With the basic host management workflows, you can put a host into maintenance mode, make a host exit maintenance mode. You can also move a host to a folder or a cluster, and reload data from a host.
- Enter maintenance mode
- Puts the host into maintenance mode. You can cancel the task.
- Exit maintenance mode
- Exits maintenance mode. You can cancel the task.
- Move host to cluster
- Moves an existing host into a cluster. The host must be part of the same data center, and if the host is part of a cluster, the host must be in maintenance mode.
- Move host to folder
- Moves a host into a folder as a standalone host. The host must be part of a ClusterComputeResource in the same data center and the host must be in maintenance mode.
- Reload host
- Forces vCenter Server to reload data from a host.
