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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
148 VMware, Inc.
claimrule delete command 98
claimrule list command 98
claimrule load command 98
claimrule move command 98
claimrule run command 99
device list 41
esxcli storage core adapter rescan 58
esxcli storage core claiming
reclaim command 94
unclaim command 94
esxcli storage core path 45, 47
esxcli storage nmp 87
device list command 88
device set command 88
fixed deviceconfig commands 89
path list command 88
psp commands 88, 89
psp roundrobin commands 90
roundrobin 50, 90
satp commands 91
esxcli system coredump 140
ESXi Dump Collector 139, 141
EUI name 45, 46, 61
examples
backup with vMA 24
configure VMkernel NIC for IPv4 125
configure VMkernel NIC for IPv6 126
DNS setup 129
enable and set NetQueue modules 25
entering maintenance mode 22, 23
iSCSI storage setup 68, 70, 73, 75
managing users 103
route entry setup 131
svmotion 57
uplink adapter setup 122
external HBA properties 78
F
failover 44
FC LUNs 39
Fibre Channel LUNs 39
file management
introduction 27
vifs 28, 35
file path, configuration file 57
file systems
NAS 51
VMFS 29
fixed path selection policy 89
G
gateway, IP 131
groups 101, 104
H
hard power operations 110
hardware iSCSI setup tasks 72, 76
HBA mappings 42
HBA properties 78
hosts
managing 21
shutdown or reboot 21
I
ifconfig, ESXCLI equivalents 115
independent hardware iSCSI
definition 59
setup tasks 72, 76
inheritance 81
IP gateway 131
IP storage 114
IPsec 132
IPv4 125, 126
IPv6 126, 127
IQN name 61
iSCSI
authentication 63, 82, 83
default inheritance 80, 81
dependent hardware iSCSI 70, 75
discovery target names 61
independent hardware iSCSI 72, 76
LUNs 39
mutual authentication 82, 83
options 77
overview 59
parameters 79, 80
parameters, returning to default inheritance 80,
81
port binding 70, 75
ports for multipathing 83
remove sessions 85
securing ports 62
security 61
sessions 84, 85
setup examples 68, 70, 73, 75
K
Kerberos 131
L
license 56
listing IP gateway 131
loading claim rules 98
lockdown mode 19
logical devices, listing 42
LUN masks, convert to claim rule 97
LUNs