VMware Monitoring Tools

[Brandon7a]

What are the best free VMware monitoring tools available? I'm also looking for any great monitoring tools that also cost money.

Thanks

[espi3030]

Not sure about free ones, but I have demo'd veeam and they are GREAT!

[nsolop]

What do you need to minitor?

Saludos/Regards

Nicolas Solop

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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[Brandon7a]

I would like something a little bit better then the virtual client when it comes to monitoring my VM's and ESX servers. We are a small company. We have 4 ESX and about 20 VM's.

[nsolop]

Have you seen zenoss core? With a little bit of work you can get a fully functional monitoring system for your ESX Servers and your virtual servers.

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Saludos/Regards

Nicolas Solop

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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[Brandon7a]

I would like something simple that does a little bit better job at monitoring then the virtual client.

[krik011]

Solarwinds VM Monitor is a decent free product.

http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/vm_monitor.aspx

[Brandon7a]

Solarwinds only allows you to monitor one ESX server.

[krik011]

PM me for help on that.

[Brandon7a]

I'm looking for something more then SolarWinds. I would like to see real time graphs etc..

[krik011]

Free is limited what it sounds like you are looking for is done best with VirtualCenter.

[jbruelasdgo · Accepted solution]

the best free tool to monitor is Veeam Monitor Free edition ( http://www.veeam.com/esxi-monitoring-free.html)

if you have the budget, Veeam Monitor (http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esx-monitoring.html) does a pretty good job

other options are:

Vizioncore vFoglight ( http://www.vizioncore.com/products/vFoglight/)

eG VM Monitor (http://www.eginnovations.com/web/vmware.htm)

vKernel Capacity Analyzer (http://www.vkernel.com/products/CapacityAnalyzer/)

obviously, you cannot miss VMware AppSpeed (http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-appspeed/) and VMware vCenter (http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-server/index.html) which combined do a terrific job in monitoring and solving performance issues

and the hardware companies (HP,DELL, IBM, etc) have very good tools that integrate very good with VMware

I hope this gives you a good idea

Jose B Ruelas

http://aservir.wordpress.com

[bulletprooffool]

For free tools . .

I'd suggest checking out Cacti and also look at what Spiceworks have to offer.