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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 2 Managing Hosts
vicfg-moduleandesxcli system modulecommandsareimplementationsofthedeprecated
esxcfg-moduleserviceconsolecommand.Thetwocommandssupportmostoftheoptionsesxcfg-module
supports.vicfg-moduleandesxcli system modulearecommonlyusedwhenVMwareTechnicalSupport,
aKnowledgeBasearticle,orVMwaredocumentationinstructyoutodoso.
Managing Modules with esxcli system module
NotallVMkernelmoduleshavesettablemoduleoptions.Thefollowingexampleillustrateshowtoexamine
andenableaVMkernelmodule.Specifyoneoftheconnectionoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLI
HostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To examine, enable, and set a VMkernel modules
1Listinformationaboutthemodule.
esxcli <conn_options> system module list -module=module_name
Thesystemreturnsthename,type,value,anddescriptionofthemodule.
2 (Optional)Listallenabledorloadedmodules.
esxcli <conn_options> system module list --enabled=true
esxcli <conn_options> system module list --loaded=true
3Enablethemodel.
esxcli <conn_options> system module set --module=module_name --enabled=true
4Settheparameter.
esxcli system module parameters set --module module_name
--parameter-string="parameter_string"
5Verifythatthemoduleisconfigured.
esxcli <conn_options> system module parameters list --module=module_name
Managing Modules with vicfg-module
NotallVMkernelmoduleshavesettablemoduleoptions.Thefollowingexampleillustrateshowtheexamine
andenableaVMkernelmodules.Specifyoneoftheconnectionoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLI
HostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To examine and set a VMkernel modules
1Runvicfg-module --listtolistthemodulesonthehost.
vicfg-module <conn_options> --list
2Runvicfg-module --set-optionswithconnectionoptions,theoptionstringtobepassedtoamodule,
andthemodulename.Forexample:
vicfg-module <conn_options> --set-options '<parameter_name>=<value>' <module_name>
Toretrievetheoptionstringthatisconfiguredtobepassedtoamodulewhenthemoduleisloaded,run
vicfg-module --get-options.Thisstringisnotnecessarilytheoptionstringcurrentlyinusebythe
module.
vicfg-module <conn_options> --get-options module_name
Verifiesthatamoduleisconfigured.
Using vicfg-authconfig for Active Directory Configuration
ESXicanbeintegratedwithActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryprovidesauthenticationforalllocalservices
andforremoteaccessthroughthevSphereWebServicesSDK,vSphereWebClient,PowerCLI,andvSphere
CLI.YoucanconfigureActiveDirectorysettingswiththevSphereWebClient,asdiscussedinthevCenter
ServerandHost
Managementdocumentation,orusevicfg-autconfig.