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Add plugin Vmware vsphere API REST 9.1

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Hello, 

Can you add one plugin for monitoring vsphere 9.1 on API REST ? 
(Actualy it’s impossible to monitor ESXi with the old version)

Thank you 

Fabien.

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ltirand
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  • ltirand
  • Centreonian
  • August 7, 2026

Hello :) 

Could you tell me which version of the connectors you are referring to for managing ESXi? Is it this connector VMware8 ESX REST API?

 

If so, I’d like to discuss this further with you, as we recently spoke to someone at Broadcom who told us that the endpoints used by our REST API connectors have not been deprecated in version 9.1 and that they will remain valid at least until version 10.

In any case, we are planning to release new connectors (again), as the REST API endpoints for version 8 appear to have already been deprecated. To work on this, we would be delighted to speak with VMware 9.1 users so that we can better understand how our connectors could interact with this new version of VMware and, we hope, future versions.

 

Otherwise, our older connector VMware ESX up to version 7 did indeed work with the Perl SDK, which has been deprecated in version 8; so it was, unfortunately, to be expected that they would gradually cease to work as VMware released new versions. Try the REST API connector to see if it works with your VMware 9.1; if it doesn’t, my previous suggestion still stands.

 

I await your reply and hope to be able to work with you on this subject very soon.

Kind regards.

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  • fab_70
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  • August 7, 2026

Hello ​@ltirand 

Thank you for your anwser. 

Yes i have used Vmware 8 ESX API REST in 26.05.0 version.

For Disk-IO for example i have the return :

UNKNOWN: API returned an error of type OPERATION_NOT_FOUND when requesting endpoint'/stats/acq-specs': [Id: vapi.method.input.invalid.interface - Msg: Invalid interface 'com.vmware.vstats.acq_specs' (com.vmware.vstats.acq_specs)]

 

I have tested with the API explorer from vCenter i have the same message. 

If you need it’s possible to help you. 

Kind regards. 

rchauvel
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  • rchauvel
  • Centreonian
  • October 16, 2026

Just a note on 9.1 support:

  • In 9.1, VMware has de-commisioned the vStats API that was used in REST based connectors for VMWare 8 VM and ESX
  • But previous connectors leveraging the SDK (through the Centreon VMware daemon) are still compatible
  • VMWare’s recommendation is to now use the RealMetrics API

The purpose of this idea now becomes releasing connectors that leverage the RealMetrics API.

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