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Werk #2410: ESX / agent_vsphere: Now able to re-use session cookies

Component Checks & agents
Title ESX / agent_vsphere: Now able to re-use session cookies
Date Jul 22, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i3 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The agent_vsphere now reuses the session cookie as long as possible. This prevents large amounts of Logon/Logoff messages in the vCenter log.

Whenever the cookie gets invalid the agent starts from the beginning, carries out a normal login and refreshes the outdated cookie.

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