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This document explains how to Enable Solarwinds VM Monitor for ESX Server

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You must register to download this product.
http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/vm_monitor.aspx
Hardware and Software Versions

Solarwinds VM Monitor ESX Version Supported
1.01.31 3.5.0

SolarWinds manages VMware servers for free:

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1567109569

Prerequisites

Requires VMware ESX 3.5.0

Details

Solarwinds says, "Our free VM Monitor is an ingenious desktop tool that continuously monitors a VMware® ESX Server and its virtual machines. Track virtualization health at-a-glance and ensure your mission-critical apps never fail you. Go ahead, declare victory in the virtualization game and impress your boss and your fellow IT administrators with X-ray vision into your ESX Servers!"

Install Solarwinds VM Monitor on your Windows system.
Open SNMP firewall ports on ESX server you want to monitor
Restart or start snmpd on ESX server
Configure snmpd to run at system startup on ESX server

After installing VM Monitor it will need to be configured to point at your ESX server. This can be by IP address or via DNS name.

Next Task to Perform:

Open SNMP firewall ports:

Next Task to Perform:

Restart or start snmpd on ESX server

Next Task to Perform:

Configure snmpd to run at system startup on ESX server

Execute the following command at the COS terminal:

#/sbin/chkconfig snmpd on

Verify the setting with:
#chkconfig --list | grep snmpd
snmptrapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
Example:
# service snmpd restart
Stopping snmpd: [ OK ]
Starting snmpd: [ OK ]

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