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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 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XenCenter out of date XenCenter is too old to connect to XenServer
XenServer out of date XenServer is an old version that the current XenCenter cannot connect to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
• license_does_not_support_pooling
• pbd_plug_failed_on_server_start
• pool_master_transition