Host

Manage hosts on a vCenter Server system

Note: The use of the scripts requires the PowerShell VMware.PowerCLI

• Export-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Exports the specified host profile to a file

• Format-VMHVHostDiskPartition.ps1

  Formats a new VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) on each of the specified host disk partition

• Get-VMHVHostHardware.ps1

  Retrieves the host hardware and firmware information

• Get-VMHVHost.ps1

  Retrieves the hosts on a vCenter Server system

• Get-VMHVHostAccount.ps1

  Retrieves the host accounts available on a vCenter Server system

• Get-VMHVHostDiagnosticPartition.ps1

  Retrieves a list of the diagnostic partitions on the specified hosts

• Get-VMHVHostDisk.ps1

  Retrieves information about the specified SCSI LUN disk

• Get-VMHVHostDiskPartition.ps1

  Retrieves the partitions of a host disk (LUN)

• Get-VMHVHostFirewallDefaultPolicy.ps1

  Retrieves the firewall default policy of the specified host

• Get-VMHVHostFirewallException.ps1

  Retrieves the exceptions from the firewall policy on the specified host

• Get-VMHVHostFirmware.ps1

  Retrieves hosts firmware information

• Get-VMHVHostLogs.ps1

  Retrieves entries from vSphere logs

• Get-VMHVHostLogType.ps1

  Retrieves information about the log types available on a virtual machine host

• Get-VMHVHostNetwork.ps1

  Retrieves the host networks on a vCenter Server system

• Get-VMHVHostNetworkAdapter.ps1

  Retrieves the host network adapters on a vCenter Server system

• Get-VMHVHostPatch.ps1

  Retrieves the host patches installed on the specified host

• Get-VMHVHostPCIDevice.ps1

  Retrieves the PCI devices on the specified hosts

• Get-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Retrieves the available host profiles

• Get-VMHVHostRoute.ps1

  Retrieves the routes from the routing table of the specified hosts

• Get-VMHVHostStartPolicy.ps1

  Retrieves the start policy of the host

• Get-VMHVHostStorage.ps1

  Retrieves the host storages on a vCenter Server system

• Get-VMHVHostProfileRequiredInput.ps1

  Check whether the available information is sufficient to apply a host profile, and returns missing values

• Import-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Imports a host profile from a file

• Install-VMHVHostPatch.ps1

  Updates the specified host

• Invoke-VMHVHostCommand.ps1

  Invokes a command for the specified host.
  The acceptable commands are: Start, Stop, Suspend, Restart

• Invoke-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Applies a host profile to the specified host or cluster

• Invoke-VMHVHostServiceCommand.ps1

  Invokes a command for the specified host services.
  The acceptable commands are: Start, Stop, Restart

• Move-VMHVHost.ps1

  Moves the specified host to another location

• New-VMHVHost.ps1

  Creates a new host

• New-VMHVHostAcccount.ps1

  Creates a new host user account using the provided parameters

• New-VMHVHostNetworkAdapter.ps1

  Creates a new HostVirtualNIC (Service Console or VMKernel) on the specified host

• New-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Creates a new host profile based on a reference host

• New-VMHVHostRoute.ps1

  Creates a new route in the routing table of a host

• Remove-VMHVHost.ps1

  Removes the specified host from the inventory

• Remove-VMHVHostAccount.ps1

  Removes the specified host account

• Remove-VMHVHostNetworkAdapter.ps1

  Configures the specified host network adapter

• Remove-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Removes the specified host profile

• Set-VMHVHost.ps1

  Modifies the configuration of the host

• Set-VMHVHostAccount.ps1

  Configures a host account

• Set-VMHVHostDiagnosticPartition.ps1

  Activates or deactivates the diagnostic partitions of host

• Set-VMHVHostFirewallDefaultPolicy.ps1

  Sets the default policy for the specified host firewall

• Set-VMHVHostFirewallException.ps1

  Enables or disables host firewall exceptions

• Set-VMHVHostFirmware.ps1

  Configures hosts firmware settings

• Set-VMHVHostNetwork.ps1

  Updates the specified virtual network

• Set-VMHVHostNetworkAdapter.ps1

  Configures the specified host network adapter

• Set-VMHVHostProfile.ps1

  Modifies the specified host profile

• Set-VMHVHostStartPolicy.ps1

  Modifies the host default start policy

• Set-VMHVHostStorage.ps1

  Retrieves the host storages on a vCenter Server system

• Test-VMHVHostProfileCompliance.ps1

  Tests hosts for profile compliance