Verify that hosts are blocked by looking at the Blocked Hosts column in the SOA Workload table on the Platform Management Console Dashboard. This value indicates the number of hosts that are blocked for your application.
If you are trapping SNMP events, you can check for events regarding blocked hosts.
You can inspect the SSM log for your application and look for ERROR messages regarding blocked hosts. To retrieve the SSM log for your application, navigate to System Logs and select ssm.log. Specify the host where your SSM is running and click Retrieve Log List. After the Platform Management Console returns a log list, view the SSM log for your application.
Symphony DE can block slots from your application. If a slot is blocked for your application, Symphony DE cannot allocate that slot back to your application. You will have no resources or fewer resources than expected serving your application, more tasks will be in the PENDING state, and workload will complete at a slower rate.
To check for blocked slots and unblock slots for your application: