Event Reference
• Event AccountCreatedEvent
This event records that an account was created on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AccountRemovedEvent
This event records that an account was removed from a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AccountUpdatedEvent
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
Import certificate succeeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.ImportCertFailedEvent
Import certificate failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.JoinDomainEvent
Join domain succeeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.JoinDomainFailedEvent
Join domain failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.LeaveDomainEvent
Leave domain succeeded
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ad.event.LeaveDomainFailedEvent
Leave domain failed
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
Alarm acknowledged
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
• Event AlarmClearedEvent
Alarm cleared manually
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event AlarmCreatedEvent
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
• Event AlarmEmailFailedEvent
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
• Event AlarmRemovedEvent
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
• Event AlarmSnmpFailedEvent
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
This event records that an entity (such as a host or VM) has changed its overall status because an alarm was triggered. The event will show which entity and will indicate which alarm was triggered.
A host or VM alarm status changing from "green"/ "yellow" / "red" to "gray" may indicate that the host or VM has been shutdown.
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
This event records that the previously unlicensed virtual machines on the specified host are now licensed. After this event is entered into the event log, we expect to see that the configuration issue removed from the host managed object.
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
This event records a failed user logon. Failed logons are due to no match existing between the provided user name and password combination and the combinations stored for authentication.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event CanceledHostOperationEvent
An operation performed on the host was canceled. Typically, a previous event in the sequence of events contains more information about the cause of this cancellation.
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
• Event ClusterCreatedEvent
This event records when a cluster is created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ClusterDestroyedEvent
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
Added License
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.AssignLicenseEvent
Assigned License
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.DLFDownloadFailedEvent
Download License Information
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.LicenseAssignFailedEvent
License assignment faults
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
License Expiry
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
Removed License
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.license.UnassignLicenseEvent
Unassigned License
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.cim.CIMGroupHealthStateChanged
Hardware Health Changed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdatedVmFilesEvent
Updated VM files
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdateVmFilesFailedEvent
Failed to update VM files
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.datastore.UpdatingVmFilesEvent
Updating VM Files
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
VMware HA has been disabled
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.guestOperations.GuestOperation
Guest operation performed
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
vSphere HA Cluster contains ESX/ESXi 3.5 hosts and more recent host versions, which isn't fully supported.
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
HA Agent is running
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.DasFailoverHostFailedEvent
HA failover host has failed
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
Host complete network failure
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
Datastore heartbeat changed
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
Host HA Agent has an error
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostDasAgentHealthyEvent
HA Agent on host is healthy
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.HostDasErrorEvent
Host HA has an error
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
Host HA state has changed
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
Error unconfiguring HA agent on host. To solve this problem, connect the host to a vCenter Server of version 5.0 or later.
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
VM is vSphere HA Protected
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.ha.VmRestartedByHAEvent
VM was restarted by HA
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.HA.VmUnprotectedEvent
VM is not HA Protected
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
Answer file has been exported
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.profile.AnswerFileUpdatedEvent
Answer file has been updated
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
Storage DRS enabled
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
Datastore cluster created
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.sdrs.StoragePodDestroyedEvent
Datastore cluster removed
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
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
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
HA VM Component Protection protects virtual machine as non-FT virtual machine because the FT state is disabled
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
HA VM Component Protection protects virtual machine as non-FT virtual machine because it has been in the needSecondary state too long
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
VM power off hang
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
No candidate host to restart
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vc.vm.VmRegisterFailedEvent
VM registration failed
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
Application heartbeat failed
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
VM disks consolidation failed
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
EAM Agency created
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.destroyed
EAM Agency destroyed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agency.goalstate
EAM Agency goal state changed
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
EAM Agent added to host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.destroyed
EAM Agent removed from host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.destroyedNoHost
EAM Agent removed from host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.markAgentVmAsAvailableAfterPowerOn
Agent VM has been powered on.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.markAgentVmAsAvailableAfterProvisioning
Agent VM has been powered on.
