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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
Running Path Claiming Rules
Theesxcli storage core claimrule runcommandrunspathclaimingrules.Runthiscommandapply
claimrulesthatareloaded.Ifyoudonotcallrun,thesystemchecksforclaimruleupdateseveryfiveminutes
andappliesthem.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagement
Commands”onpage 18
inplaceof<conn_options>.
To load and apply claim rules
1Modifyrulesandloadthem.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule load
2Quiescethedevicesthatusepathsforwhichyouwanttochangetheruleandunclaimthosepaths.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claiming unclaim --device=<device>
3Runpathclaimingrules.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule run
Thiscommandisalsousedfortroubleshootingandboottimeconfiguration.
Options Description
--adapter <adapter>
-A <adapter>
If--typeislocation,nameoftheHBAforthepathstoruntheclaimruleson.To
runclaimrulesonpathsfromalladapters,omitthisoption.
--channel <channel>
-C <channel>
If--typeislocation,valueoftheSCSIchannelnumberforthepathstorunthe
claimrules
on.Torunclaimrulesonpathswithanychannelnumber,omitthis
option.
--claimrule-class
-c
Claimruleclasstouseinthisoperation.
--lun <lun>
-L <lun>
If--typeislocation,valueoftheSCSILUNforthepathstorunclaimruleson.To
runclaimrulesonpathswithanyLUN,
omitthisoption.
--path <path_UID>
-p <path_UID>
If--typeispath,thisoptionindicatestheuniquepathidentifier(UID)orthe
runtimenameofapathtorunclaimruleson.
--target <target>
-T <target>
If--typeislocation,valueoftheSCSItargetnumberforthepathstorunclaim
ruleson.Torunclaim
rulesonpathswithanytargetnumber,omitthisoption
--type
<location|path|all>
-t <location|path|all>
Typeofclaimtoperform.Bydefault,usesall,whichmeansclaimrulesrunwithout
restrictiontospecificpathsorSCSIaddresses.Va lidvaluesarelocation,path,and
all.
--wait
-w
Youcanusethisoptiononlyifyou
alsouse--typeall.
Iftheoptionisincluded,theclaim waitsforpathstosettlebeforerunningtheclaim
operation.Inthatcase,thesystemdoesnotstarttheclaimingprocessuntilitislikely
thatallpathsonthesystemhaveappearedbeforestartingtheclaimprocess.
After
theclaimingprocesshasstarted,thecommanddoesnotreturnuntildevice
registrationhascompleted.
Ifyouaddorremovepathsduringtheclaimingorthediscoveryprocess,thisoption
mightnotworkcorrectly.