Event Reference
This event records that an account was created on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that an account was removed from a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that an account was updated on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.ImportCertEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.ImportCertFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.JoinDomainEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.JoinDomainFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.LeaveDomainEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.LeaveDomainFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AdminPasswordNotChangedEvent
Default password for the Admin user on the host has not been changed.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmAcknowledgedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmActionTriggeredEvent
This event records that an alarm was triggered.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the creation of an alarm.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmEmailCompletedEvent
This event records the completion of an alarm email notification.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to complete an alarm email notification.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmReconfiguredEvent
This event records the reconfiguration of an alarm.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the removal of an alarm.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmScriptCompleteEvent
This event records the completion of an alarm-triggered script.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmScriptFailedEvent
This event records a failure to complete an alarm-triggered script.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmSnmpCompletedEvent
This event records the completion of an alarm SNMP notification.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to complete an alarm SNMP notification.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmStatusChangedEvent
If the alarm status is "yellow" or "red" then the icons in the VI Client will change.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AllVirtualMachinesLicensedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlreadyAuthenticatedSessionEvent
This event records a failed user logon due to the user already being logged on.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event BadUsernameSessionEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CanceledHostOperationEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ChangeOwnerOfFileEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ChangeOwnerOfFileFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ClusterComplianceCheckedEvent
This event records that a compliance check was triggered on the cluster.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a cluster is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a cluster is destroyed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ClusterOvercommittedEvent
This event records when a cluster host capacity cannot satisfy resource configuration constraints.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ClusterReconfiguredEvent
This event records when a cluster is reconfigured.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ClusterStatusChangedEvent
This event records when a cluster overall status changed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.AddLicenseEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.AssignLicenseEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.DLFDownloadFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.LicenseAssignFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.LicenseCapacityExceededEvent
License usage exceeds the license capacity
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.LicenseExpiryEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.LicenseUserThresholdExceededEvent
License User Threshold Exceeded
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.RemoveLicenseEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.UnassignLicenseEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.cim.CIMGroupHealthStateChanged
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdatedVmFilesEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdateVmFilesFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdatingVmFilesEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.dvs.LacpConfigInconsistentEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ft.VmAffectedByDasDisabledEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.guestOperations.GuestOperation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.guestOperations.GuestOperationAuthFailure
Authentication failed for guest operation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.AllHostAddrsPingable
All vSphere HA isolation addresses are reachable by host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.AllIsoAddrsPingable
All vSphere HA isolation addresses are reachable by host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.AnsweredVmLockLostQuestionEvent
Lock-lost question was answered by vSphere HA
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.AnsweredVmTerminatePDLEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.AutoStartDisabled
The automatic Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown feature has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.CannotResetVmWithInaccessibleDatastore
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.ClusterContainsIncompatibleHosts
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.ClusterFailoverActionCompletedEvent
HA completed a failover action
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.ClusterFailoverActionInitiatedEvent
HA initiated a failover action
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasAgentRunningEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasFailoverHostFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasFailoverHostIsolatedEvent
Host has been isolated from cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasFailoverHostPartitionedEvent
Failover Host is in a different network partition than the master
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasFailoverHostUnreachableEvent
The vSphere HA agent on the failover host is not reachable from vCenter Server
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasHostCompleteDatastoreFailureEvent
Host complete datastore failure
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasHostCompleteNetworkFailureEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasHostFailedEvent
A possible host failure has been detected by HA
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasHostIsolatedEvent
Host has been isolated from cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasHostMonitoringDisabledEvent
No virtual machine failover will occur until Host Monitoring is enabled
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasTotalClusterFailureEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.FailedRestartAfterIsolationEvent
Failed to restart VM after isolation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HeartbeatDatastoreChanged
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HeartbeatDatastoreNotSufficient
Number of heartbeat datastores is less than required
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostAgentErrorEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostDasAgentHealthyEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostDasErrorEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostDoesNotSupportVsan
Since VI API 5.55.. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostHasNoIsolationAddrsDefined
Host has no isolation addresses defined as required by vSphere HA
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostHasNoMountedDatastores
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostHasNoSslThumbprint
vSphere HA cannot be configured because its SSL thumbprint has not been verified
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostIncompatibleWithHA
The product version of host is incompatible with HA
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostPartitionedFromMasterEvent
Host is in a different network partition than the master
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostStateChangedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostUnconfiguredWithProtectedVms
Host with protected VMs is disconnected
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostUnconfigureError
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.InvalidMaster
HA Agent on host is an invalid master
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.NotAllHostAddrsPingable
Host HA Agent cannot reach some of the management network addresses of other hosts
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.StartFTSecondaryFailedEvent
Host HA agent failed to start Fault Tolerance secondary VM
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.StartFTSecondarySucceededEvent
Host HA agent successfully started Fault Tolerance secondary VM
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.UserHeartbeatDatastoreRemoved
Datastore is removed from inventory
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VcCannotFindMasterEvent
vCenter Server is unable to find a master vSphere HA Agent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VcConnectedToMasterEvent
vCenter Server is connected to the master vSphere HA Agent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VcDisconnectedFromMasterEvent
vCenter Server is disconnected from the master vSphere HA Agent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VMIsHADisabledIsolationEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VMIsHADisabledRestartEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VmNotProtectedEvent
VM failed to become vSphere HA Protected
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VmProtectedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ha.VmRestartedByHAEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VmUnprotectedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VmUnprotectedOnDiskSpaceFull
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.AutoStartReconfigureFailedEvent
Failed to reconfigure autostart rules for virtual machines
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.clear.vFlashResource.inaccessible
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.clear.vFlashResource.reachthreshold
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.problem.vFlashResource.inaccessible
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.problem.vFlashResource.reachthreshold
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.defaultModuleChangedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.modulesLoadedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.SsdConfigurationFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.VFlashResourceCapacityExtendedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.VFlashResourceConfiguredEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.host.vFlash.VFlashResourceRemovedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.npt.VmAdapterEnteredPassthroughEvent
Virtual NIC entered passthrough mode
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.npt.VmAdapterExitedPassthroughEvent
Virtual NIC exited passthrough mode
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.CloneOvfConsumerStateErrorEvent
Failed to clone extension entity state
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.GetOvfEnvironmentSectionsErrorEvent
