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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
- Contents
- About This Book
- vSphere CLI Command Overviews
- Introduction
- List of Available Host Management Commands
- Targets and Protocols for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Supported Platforms for vCLI Commands
- Commands with an esxcfg Prefix
- ESXCLI Overview
- Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Connection Options for DCLI Commands
- vCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown Mode
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Files
- Managing Storage
- Introduction to Storage
- Examining LUNs
- Detaching Devices and Removing a LUN
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitoring and Managing SAN Storage
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual SAN Storage
- Monitoring vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual Volumes
- Migrating Virtual Machines with svmotion
- Configuring FCoE Adapters
- Scanning Storage Adapters
- Retrieving SMART Information
- Managing iSCSI Storage
- iSCSI Storage Overview
- Protecting an iSCSI SAN
- Command Syntax for esxcli iscsi and vicfg-iscsi
- iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI
- iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Options
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters
- Enabling iSCSI Authentication
- Setting Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp
- Path Claiming with esxcli storage core claiming
- Managing Claim Rules
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- vmware-cmd Overview
- Listing and Registering Virtual Machines
- Retrieving Virtual Machine Attributes
- Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots with vmware-cmd
- Powering Virtual Machines On and Off
- Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Devices
- Working with the AnswerVM API
- Forcibly Stopping Virtual Machines with EXCLI
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Network Troubleshooting
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Standard Switches
- Setting Up Virtual Switches and Associating a Switch with a Network Interface
- Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches
- Adding and Deleting Virtual Switches
- Checking, Adding, and Removing Port Groups
- Managing Uplinks and Port Groups
- Setting the Port Group VLAN ID
- Managing Uplink Adapters
- Adding and Modifying VMkernel Network Interfaces
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Adding and Starting an NTP Server
- Managing the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Managing the ESXi Firewall
- Monitoring VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
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Claimrulesarenumberedasfollows.
Rules0–100arereservedforinternalusebyVMware.
Rules101–65435areavailableforgeneraluse.Anythirdpartymultipathingpluginsinstalledonyour
systemuseclaimrulesinthisrange.Bydefault,thePSAclaimrule101masksDellarraypseudodevices.
Donotremovethisrule,unlessyouwanttounmaskthesedevices.
--claimrule-class <cl>
-c <cl>
Claimruleclasstouseinthisoperation.YoucanspecifyMP(default),Filter,orVAAI.
Toconfigurehardwareaccelerationforanewarray,addtwoclaimrules,oneforthe
VAAIfilterandanotherfortheVAAIplugin.SeevSphereStoragefordetailed
instructions.
--driver <driver>
-D <driver>
DriverfortheHBAof
thepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeisdriver.
--force
-f
Forceclaimrulestoignorevaliditychecksandinstalltherule.
--lun <lun_number>
-L <lun_number>
LUNofthepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeislocation.
--model <model>
-M <model>
Modelofthepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeisvendor.
Valid
valuesarevaluesoftheModelstringfromtheSCSIinquirystring.Run
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> -loneachdevicetoseemodelstringvalues.
--plugin
-P
PSAplugintouse.Currently,thevaluesareNMPorMASK_PATH,butthirdpartiescan
shiptheirownPSApluginsinthefuture.
MASK_PATHreferstotheplugin
MASK_PATH_PLUGIN.Thecommandaddsclaimrules
forthispluginiftheuserwantstomaskthepath.
ESX3.5includestheMaskLUNsadvancedconfigurationoption.Thisoptionisnot
availableinESX/ESXi4.xandESXi5.0.Ithasbeenreplacedbythe
MASK_PATH_PLUGIN.Youcanaddaclaimrulethatcauses
theMASK_PATH_PLUGINto
claimthepathtomaskapathorLUNfromthehost.SeethevSphereStorage
documentationfordetails.
--rule <rule_ID>
-r <rule_ID>
RuleIDtouse.Runesxcli storage core claimrule listtoseetheruleID.The
ruleIDindicatestheorderinwhichtheclaimruleistobeevaluated.User‐defined
claimrulesareevaluatedinnumericorderstartingwith101.
--target <target>
-T <target>
Targetofthepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeislocation.
--transport <transport>
-R <transport>
Transportofthepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeistransport.Thefollowingvalues
aresupported:
block–blockstorage
fc–FibreChannel
iscsivendor—iSCSI
iscsi–notcurrentlyused
ide—IDEstorage
sas—SASstorage
sata—SATAstorage
usb–USBstorage
parallel–parallel
unknown
--type <type>
-t <type>
Typeofmatchingtousefortheoperation.Validvaluesarevendor,location,driver,
andtransport.
--vendor
-V
Vendorofthepathstouse.Validonlyif--typeisvendor.
ValidvaluesarevaluesofthevendorstringfromtheSCSIinquirystring.Run
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> -loneachdevice
toseevendorstringvalues.
--wwnn World‐WideNodeNumberforthetargettouseinthisoperation.
--wwpn World‐WidePortNumberforthetargettouseinthisoperation.
Options Description