In a VMware vSphere environment, the hosts are the work horses; they provide the power on which the virtual machines run. So before you can deploy your virtual machines, you first have to deploy your hosts.
In this chapter, you will learn how to manage your hosts using PowerCLI. We will focus on:
Adding a host to a VMware vCenter Server
Enabling and disabling maintenance mode
Working with host profiles
Working with host services
Configuring the host firewall
Configuring vSphere Image Builder and Auto Deploy
Using esxcli from PowerCLI
Using the vSphere CLI commands from PowerCLI
Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server