Viewing the properties of a virtual business service

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
You can use the Management Server console to view the properties of a virtual business service. Select the required virtual business service, right-click, and select Properties. Click on the General tab to view the general properties of the virtual business service. Click on the Service Group properties tab, to view the properties of each service group listed.
Under the General tab, you can view the following properties:
Fault management Indicates the fault management status (enabled or disabled) of
the virtual business service.
Fault management configuration status Indicates the fault management status of
the host. The status can be one of the following:
- Enabled: Fault management is enabled for virtual business services on the specified host. This implies that the credentials for fault management configuration are deployed and the vbsapp resource is present on the specified host and VRTSvbs package is installed.
- Not Enabled: Fault management is not enabled for virtual business services on the specified host. This means that the credentials for fault management configuration are not deployed.
- Enabled by another VOM: Virtual business services configured on this host are managed by another management server.
- Partially Enabled: Fault management configuration has not been completed for the virtual business service on the specified host. This implies that credentials for fault management configuration are deployed, but the vbsapp resource is not present on the specified host.
System The system name.
Cluster The name of the cluster participating in the VBS.
Status Displays the fault management status of the virtual business service.
VBS Package version Displays the VRTSvbs package version in use.
Under the Service Groups properties tab, you can view the following properties:
Service Group The name of the configured service group.
Cluster The name of the cluster the service group
belongs to..
Start VM Indicates if the virtual machine will be
switched on and the service group on that virtual machine is brought
online.
Stop VM Indicates if the virtual machine will be powered off as part of the VBS stop operation..
Script Path The path of the custom script that is configured to run on this tier.
User Name The user in whose context the script will be executed.