Failed to retrieve OVF environment sections from extension
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.PowerOnAfterCloneErrorEvent
Extension has blocked powering on of cloned VM
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.RegisterEntityErrorEvent
Failed to register entity on extension
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.UnregisterEntitiesErrorEvent
Failed to unregister entities on extension
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ovfconsumers.ValidateOstErrorEvent
Failed to validate OVF descriptor on extension
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.profile.AnswerFileExportedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.profile.AnswerFileUpdatedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.rp.ResourcePoolRenamedEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.CanceledDatastoreMaintenanceModeEvent
The datastore maintenance mode operation has been canceled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.ConfiguredStorageDrsOnPodEvent
Storage DRS configured on datastore cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.ConsistencyGroupViolationEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.DatastoreEnteredMaintenanceModeEvent
Datastore has entered maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.DatastoreEnteringMaintenanceModeEvent
Datastore is entering maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.DatastoreExitedMaintenanceModeEvent
Datastore has exited maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.DatastoreInMultipleDatacentersEvent
Datastore cluster has one or more datastores shared across multiple datacenters
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.DatastoreMaintenanceModeErrorsEvent
Datastore encountered errors while entering maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsDisabledEvent
Storage DRS disabled on datastore cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsEnabledEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsInvocationFailedEvent
Storage DRS invocation failed on datastore cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsNewRecommendationPendingEvent
A new storage DRS recommendation has been generated on datastore cluster
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsNotSupportedHostConnectedToPodEvent
Datastore cluster is connected to one or more hosts that do not support storage DRS
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsRecommendationApplied
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsStorageMigrationEvent
VM disks migrated by storage DRS
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StorageDrsStoragePlacementEvent
Storage DRS placed disks of VM on specified datastore
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StoragePodCreatedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StoragePodDestroyedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sioc.NotSupportedHostConnectedToDatastoreEvent
SIOC has detected that a host is running an older version of ESX that does not support SIOC
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.datastore.ComplianceStatusCompliantEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.datastore.ComplianceStatusNonCompliantEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.datastore.ComplianceStatusUnknownEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.LunCapabilityInitEvent
Storage provider system default capability event
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.LunCapabilityMetEvent
Storage provider system capability requirements met
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.LunCapabilityNotMetEvent
Storage provider system capability requirements not met
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.provider.health.event
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.provider.system.event
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.ThinProvisionedLunThresholdClearedEvent
Storage provider thin provisioning capacity threshold reached
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.ThinProvisionedLunThresholdCrossedEvent
Storage provider thin provisioning capacity threshold crossed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.ThinProvisionedLunThresholdInitEvent
Storage provider thin provisioning default capacity event
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.vm.ComplianceStatusCompliantEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.vm.ComplianceStatusNonCompliantEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sms.vm.ComplianceStatusUnknownEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.spbm.ProfileAssociationFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.stats.HostQuickStatesNotUpToDateEvent
Host quick stats is not up-to-date
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VCHealthStateChangedEvent
vCenter Service Overall Health Changed
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.FtDisabledVmTreatAsNonFtEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.FtFailoverEvent
FT Primary VM is going to fail over to Secondary VM due to component failure
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.FtFailoverFailedEvent
FT virtual machine failed to failover to secondary
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.FtSecondaryRestartEvent
HA VM Component Protection is restarting FT secondary virtual machine
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.FtSecondaryRestartFailedEvent
FT Secondary VM failed to restart
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.NeedSecondaryFtVmTreatAsNonFtEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.TestEndEvent
VM Component Protection test ends
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.TestStartEvent
VM Component Protection test starts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VcpNoActionEvent
HA VM Component Protection did not take action on VM
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmDatastoreFailedEvent
Virtual machine lost datastore access
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmNetworkFailedEvent
Virtual machine lost VM network accessibility
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmPowerOffHangEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmRestartEvent
HA VM Component Protection is restarting virtual machine due to component failure
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmRestartFailedEvent
Virtual machine affected by component failure failed to restart
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vcp.VmWaitForCandidateHostEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vm.VmRegisterFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vm.VmStateFailedToRevertToSnapshot
Failed to revert the execution state of the virtual machine to snapshot
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vm.VmStateRevertedToSnapshot
The execution state of the virtual machine has been reverted to the state of snapshot
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vmam.AppMonitoringNotSupported
Application monitoring is not supported
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vmam.VmAppHealthMonitoringStateChangedEvent
Application heartbeat status changed
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vmam.VmAppHealthStateChangedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vmam.VmDasAppHeartbeatFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmCloneFailedInvalidDestinationEvent
Cannon clone a VM to invalid or non-existent destination
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmCloneToResourcePoolFailedEvent
Cannot clone a VM to resource pool
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmDiskConsolidatedEvent
VM disks successfully consolidated
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmDiskConsolidationNeeded
VM disks consolidation is needed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmDiskConsolidationNoLongerNeeded
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.VmDiskFailedToConsolidateEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.DatastoreNoCapacityEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostCommunicationErrorEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostNotInClusterEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostNotInVsanClusterEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostVendorProviderDeregistrationFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostVendorProviderDeregistrationSuccessEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostVendorProviderRegistrationFailedEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.HostVendorProviderRegistrationSuccessEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.NetworkMisConfiguredEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vsan.RogueHostFoundEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.create
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.destroyed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.goalstate
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.statusChanged
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.updated
EAM Agency configuration updated
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.created
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.destroyed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.destroyedNoHost
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.markAgentVmAsAvailableAfterPowerOn
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.markAgentVmAsAvailableAfterProvisioning
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.statusChanged
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.deleteVm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.deployVm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.powerOffVm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.powerOnVm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.vibInstalled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.vibUninstalled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.cannotAccessAgentOVF
Unable to access agent OVF package
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.cannotAccessAgentVib
Unable to access agent VIB module
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.hostInMaintenanceMode
Agent cannot complete an operation since the host is in maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.hostInStandbyMode
Agent cannot complete an operation since the host is in standby mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.hostPoweredOff
Agent cannot complete an operation since the host is powered off
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.incompatibleHostVersion
Agent is not deployed due to incompatible host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.insufficientIpAddresses
Insufficient IP addresses in IP pool in agent VM network
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.insufficientResources
Agent cannot be provisioned due to insufficient resources on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.insufficientSpace
Agent on cannot be provisioned due to insufficient space on datastore
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.missingAgentIpPool
No IP pool in agent VM network
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.missingDvFilterSwitch
dvFilter switch is not configured
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.noAgentVmDatastore
No agent datastore configuration
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.noAgentVmNetwork
No agent network configuration
