PowerCLI Reference

Start-VMHostService

Synopsis

This cmdlet starts the specified host services.

Syntax

Start-VMHostService [-HostService] <HostService[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-VMHostService
Set-VMHostService
Stop-VMHostService
Restart-VMHostService

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts the specified host services.

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired?Pipeline InputDefault Value
HostServiceHostService[]Specifies the host services you want to start.truetrue (ByValue)
ConfirmSwitchParameterIf the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.falsefalse
WhatIfSwitchParameterIndicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.falsefalse

Return Type

Zero or more restarted HostService objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

Start-VMHostService -Service $vmHostService

Starts a host service.


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