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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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5Runvicfg-dumppart -tagaintoverifythatadiagnosticpartitionisset.
vicfg-dumppart <conn_options> -t
Ifadiagnosticpartitionisset,thecommanddisplaysinformationaboutit.Otherwise,thecommand
informsyouthatnopartitionisset.
Configuring ESXi Syslog Services
AllESXihostsrunaSyslogservice,whichlogsmessagesfromtheVMkernelandothersystemcomponentsto
localfilesortoaremotehost.YoucanusethevSphereWebClient,orusetheesxcli system syslog
commandtoconfigurethefollowingparametersofthesyslogservice.
Remotehostandport.RemotehosttowhichSyslogmessagesareforwardedandportonwhichthe
remotehostreceivesSyslogmessages.Theremotehostmusthavealoglistenerserviceinstalledand
correctlyconfiguredtoreceivetheforwardedsyslogmessages.Seethedocumentationforthesyslog
serviceinstalledonthe
remotehostforinformationonconfiguration.
Transportprotocol.LogscanbesentbyusingUDP(default),TCPorSSLtransports.
Localloggingdirectory.Directorywherelocalcopiesofthelogsarestored.Thedirectorycanbelocated
onmountedNFSorVMFSvolumes.Onlythe/scratchdirectoryonthelocalfilesystemispersistent
acrossreboots.
Uniquedirectorynameprefix.SettingthisoptiontotruecreatesasubdirectorywiththenameoftheESXi
hostunderthespecifiedloggingdirectory.ThismethodisespeciallyusefulifthesameNFSdirectoryis
usedbymultipleESXihosts.
Logrotationpolicies.Setsmaximumlogsizeandthenumberofarchivestokeep.Youcanspecifypolicies
bothglobally,andforindividualsubloggers.Forexample,youcansetalargersizelimitforthevmkernel
log.
Aftermakingconfigurationchanges,restartthesyslogservice(vmsyslogd)byrunningesxcli system
syslog reload.
Theesxcli system syslogcommandallowsyoutoconfiguretheloggingbehaviorofyourESXisystem.
WithvSphere5.0,youcanmanagethetop‐levelloggerandsubloggers.Thecommandhasthefollowing
options.
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MPORTANTTheesxcli system syslogcommandistheonlysupportedcommandforchangingESXi5.0
andlaterloggingconfiguration.Thevicfg-syslogcommandandeditingconfigurationfilesisnotsupported
forESXi5.0andcanresultinerrors.
Option Description
mark Marksalllogswiththespecifiedstring.
reload Reloadstheconfiguration,andupdatesanychangedconfigurationvalues.
config get Retrievesthecurrentconfiguration.
config set Setstheconfiguration.Useoneofthefollowingoptions.
--logdir=<path>–Savelogstoagivenpath.
--loghost=<host>–Sendlogstoagivenhost.See“esxclisystemsyslogExamples”on
page 143.
--logdir-unique=<true|false>–Specifywhetherthelogshouldgotoaunique
subdirectoryofthedirectoryspecifiedinlogdir.
--default-rotate=<int>–Defaultnumberoflogrotationstokeep.
--default-size=<int>–Sizebeforerotatinglogs,inKB.