Containers & Virtualization
VMware / ESXi Monitoring
VMware monitoring checks ESXi host and vCenter reachability — the virtualization layer whose failure turns a hundred green VM checks meaningless at once.
vSphere is down means everything on it is down
What it checks
- ESXi/vCenter endpoint reachability
- Management interface responsiveness
- Service availability per host
Set it up
- 1Add a VMware monitor per host or vCenter
- 2Use the agent for management-network coverage
- 3Escalate to virtualization on-call
FAQ
vCenter or per-host?
Both: vCenter covers the control plane, per-host checks catch single-host failures that vCenter reachability hides.
Related check types
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External probes plus internal agents, escalation chains and status pages — free tier, no card required.