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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 4 Managing Storage
Figure 4-4. FC Multipathing
IfSP1orthelinkbetweenSP1andtheswitchbreaks,SP2takesoverandprovidestheconnectionbetweenthe
switchandthestoragedevice.ThisprocessiscalledSPfailover.ESXimultipathingsupportsHBAandSP
failover.
Afteryouhavesetupyourhardwaretosupportmultipathing,youcan
usethevSphereWebClientorvCLI
commandstolistandmanagepaths.Youcanperformthefollowingtasks.
Listpathinformationwithvicfg-mpathoresxcli storage core path.See“ListingPathInformation”
onpage 45.
Changepathstatewithvicfg-mpathoresxcli storage core path.See“ChangingtheStateofaPath”
onpage 46.
ChangepathpolicieswithESXCLI.See“SettingPolicyDetailsforDevicesthatUseRoundRobin”on
page 50.
MaskpathswithESXCLI.SeethevSphereStoragedocumentation.
Manipulatetherulesthatmatchpathstomultipathingpluginstonewlydiscovereddeviceswithesxcli
claimrule.See“ManagingClaimRules”onpage 95.
Runorrerunclaimrulesorunclaimpaths.See“ManagingClaimRules”onpage 95.
Rescanwithvicfg-rescan.See“ScanningStorageAdapters”onpage 58.
Listing Path Information
YoucanlistpathinformationwithESXCLIorwithvicfg-mpath.
Listing Path Information with ESXCLI
Youcanrunesxcli storage core pathtodisplayinformationaboutFibreChanneloriSCSILUNs.
Youcandisplayinformationaboutpathsbyrunningesxcli storage core path.Specifyoneoftheoptions
listedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof
<conn_options>.
Listalldeviceswiththeircorrespondingpaths,stateofthepath,adaptertype,andotherinformation.
SP2
storage array
SP1
switch switch
HBA2 HBA1 HBA3 HBA4
Host 1 Host 2
IMPORTANTUseindustry‐standarddevicenames,withformateui.xxxornaa.xxxtoensureconsistency.
DonotuseVMLLUNnamesunlessdevicenamesarenotavailable.
NamesofvirtualmachineHBAsarenotguaranteedtobevalidacrossreboots.