ESXi: Entering and exiting maintenance mode via command line

 

Following on from yesterday’s post, here is how to enter or leave maintenance mode on an ESXi host via SSH:

 

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

 

to go into maintenance mode – and to leave it:

 

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

 

If you’re interested in other useful commands, you can see more hostsvc options by running:

 

vim-cmd hostsvc

 

This is a useful command to know as it is one of the critical steps in applying some patches to ESXi remotely.


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