Physical Host State (State)

Displays the current connection status for a host (ESX server).
Connection status values include:

0 - Connected - indicates that the host is powered on and connected with vCenter
1 - Maintenance mode - indicates that the host is in maintenance mode
2 - Stand By - indicates that the host is in standby mode
3 - DRS Powered Off - indicates that the Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) has powered off the host
4 - DRS Powered On Failed - indicates that DRS failed to power on the host
5 - Disconnected - indicates that the host is disconnected from vCenter
6 - HAagentFailed - indicates that High Availability (HA) agent on host has failed
7 - Unknown - indicates any other state except the above mentioned states

Note

The Physical Host State attribute in BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management is referred as State parameter in BMC PATROL.

Default parameter attributes

Attribute	Default value
BMC PATROL properties
Application class	VSM_HOST
Command type	not applicable
Platform	all
Icon style	graph
Unit	0 - Connected, 1 - Maintenance mode, 2 - Stand By, 3 - DRS Powered Off, 4 - DRS Powered On Failed, 5 - Disconnected, 6 - HAagentFailed, 7 - Unknown
Auto scale	0-7 inactive
Border range	undefined
Alarm1 range	4-6 alarm
Alarm2 range	undefined
Scheduling(poll time)	inherits poll time of collector
Active at installation	yes
Parameter type	consumer
Value set by	vsmInventoryColl or vsmPerfColl
TrueSight/ BMC Helix Operations Management properties
Monitor type	VMware Host
Key Performance Indicator	No
Monitor for abnormalities	Yes
Graph by default	No
Availability	Yes
Response time	No
Normal distribution	Yes
Statistical	No

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