Comments on: Place an ESX Host into maintenance mode using the command line. http://www.technicaljourney.com/2010/05/place-an-esx-host-into-maintenance-mode-using-the-command-line/ www.technicaljourney.com - Web Blog Of Paul McSharry, Technical Consultant & Trainer. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Oscar http://www.technicaljourney.com/2010/05/place-an-esx-host-into-maintenance-mode-using-the-command-line/#comment-49 Oscar Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:09:51 +0000 http://www.technicaljourney.com/?p=151#comment-49 Thanks for the tip. I alternatively use vmware-vim-cmd instead of vimsh, so those commands would look like: vmware-vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter and vmware-vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit And to check if a host is already in maintenance mode: vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary|grep -i maintenance output should be something like: inMaintenanceMode = false, Cheers Thanks for the tip.

I alternatively use vmware-vim-cmd instead of vimsh, so those commands would look like:

vmware-vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

and

vmware-vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

And to check if a host is already in maintenance mode:

vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary|grep -i maintenance

output should be something like:

inMaintenanceMode = false,

Cheers

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