files is now the default. Only one
# session file per host or vCenter is used as default
#
# The sessionfile name is automatically set to the vSphere host or the vCenter (IP or name - whatever
# is used in the check).
#
# Multiple sessions are possible using different session file names. To form different session file
# names the default name is enhenced by the value you set with --sessionfile.
#
# NOTICE! All checks using the same session are serialized. So a lot of checks using only one session
# can cause timeouts. In this case you should enhence the number of sessions by using --sessionfile
# in the command definition and define the value in the service definition command as an extra argument
# so it can be used in the command definition as $ARGn$.
# - --sessionfile is now optional and only used to enhance the sessionfile name to have multiple sessions.
# - If a session logs in it sets a lock file (sessionfilename_locked).
# - The lock file is been set when the session starts and removed at the end of the plugin run.
# - A newly started check looks for the lock file and waits until it is no longer there. So here we
# have a serialization now. It will not hang forever due to the alarm routine.
# - Fixed bug "Can't call method "unset_logout_on_disconnect"". I mixed object orientated code and classical
# code. (Thanks copy & paste for this bug)
# - $timeout set to 40 seconds instead of 30 to have a little longer waiting before automatic cancelling
# the check to prevent unwanted cancelling due to longer waiting caused by serialization.
#
# - 25 Feb 2014 M.Fuerstenau version 0.9.9
# - Bugfix and improvement for "lost" lock files. In case of a Nagios reload (or kill -HUP) Nagios is restarted with the
# same PID as before. Unfortunately Nagios sends a SIGINT or SIGTERM to the plugins. This causes the plugin
# to terminate without removing the lockfile.
# - So we have to catch several signals now
# - SIGINT and SIGTERM. One of this will be send from Nagios
# - SIGALRM. Caused by alarm(). Now with output usable in Nagios.
# - Instead of generating an empty file as lock file we write the process identifier of the running plugin