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.noCustomAgentVmDatastore
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.noCustomAgentVmNetwork
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.orphandedDvFilterSwitch
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.orphanedAgency
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.ovfInvalidFormat
OVF used to provision agent has invalid format
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.ovfInvalidProperty
OVF environment has one or more invalid properties
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.resolved
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.unknownAgentVm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibCannotPutHostInMaintenanceMode
Cannot put host into maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibInvalidFormat
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibNotInstalled
VIB module for agent is not installed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibRequiresHostInMaintenanceMode
Host must be put into maintenance mode to complete agent VIB installation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibRequiresHostReboot
Host must be rebooted to complete agent VIB installation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibRequiresManualInstallation
VIB requires manual installation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vibRequiresManualUninstallation
VIB requires manual uninstallation
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmCorrupted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmDeployed
Agent VM is provisioned on host when it should be removed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmMarkedAsTemplate
Agent VM is marked as template
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmNotDeployed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmOrphaned
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmPoweredOff
Agent VM is expected to be powered on
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmPoweredOn
Agent VM is expected to be powered off
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmSuspended
Agent VM is expected to be powered on but is suspended
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmWrongFolder
Agent VM is in the wrong VM folder
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmWrongResourcePool
Agent VM is in wrong resource pool
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.login.invalid
Failed login to vSphere ESX Agent Manager
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.login.succeeded
User logged into vSphere ESX Agent Manager
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.logout
User logged out of vSphere ESX Agent Manager by logging out of the vCenter server
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.task.scanForUnknownAgentVmsCompleted
Scan for unknown agent VMs completed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.task.scanForUnknownAgentVmsInitiated
Scan for unknown agent VMs initiated
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.task.setupDvFilter
DvFilter switch is setup on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.task.tearDownDvFilter
DvFilter switch is teared down on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.unauthorized.access
Unauthorized access in vSphere ESX Agent Manager
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.vum.failedtouploadvib
Failed to upload VIB to VMware Update Manager
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.bind.vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.bind.vm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.create.vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.create.vm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.destroy.vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.destroy.vm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.reconfigure.vApp
VSM Dependency reconfigure - vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.reconfigure.vm
VSM Dependency reconfigure - VM
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.unbind.vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.unbind.vm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.update.vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.dependency.update.vm
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.register
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.unregister
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.update
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomFieldDefAddedEvent
This event records the addition of a custom field definition.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a custom field definition event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomFieldDefRemovedEvent
This event records the removal of a custom field definition.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomFieldDefRenamedEvent
This event records the renaming of a custom field definition.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomFieldValueChangedEvent
This event records a change to a custom field value for a particular entity.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
The customization sequence completed unsuccessfully in the guest.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationLinuxIdentityFailed
Failed to set Linux identity. see the log file specified in the event message for more information.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationNetworkSetupFailed
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationStartedEvent
The customization sequence has started in the VM guest.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationSucceeded
The customization sequence completed successfully in the guest.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationSysprepFailed
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CustomizationUnknownFailure
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasAdmissionControlDisabledEvent
This event records when admission control checks have been disabled in a HA cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasAdmissionControlEnabledEvent
This event records when admission control checks have been enabled in a HA cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that vCenter has re-established contact with a primary host in this HA cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasAgentUnavailableEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasClusterIsolatedEvent
This event records that all hosts have been isolated from the network in a HA cluster.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a cluster has been disabled for HA.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a cluster has been enabled for HA.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a host failure has been detected by HA.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatacenterCreatedEvent
This event records when a datacenter object has been created.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatacenterRenamedEvent
This event is generated whenever a datacenter is renamed.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreCapacityIncreasedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreDestroyedEvent
This event records when a datastore is removed from vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreDiscoveredEvent
This event records when a host is added to vCenter and datastores are discovered.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreDuplicatedEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreFileCopiedEvent
This event records copy of a file or directory.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreFileDeletedEvent
This event records deletion of a file or directory.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreFileMovedEvent
This event records move of a file or directory.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreIORMReconfiguredEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastorePrincipalConfigured
This event records that a datastore principal was configured on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreRemovedOnHostEvent
This event records when a datastore is removed from a host but not from vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the renaming of a datastore.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreRenamedOnHostEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when DRS is disabled on a cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when DRS is enabled on a cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsEnteredStandbyModeEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsEnteringStandbyModeEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsExitedStandbyModeEvent
This event records that Distributed Power Management has brought this host out of standby mode.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsExitingStandbyModeEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsExitStandbyModeFailedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsInvocationFailedEvent
This event records DRS invocation failure.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsRecoveredFromFailureEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsResourceConfigureFailedEvent
This event records when resource configuration specification synchronization fails on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsResourceConfigureSyncedEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsRuleComplianceEvent
This event records when a virtual machine comes into compliance with DRS rules
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine violates a DRS rule
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine migration that was recommended by DRS.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine is powered on by DRS.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DuplicateIpDetectedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DVPortgroupCreatedEvent
Distributed virtual port group was created
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DVPortgroupDestroyedEvent
Distributed virtual port group was destroyed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DVPortgroupReconfiguredEvent
Distributed virtual port group was reconfigured
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DVPortgroupRenamedEvent
Distributed virtual port group was renamed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A distributed virtual switch was created
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A distributed virtual switch was destroyed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHealthStatusChangeEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHostBackInSyncEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A host joined the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A host left the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A host has its status or statusDetail updated
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHostWentOutOfSyncEvent
The DVS configuration on the host diverged from that of the Virtual Center Server.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Two distributed virtual switches was merged.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A port is blocked in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A port is connected in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
New ports are created in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Existing ports are deleted in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortDisconnectedEvent
