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Host Power Management Workflows
With the host power management workflows, you can reboot or shut down a host.
Reboot host Reboots a host. If the Orchestrator client is connected directly to the host, it
loses the connection to the host and does not receive an indication of
success in the returned task.
Shut down host Shuts down a host. If the Orchestrator client is connected directly to the
host, it loses the connection to the host and does not receive an indication
of success in the returned task.
Host Registration Management Workflows
With the host registration management workflows, you can add a host to a cluster, disconnect or
reconnect a host from a cluster, and others.
Add host to cluster Adds a host to the cluster. This workflow fails if it cannot authenticate the
SSL certificate of the host.
Add standalone host Registers a host as a standalone host.
Disconnect host Disconnects a host from vCenter Server.
Reconnect host Reconnects a disconnected host by providing only the host information.
Reconnect host with all
information
Reconnects a disconnected host by providing all information about the
host.
Remove host Removes a host and unregisters it from vCenter Server. If the host is part of
a cluster, you must put it in maintenance mode before attempting to remove
it.
Networking Workflows
With the networking workflows, you can add a port group to distributed virtual switch, create a distributed
virtual switch with a port group, and others.
Add port group to
distributed virtual
switch
Adds a new distributed virtual port group to a specified distributed virtual
switch.
Attach host system to
distributed virtual
switch
Adds a host to a distributed virtual switch.
Create distributed
virtual switch with port
group
Creates a distributed virtual switch with a distributed virtual port group.
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