# Fault - HostIncompatibleForFaultTolerance(vim.fault.HostIncompatibleForFaultTolerance)

Extends
  VmFaultToleranceIssue
Since
  vSphere API 4.0

## Fault Description

This fault is thrown when an attempt is made to configure a fault tolerant virtual machine on a host that is incompatible.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
hostName* | xsd:string |
reason* | xsd:string | The specific reason why the host does not support fault tolerance. Values should come from HostIncompatibleForFaultToleranceReason.
Properties inherited from VmFaultToleranceIssue
None
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

*May not be present
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostIncompatibleForFaultTolerance"> <complexContent> <extension base="sms:VmFaultToleranceIssue"> <sequence> <element name="hostName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="reason" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>