1. Closing a Host

# badmin hclose hostid
Close hostid ...... done

2. Opening a Host

# badmin hopen hostid
Open hostid ...... done

3. Log a comment when closing or opening a host

# badmin hopen -C "Re-Provisioned" hostA

# badmin hclose -C "Weekly backup" hostB

The comment text Weekly backup is recorded in lsb.events. If you close or open a host group, each host group member displays with the same comment string.