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What VMware product are you using, NAT, Host Only and Bridged are only applicable to VMware Workstation or VMware Player.
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What VMware product are you using, NAT, Host Only and Bridged are only applicable to VMware Workstation or VMware Player.

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We are using VMware vCenter Server version 5.1.0
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We are using VMware vCenter Server version 5.1.0

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Thanks! I completely forgot about the windows firewall. I'm so used to be able to ping linux nodes allowing icmp echo by default.
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Thanks! I completely forgot about the windows firewall. I'm so used to be able to ping linux nodes allowing icmp echo by default.

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Hi Experts,<br />
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I need advice on adding VMs to the monitoring tool (zenoss). <br />
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This current system was already present before i got in the company, and was given the task of adding the VMs to our monitoring tool. <br />
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Problem is that the VMs are inside an vsphere setup and i am unable to ping from the zenoss server to the vms, but the vms are able to ping back to the server. so i am guessing that is behind a nat network.<br />
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any idea on how I can add this to the monitoring tool? <br />
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Thanks in advance EE!
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Hi Experts,

I need advice on adding VMs to the monitoring tool (zenoss). 

This current system was already present before i got in the company, and was given the task of adding the VMs to our monitoring tool. 

Problem is that the VMs are inside an vsphere setup and i am unable to ping from the zenoss server to the vms, but the vms are able to ping back to the server. so i am guessing that is behind a nat network.

any idea on how I can add this to the monitoring tool? 

Thanks in advance EE!

Adding a VM in vsphere to Monitoring Platform

Network Management involves issues that are independent of specific hardware or software, including email policies, upgrade planning, backup scheduling and working with managed service providers for Desktop-As-A-Service (DaaS), Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and the like through the use of tools, coupled with manufacturer standards, best practice guidelines, policies and procedures plus all other relevant documentation. Network management also includes monitoring, alerting and reporting, management reporting, planning for device or service updates, the backup of configurations, the setting of key performance indicators and measures (KPIs/KPMs), associated service level agreements and problem records as part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework.

Network Management

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.