Reboot a Host with Get-View

You can reboot a host by using its corresponding view object.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1. Use the Get-VMHost cmdlet to get a host by its name, and pass the result to the Get-View cmdlet to get the corresponding view object.

   $vmhostView = Get-VMHost -Name Host | Get-View 

2. Call the reboot method of the host view object to reboot the host.

   $vmhostView.RebootHost()