About Host Status

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04/29/2011

Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1

You can use the Host Properties dialog box to check the overall status of a host, the status of the agent that is installed on the host, and the status of the virtualization software that is installed on the host. These are important indicators of the operational state of a host.

Note

The host status values do not change in the VMM Administrator Console until the VMM server performs a host refresh, which runs automatically every 30 minutes. You can run a refresh on demand by right-clicking the host and then clicking Refresh.

The following table describes the host status types and values on the Status tab of Host Properties.

Status Type	Status Value and Definition
Overall status	OK—no issues exist with any host status. OK (Limited)—the VMware ESX Server host requires credentials and other security configurations before it can be fully managed by VMM. For more information about providing credentials, see Configuring Security for a Managed VMware Environment (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=145051). For more information about VMware ESX Server host status, see Supported Virtual Machine Actions for ESX Server Hosts. Needs Attention—a problem exists with one or more host statuses. In Maintenance Mode—the host is in maintenance mode. For more information, see About Maintenance Mode.
Connection status	Responding—the VMM server is able to communicate with the agent on the host. Not Responding—the VMM server is unable to communicate with the agent on the host. Access Denied—the agent is no longer associated with the VMM server.
Agent version	Up-to-date—the version of the agent is up to date. Upgrade Available—the version of the agent must be upgraded to match the version of VMM server. Unsupported—the version of the agent is not supported for any VMM functions.
Virtualization service status	Running—the virtualization service is started. Stopped—the virtualization service is stopped.
Virtualization service version	Up-to-date—the version of the virtualization software is up to date. Upgrade Available—the version of the virtualization software must be upgraded to a version supported by VMM. Unsupported—the version of the virtualization software is not supported for any VMM functions.

To view the status of a host

In Hosts view, navigate to the host group that contains the host and then, in the results pane, double-click the host.
In the Host Properties dialog box, click the Status tab.

About Host Status

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