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How to view update status for an Arc site

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This article details how to view update status for an Arc site. A site's update status reflects the status of the underlying resources. From the site status view, you can find detailed status information for the supported resources as well.

Prerequisites

  • An Azure subscription. If you don't have a service subscription, create a free trial account in Azure.
  • Azure portal access
  • Internet connectivity
  • A resource group or subscription in Azure with at least one resource for a site. For more information, see Supported resource types.
  • A site created for the associated resource group or subscription. If you don't have one, see Create and manage sites.

Update status colors and meanings

In the Azure portal, status is indicated using color.

  • Green: Up to Date
  • Blue: Update Available
  • Yellow: Update In Progress
  • Red: Needs Attention

This update status comes from the resources within each site and is provided by Azure Update Manager.

View update status

You can view update status for an Arc site as a whole from the main page of Azure Arc site manager (preview).

  1. From the Azure portal, navigate to Azure Arc and select Site manager (preview) to open site manager.

  2. From Azure Arc site manager, navigate to the Overview page.

    Screenshot that shows selecting the Overview page in site manager.

  3. On the Overview page, you can view the summarized update statuses of your sites. This site-level status is aggregated from the statuses of its managed resources. In the following example, sites are shown with different statuses.

    Screenshot that shows the update status summary on the view page.

  4. To understand which site has which status, select either the sites tab or the blue colored status text to be directed to the sites page.

    Screenshot that shows selecting the Sites tab to get more detail about update status.

  5. On the Sites page, you can view the top-level status for each site. This site-level status reflects the most significant resource-level status for the site.

  6. Select the Needs attention link to view the resource details.

    Screenshot that shows selecting the update status for a site to see the resource details.

  7. On the site's resource page, you can view the update status for each resource within the site, including the resource responsible for the top-level most significant status.

    Screenshot that shows using the site details page to identify resources with pending or in progress updates.