Template Microsoft Hyper-V

Template Microsoft Hyper-V

Features

• Monitoring and LLD: Guest/Root CPU, RAM, Ratio CPU/RAM, Host Virtual Network adapters and switches, Virtual machine storage and network
• Inventory: count VM, states, health
• Screen System performance: CPU, Memory, Networks, VHDX
• Independent OS language
• Setting configuring by User Macros
• You can analyzing all performance data overall host and virtual machines

Requirements

• Hyper-V: Windows server 2008 R2 or higher
• PowerShell 3

Install

1. On the server, import the template XML file using the Zabbix Templates Import feature (Administration > Proxies > Create proxy)

2. On the server, create Host and set Template

3. On the client, enter in C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent and create 2 directories:

• \scripts\
  • Then copy the .ps1 file here
• \zabbix_agentd\
  • Then copy the .conf file here

At the end you should have:

• C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\scripts\hyperv_host.ps1
• C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\zabbix_agentd\hyperv_host.conf

4. On the client, add these lines to your zabbix_agentd.conf:

Include=C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\*.conf  
UnsafeUserParameters=1  
Timeout=10

5. Restart Zabbix Agent
6. All triggers you may change through user macros in host

Post about this template

https://itmicus.ru/news/monitoring-microsoft-hyper-v-zabbix/

Articles for understanding how monitoring Hyper-V

WMI

http://wutils.com/wmi/root/cimv2/win32_perfrawdata/

Main concept get from this blog

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/tvoellm/2009/04/22/monitoring-hyper-v-performance/

CPU

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/neales/2016/10/24/hyper-v-performance-cpu/

Memory

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/neales/2016/11/22/hyper-v-performance-memory/

Perf

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/performance-tuning/role/hyper-v-server/detecting-virtualized-environment-bottlenecks