ESXi Maintenance mode

[fborges555]

HI

I would like to use a while loop to wait until the esxi is on maintenance mode to do something else

I have

get-vmhost -Name $esxiHost | set-vmhost -state "maintenance"

$result = (Get-VMHost -Name $esxiHost | select connectionstate)

while ($result.connectionstate -ne "Maintenance")

{

Start-Sleep -s 60

$result = (Get-VMHost -Name $esxiHost | select connectionstate)

}

is this right way to do this or is there another way, I am not sure if once the first statement is executed , the connection state changes to maintenance right away of if there is something in between until the esxi is fully in maintenance mode then that state changes.

Thanks

[LucD]

Since PowerCLI .NET objects are not updated automatically, you will have to 'get' the object again.

And no, the ConnectionState does not change immediately after the Set-VMHost cmdlet, only when the ESXi node is actually in maintenance mode.

Your code is correct.

This would be my take on it.

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esxiHost | Set-VMHost -State "maintenance" -Confirm:$false

while ($esx.ConnectionState -ne "Maintenance")

{

    Start-Sleep -s 60

    $esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esx.Name

}

[fborges555]

L.

so at this point been an object and all, I don't  have to pipe

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esx.Name | "select connectionstate "

correct???

[LucD]

No, with Select-Object you get a different object.

You could do

$esxState = Get-VMHost -Name $esx.Name | select -ExpandProperty connectionstate

Then you have the state in the variable $esxState.

But I'm not sure why you would want to do that.