Add-VDSwitchVMHost Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Add-VDSwitchVMHost

This cmdlet adds hosts to the specified vSphere distributed switch. The physical network adapters of the hosts are not connected to the vSphere distributed switch.

Syntax

Add-VDSwitchVMHost
-VDSwitch < VDSwitch >
-VMHost < VMHost[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-RunAsync ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
VDSwitch VDSwitch named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the vSphere distributed switch to which you want to add one or more hosts.
required
VMHost VMHost[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the hosts that you want to add to the vSphere distributed switch.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional RunAsync SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.
optional Server VIServer[] named
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.

Output

Examples

Example 1

Get-VDSwitch -Name "MyDistributedSwitch" | Add-VDSwitchVMHost -VMHost "VMHost1", "VMHost2"

Adds two hosts to the specified vSphere distributed switch.

Related Commands

VDSwitch

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified vSphere distributed switch to a .zip file.

This cmdlet retrieves vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet creates vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet removes vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of vSphere distributed switches.

VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet adds host physical network adapters to a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes host physical network adapters from the vSphere distributed switches they are connected to.

VDSwitchPrivateVlan

This cmdlet retrieves the private VLAN configuration entries of a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet creates private VLAN configuration entries on a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes private VLAN configuration entries from vSphere distributed switches.

VDSwitchVMHost

This cmdlet adds hosts to the specified vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes hosts from the specified vSphere distributed switches.