Mapping ESX power state values returned by PowerCLI to vSphere Client settings

Products

• VMware vSphere ESX 8.x

Issue/Introduction

What ESX power management setting corresponds to the value returned by the following commandlet?

(Get-VMHost -Name "<ESX host name>").ExtensionData.config.powersystemInfo.currentPolicy.shortname

Environment

VMware vSphere ESX
VMware vSphere PowerCLI

Resolution

The following mapping shows how the PowerCLI 'powersystemInfo.currentPolicy.shortname' values correspond to the power management options shown in the vSphere Client:

'powersystemInfo.currentPolicy.shortname'' (PowerCLI)	ESXi host setting (vSphere Client)
static	High Performance
dynamic	Balanced
low	Low Power
custom	Custom