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Procedure
1 Navigate to the vCenter Server system in the object navigator.
2 Double-click the vCenter Server object.
3 Click Extensions.
4 Select a solution.
The Summary tab displays more information about the solution.
5 To view vService provider information, click Monitor, and click vServices.
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.
Table 6‑1. ESX Agent Manager health status
Status Description
Red The solution must intervene for the ESX Agent Manager to
proceed. For example, if a virtual machine agent is powered off
manually on a compute resource and the ESX Agent Manager
does not attempt to power on the agent. The ESX Agent
Manager reports this action to the solution, and the solution
alerts the administrator to power on the agent.
Yellow The ESX Agent Manager is actively working to reach a goal
state. The goal state can be enabled, disabled, or uninstalled.
For example, when a solution is registered, its status is yellow
until the ESX Agent Manager deploys the solutions agents to all
the specified compute resources. A solution does not need to
intervene when the ESX Agent Manager reports its ESX Agent
Manager health status as yellow.
Green A solution and all its agents have reached the goal state.
Monitoring vServices
A vService is a service or function that a solution provides to virtual machines and vApps. A solution can
provide one or more vServices. These vServices integrate with the platform and are able to change the
environment in which the vApp or virtual machine runs.
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