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
Agent VM is deleted
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.deployVm
Agent VM is provisioned
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.powerOffVm
Agent VM powered off
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.powerOnVm
Agent VM powered on
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.vibInstalled
VIB installed on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.agent.task.vibUninstalled
VIB uninstalled from host
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
Unused dvFilter switch
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.orphanedAgency
Orphaned agency found
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
Unknown agent VM
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
Invalid format for VIB module
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
Agent VM is corrupted
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
Agent VM is missing on host
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.eam.issue.vmOrphaned
Orphaned agent VM detected
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
VSM Dependency update - vApp
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.register
VSM Provider register
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.unregister
VSM Provider unregister
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event com.vmware.vim.vsm.provider.update
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
• Event CustomFieldDefEvent
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
• Event CustomizationFailed
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
Network setup failed in the guest during customization. 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 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
Sysprep failed to run in the guest during customization. This will most like have been caused by the fact that the wrong sysprep was used for the guest, so we include the version information in the event. 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 CustomizationUnknownFailure
The customization sequence failed unexpectedly in the guest. 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 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
• Event DasAgentFoundEvent
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
This event records that vCenter cannot contact any primary host in this HA cluster. HA designates some hosts as primary hosts in the HA cluster. When adding a new host to an existing cluster, HA needs to contact one of the primary hosts to finish the configuration. vCenter has lost contact with all primary nodes in the connected state. Attempts to configure HA on a host in this cluster will fail until a DasAgentFoundEvent is logged or unless this is the first node to be configured. For example, if all the other hosts are disconnected first.
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
• Event DasDisabledEvent
This event records when a cluster has been disabled for HA.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasEnabledEvent
This event records when a cluster has been enabled for HA.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DasHostFailedEvent
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
• Event DasHostIsolatedEvent
This event records that a host has been isolated from the network in a HA cluster. Since an isolated host cannot be distinguished from a failed host except by the isolated host itself, this event is logged when the isolated host regains network connectivity.
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
This event records when increase in a datastore capacity is observed. It may happen due to different reasons, like extending or expanding a datastore.
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
This event records when a duplicate datastore name is found. This event is used in vCenter 1.x and is included for backward compatibility.
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
This event records that the configuration of storage I/O resource management for a datastore has changed
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
• Event DatastoreRenamedEvent
This event records the renaming of a datastore.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DatastoreRenamedOnHostEvent
This event records when a datastore is added to vCenter and is renamed by vCenter because this datastore already exists in vCenter with a different name, or because the name conflicts with another datastore in vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsDisabledEvent
This event records when DRS is disabled on a cluster.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsEnabledEvent
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
This event records that the host has completely put into standby mode by Distributed Power Management. A host in this mode has no running virtual machines and no provisioning operations are occurring.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsEnteringStandbyModeEvent
This event records that a host has begun the process of entering standby mode initiated by Distributed Power Management.
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
This event records that a host has begun the process of exiting standby mode initiated by Distributed Power Management.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsExitStandbyModeFailedEvent
This event records that Distributed Power Management tried to bring a host out from standby mode, but the host failed to exit standby mode.
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
This event records that DRS has recovered from failure. It is triggered by a successful DRS invocation after repeated failure.
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
This event records when resource configuration specification returns to synchronized from previous failure.
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
• Event DrsRuleViolationEvent
This event records when a virtual machine violates a DRS rule
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DrsVmMigratedEvent
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
• Event DrsVmPoweredOnEvent
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
This event records that a duplicate IP address has been observed in conflict with the vMotion or IP storage interface configured on the host.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvpgImportEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvpgRestoreEvent
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
• Event DvsCreatedEvent
A distributed virtual switch was created
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsDestroyedEvent
A distributed virtual switch was destroyed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsEvent
These are dvs-related events.
