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vCenter data center shut down.
I am documenting a procedure to shutdown the data center. We have vsphere cluster with HA and DRS enabled.
In order for me to understand the steps , today I shut down vms on an Esxi host and put that Esxi host on maintenance mode. I noticed that all the power down vms were migrated to other Esxi hosts. I was expecting the VMs to be on that host so they will be there when I power on the Esxi host. Will the all the VMs moved to the last esxi host with power down state when I shut down one at a time and will be back to their original place when we start the esxi hosts?
In order for me to understand the steps , today I shut down vms on an Esxi host and put that Esxi host on maintenance mode. I noticed that all the power down vms were migrated to other Esxi hosts. I was expecting the VMs to be on that host so they will be there when I power on the Esxi host. Will the all the VMs moved to the last esxi host with power down state when I shut down one at a time and will be back to their original place when we start the esxi hosts?
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If i understood correctly, disabling HA and DRS will keep the VMs's inventory on Esxi host when we enter into maintenance mode here after we can shutdown the esxi host?