VMware vSphere | ESXi Host | Managing Maintenance Mode with SSH Commands

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In this blog, we will be understand the procedure of managing host's maintenance mode with the help of SSH commands

Description:

Entering or exiting a host to & from maintenance mode is quite easy task by vSphere Web Client, you just need to right click on the host --> choose whether to enter or exit from the maintenance.

Requirement:

Sometimes, if web client isn't available or encountered any issue or you have to work on cli or ssh console, then you can use commands to perform this task.

Suggestions:

You can either use ESXCLI or VIM-CMD to perform operations for entering or exiting host's maintenance mode.

Steps Involved:

1. If you are using ESXCLI, then type below command on the SSH console

             For entering into maintenance mode:

                    esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true

            For exiting from maintenance mode:

                    esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable false

2. If you are using VIM-CMD, type below command:

            For entering:

                    vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

            For exiting:

                    vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

Bonus:

To check host's maintenance mode status via command, please use below string:

                    vim-cmd /hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode

Enjoy !

Thanks,

Arvind Kr.