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
The DVS configuration on the host was synchronized with that of the vCenter Server and the configuration is the same on the host and vCenter Server.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHostJoinedEvent
A host joined the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHostLeftEvent
A host left the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsHostStatusUpdated
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
• Event DvsImportEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsMergedEvent
Two distributed virtual switches was merged.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortBlockedEvent
A port is blocked in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortConnectedEvent
A port is connected in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortCreatedEvent
New ports are created in the distributed virtual switch.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsPortDeletedEvent
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
• Event DvsPortLinkDownEvent
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
• Event DvsPortLinkUpEvent
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
• Event DvsPortUnblockedEvent
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
• Event DvsReconfiguredEvent
A distributed virtual switch was reconfigured.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsRenamedEvent
A distributed virtual switch was renamed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event DvsRestoreEvent
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
• Event DvsUpgradedEvent
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
This event records that the host has completely entered maintenance mode. A host in this mode has no running virtual machines and no provisioning operations are occurring.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteredStandbyModeEvent
This event records that the host has completely entered standby mode. A host in this mode has no running virtual machines and no provisioning operations are occurring.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteringMaintenanceModeEvent
This event records that a host has begun the process of entering maintenance mode. All virtual machine operations are blocked, except for the following:
- MigrateVM
- PowerOffVM
- SuspendVM
- ShutdownGuest
- StandbyGuest
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event EnteringStandbyModeEvent
This event records that a host has begun the process of entering standby mode. All virtual machine operations are blocked, except for the following:
- MigrateVM
- PowerOffVM
- SuspendVM
- ShutdownGuest
- StandbyGuest
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ErrorUpgradeEvent
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
The DCUI has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.dcui.enabled
The DCUI has been 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
Authentication has 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
Host acceptance level 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
Successfully installed VIBs
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.esximage.vib.remove.successful
Successfully removed VIBs
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.host.boot
Host has booted
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
Host is rebooting
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.host.stop.shutdown
Host is shutting down
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
Firewall has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.net.firewall.enabled
Firewall has been 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
VDL2 IP changed
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
SSH access has been disabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.ssh.enabled
SSH access has been enabled
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.audit.usb.config.changed
USB configuration has 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
File system has been 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
Link state 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
A fatal memory error occurred
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
A fatal PCIe error occurred
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
No vmkcore disk partition is available and no network coredump server has been configured. Host core dumps cannot be saved.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.cpu.amd.mce.dram.disabled
DRAM ECC not enabled
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
CPU limit reached
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
Unable to obtain a DHCP lease
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.dhclient.lease.offered.error
dhclient reported an 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
Could not stage image profile
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
The ESXi host vMotion network server encountered an error while monitoring incoming network connections. Shutting down listener socket. vMotion may not be possible with this host until vMotion is manually re-enabled.
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
Guest-initiated IPv6 TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) packets ignored. Manually disable TSO inside the guest operating system, or use a different virtual adapter.
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
Firewall configuration 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
Heap free size dropped
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
VDL2 initialization failed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.net.vdl2.vmknic.fail
VDL2 IP interface failed
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
Link state 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
Nic Watchdog Reset
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.ntpd.clock.correction.error
NTP daemon stopped.
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
Number of physical memory pages belonging to (user) memory client 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.userprivate.exceeded
Number of private 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.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
Number of physical memory pages belonging to (vmm) memory client that have been selected for retirement exceeds threshold
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
Failed to attach filters to device '%s' during registration. Plugin load failed or the filter rules are incorrect.
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.scsi.device.io.bad.plugin.type
Bad plugin type for device
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
Device I/O latency increased
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
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
iSCSI discovery failed. The iSCSI Initiator could not establish a network connection to the discovery address.