A port is disconnected in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortEnteredPassthruEvent
A port has entered passthrough mode on the distributed virtual switch
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortExitedPassthruEvent
A port has exited passthrough mode on the distributed virtual switch
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortJoinPortgroupEvent
A port was moved into the distributed virtual port group.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortLeavePortgroupEvent
A port was moved out of the distributed virtual port group.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A port of which link status is changed to down in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A port of which link status is changed to up in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortReconfiguredEvent
Existing ports are reconfigured in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortRuntimeChangeEvent
DVS runtime information changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A port is blocked in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortVendorSpecificStateChangeEvent
Vendor specific state changed in the DVS
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A distributed virtual switch was reconfigured.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
A distributed virtual switch was renamed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsUpgradeAvailableEvent
An upgrade for the distributed virtual switch is available.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
The distributed virtual switch was upgraded.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsUpgradeInProgressEvent
An upgrade for the distributed virtual switch is in progress.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsUpgradeRejectedEvent
An upgrade for the distributed virtual switch is rejected.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteredMaintenanceModeEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteredStandbyModeEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteringMaintenanceModeEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteringStandbyModeEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is a general error event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.defaults.factoryrestore
The host has been restored to default factory settings
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.enabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.host.reboot
The host is being rebooted through the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.host.shutdown
The host is being shut down through the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.hostagents.restart
The management agents on the host are being restarted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.login.failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.login.passwd.changed
Login password has been changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.network.factoryrestore
The host has been restored to factory network settings
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.network.restart
A management interface has been restarted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esxcli.host.poweroff
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esxcli.host.restart
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.hostacceptance.changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.install.novalidation
Attempting to install an image profile with validation disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.install.securityalert
SECURITY ALERT: Installing image profile
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.profile.install.successful
Successfully installed image profile
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.profile.update.successful
Successfully updated host to image profile
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.vib.install.successful
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.vib.remove.successful
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.host.maxRegisteredVMsExceeded
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.host.stop.reboot
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.host.stop.shutdown
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.lockdownmode.disabled
Administrator access to the host has been enabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.lockdownmode.enabled
Administrator access to the host has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.maintenancemode.canceled
The host has canceled entering maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.maintenancemode.entered
The host has entered maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.maintenancemode.entering
The host has begun entering maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.maintenancemode.exited
The host has exited maintenance mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.config.changed
Firewall configuration has changed.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.enabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.port.hooked
Port is now protected by Firewall
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.port.removed
Port is no longer protected with Firewall.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.lacp.disable
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.lacp.enable
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.lacp.uplink.connected
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.vdl2.ip.change
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.vdl2.mappingtable.full
Mapping table entries of VDL2 network exhausted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.vdl2.route.change
VDL2 IP interface default route changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.shell.disabled
The ESX command line shell has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.shell.enabled
The ESX command line shell has been enabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.ssh.disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.usb.config.changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.uw.secpolicy.alldomains.level.changed
The enforcement level for all security domains has been changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.uw.secpolicy.domain.level.changed
The enforcement level for security domain has been changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.vmfs.lvm.device.discovered
One or more LVM devices have been discovered
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.vmfs.volume.mounted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.vmfs.volume.umounted
The volume has been safely unmounted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.vsan.clustering.enabled
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.coredump.configured
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.connectivity.restored
Restored network connectivity to port groups
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.dvport.connectivity.restored
Restored Network Connectivity to DVPorts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.dvport.redundancy.restored
Restored Network Redundancy to DVPorts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.lacp.lag.transition.up
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.lacp.uplink.transition.up
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.lacp.uplink.unblocked
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.redundancy.restored
Restored uplink redundancy to port groups
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.net.vmnic.linkstate.up
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.scsi.device.io.latency.improved
Device performance has improved
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.scsi.device.state.on
Device has been turned on administratively
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.scsi.device.state.permanentloss.deviceonline
Device that was permanently inaccessible is now online. No data consistency guarantees
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.storage.apd.exit
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.storage.connectivity.restored
Restored connectivity to storage device
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.storage.redundancy.restored
Restored path redundancy to storage device
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.vsan.clustering.enabled
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.vsan.network.available
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.clear.vsan.vmknic.ready
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.3rdParty.error
A 3rd party component running on ESXi has reported an error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.3rdParty.info
A 3rd party component running on ESXi has reported an info message
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.3rdParty.warning
A 3rd party component running on ESXi has reported a warning
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.memory.error.corrected
A corrected memory error occurred
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.memory.error.fatal
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.memory.error.recoverable
A recoverable memory error occurred
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.pcie.error.corrected
A corrected PCIe error occurred
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.pcie.error.fatal
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.apei.bert.pcie.error.recoverable
A recoverable PCIe error occurred
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.application.core.dumped
An application running on ESXi host has crashed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.coredump.unconfigured
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.amd.mce.dram.disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.intel.ioapic.listing.error
Not all IO-APICs are listed in the DMAR
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.mce.invalid
MCE monitoring will be disabled as an unsupported CPU was detected
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.smp.ht.invalid
Disabling HyperThreading due to invalid configuration
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.smp.ht.numpcpus.max
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.smp.ht.partner.missing
Disabling HyperThreading due to invalid configuration: HT partner is missing from PCPU
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.dhclient.lease.none
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.dhclient.lease.offered.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.dhclient.lease.persistent.none
No working DHCP leases in persistent database
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.esximage.install.error
Image profile could not be installed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.esximage.install.invalidhardware
Host doesn't meet hardware requirements
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.esximage.install.stage.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.hardware.acpi.interrupt.routing.device.invalid
BIOS bug, skipping interrupt routing entry with bad device number
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.hardware.acpi.interrupt.routing.pin.invalid
BIOS bug, skipping interrupt routing entry with bad device pin
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.hardware.ioapic.missing
IOAPIC is missing. Check BIOS settings.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.host.coredump
