Types of states

All site elements have states that they report to XProtect Remote Manager. A site consists of the following elements:

  • Site

  • Hosts

  • XProtect services

  • Devices

  • Device components

The states are reported from the lowest level (device components) to the highest (site).

Site states

Name Description
Healthy All services, hosts, devices, and device components are running without any errors.
Attention There is a non-critical issue on the site that requires attention. Check the related site elements for issues.
Critical A device, device component, host, or service is in a Critical state. System operation might be interrupted. Check the site elements for more information about the failure.
Offline The XProtect Cloud Connector service cannot connect to XProtect Remote Manager. Make sure that the XProtect Cloud Connector service is running.
Pending You have added a site in XProtect Remote Manager, but the site is not connected yet. Make sure that XProtect Cloud Connector has been installed with the one-time key that was created for the site.
Unknown The XProtect Cloud Connector service has stopped reporting to XProtect Remote Manager. Check if the service is running.

Host states

Name Description
Healthy All hosts are running without any errors.
Attention

The system reports that the CPU or memory levels are above the normal threshold but have not reached the critical threshold on a host that runs a VMS component. You can adjust the thresholds from System Monitor Thresholds in XProtect Management Client.

Critical

The system reports that the CPU or memory levels on a host that runs a VMS component have reached a critical level. The services on that host might not run properly and the system operation might be interrupted.

Unknown The host has reported an unknown state to XProtect Remote Manager.

XProtect service states

Only the Management Server and Recording Server services report states to XProtect Remote Manager.

Name Description
Healthy All services are running without any errors.
Attention The system reports a non-critical issue on a recording server or device component that requires attention.
Critical A recording server is not functioning properly, and recordings might be lost.
Offline The Management Server or Recording Server service is not running on a host.
Unknown The service has reported an unknown state to XProtect Remote Manager. Make sure that the XProtect VMS API Gateway and the event server are running.

Device states

Name Description
Healthy All devices are running without any errors.
Attention The system reports a non-critical issue on a device component that requires attention.
Critical The system has detected critical issues on a device. Check the related device components for details.
Offline The connection to the device has been lost. Check the connection between the recording server and the device.
Disabled You have disabled the device component. To enable the component, see Enable or disable a device.
Unknown The device has reported an unknown state to XProtect Remote Manager. Make sure that the XProtect VMS API Gateway and the event server are running.
Communication stopped The grace period for your device might have expired. Check if you have activated your license.

Device components states

Name Description
Healthy All device components are running without any errors.
Attention The device component is working, but the system has detected a non-critical issue.
Critical (For cameras only) Video frames from the camera might be lost due to network or recording server issues.
Offline The connection with the device component is lost. Check the connection between the recording server and the device.
Disabled You have disabled the device component. To enable the component, see Enable or disable a device component.
Unknown The device component has reported an unknown state to XProtect Remote Manager. Make sure that the XProtect VMS API Gateway and the event server are running.
Communication stopped Your grace period for the device might have expired. Check if you have activated your license.