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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
 EnteringStandbyMode–Hostisintheprocessofenteringstandbymodein
VirtualCenter .Hostiswaitingforallvirtualmachinestopowerofforisputtingthe
operatingsysteminstandbymode.Youcannotperformmostoperationsonthis
host,includingunregisteringavirtualmachinefromthehost.
 RemovedfromVirtualCenter–HostisremovedfromVirtualCenter.Although
youcannotusethishost,forceundeployanyvirtualmachinesthatStage Manager
hadreferencestoonthathost.Afterforceundeployingthevirtualmachines,you
canunpreparethehost.See“PreparingandUnpreparingESXServerHosts”on
page 76.
Ifsomeoneadds
thehostbacktoVirtualCenter,youseeasecondhostwiththe
samename.Youcanonlyusethissecondhost.
 DisconnectedfromVirtualCenter–HostisdisconnectedfromVirtualCenter.
VirtualCenterdoesnotattempttocontactthehost.
 NotRespondingtoVirtualCenter–VirtualCenterfailstocontactthehost.Host
mightbepoweredoff,hung,orinaccessibleonthenetwork.
 EnteringMaintenanceMode–VirtualCenteradministratorisattemptingtoput
thehostinmaintenancemode.Powered‐onvirtualmachinespreventthehostfrom
enteringthismode.
Stage Managerdoesnotusethehostfornewprovisioning,butattemptstopower
offregisteredvirtualmachinessucceed.
 InMaintenanceMode–VirtualCenteradministratorputsthehostinmaintenance
mode.Thehostcannothavepowered‐onvirtualmachines.Thehostcanhave
suspendedorpoweredoffvirtualmachines.
Stage Managerdoesnotusethehostfornewvirtualmachines,butyoucan
undeployexistingvirtualmachines.
 AgentNotResponding–Stage Manager Serversystemcannotcontactthe
Stage Manageragentrunningonthehost.Thehostmightbepoweredoff,
uninstalled,hung,orinaccessibleonthenetwork(forexample,afirewallblocks
contactwiththeagent).Stage Managerrenamesthedefaultportgroupwhenthe
conditionoccurs.
 MovedOutofDatacenter–Hostisoutofreachbecausesomeonemovedthehost
toadifferentdatacenter.