Add ESXi host to new vCenter instace - Preserve Hosts current Resource Pool Hierarchy w/ Powercli

[Mozana]

Good Morning Folks,

I am trying to find a way to automate the task of pulling in quite a few ESXI hosts from an old vCenter 5.5 instance into a new 6.5 instance.  I'd like to preserve the current resource pool hierarchy of these hosts as I pull them into the new vCenter.  Performing this task via the WebCleint is straight forward as i am prompted to preserve the current resource pool hierarchy from a grafted host.  I am having a hard time finding the correct parameters to perform this task via powercli.

Any help is appreciated.

[dbalcaraz]

Hi,

Which are the missing parameters that you can't found?

I suppose you are querying to the vCenter 5.5 so it can be more limited.

[Mozana]

I am using the standard Add-VMhost powercli commandlet.     I dont see parameters with this command that pertains to pulling in the hosts with its existing resource pool hierarchy (grafted).   I can obviously complete this task via the webclient and it works fine...just trying to automate the process via powercli.

Thanks

[mskupin]

But resource pools are created on cluster level, not host level. So try going this way. Note DRS need to be enabled to create resource pool.

[dbalcaraz]

Let me check it and I will give you an answer today.