An unread host kernel core dump has been found
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.hostd.core.dumped
hostd crashed with a core file created
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.iorm.badversion
Host cannot participate in SIOC because of incompatible version number
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.iorm.nonviworkload
External/Uncontrolled workload detected on a datastore
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.migrate.vmotion.default.heap.create.failed
Default migration heap creation failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.migrate.vmotion.server.pending.cnx.listen.socket.shutdown
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.connectivity.lost
Network connectivity lost on vSwitch
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.dvport.connectivity.lost
Network connectivity lost on DVPorts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.dvport.redundancy.degraded
Network Redundancy Degraded on DVPorts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.dvport.redundancy.lost
Network Redundancy Lost on DVPorts
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.e1000.tso6.notsupported
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.fence.port.badfenceid
VMkernel failed to set fenceId
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.fence.resource.limited
Maximum number of fence networks or ports have been reached
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.fence.switch.unavailable
dvSwitch fence property is not set
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.firewall.config.failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.firewall.port.hookfailed
Adding port to Firewall failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.gateway.set.failed
Cannot connect to the specified gateway
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.heap.belowthreshold
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.lag.transition.down
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.peer.noresponse
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.policy.incompatible
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.policy.linkstatus
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.blocked
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.disconnected
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.fail.duplex
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.fail.speed
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.inactive
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.lacp.uplink.transition.down
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.migrate.bindtovmk
Invalid vmknic specified in the ESX configuration
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.migrate.unsupported.latency
High vMotion network latency detected
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.portset.port.full
Maximum number of ports has been reached. Cannot apply for any more free ports.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.portset.port.vlan.invalidid
Invalid VLANID. VLAN ID must be between 0 and 4095.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.proxyswitch.port.unavailable
Virtual NIC connection to switch failed
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.redundancy.degraded
Network redundancy degraded on vSwitch
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.redundancy.lost
Network redundancy lost on vSwitch
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.uplink.mtu.failed
Failed to set MTU on an uplink
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.instance.initialization.fail
VDL2 instance initialization failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.instance.notexist
VDL2 overlay instance is not created on DVS
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.mcastgroup.fail
VDL2 IP interface on vmknic failed to join multicast group
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.network.initialization.fail
VDL2 network initialization failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.port.initialization.fail
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.vmknic.fail
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.vmknic.notexist
VDL2 IP interface does not exist
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vmknic.ip.duplicate
A duplicate IP address was detected on a vmknic interface
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vmnic.linkstate.down
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vmnic.linkstate.flapping
NIC link is unstable. Taking down.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vmnic.watchdog.reset
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.ntpd.clock.correction.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.platform.retire.request
Memory page retirement requested by platform firmware
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.host.exceeded
Number of host physical memory pages that have been selected for retirement exceeds threshold
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.kernel.exceeded
Number of kernel physical memory pages that have been selected for retirement exceeds threshold
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.userclient.exceeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.userprivate.exceeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.usershared.exceeded
Number of shared user physical memory pages that have been selected for retirement exceeds threshold
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.pageretire.selectedmpnthreshold.vmmclient.exceeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.apd.event.descriptor.alloc.failed
No memory to allocate APD (All Paths Down) event subsystem
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.close.failed
Failed to close the device properly
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.detach.failed
Exceeded the number of devices that can be detached, detach failed.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.filter.attach.failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.bad.plugin.type
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.inquiry.failed
Failed to get standard inquiry for device
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.invalid.disk.qfull.value
QFullSampleSize should be bigger than QFullThreshold
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.latency.high
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.qerr.change.config
SCSI ChangeQErrSetting configuration value has been changed. This may cause unexpected behavior.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.qerr.changed
QErr configuration value has been changed. This may cause unexpected behavior.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.is.local.failed
Failed to verify if the device from plugin is a local - not shared - device
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.is.pseudo.failed
Failed to verify if the device from plugin is a pseudo device
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.is.ssd.failed
Failed to verify if the device from plugin is a Solid State Disk device
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.limitreached
The maximum number of supported devices has been reached
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.state.off
Device has been turned off administratively
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.state.permanentloss
Device has been removed or is permanently inaccessible
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.state.permanentloss.noopens
Permanently inaccessible device has no more opens
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.state.permanentloss.pluggedback
Device has been plugged back in after being marked permanently inaccessible
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.state.permanentloss.withreservationheld
Device has been removed or is permanently inaccessible, while holding a reservation.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.thinprov.atquota
Thin Provisioned Device Nearing Capacity
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.scsipath.limitreached
Maximum number of storage paths
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.unsupported.plugin.type
SCSI Device Allocation not supported for plugin type
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.apd.start
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.apd.timeout
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.connectivity.devicepor
Frequent PowerOn Reset Unit Attention of storage device
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.connectivity.lost
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.connectivity.pathpor
Frequent PowerOn Reset Unit Attention of Storage Path
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.connectivity.pathstatechanges
Frequent State Changes of Storage Path
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.discovery.connect.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.discovery.login.error
iSCSI discovery failed. The Discovery target returned a login error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.target.connect.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.target.login.error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.target.permanently.lost
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.redundancy.degraded
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.redundancy.lost
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.syslog.config
System logging is not configured on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.syslog.nonpersistent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vfat.filesystem.full.other
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vfat.filesystem.full.scratch
The host scratch partition, which is the VFAT filesystem, is full
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.visorfs.failure
An operation on the root filesystem has failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.visorfs.inodetable.full
The root filesystem file table is full
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.visorfs.ramdisk.full
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.visorfs.ramdisk.inodetable.full
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vm.kill.unexpected.fault.failure
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vm.kill.unexpected.forcefulPageRetire
The VM contains host physical page which was scheduled for immediate retirement
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vm.kill.unexpected.noSwapResponse
The VM did not respond to swap actions and is forcefully powered off to prevent system instability
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vm.kill.unexpected.vmtrack
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.ats.support.lost
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.error.volume.is.locked
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.extent.offline
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.extent.online
Backing file system came online
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.heartbeat.recovered
Access to volume successfully restored
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.heartbeat.unrecoverable
Volume connectivity lost and subsequent recovery attempts have failed
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.journal.createfailed
No space for journal. Opening volume in read-only metadata mode with limited write support.
