View the Health Status of Nodes

In the vSphere Client, you can view the health status of vCenter Server nodes.

vCenter Server instances and machines that run vCenter Server services are considered nodes. Graphical badges represent the health status of nodes.

Prerequisites

Verify that the user you use to log in to the vCenter Server instance is a member of the SystemConfiguration.Administrators group in the vCenter Single Sign-On domain.

Procedure

1. Use the vSphere Client to log in as administrator@your_domain_name to the vCenter Server instance.
   The address is of the type http:// appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN/ui.
2. From the vSphere Client menu, select Administration.
3. Select Deployment > System Configuration.
4. Select a node to view its health status.

   Table 1. Health States

   Badge Icon	Description
   	Good. The health of the object is normal.
   	Warning. The object is experiencing some problems.
   	Critical. The object is either not functioning properly or will stop functioning soon.
   	Unknown. No data is available for this object.