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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 10 Monitoring ESXi Hosts
esxcli system syslog Examples
Thefollowingworkflowillustrateshowyoumightuseesxcli system syslogforlogconfiguration.Specify
oneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplace
of<conn_options>.
1Showconfigurationoptions.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog config get
Default Rotation Size: 1024
Default Rotations: 8
Log Output: /scratch/log
Logto Unique Subdirectory: false
Remote Host: <none>
2Setalllogstokeeptwentyrotationsbeforeoverwritingtheoldestlog.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog config set --default-rotate=20
3SettherotationpolicyforVMkernellogsto10rotations,rotatingat2MB.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog config logger --id=vmkernel --size=2048 --rotate=10
4Sendlogstoremotehostmyhost.mycompany.com.Thelogswillusethedefaulttransport(UDP)andport
(514).
esxcli system syslog config set --loghost='myhost.mycompany.com'
5 Savethelocalcopyoflogsto/scratch/mylogsandsendanothercopytotheremotehost.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog config set --loghost='tcp://myhost.mycompany.com:1514'
--logdir='/scratch/mylogs'
Yousetthedirectoryontheremotehostbyconfiguringtheclientrunningonthathost.Youcanusethe
vSphereWebClienttoredirectsystemlogstoaremotehostbychangingtheSystem.global.logHost
advancedsetting.
6Sendalogmessagetoalllogssimultaneously.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog mark --message="this is a message!"
7Reloadthesyslogdaemonandapplyconfigurationchanges.
esxcli <conn_options> system syslog reload
Managing ESXi SNMP Agents
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsmanagementprogramstomonitorandcontrol
networkeddevices.YoucanmanagevSphere5.0SNMPagentswithvicfg-snmpcommandsdiscussedhere.
vCenterServerandESXisystemsincludedifferentSNMPagents.
config logger list Showcurrentlyconfiguredsubloggers.
config logger set Setconfigurationoptionsforaspecificsublogger.Useoneofthefollowingoptions.
--id=<str>–IDoftheloggertoconfigure(required).
--reset=<str>–Resetvaluestodefault.
--rotate=<long>–Numberofrotatedlogstokeepforaspecificlogger(requires--id).
--size=<long>–Sizeoflogsbeforerotationforaspecificlogger,inKB(requires--id).
Option Description
IMPORTANTSignificantenhancementstoSNMP,includingsupportforSNMPv3,areincludedinESXi5.1.The
newfunctionalityismanagedthroughESXCLIcommands.SeethevSphereMonitoringandPerformance
documentationthatisavailableinthevSphere5.1DocumentationCenter.