# Fault - UnrecognizedHost(vim.fault.UnrecognizedHost)

Extends
  VimFault
Since
  VI API 2.5

## Fault Description

A UnrecognizedHost is thrown if the VirtualCenter server fails to validate the identity of the host using host-key. If a reconnect is attempted on a host and if the host-key of the host has changed since the last successful connection attempt, (might be changed by another instance of VirtualCenter), VirtualCenter server will fail to recognize the host.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
hostName | xsd:string | Host in the VirtualCenter inventory which failed the identity validation.
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="UnrecognizedHost"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:VimFault"> <sequence> <element name="hostName" type="xsd:string"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>