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.lock.corruptondisk
Corrupt on-disk lock was detected on volume. Other regions of the volume may be damaged too.
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.mount.connect.failed
Unable to connect to NFS server
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.mount.limit.exceeded
NFS has reached the maximum number of supported volumes
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.server.disconnect
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.server.restored
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.resource.corruptondisk
Corrupt resource metadata region was detected
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.volume.locked
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.remote.failure
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.storage.failure
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.storage.logdir.invalid
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.unexpected
Log daemon has failed for an unexpected reason
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vpxa.core.dumped
Application crashed and a core file may have been created.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.clustering.disabled
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.net.not.ready
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.net.redundancy.lost
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.net.redundancy.reduced
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.no.network.connectivity
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vsan.vmknic.not.ready
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ExitedStandbyModeEvent
This event records that the host is no longer in standby mode.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ExitingStandbyModeEvent
This event records that a host has begun the process of exiting standby mode.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ExitMaintenanceModeEvent
This event records that the host is no longer in maintenance mode.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ExitStandbyModeFailedEvent
This event records that the host failed to exit standby mode.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general error event for a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general information event for a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralHostWarningEvent
This event is the general warning event for a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general user event type.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general error event for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general information event for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is the general warning event for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GhostDvsProxySwitchDetectedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GhostDvsProxySwitchRemovedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GlobalMessageChangedEvent
This event records a change to the global message.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.AppQuiescedDeltaCompletedEvent
Application consistent delta completed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.ConnectionRestoredToHbrServerEvent
Connection to replication server restored for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.DeltaAbortedEvent
Delta aborted for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.DeltaCompletedEvent
Delta completed for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.DeltaStartedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.FailedToStartDeltaEvent
Failed to start delta for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.FailedToStartSyncEvent
Failed to start full sync for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.FSQuiescedDeltaCompletedEvent
File system consistent delta completed for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.InvalidDiskReplicationConfigurationEvent
VM replication configuration is invalid
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.InvalidVmReplicationConfigurationEvent
VM replication configuration is invalid
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.NoConnectionToHbrServerEvent
No connection to replication server
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.NoProgressWithHbrServerEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.QuiesceNotSupported
Quiescing is not supported for VM
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.SyncCompletedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.SyncStartedEvent
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.UnquiescedDeltaCompletedEvent
Delta completed for virtual machine
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.VmReplicationConfigurationChangedEvent
VM replication configuration changed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HealthStatusChangedEvent
Event used to report change in health status of vCenter components.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the addition of a host to vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that adding a host failed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that the administrator permission has been restored.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedAccountFailedEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a failure to set up a management account.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedAlreadyManagedEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedBadCcagentEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedBadUsernameEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedBadVersionEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to an incompatible client version.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedCcagentUpgradeEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to an unspecified condition.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedNetworkErrorEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a network error.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedNoAccessEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to insufficient account privileges.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedNoConnectionEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a host not being present on the network.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedNoLicenseEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a licensing issue.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedNotFoundEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a failure to resolve the host name.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedTimeoutEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a timeout on the connection attempt.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostComplianceCheckedEvent
This event records that a compliance check was triggered on the host.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that host is in compliance.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostConfigAppliedEvent
This event records that a configuration was applied on a host.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a successful host connection. After this event is generated, there will also be a VmConnectedEvent generated for each VM on the host, regardless of the VM power state.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostConnectionLostEvent
This event records the (unexpected) loss of a host connection. This may occur if a ESX system was powered down, for example. After this event is generated, there will also be a VmDisconnectedEvent generated for each VM on the host, regardless of the VM power state.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA has been disabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA is being disabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA has been enabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA has been enabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when there is a HA error on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA on a host returns to normal after an error.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a user requested disconnect of a host. Following this event, there will be a VmDisconnectedEvent generated for each VM on the host, regardless of the VM power state.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
dvPort connected to host changed status
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostEnableAdminFailedEvent
This event records the failure to restore some of the administrator's permissions.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostExtraNetworksEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostGetShortNameFailedEvent
This event records that hostname -s failed or returned a name containing '.'.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostInventoryFullEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostInventoryUnreadableEvent
Event indicating that the virtual machine inventory file on the host is damaged or unreadable.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a change in host IP address.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostIpInconsistentEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostIpToShortNameFailedEvent
This event records that the host IP address could not be resolved to a short name.
