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What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

rehan_asad — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:38:55 GMT

Hello,

What type of Dynatrace agent I need to install on my ESXi 6.5 host server? Host OS is as follows:

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

rehan_asad — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:45:09 GMT

Added screen shot for OS version info.

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

Joe_Hoffman — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:25:32 GMT

Dynatrace OneAgent is supported on Linux, Windows, and AIX.

A complete list of OS versions is available on our help page: https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/section-technology-support

For ESXi, simply install OneAgent. That's the only thing required to install.

I also recommend you setup optional ESXi metric capturing from your ESXi instance under the VMWare tab in the left menu.

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

rehan_asad — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:09:04 GMT

Hi Joseph,

Installing OneAgent on ESXi host gives me the following error. Any suggestions?

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

ari_polavarapu — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:52:01 GMT

Looks like you don't have root access. You need to root access to be able to install the OneAgent.

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

rehan_asad — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:37:14 GMT

Thanks for the response Ari.

Double confirmed that I am installing OneAgent as root. You can also see in the screenshot I am logged in as root. So not installing as a root is not the issue. Any other guesses friends?

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

Karolina_Ruszko — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:42:15 GMT

Hello Rehan,

ESXi host monitoring is achieved through integration with vCenter server rather than OneAgent installation. Here are some details on Dynatrace integration with VMware:

https://help.dynatrace.com/infrastructure-monitoring/virtual-machines/where-can-i-view-virtualization-monitoring-data/

And instructions how to configure it (section: "Connect to your VMware platform"):

https://help.dynatrace.com/infrastructure-monitoring/virtual-machines/how-do-i-set-up-virtualization-monitoring/

Best Regards,

Karolina

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

rehan_asad — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:58:27 GMT

Thanks for the response Karolina.

In an other experiment I installed the OneAgent on vCenter and able to see the ESX hosts but the information is very limited. I am trying to get to the processes/services level details about the ESX hosts by installing the OneAgent on it. Shouldn't I be able to install the OneAgent on ESX 6.5 host? I know it can be tricky since ESX host is running a VMware ESXi software which is different than a simple linux kernal. So any other suggestions?

Re: What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

JamesKitson — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:13:33 GMT

Per an existing support case it seems the issue might be the command it is trying to run "/usr/bin/id" is missing on that server. The root error logging seems to be misleading. That case it still open at the moment so I can't confirm that.