title: VMware vCenter Server Appliance: Update Status
agents: vcsa_health
catalog: app/vmware
license: GPL-2.0-only
distribution: check_mk
description:
 This check monitors the update status of a VMware vCenter Server
 Appliance (VCSA), reports the installed product version, and checks how
 long ago the appliance last queried the update repository. The data is
 retrieved by the special agent {agent_vcsa_health}.

 The state is {OK} if the appliance is up to date, {WARN} if updates are
 pending or an update is being staged or installed, and {CRIT} if an
 installation failed or a rollback is in progress.

 An appliance that has stopped querying the update repository keeps
 reporting that it is up to date indefinitely, which hides pending
 updates. Upper levels on the age of the last check can therefore be
 configured via the ruleset "VCSA update status", with defaults of 14 days
 {WARN} and 30 days {CRIT}. Appliances that do not report a last query
 time are not checked for staleness.

discovery:
 One service is created per appliance.
