unable to see host hardware status in vcenter

[srikanthraavi]

Hi all,

        I unable to see host hardware status information. i want to clear IPMI system event logs..

        Please find below screen shot

Thanks

Srikanth Raavi

[abhilashhb]

Is your issue solved? If not do not set "assumed answered" to your question. People will think its answered and not bother to check. So always leave it "Not answered" till your issue is solved.

Regarding your issue, can you give more info?

Which version of vCenter are you using? ESXi version?

If you log into the host directly can you see the hardware status?

[srikanthraavi]

Okay,

           vCenter Server 5.1.0(1123961) and esxi 5.1.0(1157734)..

Thanks

[Valcra]

just check whether you have plugin enabled "vCenter hardware status"...

[srikanthraavi]

Thank you for reply..

Already, Plug in enabled..

Thanks

Sriaknth

[abhilashhb]

If you log into the host directly can you see the hardware status?

[srikanthraavi]

Noo, Same issue...

[ScreamingSilenc]

Can you ssh to the host and check the sfcbd status if its stop just start and if running just restart it and then check whether your able to see the sensors

/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog status

/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start

Thanks

[srikanthraavi]

sfcbd-watchdog status is running..

[ScreamingSilenc]

Can you provide server model detail

[srikanthraavi]

Sure,

               Hp proliant 420 gen8

               Intel Xeon(r) CPU

[abhilashhb]

Lot of times it so happens that hardware status does not show in HP because of the BIOS version. If you upgrade the BIOS version it will show up.

I'm suggesting this as all the possible reasons that makes hardware status not show are ruled out.

[ScreamingSilenc]

Was it working prior to this issue ? Which vSphere version have you installed on the host ?

I would suggest below steps if those doesn't work then you can update the BIOS version as suggested.

1) Restart the sfcbd service /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart.

2) Try restarting "VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices service" on vCenter host and try disconnect and connect host to vCenter.

3) If possible attach vmkernel.log output.

Thanks