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System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Host VMM Agent Version

Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.HostVMMAgentVersionMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Monitors whether the version of the VMM agent on the virtualization host is out of date

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Virtual Machine Manager agent on the virtual machine host or library server is not compatible with the current version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).

Causes

Virtual Machine Manager was updated, and the Virtual Machine Manager agent on the virtual machine host or library server must be updated.

Resolutions

After you update Virtual Machine Manager, you should check the Agent Management node in Administration view of the VMM console to see whether the agents on managed hosts and library servers must be updated. If the VMM agent must be updated, the Update action is available for the computer.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.HyperVHost
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.TwoStatesMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
VMM Agent Version on VMHost out of date
The status of the version of the VMM agent is {1} on {0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.HostVMMAgentVersionMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="VMM2016Discovery!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.HyperVHost" TypeID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.TwoStatesMonitorType" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.2016.HostVMMAgentVersionMonitor.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VMHost"]/AgentVersionState$</AlertParameter2>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="VMMAgentVersionHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Success" HealthState="Success"/>

    <OperationalState ID="VMMAgentVersionCritical" MonitorTypeStateID="Error" HealthState="Error"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <IntervalSeconds>7200</IntervalSeconds>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    <ErrorExpression>

      <SimpleExpression>

        <ValueExpression>

          <Value Type="String">Updated</Value>

        </ValueExpression>

        <Operator CaseSensitive="false">NotEqual</Operator>

        <ValueExpression>

          <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VMHost"]/AgentVersionState$</Value>

        </ValueExpression>

      </SimpleExpression>

    </ErrorExpression>

    <SuccessExpression>

      <SimpleExpression>

        <ValueExpression>

          <Value Type="String">Updated</Value>

        </ValueExpression>

        <Operator CaseSensitive="false">Equal</Operator>

        <ValueExpression>

          <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VMMBase!Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.VMHost"]/AgentVersionState$</Value>

        </ValueExpression>

      </SimpleExpression>

    </SuccessExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>