Add-HostsToCluster¶

Synopsis¶

Adds ESXi hosts to a vSphere cluster using data from the SDDC Manager backup.

Syntax¶

Add-HostsToCluster [-vCenterFQDN] <String> [-vCenterAdmin] <String> [-vCenterAdminPassword] <String> [-clusterName] <String> [-extractedSDDCDataFile] <String> [-sddcManagerFQDN] <String> [-sddcManagerAdmin] <String> [-sddcManagerAdminPassword] <String> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Add-HostsToCluster cmdlet adds ESXi hosts to a vSphere cluster using data from the SDDC Manager backup.

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Add-HostsToCluster -vCenterFQDN "sfo-m01-vc02.sfo.rainpole.io" -vCenterAdmin "administrator@vsphere.local" -vCenterAdminPassword "VMw@re1!" -clusterName "sfo-m01-cl01"  -extractedSDDCDataFile ".\extracted-sddc-data.json" -sddcManagerFQDN "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io" -sddcManagerAdmin "administrator@vsphere.local" -sddcManagerAdminPassword "VMw@re1!"

Parameters¶

-vCenterFQDN¶

Fully qualified domain name of the vCenter Server instance hosting the vSphere cluster to which the ESXi hosts will be added.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-vCenterAdmin¶

Admin user for the vCenter Server instance hosting the vSphere cluster to which the ESXi hosts will be added.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-vCenterAdminPassword¶

Admin password for the vCenter Server instance hosting the vSphere cluster to which the ESXi hosts will be added.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-clusterName¶

Name of the vSphere cluster instance to which the ESXi hosts will be added.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-extractedSDDCDataFile¶

Relative or absolute to the extracted-sddc-data.json file (previously created by New-ExtractDataFromSDDCBackup) on the local filesystem.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-sddcManagerFQDN¶

FQDN of SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-sddcManagerAdmin¶

SDDC Manager API username with ADMIN role.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 7
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-sddcManagerAdminPassword¶

SDDC Manager API username password.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 8
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction¶

Progress Action.

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.