Veeam VMware: A required license is not reserved

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvents.NoLicenseEvent.Critical (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

These are events reported by License Manager.

A NoLicenseEvent is reported if the required licenses could not be reserved. Each feature that is not fully licensed is reported.

Causes

A required license {feature.featureName} is not reserved

Resolutions

Check the connection to your license server component, if applicable to your vCenter version. Make sure you have a valid license file for all hosts and all features.

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 analyze the relationships of this object to other components.

External

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:

Element properties:

TargetVeeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvents
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityHigh
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Veeam VMware: A required license is not reserved
{0}
Event LogVeeam VMware

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
Alert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

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<Category>EventCollection</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">
<ComputerName>.</ComputerName>
<LogName>Veeam VMware</LogName>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">NoLicenseEvent</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[6]</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
</And>
</Expression>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="Alert" TypeID="SystemHealth!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
<Priority>2</Priority>
<Severity>2</Severity>
<AlertOwner/>
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvents.NoLicenseEvent.Critical.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>[$Data/Params/Param[1]$] $Data/Params/Param[11]$</AlertParameter1>
</AlertParameters>
<Suppression>
<SuppressionValue>$Data/Params/Param[11]$</SuppressionValue>
</Suppression>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>