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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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Ineachiteration,thecommandissuesunmapcommandstothenumberoffilesystemblocksthatarespecified
bytheoptionalreclaim-unitargument,whichdefaultsto200.FornewlycreatedVMFS‐5filesystems,the
filesystemblocksizeisalways1MB.ForVMFS‐3filesystemsorVMFS‐5filesystemsthat
wereupgradedfrom
VMFS‐3,thefilesystemblocksizecouldbeoneof1,2,4,8MB.
Thefollowingexamplesillustratehowtousethecommand.
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap --volume-label datastore1 --reclaim-unit 100
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap -l datastore1 -n 100
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap --volume-uuid 515615fb-1e65c01d-b40f-001d096dbf97 --reclaim-unit 500
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap -u 515615fb-1e65c01d-b40f-001d096dbf97 -n 500
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap -l datastore1
# esxcli storage vmfs unmap -u 515615fb-1e65c01d-b40f-001d096dbf97
Using vifs to View and Manipulate Files on Remote ESXi Hosts
Youcanusethevifsutilityfordatastorefilemanagement.
Thevifscommandperformscommonoperationssuchascopy,remove,get,andputonESXifilesand
directories.ThecommandissupportedagainstESXihostsbutnotagainstvCenterServersystems.
SomesimilaritiesbetweenvifsandDOS orUNIX/Linuxfilesystem
managementutilitiesexist,butthereare
manydifferences.Forexample,vifsdoesnotsupportwildcardcharactersorcurrentdirectoriesand,asa
result,relativepathnames.Usevifsonlyasdocumented.
Insteadofusingthevifscommand,youcanbrowsedatastorecontentsandhostfilesbyusingaWebbrowser.
Connectto
thefollowinglocation:
http://ESX_host_IP_Address/host
http://ESX_host_IP_Address/folder
YoucanviewdatacenteranddatastoredirectoriesfromthisrootURL.Forexample:
http://<ESXi_addr>/folder?dcPath=ha-datacenter
http://<ESXi_host_name>/folder?dcPath=ha-datacenter
TheESXihostpromptsforausernameandpassword.
Thevifscommandsupportsdifferentoperationsforthefollowinggroupsoffilesanddirectories.Different
operationsareavailableforeachgroup,andyouspecifylocationswithadifferentsyntax.Thebehaviordiffers
forvSphere4.xandvSphere5.0.
CAUTIONIfyoumanipulatefilesdirectly,yourvSpheresetupmightendupinaninconsistentstate.Usethe
vSphereWebClientoroneoftheothervCLIcommandstomanipulatevirtualmachineconfigurationfilesand
virtualdisks.
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5.0
Host Hostconfigurationfiles.Youmustspecifythe
file’suniquenameidentifier.
Specifyhostlocationsbyusingthe
/host/<path>syntax.
Hostconfigurationfiles.Youmustspecifythe
file’suniquenameidentifier.
Specifyhostlocationsbyusingthe
/host/<path>syntax.
Youcannotlistsubdirectoriesof/host.