Check the Status of the Virtual Machines in a Container Object

You check the status of virtual machines to see whether the VMware Tools version they have is up-to-date and whether their hardware compatibility matches the default VM hardware compatibility for the host where they reside.

When you perform a status check for a container object, vSphere Lifecycle Manager checks the VMware Tools and VM Hardware Compatibility statuses for all child virtual machines. The larger the virtual infrastructure and the higher up in the object hierarchy you initiate the status check, the longer the task takes.

Procedure

In the vSphere Client, navigate to a virtual machine container object, such as a virtual machine folder, host, cluster, and so on.
Click the Updates tab.

Select your task.

Option	Action
Check the VMware Tools status of the virtual machines in the container object.	Select Hosts > VMware Tools > . Click Check Status. The information about the VMware Tools status appears in the Tools Status column in the table that lists all virtual machines in the selected container object. If the container object is a data center or a vCenter Server instance, you must first specify the cluster that you want to see results for.
Check the VM Hardware compatibility status of the virtual machines in the container object.	Select Hosts > VM Hardware. Click Check Status. The information about the VM Hardware Compatibility status appears in the Status column in the table that lists all virtual machines in the selected container object. For each virtual machine in the object, you can also see the VM hardware compatibility and the host compatibility. If the container object is a data center or a vCenter Server instance, you must first specify the cluster that you want to see results for.

Option

Action

Check the VMware Tools status of the virtual machines in the container object.

Select Hosts > VMware Tools > .
Click Check Status.
The information about the VMware Tools status appears in the Tools Status column in the table that lists all virtual machines in the selected container object. If the container object is a data center or a vCenter Server instance, you must first specify the cluster that you want to see results for.

Check the VM Hardware compatibility status of the virtual machines in the container object.

Select Hosts > VM Hardware.
Click Check Status.
The information about the VM Hardware Compatibility status appears in the Status column in the table that lists all virtual machines in the selected container object. For each virtual machine in the object, you can also see the VM hardware compatibility and the host compatibility. If the container object is a data center or a vCenter Server instance, you must first specify the cluster that you want to see results for.