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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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Youcanalsopingindividualhostswiththeesxcli network diag pingcommand.Thecommandincludes
optionsforusingICMPv4orICMPv6packetrequests,specifyinganinterfacetouse,specifyingtheinterval,
andsoon.
Network Troubleshooting
YoucanusevCLInetworkcommandstoviewnetworkstatisticsandtroubleshootyournetworkingsetup.The
nestedhierarchyofcommandsallowsyoutodrilldowntopotentialtroublespots.
1Listallvirtualmachinenetworksonahost.
esxcli network vm list
ThecommandreturnsforeachvirtualmachinetheWorldID,name,numberofports,andnetworks,asin
thefollowingexample.
World ID Name Num Ports Networks
----------------------------------------------------
10374 ubuntu-server-11.04-1 2 VM Network, dvportgroup-19
10375 ubuntu-server-11.04-2 2 VM Network, dvportgroup-19
10376 ubuntu-server-11.04-3 2 VM Network, dvportgroup-19
10408 ubuntu-server-11.04-4 3 VM Network, VM Network 10Gbps, dvportgroup-19
2ListtheportsforoneoftheVMsbyspecifyingitsWorldID.
esxcli network vm port list -w 10408
Thecommandreturnsportinformation,asinthefollowingexample.
Port:
Port ID: XXXXXXXX
vSwitch: vSwitch0
Portgroup: VM Network
DVPort ID:
MAC Address: 00:XX:XX:aa:XX:XX
IP Address: 10.XXX.XXX.XXX
Team Uplink: vmnic0
Uplink Port ID: 12345678
Active Filters:
3 Retrievetheswitchstatisticsforaport.
esxcli network port stats get -p 12345678
Thecommandreturnsdetailedstatistics,asinthefollowingexample.
Packet statistics for port 12345678:
Packets received: 517631
Packets sent: 18937
Bytes received: 100471874
Bytes sent: 1527233
Broadcast packets received: 474160
Broadcast packets sent: 107
Multicast packets received: 8020
Multicast packets sent: 8
Unicast packets received: 35451
Unicast packets sent: 18822
Receive packets dropped: 45
Transmit packets dropped: 0
4 Retrievethefilterinformationfortheport.
esxcli network port filter stats get -p 12345678
Thecommandreturnsdetailedstatistics,asinthefollowingexample.
Filter statistics for dvfilter-test:
Filter direction: Receive
Packets in: 202080
Packets out: 202080
Packets dropped: 0