User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
74 VMware, Inc.
Understanding Host States
ReviewthevariousstatesthataffecttheReadyandAvailablestatusintheHoststab.
See“HighlightsoftheHostsTab”onpage 70.
Ready States
ThefollowingstatesaffecttheReadystatusofhosts:
 NotSupported–HostisrunningavirtualizationplatformthatStage Manager
doesnotsupport.YoucannotusethishostforStage Manageroperations.
 NotPrepared–Hostisrunningasupportedvirtualizationplatformbutthehostis
notyetpreparedforStage Managermanagement.See“Preparingand
UnpreparingESXServerHosts”onpage 76.
 PendingUpgrade–Hostispreparedbutrunninganolderversionofthe
Stage ManageragentsoftwarethantheStage Manager Serversoftware.
Stage Managerdisablesoperationsonthishostuntilyouusethepop‐upmenuin
theHoststabtoupgradetheagent.
 NoManagedResourcePools–Hostispreparedbuttheresourcepoolsattached
toStage Managerdonotuseit.Thiscanoccurwhenresourcepoolsbecome
detachedfromStage Manager,orwhenthehostmovestoadifferentresourcepool
inVirtualCenter.Stage Managerdoesnotusethishostformostoperations.
You
canunpreparethehosttoremoveitfromthelistofhostsavailableforusein
Stage Manager.Otherwise,Stage Managerkeepsthehostandmakesitavailableif
youattacharesourcepoolthatusesit.Stage Managerrenamesthedefault
portgroupwhenthisconditionoccurs.
 DefaultPortgroupUnavailable–Hostispreparedbutthedefaultportgroupthat
Stage Managerusesforconnectingitsvirtualmachinesisremovedfromthehost.
Available States
ThefollowingstatesaffecttheAvailablestatusofhosts:
 PoweredOff–HostispoweredofffromVirtualCenter.Youcannotusethishost
forStage Manageroperations.
 InStandbyMode–AdministratorortheDistributed Power Management(DPM)
featureputsthehostinstandbymodeinVirtualCenter.Youcannotperformmost
operationsonthishost,includingunregisteringavirtualmachinefromthehost.
ForinformationaboutDPM,seeVMware Infrastructure3documentation.