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
Login to iSCSI target failed. The iSCSI initiator could not establish a network connection to the target
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.iscsi.target.login.error
Login to iSCSI target failed
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
Storage redundancy degraded
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.storage.redundancy.lost
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
The VFAT filesystem is full
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
The ramdisk is 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
Volume is locked
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.extent.offline
Attached device is 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
Volume connectivity lost
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
NFS Server disconnected
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.server.restored
NFS Server reconnected
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
Volume locked
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.remote.failure
Hose has become unreachable
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event esx.problem.vmsyslogd.storage.failure
Logging to storage has failed
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
• Event FailoverLevelRestored
This event records that the amount of cluster resources has increased and is now sufficient to satisfy the configured HA failover level.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralEvent
This is actually the base class for general events and should not be seen. The derived general events are the ones that will be generated. See VMware documentation for the complete list of these events.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralHostErrorEvent
This event is the general error event for a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralHostInfoEvent
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
• Event GeneralUserEvent
This event is the general user event type.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralVmErrorEvent
This event is the general error event for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralVmInfoEvent
This event is the general information event for a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GeneralVmWarningEvent
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
This event records when vCenter server found DVS proxy switches on the host that don't match any DVS defined in vCenter.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event GhostDvsProxySwitchRemovedEvent
This event records when the ghost DVS proxy switches (a.k.a host proxy switches that don't match any DVS defined in vCenter) were removed on the host.
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
Delta for VM started
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
Replication server error
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
VM full sync completed
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event hbr.primary.SyncStartedEvent
Full sync started for VM
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
• Event HostAddedEvent
This event records the addition of a host to vCenter.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostAddFailedEvent
This event records that adding a host failed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostAdminDisableEvent
This event records that the permission on the host has been changed such that only the user account used for vCenter operation will have Administrator permission.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostAdminEnableEvent
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
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to the host being managed by a different vCenter server.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedBadCcagentEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to no response being received from the host agent.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedBadUsernameEvent
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to an invalid user name and password combination.
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
This event records a failure to connect to a host due to a conflict with an upgrade or installation of the host agent.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostCnxFailedEvent
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
• Event HostCompliantEvent
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
• Event HostConnectedEvent
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
• Event HostDasDisabledEvent
This event records when HA has been disabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostDasDisablingEvent
This event records when HA is being disabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostDasEnabledEvent
This event records when HA has been enabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostDasEnablingEvent
This event records when HA has been enabled on a host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostDasErrorEvent
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
• Event HostDasOkEvent
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
• Event HostDisconnectedEvent
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
• Event HostDVPortEvent
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
This event records the fact that a host has extra networks not used by other hosts for HA communication.
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
• Event HostInAuditModeEvent
Host is running in audit mode
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostInventoryFullEvent
This event records if the inventory of hosts has reached the capacity of the current version of vCenter.
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
• Event HostIpChangedEvent
This event records a change in host IP address.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostIpInconsistentEvent
This event records that the IP address resolution returned different addresses on the host. Check your host network configuration.
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
This event records that the isolation address could not be pinged. The default isolation address is the service console default gateway.
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
This event records the fact that a host is missing networks that other hosts are using for HA communication.
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
• Event HostNonCompliantEvent
This event records that host went out of compliance.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostNoRedundantManagementNetworkEvent
This event records the fact that a host does not have a redundant management network. It is recommended that host management networks be configured with redundancy.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostNotInClusterEvent
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
This event records that the primary agent specified is not a short name. The name of the primary agent is usually stored as a short name. You should not normally see this error. Check the network configurations of your hosts.
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
• Event HostRemovedEvent
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
This event records that host name resolution returned different names on the host. Check your host network configuration and your DNS configuration. There may be duplicate entries.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostShortNameToIpFailedEvent
This event records that host name resolution returned different names on the host. Check your host network configuration and your DNS configuration. There may be duplicate entries.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostShutdownEvent
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
• Event HostSyncFailedEvent
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
This event records that the userworld swap is not enabled on the host. HA needs userworld swap to be configured on embedded ESX hosts to function.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostVnicConnectedToCustomizedDVPortEvent
This event records when some host vnics were reconfigured to use DVPorts with port level configuration, which may be different from the DVportgroup.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event HostWwnChangedEvent
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
• Event HostWwnConflictEvent
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
This event records if the host did not provide the information needed to acquire the correct set of licenses.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event InfoUpgradeEvent
This event is a general information event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event InsufficientFailoverResourcesEvent
This event records that the cluster resources are insufficient to satisfy the configured HA failover level.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event InvalidEditionEvent
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
• Event IScsiBootFailureEvent
Could not boot from iScsi
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LicenseExpiredEvent
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
This event records if the required licenses could not be reserved because of a restriction in the option file.
