check_vmware_api.pl runtime health reports alert

[joschi99]

HW situation:

• 2 x HP DL 380 (same hardware) in one vmware cluster (vsphere 1 + vsphere 2)
• 1 x HP DL 180 as standalone vmware server (vsphere 3)

SW situation:

• Osiris 2.1
• check_vmware_api.pl

vSphere situation:

• vCenter 5.5
• ESXi 5.1

The command is launched with the following parameters:

./check_vmware_api.pl -D vcenter55 -H vsphere1 -u osiris -p <password> -l runtime -s health -o listitems

On server vsphere 1 the command returns no alerts On server vsphere 2 & vsphere3 the command returns 1 alert, but if you look the listitems every position will be ok and also and the vCenter will not report any error.

[joschi99]

The plugin in use is the latest version from op5. I reported the problem to the op5 mailling list, because the ticketing system is open only for commercial op5 users.

http://lists.op5.com/pipermail/op5-users/2015-September/013188.html

[joschi99]

Reply from Mattias Bergsten (OP5)

This is a problem on the VMware side. Google for VMware Rollup Health State and you'll find a number of KB articles about it.

/m

[joschi99]

After a restart of the ESXi servers it seem's that everything works correct.