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It could be a phantom alert, these do exist, from time to time.<br />
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but upload a screenshot, and we can advise better.
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It could be a phantom alert, these do exist, from time to time.

but upload a screenshot, and we can advise better.

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Oops forgot...<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687783/alarms.jpg" target="_blank" title="alaram (175 KB)"><img alt="alaram" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 768px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687783/alarms.jpg" /></a>
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Oops forgot...alaramhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687783/alarms.jpg

alarms.jpg

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A screenshot of the actual alarm, not the definitions?
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A screenshot of the actual alarm, not the definitions?

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under Triggered Alarms tab, nothing is showing, empty
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under Triggered Alarms tab, nothing is showing, empty

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I am worried about the Red Diamonds next to the ESX hosts icons<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687902/alarms.jpg" target="_blank" title="alarms (12 KB)"><img alt="alarms" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 768px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687902/alarms.jpg" /></a>
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I am worried about the Red Diamonds next to the ESX hosts icons

alarmshttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w46/687902/alarms.jpg

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I guess some VMs need VMware Tools..that was the error about
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I guess some VMs need VMware Tools..that was the error about

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it's difficult to give an assessment, based on thr screenshot provided.
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it's difficult to give an assessment, based on thr screenshot provided.

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Under Tasks/Events, click Events. Does anything show there? Otherwise, as mentioned... really can't determine anything further.<br />
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~coolsport00
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Under Tasks/Events, click Events. Does anything show there? Otherwise, as mentioned... really can't determine anything further.

~coolsport00

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coolsport00:<br />
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Sorry, I did not get back to you Quick.<br />
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Under Events I see the &quot;Cannot Login @ipaddress &quot;&nbsp;error.<br />
I am not sure how to clear it.... if I can manage to clear it then the error icon next to ESX host, will go away...<br />
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so How to clear it?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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coolsport00:

Sorry, I did not get back to you Quick.

Under Events I see the "Cannot Login @ipaddress " error.
I am not sure how to clear it.... if I can manage to clear it then the error icon next to ESX host, will go away...

so How to clear it?

Thanks

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You can't clear Tasks or Events.. only Alarms. I was just curious if that tab would show any alarm events that could've occurred. Your red icon could be due to something else than a resource issue.. if the icon still even exists.<br />
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~coolsport00
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You can't clear Tasks or Events.. only Alarms. I was just curious if that tab would show any alarm events that could've occurred. Your red icon could be due to something else than a resource issue.. if the icon still even exists.

~coolsport00

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The red icon is still there , it is due to &quot;Cannot Login @ipaddress &quot;&nbsp;error.
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The red icon is still there , it is due to "Cannot Login @ipaddress " error.

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could you screenshot the entire client, with error, for us to have a look at.
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could you screenshot the entire client, with error, for us to have a look at.

errorhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w47/689102/error.jpg

error.jpg

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what is trying to login to the servers, and getting refused?<br />
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a root account with the wrong password?
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what is trying to login to the servers, and getting refused?

a root account with the wrong password?

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Indeed - what service/device/other is logging on.. or attempting to? From the events noted above, look at the time logon was attempted. See if it references &quot;what&quot;, or what IP, is attempting the logon. Or, is it some 'service' with credentials? If some AD acct, and that acct's pwd has since chg'd, then you just need to provide proper credentials. And, if that is the case, is typically best to use a Service acct config'd to where the pwd doesn't ever change.<br />
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~coolsport00
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Indeed - what service/device/other is logging on.. or attempting to? From the events noted above, look at the time logon was attempted. See if it references "what", or what IP, is attempting the logon. Or, is it some 'service' with credentials? If some AD acct, and that acct's pwd has since chg'd, then you just need to provide proper credentials. And, if that is the case, is typically best to use a Service acct config'd to where the pwd doesn't ever change.

~coolsport00

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Any way just to clear the alert ..so that the error icon will go away ?
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Any way just to clear the alert ..so that the error icon will go away ?

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how often is the error concurring?
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the problem, it is hard to pinpoint which user account is trying to login and causing the error<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w47/689113/error.jpg" target="_blank" title="error (63 KB)"><img alt="error" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 768px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w47/689113/error.jpg" /></a>
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the problem, it is hard to pinpoint which user account is trying to login and causing the error
errorhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w47/689113/error.jpg

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I wonder if there is anything in the logs of the ESX that is reporting the error.
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I wonder if there is anything in the logs of the ESX that is reporting the error.

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I believe some service accounts..fail to authenticate to ESX...per Auth.log
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I believe some service accounts..fail to authenticate to ESX...per Auth.log

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ESX Host Alarms tab<br />
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I am looking at one of our ESX hosts, under the Alarms Tab, Triggered Alarms is showing nothing.<br />
but under Definitions, is showing whatever displayed in the screenshot below.<br />
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the ESX host still showing a little Red Diamond shaped with white exclamation mark inside the diamond.<br />
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I am not sure if something I should be worrying about.<br />
<br />
Any idea?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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ESX Host Alarms tab

I am looking at one of our ESX hosts, under the Alarms Tab, Triggered Alarms is showing nothing.
but under Definitions, is showing whatever displayed in the screenshot below.

the ESX host still showing a little Red Diamond shaped with white exclamation mark inside the diamond.

I am not sure if something I should be worrying about.

Any idea?

Thanks

ESX Host Alarms tab

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.