What agent to install on ESXi 6.5 host.

[rehan_asad]

Hello,

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

[rehan_asad]

Added screen shot for OS version info.

[Joe_Hoffman · Accepted solution]

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

A complete list of OS versions is available on our help page: https://help.dynatrace.com/get-started/reference/w...

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.

[rehan_asad]

Hi Joseph,

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

[ari_polavarapu]

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

[rehan_asad]

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?

[JamesKitson]

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.

[Karolina_Ruszko]

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

[rehan_asad]

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?