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ChetanSaundanka
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Difference between hosts connected to & joined the Distributed Virtual Switch

In vSphere's object model a data object DVSSummary (Distributed Virtual Switch summary info object), there are two fields - "host" & "hostMember". According to the documentation

host - type: MoRef[] to HostSystem. Description:The hosts with vnics that connects to the switch.

hostMember - type: MoRef[] to HostSystem. Description: The name of the hosts that join the switch.

What is the exact difference between the two?

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