MOID of ESXi Host

[bhaskardixit]

Hi All,

I have doubt regarding MOID of ESXi host. I know, it is assigned by vCenter Server to ESXi Hosts & when each & every Host hast same number of datastore then it is used to define the master host in HA cluster.

My question or doubt is-----

When is it assigned to Host? At the time of adding in HA cluster or At the time of adding in vCenter Server Instance? Plz clearify?

[sparrowangelste]

iirc at the time of adding to vcenter, I dont think it changes.

here is something interesting:

The election process is defined by an algorithm with two published  rules. For the first, the host with access to the greatest number of  datastores wins. In the case of a tie, the second rule kicks in: The  host with the lexically-highest Managed Object ID (MOID) is chosen. Care  must be taken when attempting to rig this election because lexically here means, for example, that host-99 is in fact higher than host-100.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/virtual-machine-vm-virtualizationserver/vsphere-5-fdm-master-141016

[bhaskardixit]

Thank you Sparrow,

can you tell me? How can I see it (MOID).

[sparrowangelste]

Get-VMHost | Select-Object Name,ID

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/333155