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
• Event LocalTSMEnabledEvent
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
Locker has not been configured properly. This event is fired when the datastore configured to back the locker does not exist or when connectivity to the datastore is lost.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event LockerReconfiguredEvent
Locker has not been configured properly. This event is fired when the datastore configured to back the locker does not exist or when connectivity to the datastore is lost.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MigrationErrorEvent
A migration error occurred.
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
• Event MigrationWarningEvent
This records a migration warning.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MtuMatchEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event MtuMismatchEvent
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
• Event NetworkRollbackEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NoAccessUserEvent
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
• Event NoLicenseEvent
A NoLicenseEvent is reported if the required licenses could not be reserved. Each feature that is not fully licensed is reported.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event NoMaintenanceModeDrsRecommendationForVM
This event records that DRS did not recommend a migration for a powered on virtual machine, even though its host is going into maintenance mode. DRS may not be able to recommend a migration for a virtual machine for reasons, include but not limited to:
- 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
• Event OutOfSyncDvsHost
The list of hosts that have the DVS configuration on the host diverged from that of the vCenter Server.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event PermissionAddedEvent
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
• Event ProfileChangedEvent
This event records that the profile has been edited.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ProfileCreatedEvent
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
• Event ProfileEvent
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
• Event ProfileRemovedEvent
This event records that a Profile was removed.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event RecoveryEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event RemoteTSMEnabledEvent
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
• Event ResourceViolatedEvent
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
• Event RoleAddedEvent
This event records the creation of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event RoleRemovedEvent
This class records the removal of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event RoleUpdatedEvent
This event records the creation of a role.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event RollbackEvent
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
This event records the failure of an attempt to send a notification through email for a scheduled task.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event ScheduledTaskEvent
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
• Event TaskEvent
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
• Event TaskTimeoutEvent
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
• Event TeamingMatchEvent
Since VI API 5.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event TeamingMisMatchEvent
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
• Event TemplateUpgradedEvent
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
This event indicates that an operation performed on the host timed out. Typically, a previous event in the sequence of events contains more information about the cause of the operation timing out.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UnlicensedVirtualMachinesEvent
This event records that we have unlicensed virtual machines on the specified host. This can be both a Config issue and an entry in the event log.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UnlicensedVirtualMachinesFoundEvent
This event records that we discovered unlicensed virtual machines on the specified host. After this event is entered into the event log, we expect to see an UnlicensedVirtualMachinesEvent configIssue on the host.
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
• Event UpgradeEvent
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
• Event UserAssignedToGroup
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
• Event UserLoginSessionEvent
This event records a user logon. Because these are so prolific, they are ignored (by default) by the Veeam VMware Collector.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UserLogoutSessionEvent
This event records a user logout. Because these are so numerous, they are ignored (by default) by the Veeam VMware Collector.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event UserPasswordChanged
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
• Event UserUpgradeEvent
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
• Event VcAgentUpgradedEvent
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
License downgrade
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VimAccountPasswordChangedEvent
Password for the Vim account user on the host has been changed. This is an account created by vCenter and used to manage the host.
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmAcquiredMksTicketEvent
This event records a user successfully acquiring an MKS ticket (for example, a mouse-keyboard-screen connection ticket).
