vCloud Director : vSphere enter to maintenance mode

• System-> Manage & Monitor
• vSphere Resources -> Hosts

1. Find the host you need to place in to maintenance mode, right click and select Disable Host.
2.  At that point, the status will turn from a green circle with a check, to a red circle.
3. Right click on the host again and select Redeploy All VMs.
4. The ESXi host will go in to maintenance mode in the vCenter server and evacuate all virtual machines as usual.
5. (Optional!) If you see vsla errors (such as the screenshot), issues with deleting vApps, Unprepare the host which removes the vCloud agent from ESXi
6. (Optional!) Prepare the host for vCloud by pushing the vCloud agent to ESXi
7. When maintenance is complete, right click and Enable Host.
8. And your work is complete!