ESX/ESXi host displays warning message when test condition is false

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Host displays a warning in the Summary or Alarms tab, even though the test condition is false, that is similar to:

Host hostname currently has no management network redundancy

• The above error message displays in the Summary tab for the host, even though there are two available uplinks for the vSwitch hosting the Service Console/VMkernel Port Management Network, providing a redundancy.

Note: This also applies to the alarm definitions for any object, e.g. memory/CPU usage.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware ESX 4.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Resolution

To resolve this issue, use one of these methods after confirming network configuration:

• Right-click the host and click Reconfigure HA.
• Disable and then re-enable HA. 
• Restart the management agents from the command line:
  1. Log in to the host as root.
  2. Run this command:  services.sh restart  For more information see  Restarting the Management agents in ESXi

• To enable ssh on ESXi   use Using ESXi Shell in ESXi

Additional Information

Using ESXi Shell in ESXi