Since VI API 2. . For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostIsolationIpPingFailedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostLicenseExpiredEvent
This event records an expired host license.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostLocalPortCreatedEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostMissingNetworksEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostMonitoringStateChangedEvent
This event records when host monitoring state has changed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostNoAvailableNetworksEvent
This event records the fact that a host does not have any available networks for HA communication.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostNoHAEnabledPortGroupsEvent
This event records the fact that a host does not have any HA-enabled port groups.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that host went out of compliance.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostNoRedundantManagementNetworkEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that the host is not a cluster member.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostOvercommittedEvent
This event records when a host capacity cannot satisfy resource configuration constraints.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostPrimaryAgentNotShortNameEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostProfileAppliedEvent
This event records that a Profile application was done on the host.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostReconnectionFailedEvent
This event records a failed attempt to re-establish a host connection.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the removal of a host from vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostShortNameInconsistentEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostShortNameToIpFailedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the shutdown of a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostStatusChangedEvent
This event records when a host overall status changed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to sync up with the vCenter agent on the host.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostUpgradeFailedEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to an installation or upgrade issue.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostUserWorldSwapNotEnabledEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostVnicConnectedToCustomizedDVPortEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a change in a host WWN (World Wide Name).
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a conflict of host WWNs (World Wide Name).
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event IncorrectHostInformationEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is a general information event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event InsufficientFailoverResourcesEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records if the license edition is set to an invalid value.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the expiration of a license.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LicenseNonComplianceEvent
This event records that the inventory is not license compliant.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LicenseRestrictedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LicenseServerAvailableEvent
This event is reported if the LicenseServer was previously unreachable and is now reachable.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LicenseServerUnavailableEvent
This event is reported if the LicenseServer becomes unreachable.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LocalDatastoreCreatedEvent
This event records when a local datastore is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Local Tech Support Mode for the host has been enabled
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LockerMisconfiguredEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LockerReconfiguredEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MigrationHostErrorEvent
This records a migration error that includes the destination host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MigrationHostWarningEvent
This records a migration warning that includes the destination host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MigrationResourceErrorEvent
This records a migration error that includes both the destination host and resource pool.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MigrationResourceWarningEvent
This records a migration warning that includes both the destination host and resource pool.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This records a migration warning.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NASDatastoreCreatedEvent
This event records when a NAS datastore is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failed user logon due to insufficient access permission.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NoDatastoresConfiguredEvent
No datastores have been configured on the host.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NoMaintenanceModeDrsRecommendationForVM
- No other connected host is compatible with this virtual machine.
- None of the other compatible hosts have sufficient resources to satisfy the reservation requirements of this virtual machine.
- Moving to any other host may violate a DRS rule. For example, all other compatible hosts have some incompatible virtual machines running.
- DRS is disabled on this virtual machine.
- This virtual machine was still in the process of migrating into the host going into maintenance mode and was not considered by DRS.
- This virtual machine was in the process of migrating to another host when the host tried to enter maintenance mode.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NonVIWorkloadDetectedOnDatastoreEvent
This event records that non-VI workload is detected on the datastore
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NotEnoughResourcesToStartVmEvent
This event records when the HA does not find sufficient resources to failover a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the creation of a permission.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event PermissionRemovedEvent
This event records the removal of a permission.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event PermissionUpdatedEvent
This event records the update of a permission.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ProfileAssociatedEvent
This event records that a Profile was associated with a managed entity.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that the profile has been edited.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a Profile was created.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ProfileDissociatedEvent
This event records that a Profile was disassociated from a managed entity.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a Profile specific event.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ProfileReferenceHostChangedEvent
This event records that the reference host associated with this profile has changed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a Profile was removed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Remote Tech Support Mode for the host has been enabled
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ResourcePoolCreatedEvent
This event records when a new resource pool is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ResourcePoolDestroyedEvent
This event records when a resource pool is destroyed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ResourcePoolMovedEvent
This event records when a resource pool is moved.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ResourcePoolReconfiguredEvent
This event records when a resource pool configuration is changed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a conflict with a resource pool resource configuration is detected.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the creation of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This class records the removal of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the creation of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskCompletedEvent
This event records the completion of a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskCreatedEvent
This event records the creation of a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskEmailCompletedEvent
This event records the sending of a notification through email for a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskEmailFailedEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a scheduled task. The name of the task is indicated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskFailedEvent
This event records the failure of a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskReconfiguredEvent
This event records the reconfiguration of a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskRemovedEvent
This event records the removal of a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskStartedEvent
This event records when a scheduled task started.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ServerLicenseExpiredEvent
This event records an expired vCenter server license.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ServerStartedSessionEvent
This event records the starting of the vCenter server.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event SessionTerminatedEvent
This event records the termination of a session.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a manually triggered task. The name of the task is indicated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a task is cleaned up because of a timeout.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event TemplateBeingUpgradedEvent
This event records the start of a template upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that the template upgrade succeeded.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event TemplateUpgradeFailedEvent
This event records that the template upgrade failed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event TimedOutHostOperationEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UnlicensedVirtualMachinesEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UnlicensedVirtualMachinesFoundEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UpdatedAgentBeingRestartedEvent
This event records that the agent has been patched and will be restarted.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that the agent has been patched and will be restarted.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UplinkPortMtuNotSupportEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UplinkPortMtuSupportEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UplinkPortVlanTrunkedEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UplinkPortVlanUntrunkedEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a user account membership was added to a group.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UserLogoutSessionEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a user password changed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UserUnassignedFromGroup
This event records that a user account membership was removed from a group.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is a general user event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VcAgentUninstalledEvent
This event records when the vCenter agent on a host is uninstalled.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VcAgentUninstallFailedEvent
This event records when the vCenter agent on a host failed to uninstall.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when the vCenter agent on a host upgraded.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VcAgentUpgradeFailedEvent
This event records when the vCenter agent on a host failed to upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vim.event.LicenseDowngradedEvent
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VimAccountPasswordChangedEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmAcquiredMksTicketEvent
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a user successfully acquiring a ticket
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine was automatically renamed because of a name conflict.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine being cloned.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmBeingClonedNoFolderEvent
This event records a virtual machine being cloned
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine being created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine being deployed from a template.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmBeingHotMigratedEvent
This event records that a virtual machine is being hot-migrated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine is being migrated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine is being relocated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a virtual machine cloning operation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to clone a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records if the configuration file cannot be found.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine was successfully created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDasBeingResetWithScreenshotEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when HA VM Health Monitoring fails to reset a virtual machine after failure.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that HA agents have been updated with the current state of the virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when the vCenter server date rolled back.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a virtual machine deployment operation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to deploy from a template.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
"Disconnection" of the host includes both planned disconnections (indicated by HostDisconnectedEvent) and unplanned disconnections (indicated by HostConnectionLostEvent).
