Viewing cloud hosts

View a list of cloud hosts, both provisioned from the cloud and returned to the cloud through host factory.

Before you begin

To view the cloud host list, you must be a cluster administrator, a read-only cluster administrator, or your user account must be assigned the HF_ALL_REQUESTOR_VIEW permission.

About this task

Use the cloud host list to monitor hosts that are provisioned from the cloud and returned to the cloud. You can filter to view cloud hosts by the following status:
  • Provisioned: The host is successfully allocated from the cloud to the cluster.
  • Releasing: The cloud host is being returned to the cloud.
  • Released: The cloud host is successfully returned to the cloud.

You can also view details such as the name of the cloud service provider, the duration for which a cloud host was allocated to your cluster, and any errors that relate to host allocation and return.

Note: When network connectivity issues occur during host provisioning, a host might sometimes be provisioned from the cloud but not show up in the list of allocated hosts. In this case, you must manually terminate the host from the cloud provider's console.

Procedure

  • To monitor hosts that are provisioned from the cloud, follow these steps:
    1. From the cluster management console, click Resources > Cloud > Hosts.

      A list of cloud hosts is shown.

    2. To sort information in ascending or descending order, click the up or down arrows in each column header.

      Only some columns show by default. To change your column settings, click Settings and select the columns that you want to show.

    3. To view hosts by status, provider, request ID, request name, requestor instance, or launch time, click the settings (gear) icon and select Filter to show a filter dialog to filter your hosts view. For example:
      • To view a list of cloud hosts that are allocated to your cluster, from the filter dialog, select Status from the Filter column list, select Provisioned from the Select status list, and click Apply. A list of hosts in Provisioned status show.
      • To locate a specific cloud host by request name (such as abc), from the filter dialog, select Requestor name from the Filter column list, type the name (abc) in the corresponding field, and click Apply. A list of hosts with this request name show.
  • To check whether hosts belong to your on-premises cluster or the cloud, follow these steps:
    1. From the cluster management console, click Resources > Hosts.
    2. Click All Hosts or Allocated Hosts, then Hosts (List View).
    3. Look in the Cloud Provider column. Cloud hosts show the name of the cloud service provider; on-premises hosts show a dash (-).

      If this column does not show, click Preferences and select Cloud Provider to show in the hosts table.

      Note: If you release a provisioned cloud host directly from the RESTful API, the change does not reflect on the cluster management console.