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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
144 VMware, Inc.
vCenterServerSNMPagent.TheSNMPagentincludedwithvCenterServercansendtrapswhenthe
vCenterServersystemisstartedorwhenanalarmistriggeredonvCenterServer.ThevCenterServer
SNMPagentfunctionsonlyasatrapemitteranddoesnotsupportotherSNMPoperations(forexample,
GET).
YoucanmanagethevCenterServeragentwiththevSphereWebClientbutnotwiththevCLIcommand.
Host‐basedembeddedSNMPagent.ESXi4.0andlaterincludesanSNMPagentembeddedinthehost
daemon(hostd)thatcansendtrapsandreceivepollingrequestssuchasGETrequests.
YoucanmanageSNMPonESXihostswiththevicfg-snmpvCLIcommand,butnotwiththevSphere
Clientor
withtheESXCLIcommand.
Net‐SNMP‐basedagent.VersionsofESXreleasedbeforeESX/ESXi4.0includeaNet‐SNMP‐basedagent.
YoucancontinuetousethisNet‐SNMP‐basedagentinESX4.xwithMIBssuppliedbyyourhardware
vendorandotherthird‐partymanagementapplications.However,tousetheVMwareMIBfiles,
youmust
usethehost‐basedembeddedSNMPagent.
TousetheNET‐SNMPbasedagentandhost‐basedembeddedSNMPagentatthesametime,makeoneofthe
agentslistenonanondefaultport.Bydefault,bothagentsusethesameport.
Thehost‐basedembeddedSNMPagentis
disabledbydefault.Configuringandenablingtheagentrequires
thatyouperformthefollowingtasks:
1ConfigureSNMPCommunities.See“ConfiguringSNMPCommunities”onpage 144.
2ConfiguretheSNMPAgent.Youhavethefollowingchoices:
“ConfiguringtheSNMPAgenttoSendTraps”onpage 144
“ConfiguringtheSNMPAgentforPolling”onpage 145
Configuring SNMP Communities
BeforeyouenabletheESXiembeddedSNMPagent,youmustconfigureatleastonecommunityfortheagent.
AnSNMPcommunitydefinesagroupofdevicesandmanagementsystems.Onlydevicesandmanagement
systemsthataremembersofthesamecommunitycanexchangeSNMPmessages.Adeviceormanagement
systemcan
beamemberofmultiplecommunities.
ToconfigureSNMPcommunities,runesxcli system snmp setorvicfg-snmp -c,specifyinga
comma‐separatedlistofcommunities.Forexample:
esxcli system snmp set -c public, internal
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -c public, internal
Eachtimeyouspecifyacommunitywiththiscommand,thesettingsthatyouspecifyoverwritetheprevious
configuration.
Configuring the SNMP Agent to Send Traps
YoucanusetheSNMPagentembeddedinESXitosendvirtualmachineandenvironmentaltrapsto
managementsystems.Toconfiguretheagenttosendtraps,youmustspecifyatarget(receiver)address,the
community,andanoptionalport.Ifyoudonotspecifyaport,theSNMPagentsendstraps
toUDPport162
onthetargetmanagementsystembydefault.
Configuring a Trap Destination with ESXCLI
1Makesureacommunityissetup.
esxcli system snmp get <conn_options>
Current SNMP agent settings:
Enabled: 1
UDP port: 161
Communities: public
Notification targets: