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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
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Chapter 6 Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
Rules65436–65535arereservedforinternalusebyVMware.
Whenclaimingapath,thePSArunsthroughtherulesstartingfromthelowestnumberanddeterminesisa
pathmatchestheclaimrulespecification.IfthePSAfindsamatch,itgivesthepathtothecorresponding
plugin.Thisisworth
noticingbecauseagivenpathmightmatchseveralclaimrules.
Thefollowingexamplesillustrateaddingclaimrules.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptions
forvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
Addrule321,whichclaimsthepathonadaptervmhba0,channel0,target0,LUN0fortheNMPplugin.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule add -r 321 -t location -A vmhba0 -C 0 -T 0 -L 0
-P NMP
Addrule429,whichclaimsallpathsprovidedbyanadapterwiththemptscsidriverfortheMASK_PATH
plugin.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule add -r 429 -t driver -D mptscsi -P MASK_PATH
Addrule914,whichclaimsallpathswithvendorstringVMWAREandmodelstringVirtualfortheNMP
plugin.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule add -r 914 -t vendor -V VMWARE -M Virtual -P NMP
Addrule1015,whichclaimsallpathsprovidedbyFCadaptersfortheNMPplugin.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule add -r 1015 -t transport -R fc -P NMP
Converting ESX 3.5 LUN Masks to Claim Rule Format
Theesxcli storage core claimrule convertcommandconvertsLUNmasksinESX3.5format
(/adv/Disk/MaskLUNs)toclaimruleformat.ThecommandwritestheconvertedlistanderasestheoldLUN
maskdata.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”
onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To convert ESX 3.5 format LUN masks to claim rule format
1Run
esxcli storage core claimrule convertwithoutoptions.
ThatcallreturnsNo /adv/Disk/MaskLUNs config entry to convertordisplaysthelistofclaimrules
thatwouldresultfromtheconversion.Forexample:
2Runesxcli storage core claimrule convert
--committoactuallycommitthechange.
WhenyouconvertLUNmaskingtotheclaimruleformatafteranupgradefromESX/ESXi3.5toESX/ESXi4.x,
thiscommandconvertsthe/adv/Disk/MaskLUNsadvancedconfigurationentryintheesx.conffiletoclaim
ruleswithMASK_PATHastheplug‐in.
Rule Plugin HbaName Controller Target LUN
120 MASK_PATH vmhba11 0 0 11
121 MASK_PATH vmhba11 0 0 10
122 MASK_PATH vmhba4 0 2 1
I
MPORTANTThisconversiondoesnotworkforallinputMaskLUNvariations.Forexample,roleconversion
forsoftwareiSCSILUNsisnotsupported.
Inspectthelistofgeneratedclaimrulescarefullybeforeyoucommitthembyusing
--commit.
Table 6-1. esxcli storage core claimrule convert Options
Options Description
--commit
-C
ForcesLUNmaskconfigurationchangestobesaved.Ifyoucallthecommandwithoutthis
parameter,changesarenotsaved,andyoucanfirstinspectthegeneratedclaimrules.