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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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MountingandUnmountingwithESXCLI 30
MountingandUnmountingwithvicfg‐volume 30
ResignaturingVMFSCopies 30
ResignaturingaVMFSCopywithESXCLI 31
ResignaturingaVMFSCopywithvicfg‐volume 31
ReclaimingUnusedStorageSpace 31
UsingvifstoViewandManipulateFilesonRemoteESXiHosts 32
Examples 34
ExampleScenario 35
4 ManagingStorage 37
IntroductiontoStorage 37
HowVirtualMachinesAccessStorage 38
Datastores 39
StorageDeviceNaming 39
DeviceIdentifiers 40
LegacyIdentifiers 40
ExaminingLUNs 40
TargetandDeviceRepresentation 40
ExaminingLUNswithesxclistoragecore 41
ExaminingLUNswithvicfg‐scsidevs 42
DetachingDevicesandRemovingaLUN 43
WorkingwithPermanentDeviceLoss 43
ManagingPaths 44
MultipathingwithLocalStorageandFCSANs 44
ListingPathInformation 45
ListingPathInformation
withESXCLI 45
ListingPathInformationwithvicfg‐mpath 46
ChangingtheStateofaPath 46
ChangingPathStatewithESXCLI 47
ChangingPathStatewithvicfg‐mpath 47
ManagingPathPolicies 47
MultipathingConsiderations 48
ChangingPathPolicies 49
ChangingPathPolicieswithESXCLI 49
ChangingPathPolicieswithvicfg‐mpath 49
SettingPolicyDetailsforDevicesthatUseRoundRobin 50
ManagingNFS/NASDatastores 50
CapabilitiesSupportedbyNFS/NAS 51
AddingandDeletingNASFileSystems 51
ManagingNASFileSystemswithESXCLI 51
ManagingNASFileSystemswithvicfg‐nas 52
MonitoringandManagingSANStorage 52
MonitoringandManagingVirtualSANStorage 53
ToretrieveVirtualSANinformation 53
TomanageaVirtualSANcluster 53
ToaddandremoveVirtualSANstorage 54
MonitoringvSphereFlash
ReadCache 54
MonitoringandManagingVirtualVolumes 55
MigratingVirtualMachineswithsvmotion 55
StoragevMotionUses 56
StoragevMotionRequirementsandLimitations 56
RunningsvmotioninInteractiveMode 56
RunningsvmotioninNoninteractiveMode 56