Enter and Exit
Maintenance Mode with ESXCLI
You place a host
in maintenance mode to service it, for example, to install more memory. A host
enters or leaves maintenance mode only as the result of a user request.
esxcli system maintenanceMode set
allows you to enable or disable maintenance mode. Specify one of the options listed
in Connection Options for ESXCLI Host Management Commands
in place of <conn_options>
. - To enter maintenance mode, run the following command.esxcli <conn_options> system maintenanceMode set --enable trueAfter all virtual machines on the host have been suspended or migrated, the host enters maintenance mode.You cannot deploy or power on a virtual machine on hosts in maintenance mode.
- To exit maintenance mode, run the following command.esxcli <conn_options> system maintenanceMode set --enable falseIf you attempt to exit maintenance mode when the host is no longer in maintenance mode, an error informs you that maintenance mode is already disabled.