# Host Stuck in monitoring\_init

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 5, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826 "2015-06-05T20:57:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Opereira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Opereira](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Opereira)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/1 "2015-06-05T20:57:19Z")

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When i add a vcenter cluster through the add host in the gui it gets added without errors but then just sits a monitoring\_init status. it never displays anything else and i am not able to deploy vm’s to that host. Can someone please help resolve this. version 4.12.

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**Author:** ![mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/2 "2015-06-08T19:24:06Z")

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Hi Orlando,  
What hypervisor are you using?  
Could you confirm you suited all requirements for the ONE host e.g. ssh-password less access from frontend to hosts e.t.c.?

Tray to read quick start guide (you also didn’t inform about Linux distr):  
[http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/design\_and\_installation/quick\_starts/index.html](http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/design_and_installation/quick_starts/index.html)

If you’d like to get more comprehension about monitoring process please read this [http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/administration/monitoring/imsshpullg.html](http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/administration/monitoring/imsshpullg.html)

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**Author:** ![Opereira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Opereira](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Opereira)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/3 "2015-06-08T19:36:18Z")

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Hi Mike,

I am running opennebula 4.12 on CentOS 6.6 x64. I think I have the password less stuff setup but the documentation for this was not easy to follow. Are there any checks I can do to see if the password less stuff is configured correctly and could you point to some documentation how to configure this on vcenter 5.5 with esxi5.5 hosts.

P.S. I am able to add VMware hosts directly but not through the vcenter.

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**Author:** ![mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/4 "2015-06-08T19:47:12Z")

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Thanks Orlando,  
Unfortunately I’ve never configured ONE with VMWare, there is a different method of host monitoring, you should suit following requirements:  
VI API access to the ESX hosts.  
ESX hosts configured to work with OpenNebula  
But I can’t support you in details. Did you try the guide below?  
[http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/administration/monitoring/imesxpullg.html](http://docs.opennebula.org/4.12/administration/monitoring/imesxpullg.html)

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**Author:** ![jfontan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/jfontan/32/18_2.png) [@jfontan](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/jfontan)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/5 "2015-06-09T14:56:33Z")

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For VMware we recommend to use `vcenter` drivers.

Do you get error messages in `/var/log/on/oned.log`? Look for a line that says:

```auto
Monitoring host <your host> (<host id>)

```

After that one you should see more information on what’s happening.

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**Author:** ![Opereira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Opereira](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Opereira)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/host-stuck-in-monitoring-init/826/6 "2015-06-15T17:31:05Z")

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Hi,

This issue has been resolved. I had a space in the name of the cluster I was trying to import which was causing the issue. After I removed the space I was able to import the cluster with no problems.

Thanks,  
Orlando