This monitor is watching the status of the 'VMware VirtualCenter Server' service. This service must be running for VMware vSphere Management functions, including the Veeam Collector connection to vCenter.
The service is not running; please check the service state in Services.msc on the vCenter Server. The service may have been stopped manually; or may have stopped due to issue with backend database. Check status of database connectivity and services, e.g. SQL Server service where the vCenter database is located.
Start the service.
You can also review alerts from Veeam rules which watch for errors and warning regarding vCenter from the Application log on the vCenter server. There may be related alerts appearing at the same time. Review the view Veeam for VMware / VMware vCenter \ _All Active Alerts to see alerts relating to the vCenter server.
Use the Alerts View to see all current open issues for this object. Use the Events View to review any error and warning events for this object. Open a Performance View to see the performance metrics for this object and all contained objects. Open a Diagram View to analyse the relationships of this object to other components.
See the Help Center for more information including reference lists of all Rules and Monitors and full set of User Guides for the Veeam MP for VMware.
See the VMware Online Documentation for more information on VMware vSphere, in particular:
| Target | Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter | ||
| Parent Monitor | System.Health.AvailabilityState | ||
| Category | AvailabilityHealth | ||
| Enabled | True | ||
| Alert Generate | True | ||
| Alert Severity | Error | ||
| Alert Priority | High | ||
| Alert Auto Resolve | True | ||
| Monitor Type | Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType | ||
| Remotable | True | ||
| Accessibility | Public | ||
| Alert Message |
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| RunAs | Default |
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<UnitMonitor ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter.ServiceMonitor.vpxd" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.CheckNTServiceStateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter.ServiceMonitor.vpxd_AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>High</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Property[@Name='DisplayName']$</AlertParameter1>
<AlertParameter2>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</AlertParameter2>
</AlertParameters>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter.ServiceMonitor.vpxd.ServiceIsRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenter.ServiceMonitor.vpxd.ServiceIsNotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<ComputerName>.</ComputerName>
<ServiceName>vpxd</ServiceName>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>