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine discovery.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to create a virtual disk in a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
dvPort connected to VM changed status
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine migration.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event indicates the end of a recording session on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event indicates the end of a replay session on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to migrate a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedRelayoutOnVmfs2DatastoreEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedStartingSecondaryEvent
This event records vMotion failure when starting a secondary VM.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToPowerOffEvent
This event records a failure to power off a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToPowerOnEvent
This event records a failure to power on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToRebootGuestEvent
This event records a failure to reboot the guest on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to reset a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToShutdownGuestEvent
This event records a failure to shut down the guest on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToStandbyGuestEvent
This event records a failure to set the guest on a virtual machine to a standby state.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedToSuspendEvent
This event records a failure to suspend a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedUpdatingSecondaryConfig
This event records after a failover the new primary failed to update the config of the secondary vm.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine failover was unsuccessful.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFaultToleranceStateChangedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFaultToleranceTurnedOffEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFaultToleranceVmTerminatedEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VMFSDatastoreCreatedEvent
This event records when a VMFS datastore is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VMFSDatastoreExpandedEvent
This event records when a datastore is expanded.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VMFSDatastoreExtendedEvent
This event records when a datastore is extended.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This is a virtual machine guest reboot request event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This is a virtual machine guest shutdown request event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This is a virtual machine guest standby request event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmHealthMonitoringStateChangedEvent
This event records when host monitoring state has changed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmInstanceUuidAssignedEvent
This event records the assignment of a new instance UUID to a virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmInstanceUuidChangedEvent
This event records a change in a virtual machine instance UUID.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmInstanceUuidConflictEvent
This event records a conflict of virtual machine instance UUIDs.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the assignment of a new MAC address to a virtual network adapter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a change in a virtual machine MAC address.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a MAC address conflict for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMaxFTRestartCountReached
This event is fired when FT VM reached the max restart count.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMaxRestartCountReached
This event is fired when the VM reached the max restart count.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine migration.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmNoCompatibleHostForSecondaryEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmNoNetworkAccessEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine for which no host is responsible.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VMotionLicenseExpiredEvent
This event records an expired VMotion license.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine finished powering off.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine finished powering on.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmPoweringOnWithCustomizedDVPortEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmPowerOffOnIsolationEvent
This event records when a virtual machine has been powered off on an isolated host in a HA cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmPrimaryFailoverEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a reconfiguration of the virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine was successfully registered.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRelayoutSuccessfulEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRelayoutUpToDateEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records that a virtual machine was successfully reloaded from a new configuration path
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmReloadFromPathFailedEvent
This event records that a virtual machine reload from a new configuration path failed
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the completion of a virtual machine relocation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to relocate a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRemoteConsoleConnectedEvent
This event records that a remote console was connected to the VM.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRemoteConsoleDisconnectedEvent
This event records that a remote console was disconnected from the VM.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine removed from vCenter management.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the renaming of a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRequirementsExceedCurrentEVCModeEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine resetting.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmResourcePoolMovedEvent
This event records when a virtual machine is moved from one resource pool to another.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmResourceReallocatedEvent
This event records a change in resource allocation of a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRestartedOnAlternateHostEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine resuming.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a secondary VM is added.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryDisabledBySystemEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryDisabledEvent
This event records a secondary VM is disabled.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryEnabledEvent
This event records a secondary VM is enabled.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryStartedEvent
This event records a secondary VM is started successfully.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmShutdownOnIsolationEvent
This event records when a virtual machine has been shut down on an isolated host in a HA cluster.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine powering on. It typically will be followed by a VmPoweredOnEvent.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmStartingSecondaryEvent
This event records a vMotion to start a secondary VM.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event indicates the start of a recording session on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event indicates the start of a replay session on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmStaticMacConflictEvent
This event records a static MAC address conflict for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine stopping.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records when a virtual machine finished suspending.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a virtual machine suspending.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmTimedoutStartingSecondaryEvent
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmUnsupportedStartingEvent
This event records when an unsupported guest is powering on.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmUpgradeCompleteEvent
This event records the successful completion of an upgrade operation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a failure to upgrade virtual hardware.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the process of upgrading the virtual hardware on a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the assignment of a new BIOS UUID to a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmVnicPoolReservationViolationClearEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmVnicPoolReservationViolationRaiseEvent
Since VI API 5.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records the assignment of a new WWN (World Wide Name) to a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a change in a virtual machine WWN (World Wide Name).
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event records a conflict of virtual machine WWNs (World Wide Name).
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.connectivity.lost
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.e1000.tso6.notsupported
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.migrate.bindtovmk
Invalid vmknic specified in /Migrate/Vmknic
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.proxyswitch.port.unavailable
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.redundancy.degraded
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.redundancy.lost
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.scsi.device.thinprov.atquota
Space utilization on thin-provisioned device exceeded configured threshold
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.storage.connectivity.lost
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded
Degraded Storage Path Redundancy
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.storage.redundancy.lost
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.error.volume.is.locked
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.extent.offline
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.extent.online
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.heartbeat.recovered
VMFS Volume Connectivity Restored
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout
VMFS Volume Connectivity Degraded
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.heartbeat.unrecoverable
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.journal.createfailed
No Space To Create VMFS Journal
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.lock.corruptondisk
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.nfs.server.disconnect
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.nfs.server.restored
Restored connection to NFS server
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.resource.corruptondisk
VMFS Resource Corruption Detected
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.volume.locked
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
This event is a general warning event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference