Moving hosts to clusters

You can use the Move-VMHost cmdlet to move a host to a cluster. The host has to already be added to your vSphere inventory. If it isn't, you can use the Add-VMHost cmdlet to add the host to your inventory, as shown in Chapter 4, Managing vSphere Hosts with PowerCLI . The host also has to be in a maintenance mode or you will get the error message: The operation is not allowed in the current state.

The syntax of the Move-VMHost cmdlet is as follows:

Move-VMHost [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Destination] <VIContainer>
    [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-RunAsync] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

The -VMHost and -Destination parameters are required.

You can also use the Move-VMhost cmdlet to move a host to another VIContainer such as a data center or a folder.

In the following example, you will first put host 192.168.0.134 in a maintenance mode, move the host to Cluster02, and finally exit a maintenance mode:

PowerCLI C:\> $VMHost =...