Hi,
i`m running five ESXi5-Hosts with two SANs. Now i wan`t to get these hosts and the SAN into our monitoringsystem, which wouldn`t be a big problem.
Buuut: The esxcli-Command only works on one of these hosts, esxcli always tells me "permission denied". The
Here`s the output from a working one:
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.92 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Mount Point Volume Name UUID Mounted Type Size Free
------------------------------------------------- -------------- ----------------------------------- ------- ------ ------------- -------------
/vmfs/volumes/4f0dbbf9-3265d900-7efb-a0369f00ff01 SAN2Vol1 4f0dbbf9-3265d900-7efb-a0369f00ff01 true VMFS-5 2198754820096 607381356544
/vmfs/volumes/4f0dbc6f-2c8583a4-ecd0-a0369f00ff01 SAN2Vol3 4f0dbc6f-2c8583a4-ecd0-a0369f00ff01 true VMFS-5 2198754820096 230044991488
/vmfs/volumes/4fa92bef-d6a3cbd5-7368-001b21a40315 SAN2Vol5 4fa92bef-d6a3cbd5-7368-001b21a40315 true VMFS-5 2684086124544 1021887643648
/vmfs/volumes/4fa92c42-f7c296db-f8c6-001b21a40315 SAN2Vol6 4fa92c42-f7c296db-f8c6-001b21a40315 true VMFS-5 2713077153792 1226772054016
/vmfs/volumes/4f4e8da8-137f8c40-b93a-00221968b54b DSVol1 4f4e8da8-137f8c40-b93a-00221968b54b true VMFS-5 1491695828992 114039980032
/vmfs/volumes/4f0dbc86-91f7904c-cf97-a0369f00ff01 SAN2Vol4 4f0dbc86-91f7904c-cf97-a0369f00ff01 true VMFS-5 1498675150848 326670221312
/vmfs/volumes/4f0dbc18-a16dc0a4-f65f-a0369f00ff01 SAN2Vol2 4f0dbc18-a16dc0a4-f65f-a0369f00ff01 true VMFS-5 2198754820096 466522996736
/vmfs/volumes/4f4e8db1-616187d2-b1bf-00221968b54b 4f4e8db1-616187d2-b1bf-00221968b54b true vfat 4293591040 4261543936
/vmfs/volumes/e9e97077-ad87be23-7f88-984534c6e3b2 e9e97077-ad87be23-7f88-984534c6e3b2 true vfat 261853184 128212992
/vmfs/volumes/ff64a476-939a18ca-2d8b-a1d5b25b5641 ff64a476-939a18ca-2d8b-a1d5b25b5641 true vfat 261853184 123420672
/vmfs/volumes/4f4e8d7a-03dc7620-3afd-00221968b54b 4f4e8d7a-03dc7620-3afd-00221968b54b true vfat 299712512 114843648
And here the output from the other four servers, which don`t work:
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.93 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Connect to 192.168.195.93 failed: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.93 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Connect to 192.168.195.93 failed: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.94 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Connect to 192.168.195.94 failed: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.95 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Connect to 192.168.195.95 failed: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
[root@file trapperscripts]# esxcli -s 192.168.195.96 -u zabbix -p XYZ storage filesystem list
Connect to 192.168.195.96 failed: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
Lockdown-Mode is deactivated on every hosts while the ESXi-Shell-Service is running. My boss and me don`t understand why the command isn`t working 
Here are the versions of VMWare i`m using:
Working server:
- VMWare ESXi, 5.0.0, 504890
The ones which doesn`t work:
- VMWare ESXi, 5.0.0, 768111
- VMWare ESXi,5.0.0, 504890
- VMWare ESXi,5.0.0, 623860
My esxcli is at version 5.1.0
At the tab "Events and Tasks" in my VSphere-Client, i can see that there`s an error-message that looks something like (sorry, my error-messages are in german) this, where 192.168.195.154 is the IP of my client from which the esxcli-request is sent:
User @192.168.195.154 can`t be logged in: Permission denied
I hope anyone can help me 
Thanks in advance,
Thomas Salzberger senior