No compatible host for secondary VM alarm

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This is one of a series of KB articles that outline actions to take when the default vSphere alarm listed in the title of the article is triggered. Default vSphere alarms are set on the vCenter Server level and propagated to all child objects in the inventory.

Alarm name	Trigger condition	Actions
No compatible host for Secondary VM	No compatible host for the Fault Tolerance secondary VM.	Send a notification trap (Repeat)

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Resolution

Verify that your environment has a compatible host for the Fault Tolerance Secondary virtual machine. See Providing Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines.