influxdata/telegraf

[[inputs.vsphere]] to get VM snapshot information

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#16,122 opened on Nov 1, 2024

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Description

Use Case

Currently using [[inputs.vsphere]] to get data from vSphere and output them to influxDB using [[outputs.influxdb_v2]]. Then using Grafana to visualise the data. As far as I can see, currently, no metric(s) get VM snapshot data. This feature request is to see if it's possible to pull VM snapshot information via the [[inputs.vsphere]] plug-in, so this information can be visualised via Grafana.

Expected behavior

VM snapshot data is collected via the [[inputs.vsphere]] plug-in

Actual behavior

Currently this not happening

Additional info

Telegraf version 1.32.1 InfluxDB version 2.7.10 vSphere vCenter version 8.0.2.00200

The request is similar to #7741, but I'm not looking for specific storage usage, only to see if a snapshot exists and the age or the time the snapshot was created.

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Research direction
Study the existing vSphere input plugin in Telegraf (input/vsphere) to understand its metric collection pattern, then extend it to fetch VM snapshot information via the vSphere API. Add new metric fields for snapshot existence and creation time.
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go
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infrastructure
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