Enabling a Standalone Host to Use a Software Specification
Starting with vSphere 8.0, you can use the
vSphere Lifecycle Manager
to manage the life cycle of standalone hosts
in your vCenter Server
system. You can add a standalone host to a
vCenter Server
instance under a data center object or into a folder. See ESXi Hosts. If you remove a host from a cluster but leave it in the data
center, the host is also considered a standalone host.To manage a standalone host with a software specification, you must first enable the
vSphere Lifecycle Manager
on
that host. You can run a preliminary check to establish whether the standalone host
meets all requirements for enabling the vSphere Lifecycle Manager
. Call the
. The pre-checks that you can
skip before enabling the check_Task(host_ID, check_spec)
method of the
com.vmware.esx.settings.hosts.enablement.Software
interface
and pass as arguments the host identifier and a CheckSpec
instancevSphere Lifecycle Manager
on a standalone host are the same as for a cluster. To enable
vSphere Lifecycle Manager
on a standalone host, call
the
.
Currently, you can skip only the check for orphaned vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). enable_Task(host_ID, check_spec)
method of the
com.vmware.esx.settings.hosts.enablement.Software
interface.
Pass as arguments the host unique identifier and optionally, a
com.vmware.esx.settings.hosts.enablement.SoftwareTypes.EnableSpec
instance to define whether any checks can be skipped during the feature enablement
operation