PowerCLI Reference

Stop-VMHostService

Synopsis

This cmdlet stops the specified host services.

Syntax

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

Related Commands

Online version
Get-VMHostService
Start-VMHostService
Set-VMHostService
Restart-VMHostService

Detailed Description

This cmdlet stops the host service specified by the Service parameter.

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired?Pipeline InputDefault Value
HostServiceHostService[]Specifies the host services you want to stop.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 stopped HostService objects

Notes

Examples

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

Start-VMHostService -Service $vmHostService

Stops a host service.


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