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Put ESXi server in maintenance mode from Tech Support Mode using vim-cmd

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Esxi Sysadmin Vsphere

If you need to put a host in maintenance mode and only have access through ESXi Tech Support Mode, either local from DCUI or remote with SSH, in the following quick post I’ll show you how to do it using vim-cmd command.

Put the host in maintenance mode:

Enter maintenance mode

Check the state of the host.

Check host state

Get the ESXi out of maintenance mode.

Exit maintenance mode

This procedure works in ESXi 4.x and ESXi 5.

Juanma.