How to solve "Hypervisor not connected" in Hyperion

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at July 24th, 2025

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→ Applies to: Hyperion 9.x and above

 

Symptom

In some cases, SynetoOS fails to detect Hyperion as hypervisor.

Follow the nest steps to resolve the problem.
 

 

Solution

Step 1. Connect to Hyperion appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 2. Become Super User

sudo su

 

Step 3. Click on the question mark in the top right-hand corner

 

Step 4. Click on View API explorer

NOTE
You'll be redirected to Syneto Doorman API-

 

Step 5. Click on Virtualization

You'll be redirected to Syneto Minerva API.

 

Step 6. Scroll down to the hypervisors section and expand /v1/hypervisors

 

Step 7. Click on Try it out

 

Step 8. Edit Value, then click on Execute

IMPORTANT
Make sure to copy and paste the exact lines below in Edit Value

{
  "type": "Hyperion",
  "connectionSettings": {
    "host": "172.16.254.1"
  }
}

 

EXAMPLE OUTPUT

 

Step 9. Connect to Hyperion appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 10. Become Super User

sudo su

 

Step 11. Restart minerva pods

kubectl delete pod -l app=minerva

 

Step 12. Restart doorman pods

kubectl delete pod -l app=doorman