Understanding operation names

Table: Task disambiguation chart describes lists the names of VCS administrative operations/tasks that you can perform from the VMware vSphere Client GUI, as well as the equivalent operation names used in Cluster Server documentation:

Table: Task disambiguation chart

vSphere Client GUI-based operations

VCS operations

Start Application

Online Service Group

Stop Application

Offline Service Group

Switch

Switch To

Add Failover System

Add Node

Remove Failover System

Remove Node

Enter Maintenance Mode

Freeze Service Group

Exit Maintenance Mode

Unfreeze Service Group

Clear Fault State

Clear Fault

Resolve a Held-up Operation

Flush

Unconfigure Application Monitoring

Delete Service Group

Determine Application State

Probe

Stop/Start dependent components in order

Propagate (option for online/offline SGs)

Suspend application monitoring after reboot

Persistent (option for freeze)