State definitions

online 

Indicates that the remote service group is either in an online or partial state.  

offline 

Indicates that the remote service group is in an offline or faulted state. The true state of the remote service group is monitored only on the online node in the local cluster. 

faulted 

Indicates that the RemoteGroup resource has unexpectedly gone offline. 

unknown 

Indicates that a problem exists either with the configuration or the ability of the RemoteGroup resource to determine the state of the remote service group.