Shutting down a managed host disconnects it from the

system, but does not remove the host from the inventory. You can shut down a single host or all hosts in a data center or cluster. Specify one of the options listed in Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands in place of

<conn_options>

.

To shut down a host, run

esxcli system shutdown poweroff

. You must specify the

--reason

option and supply a reason for the shutdown. A

--delay

option allows you to specify a delay interval, in seconds.

To reboot a host, run

system shutdown reboot

. You must specify the

--reason

option and supply a reason for the reboot. A

--delay

option allows you to specify a delay interval, in seconds.