Working with host services
PowerCLI has a number of cmdlets to work with host services. You can easily find these cmdlets using the Get-Command cmdlet:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-Command -Noun VMHostService CommandType Name ModuleName ----------- ---- ---------- Cmdlet Get-VMHostService VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Restart-VMHostService VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Set-VMHostService VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Start-VMHostService VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Stop-VMHostService VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Retrieving information about host services
You can use the Get-VMHostService cmdlet to retrieve information about the services running on a host.
The syntax of the Get-VMHostService cmdlet is:
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