Solutions must provide data about their health status to vCenter Server in XML documents.
The health status XML documents that a solutions pushes to vCenter Server must conform to the VMware health schema.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.vmware.com/vi/healthservice"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vi/healthservice"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1.0">
<xs:complexType name="healthType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="status" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="green" />
<xs:enumeration value="yellow" />
<xs:enumeration value="red" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="message" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType mixed="true">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="param" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
<xs:attribute name="level" use="required">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="info" />
<xs:enumeration value="warning" />
<xs:enumeration value="alert" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
<xs:attribute name="time" type="xs:dateTime" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="health" type="healthType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="vimhealth">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="health" type="healthType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="schemaVersion" type="xs:decimal" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>