Zenoss VMwareESX Zenpack
February 20th, 2008 | 
Author: Popular open source enterprise monitoring application Zenoss has a package for monitoring VMware ESX servers. Although I have never used Zenoss personally, I have run across several customers over the years who do. Check out Zenoss.com for more info about the application and the Zenpack package for monitoring ESX hosts.
A preconfigured Zenoss installation is available to download as a virtual appliance from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.
Here’s some more info from the web site:
What is Zenoss?
Zenoss provides a complete suite of software and services to help you succeed in monitoring your IT infrastructure. Our software provides a single,
integrated solution for monitoring your entire IT infrastructure – network, servers, applications, across the full lifecycle – inventory, configuration, availability, performance, events.
What is a ZenPack?
A ZenPack is a package that adds new functionality to Zenoss Core and Enterprise. ZenPacks may add any or all of the following:
| Action Rules | Event Classes | Event Commands |
| User Commands | Service Classes | Data Sources |
| Graphs | Perf Templates | Reports |
| Model Extensions | Product Definitions |
A ZenPack may also add new daemons and new UI features.
Here’s the direct link to the ESX Zenpack – Zenoss – ZenPack – VMwareESX – Open Source Application, Server, and Network Management
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