Maintenance mode

[topokin]

I get this error message when trying to put an ESXi 4.1 into maintenance mode

Host ESXServer cannot be entered into maintenance mode:
SOAP Fault:
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Fault string: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary
Fault detail: RestrictedVersionFault

Thanks for your view.

[vmroyale]

Hello.

There may be an answer to this in this discussion.

Good Luck!

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

Are you using the vCLI or PowerCLI?  You typically see this message with the free license edition of ESXi.  This edition is limited to read-only operations with the vCLI/PowerCLI so you would have to put the host in maintenance mode with the vSphere client.