Monitoring and managing XenServer

XenServer and XenCenter provide access to alerts that are generated when noteworthy things happen. XenCenter provides various mechanisms of grouping and maintaining metadata about managed VMs, hosts, storage repositories, and so on.

Note:

Full monitoring and alerting functionality is only available is only available with XenServer Advanced edition or above. To find out about XenServer editions and how to upgrade, visit the Citrix website here.

Alerts

XenServer generates alerts for the following events.

Configurable Alerts:

New XenServer patches available

New XenServer version available

New XenCenter version available

Alerts generated by XenCenter:

Alert

Description

 

 

XenCenter old

the XenServer expects a newer version but can still connect to the current

 

version

 

 

XenCenter out of date

XenCenter is too old to connect to XenServer

 

 

XenServer out of date

XenServer is an old version that the current XenCenter cannot connect to

 

 

License expired alert

your XenServer license has expired

 

 

Missing IQN alert

XenServer uses iSCSI storage but the host IQN is blank

 

 

Duplicate IQN alert

XenServer uses iSCSI storage, and there are duplicate host IQNs

 

 

Alerts generated by XenServer:

ha_host_failed

ha_host_was_fenced

ha_network_bonding_error

ha_pool_drop_in_plan_exists_for

ha_pool_overcommitted

ha_protected_vm_restart_failed

ha_statefile_lost

host_clock_skew_detected

host_sync_data_failed

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