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You can navigate to the Solutions Manager from the home page of the vSphere Web Client. The
Solutions Manager view displays information about the solution, such as the solution name, the vendor
name and the version of the product.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client home page, navigate to the Solutions Manager by selecting
Administration > Solutions > vCenter Server Extensions.
2 Double-click a solution.
3 In the Solutions Manager inventory, navigate through the tabs to view information about a solution..
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Summary tab. Lists information about the solution, such as the product name, a short
description, and a link to the vendor Web sites.
Selecting the vendor Web site link takes you to the Summary page of the virtual machine or
vApp. A link under "Managed by" returns you to the solution.
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VMs tab. Lists all the virtual machines belonging to the solution.
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Monitor tab. Shows tasks and events related with the solution.
Monitoring Agents
The vCenter Solutions Manager displays the vSphere ESX Agent Manager agents that you use to deploy
and manage related agents on ESX/ESXi hosts.
You can use the Solutions Manager to keep track of whether the agents of a solution are working as
expected. Outstanding issues are reflected by the solution's ESX Agent Manager status and a list of
issues.
When the status of a solution changes, the Solutions Manager updates the ESX Agent Manager
summary status and state. Administrators use this status to track whether the goal state is reached.
The agent health status is indicated by a specific color.
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