General Options

option description
-s HOST, --host HOST vSphere service address to connect to
-o PORT, --port PORT Port to connect on
-u USER, --user USER User name to use when connecting to host
-p PASSWORD, --password Password to use when connecting to host, can also be set by env VSPHERE_PASS
-nossl, --disable-ssl-verification Disable ssl host certificate verification
--sessionfile FILE it caches sessionId in FILE to avoid logging in and out so much

Common Options

option description
--vihost VIHOST name of the ESXi Host as seen by the vCenter
--vimtype VIMTYPE the object type to check,
it’s a managed entity like: HostSystem, Datacenter or VirtualMachine
--vimname VIMNAME the name of the ManagedEntity of vimtype
--warning WARNING warning threshold
--critical CRITICAL critical threshold

Environment Variables

var description
CONNECT_NOFAIL if set a connection error exits with status OK
TIMEOUT Global timeout of the plugin in seconds, defaults to 30
VSPHERE_PASS default value for --password option