Since VI API 2.5. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmAcquiredTicketEvent
This event records a user successfully acquiring a ticket
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmAutoRenameEvent
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
• Event VmBeingClonedEvent
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
• Event VmBeingCreatedEvent
This event records a virtual machine being created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmBeingDeployedEvent
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
• Event VmBeingMigratedEvent
This event records that a virtual machine is being migrated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmBeingRelocatedEvent
This event records that a virtual machine is being relocated.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmClonedEvent
This event records the completion of a virtual machine cloning operation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmCloneFailedEvent
This event records a failure to clone a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmConfigMissingEvent
This event records if the configuration file cannot be found.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmConnectedEvent
This event is generated by the VC for each VM on a host whenever the host is reconnected to the VC. One event per VM will be generated, regardless of the power state of the VM.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmCreatedEvent
This event records that a virtual machine was successfully created.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDasBeingResetEvent
This event records when a virtual machine is reset by HA VM Health Monitoring on hosts that do not support the create screenshot api or if the createscreenshot api fails.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDasBeingResetWithScreenshotEvent
This event records when a virtual machine is reset by HA VM Health Monitoring on hosts that support the create screenshot api.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDasResetFailedEvent
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
• Event VmDasUpdateErrorEvent
The event records that an error occurred when updating the HA agents with the current state of the virtual machine. If this occurs during a powerOn operation, the virtual machine will not be failed over in the event of a host failure. If it occurs during a powerOff, the virtual machine will be automatically powered on if the host it was last running on crashes.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDasUpdateOkEvent
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
• Event VmDateRolledBackEvent
This event records when the vCenter server date rolled back.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDeployedEvent
This event records the completion of a virtual machine deployment operation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDeployFailedEvent
This event records a failure to deploy from a template.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDisconnectedEvent
This event is generated by the VC for each VM on a host whenever the host becomes disconnected from the VC. One event per VM will be generated, regardless of the power state of the VM.
"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
• Event VmDiscoveredEvent
This event records a virtual machine discovery.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmDiskFailedEvent
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
• Event VmDVPortEvent
dvPort connected to VM changed status
Since VI API 4.1. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmEmigratingEvent
This event records a virtual machine migration.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmEndRecordingEvent
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
• Event VmEndReplayingEvent
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
• Event VmEvent
This is a catch-all event for various VM events (the type of event is listed in the event). See VMware documentation for the list of possible events.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedMigrateEvent
This event records a failure to migrate a virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedRelayoutEvent
This event records a specific failure to re-layout a virtual machine, such as a failure to access the disk. "Layout" refers to the reformatting of the data on the disk to match VMware latest VMFS3 structure.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFailedRelayoutOnVmfs2DatastoreEvent
This event records a failure to re-layout a virtual machine when the virtual machine still has disks on a VMFS2 volume. "Layout" refers to the reformatting of the data on the disk to match VMware latest VMFS3 structure.
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
• Event VmFailedToResetEvent
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
• Event VmFailoverFailed
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
This event records a fault tolerance state change. A default alarm will be triggered upon this event, which can change the vm state: the vm state is red if the newState is needSecondary; the vm state is yellow if the newState is disabled; the vm state is green if the newState is notConfigured, starting, enabled or running.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFaultToleranceTurnedOffEvent
This event records that all secondary virtual machines have been removed and fault tolerance protection turned off for this virtual machine.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmFaultToleranceVmTerminatedEvent
This event records a secondary or primary VM is terminated. The reason could be: divergence, lost connection to secondary, partial hardware failure of secondary, or by user.
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
• Event VmGuestRebootEvent
This is a virtual machine guest reboot request event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmGuestShutdownEvent
This is a virtual machine guest shutdown request event.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmGuestStandbyEvent
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
• Event VmMacAssignedEvent
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
• Event VmMacChangedEvent
This event records a change in a virtual machine MAC address.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMacConflictEvent
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
• Event VmMessageErrorEvent
This event records when an error message (consisting of a collection of "observations") is thrown by the virtual machine. This is a generic event for such messages.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMessageEvent
This event records when a message is thrown by the virtual machine. This is a generic event for such messages.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMessageWarningEvent
This event records when a warning message (consisting of a collection of "observations") is thrown by the virtual machine. This is a generic event for such messages.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmMigratedEvent
This event records a virtual machine migration.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmNoCompatibleHostForSecondaryEvent
This event records that no compatible host was found to place a secondary VM. A default alarm will be triggered upon this event, which by default will trigger a SNMP trap.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmNoNetworkAccessEvent
This event records a migration failure when the destination host is not on the same network as the source host.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmOrphanedEvent
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
• Event VmPoweredOffEvent
This event records when a virtual machine finished powering off.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmPoweredOnEvent
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
This event records when a virtual machine was powering on using DVPorts with port level configuration, which may be different from the DVportgroup.
