---
title: "Update a Host"
method: PUT
path: "/hosts/{uuid}"
tags: ["hosts"]
---

# Update a Host

`PUT /hosts/{uuid}`

This operation submits a request to update a Host based on the input parameters.

## Path parameters

- `uuid` string, UUID, required

## Request body

- HostIntentInput — An intentful representation of a host
  - `spec` Host, required — Host Definition.
    - `name` string — Host Name.
    - `resources` object, required — Host resources.
      - `windows_domain` WindowsDomain — Hyper-V node domain.
        - `name` string — The name of the node to be renamed to during domain-join. If not given,a new name will be automatically assigned.
        - `name_server_ip` string — The ip of name server that can resolve the domain name. Required during joining domain.
        - `organization_unit_path` string — Path to organization unit in the domain.
        - `name_prefix` string — The name prefix in the domain in case of CPS deployment.
        - `domain_name` string — Full name of domain.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
      - `controller_vm` ControllerVm — Host controller vm information.
        - `ip` string, required — Controller VM IP address.
        - `nat_ip` string — Controller VM NAT IP address.
        - `oplog_usage` OplogUsage — oplog disk usage.
          - `oplog_disk_pct` number, float — Oplog disk size used in percentage.
          - `oplog_disk_size` integer — Size of oplog disk in bytes.
        - `nat_port` integer — Controller VM NAT port.
      - `failover_cluster` FailoverCluster — Hyper-V failover cluster.
        - `ip` string — IP address of the failover cluster.
        - `name` string — Name of the failover cluster.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
  - `api_version` string
  - `metadata` HostMetadata, required — The host kind metadata
    - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when host was last updated
    - `kind` string, required — The kind name
    - `uuid` string, UUID — host uuid
    - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
    - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when host was created
    - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
    - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
    - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
    - `categories` object — Categories for the host
    - `name` string — host name

## Response `202`

Request Accepted

- HostIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operations on a host
  - `status` HostDefStatus — Host Status definition.
    - `state` string — The state of the entity
    - `message_list` MessageResource[]
      - `message` string, required — If state is ERROR, a message describing the error.
      - `reason` string, required — If state is ERROR, a machine-readable snake-cased string.
      - `details` object — Custom key-value details relevant to the status.
    - `name` string — Host Name.
    - `resources` object, required — Host resources.
      - `gpu_driver_version` string — Host GPU driver version.
      - `failover_cluster` FailoverCluster — Hyper-V failover cluster.
        - `ip` string — IP address of the failover cluster.
        - `name` string — Name of the failover cluster.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
      - `ipmi` Ipmi — Host IPMI info.
        - `ip` string, required — IPMI IP address.
      - `cpu_model` string — Host CPU model.
      - `host_nics_id_list` string[] — Host NICs.
      - `num_cpu_sockets` integer — Number of CPU sockets.
      - `windows_domain` WindowsDomain — Hyper-V node domain.
        - `name` string — The name of the node to be renamed to during domain-join. If not given,a new name will be automatically assigned.
        - `name_server_ip` string — The ip of name server that can resolve the domain name. Required during joining domain.
        - `organization_unit_path` string — Path to organization unit in the domain.
        - `name_prefix` string — The name prefix in the domain in case of CPS deployment.
        - `domain_name` string — Full name of domain.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
      - `gpu_list` HostGpu[] — List of GPUs on the host.
        - `status` string — Current status of the physical GPU.
        - `vendor` string — The vendor of the GPU.
        - `num_virtual_display_heads` integer — Number of supported virtual display heads.
        - `assignable` boolean — Whether this vGPU instance can be allocated to a VM.
        - `license_list` string[] — List of license types associated with this GPU.
        - `num_vgpus_allocated` integer — The number of vGPU instances allocated for this physical GPU resource.
        - `pci_address` string — GPU {segment:bus:device:function} (sbdf) address.
        - `name` string — Name of the host GPU.
        - `frame_buffer_size_mib` integer — GPU frame buffer size in MiB.
        - `index` integer — The index of the vGPU within physical GPU resource.
        - `uuid` string, UUID — UUID of the GPU.
        - `numa_node` integer — NUMA node this GPU belongs to.
        - `max_resolution` string — Maximum resolution per display head.
        - `consumer_reference` Reference — Reference to a kind
          - `kind` string, required
          - `uuid` string, UUID, required
          - `name` string
        - `mode` string — The type of this GPU.
        - `fraction` integer — Fraction of the physical GPU.
        - `guest_driver_version` string — Last determined guest driver version.
        - `device_id` integer — The device ID of the GPU.
      - `serial_number` string — Node serial number.
      - `cpu_capacity_hz` integer — Host CPU capacity.
      - `memory_capacity_mib` integer — Host memory capacity in MiB.
      - `host_disks_reference_list` DiskReference[]
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `monitoring_state` string — Host monitoring status.
      - `hypervisor` Hypervisor — Host Hypervisor information.
        - `num_vms` integer — Num of VMs running on this Host.
        - `ip` string, required — Hypervisor IP.
        - `hypervisor_full_name` string — Full name of hypervisor running on Host.
      - `host_type` string — Host type.
      - `num_cpu_cores` integer — Number of CPU cores on Host.
      - `rackable_unit_reference` RackableUnitReference — The reference to a rackable_unit
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `controller_vm` ControllerVm — Host controller vm information.
        - `ip` string, required — Controller VM IP address.
        - `nat_ip` string — Controller VM NAT IP address.
        - `oplog_usage` OplogUsage — oplog disk usage.
          - `oplog_disk_pct` number, float — Oplog disk size used in percentage.
          - `oplog_disk_size` integer — Size of oplog disk in bytes.
        - `nat_port` integer — Controller VM NAT port.
      - `block` Block — Host block config info.
        - `block_serial_number` string — Rackable unit serial number.
        - `block_model` string — Rackable unit model name.
    - `cluster_reference` Reference — Reference to a kind
      - `kind` string, required
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `name` string
  - `spec` Host — Host Definition.
    - `name` string — Host Name.
    - `resources` object, required — Host resources.
      - `windows_domain` WindowsDomain — Hyper-V node domain.
        - `name` string — The name of the node to be renamed to during domain-join. If not given,a new name will be automatically assigned.
        - `name_server_ip` string — The ip of name server that can resolve the domain name. Required during joining domain.
        - `organization_unit_path` string — Path to organization unit in the domain.
        - `name_prefix` string — The name prefix in the domain in case of CPS deployment.
        - `domain_name` string — Full name of domain.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
      - `controller_vm` ControllerVm — Host controller vm information.
        - `ip` string, required — Controller VM IP address.
        - `nat_ip` string — Controller VM NAT IP address.
        - `oplog_usage` OplogUsage — oplog disk usage.
          - `oplog_disk_pct` number, float — Oplog disk size used in percentage.
          - `oplog_disk_size` integer — Size of oplog disk in bytes.
        - `nat_port` integer — Controller VM NAT port.
      - `failover_cluster` FailoverCluster — Hyper-V failover cluster.
        - `ip` string — IP address of the failover cluster.
        - `name` string — Name of the failover cluster.
        - `domain_credential` Credentials, required — Credentials to login server
          - `username` string, required
          - `password` string
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` HostMetadata, required — The host kind metadata
    - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when host was last updated
    - `kind` string, required — The kind name
    - `uuid` string, UUID — host uuid
    - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
    - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when host was created
    - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
    - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
    - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
    - `categories` object — Categories for the host
    - `name` string — host name

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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