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
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
VDSwitch | VDSwitch | named |
|
Specifies the vSphere distributed switch to which you want to add one or more hosts. |
| required
|
VMHost | VMHost[] | named |
|
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.