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
This event records an fault tolerance failover. The reason could be : lost connection to primary, partial hardware failure of primary or by user.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmReconfiguredEvent
This event records a reconfiguration of the virtual machine.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRegisteredEvent
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
This event records that a virtual machine was successfully converted to the new virtual machine format on a VMFS3 volume.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRelayoutUpToDateEvent
This event records that a virtual machine is already in the correct format. No re-layout is necessary. "Layout" refers to the reformatting of the data on the disk to match VMware latest VMFS3 structure.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmReloadFromPathEvent
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
• Event VmRelocatedEvent
This event records the completion of a virtual machine relocation.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRelocateFailedEvent
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
• Event VmRemovedEvent
This event records a virtual machine removed from vCenter management.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRenamedEvent
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
• Event VmResettingEvent
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.
The name of the virtual machine is in the event. This event is generated typically in DRS configurations when VC detects that the available resources (such as CPU) are changing.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmRestartedOnAlternateHostEvent
This event records that the virtual machine was restarted on a host, since its original host had failed.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmResumingEvent
This event records a virtual machine resuming.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryAddedEvent
This event records a secondary VM is added.
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSecondaryDisabledBySystemEvent
This event records that a fault tolerance secondary VM has been disabled by vCenter because the VM could not be powered on.
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
• Event VmStartingEvent
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
• Event VmStartRecordingEvent
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
• Event VmStartReplayingEvent
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
• Event VmStoppingEvent
This event records a virtual machine stopping.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSuspendedEvent
This event records when a virtual machine finished suspending.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmSuspendingEvent
This event records a virtual machine suspending.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmTimedoutStartingSecondaryEvent
This event records timeout when starting a secondary VM. A default alarm will be triggered upon this event, which by default will trigger a SNMP trap.
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
• Event VmUpgradeFailedEvent
This event records a failure to upgrade virtual hardware.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmUpgradingEvent
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
• Event VmUuidAssignedEvent
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
• Event VmUuidChangedEvent
This event records a change in a virtual machine BIOS UUID. Veeam has observed that during migrations this event may be generated even though the UUID is not changing.
A sample event is included below (note that on this version of ESX the name of the VM is missing after the word "for", and the UUID is actually not changing).
Changed BIOS UUID from 500e3054-23fd-6ff6-58a7-037500940891 to 500e3054-23fd-6ff6-58a7-037500940891 for on esx04.seattle.veeam.local in SEATTLE VmUuidChangedEvent
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event VmUuidConflictEvent
This event records a conflict of virtual machine BIOS UUIDs. That is, a virtual machine has been detected with a duplicate UUID (Universally Unique Identifier).
When a VM is cloned, its UUID is also clone and will remain with the same UUID until 2 VMs with the same UUID are powered on. Only when the VM is running is the uniqueness of UUIDs assured. When the hypervisor detects a VM powering up has a duplicate UUID it will change it and issue this event.
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
• Event VmWwnAssignedEvent
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
• Event VmWwnChangedEvent
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
• Event VmWwnConflictEvent
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
Lost Network Connectivity
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.e1000.tso6.notsupported
No IPv6 TSO support
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
VNic connect to switch failed
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.redundancy.degraded
Network Redundancy Degraded
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.net.redundancy.lost
Lost Network Redundancy
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
Lost Storage Connectivity
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
Lost Storage Path Redundancy
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.error.volume.is.locked
Volume is locked
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.extent.offline
Device is offline
Since VI API 5.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.extent.online
Device is 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
VMFS Volume Connectivity Lost
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
VMFS Lock Corruption Detected
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event vprob.vmfs.nfs.server.disconnect
Lost connection to NFS server
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
VMFS Locked By Remote Host
Since VI API 4.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference
• Event WarningUpgradeEvent
This event is a general warning event from upgrade.
Since VI API 2.0. For more information, see the VMware API reference