PRTG-VMware-Diskspace

Project Owner:

Jannos-443

Project Details

VMWare VM disk space monitoring

Using VMware PowerCLI this Script checks disk space of every VM.

Exceptions can be made within this script by changing the variable $IgnoreScript. This way, the change applies to all PRTG sensors based on this script. If exceptions have to be made on a per sensor level, the script parameter $IgnorePattern can be used.

HOW TO

1. Make sure the VMware PowerCLI Module exists on the Probe under the Powershell Module Path

   • C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Core

2. Place PRTG-VMware-Snapshot-Age.ps1 under C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXEXML

3. Create new Sensor

   Settings	Value
   EXE/Script Advanced	PRTG-VMware-DiskSpace.ps1
   Parameters	-ViServer 'yourVCenter' -User 'yourUser' -Password 'yourPassword'
   Scanning Interval	30 minutes

4. Set the "$IgnorePattern" or "$IgnoreScript" parameter to Exclude VM disks

Examples

Example Call:

PRTG-VMware-Snapshot.ps1 -ViServer '%VCenter%' -User '%Username%' -Password '%PW%' -IgnorePattern '^(FileSVR1:C:\\)$'

Double \ is needed because you have to escaped the \ in C:\

Example1:
exclude "C:\" from the VM "FileSVR1"
-IgnorePattern '^(FileSVR1:C:\\)$'

Example2:
exclude "C:\" from the VM "FileSVR1" and "/" (root) from a linux VM "LinuxVM"
-IgnorePattern '^(FileSVR1:C:\\|LinuxVM:/)$'

Example3:
example2 and exlude all disk from VM "TestSVR23"
-IgnorePattern '^(FileSVR1:C:\\|LinuxVM:/|TestSVR23.*)$'

Example Output:

VM exceptions

For more information about regular expressions in PowerShell, visit Microsoft Docs.

".+" is one or more charakters ".*" is zero or more charakters