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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 3 Managing Files
vifs <conn_options> --dir '[osdc-cx700-02]'
Thecommandliststhecompletecontentsofthedatastore.
Working with Directories and Files on the Remote Server
Createanewdirectoryinadatastorewith--mkdir <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --mkdir '[Storage1] test'
Removeadirectorywith--rmdir <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rmdir '[Storage1] test'.
Forciblyremoveadirectorywith--rmdir --force <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rmdir '[Storage1] test2' --force
Updateafileontheremoteserverwith--put <local_path> <remote_path>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd>
--put /tmp/testfile '[Storage1] test/testfile'
Retrieveafilefromtheremoteserverwith--get <remote_path> <local_path>|<local_dir>.The
commandoverwritesthelocalfileifitexists.Ifyoudonotspecifyafilename,thefilenameoftheremote
fileisused.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --get '[Storage1] test/testfile'
/tmp/tfile
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --get '[Storage1] test/testfile'
/tmp
Deleteafileontheremoteserverwith-rm <remote_path>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rm '[Storage1] test2/testfile'
Forciblyremoveafileontheremoteserverwith--rm <remote_path> --force.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rm '[Storage1] test2/testfile2'
--force
Moveafilefromonelocationontheremoteservertoanotherlocationwith--move
<remote_source_path> <remote_target_path>.Ifyouspecifyafilename,thefileismovedand
renamedatthesametime.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --move '[Storage1] test/tfile'
'[Storage1] newfile'
Ifthetargetfilealreadyexistsontheremoteserver,thecommandfailsunlessyouuse--force.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --move '[Storage1] test/tfile2'
'[Storage1] test2/tfile' --force
Createacopyofafileontheremoteserveratadifferentlocationontheremoteserver.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --copy '[Storage1] test/tfile'
'[Storage1] test/tfile2'
Ifthetargetfilealreadyexistsontheremoteserver,thecommandfailsunlessyouuse--force.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --copy '[Storage1] test/tfile'
'[Storage1] test/tfile2' --force
Example Scenario
Thefollowingexamplescenarioillustratesotherusesofvifs.Specifyoneoftheconnectionoptionslistedin
“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To manage files and directories on the remote ESXi system
1 Createadirectoryinthedatastore.
vifs <conn_options> --mkdir '[osdc-cx700-03] vcli_test'
Youmustspecifytheprecisepath;thereisnoconceptofarelativepath.