The VMWare vSan Extension allows you to remotely connect metrics about your vSan datastores.

We collect the metrics:

• vSan – Capacity (per Datastore)
• vSan - Free Space (per Datastore)
• vSan - Used % (per Datastore)
• vSan – Hosts (per Datastore)
• vSan - Datastore Health (per Datastore)
• vSan - Host Health (per Host per Datastore)

Requirements

• VMware vCenter 6.X
• Linux or Windows Environment ActiveGate
• Connectivity from the ActiveGate to vSphere
• A user in vSphere capable of listing Datastores

The Extension must be installed both on an ActiveGate and on the Dynatrace Cluster. See Deploy an extension in our full documentation for more details.

1. Install the Extension on an Environment ActiveGate

Extract the extension zip file to the plugin_deployment folder at the root of the remote plugin module.

Linux:

• A default installation can be done with the following command: unzip -o -d /opt/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/plugin_deployment custom.remote.python.vmware_vsan.zip
• Adjust the path if the Activegate was installed somewhere other than /opt/dynatrace

Windows:

• Unzip the Extension to: %PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule\plugin_deployment
• Adjust the path if the Activegate was installed somewhere other than %PROGRAMFILES%\dynatrace

2. Upload the Extension to the Dynatrace Cluster via UI in the browser

Upload the same extension zip file to your tenant. The Extension configuration and upload UI is located at:

Settings > Monitored technologies > Custom extensions > Upload extension

Create a new endpoint on the same screen, by clicking on the extension name (VMWare vSan):

• Endpoint name: A name for organization purposes on the Dynatrace interface
• vSphere Host: The hostname or IP Address of the vSphere server
• vSphere Port (Optional): The port, if not specified, 443 will be used
• vSphere Username
• vSphere Password
• Device Name (Optional): This is the name of the Custom Device Dynatrace will create, if not specified, vSan@hostname will be used
• Device Group (Optional): This is the group name of this device. If not specified “VMware vSan” will be used.

1. What is the licensing cost of this extension?

This extension consumes DDUs, the formula is:

(5 * <number_of_datastores>  + <number_of_hosts> * <number_of_datastores>) * 525.6

DDUs/year.

Example, an vsphere with 20 datastores and 3 datastore hosts would consume:

5 * 20 + 3 * 20 * 525.6 = 31.6k DDUs/year