# Enum - VirtualMachineNeedSecondaryReason(vim.VirtualMachine.NeedSecondaryReason)

Since
  vSphere API 4.0

## Enum Description

The NeedSecondaryReason type defines all reasons a virtual machine is in the needSecondary Fault Tolerance state following a failure.

Enum Constants

Name | Description
--- | ---
checkpointError | Checkpoint error Since vSphere API 6.0
divergence | Divergence
initializing | Initializing FT
lostConnection | Lose connection to secondary
other | All other reasons
partialHardwareFailure | Partial hardware failure
userAction | Terminated by user

Show WSDL type definition
<simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="VirtualMachineNeedSecondaryReason"> <restriction base="xsd:string"> <enumeration value="initializing"/> <enumeration value="divergence"/> <enumeration value="lostConnection"/> <enumeration value="partialHardwareFailure"/> <enumeration value="userAction"/> <enumeration value="checkpointError"/> <enumeration value="other"/> </restriction> </simpleType>