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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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CustomizingRoundRobinSetup 90
RetrievingPathSelectionSettings 90
SpecifyingConditionsforPathChanges 91
ManagingSATPs 91
RetrievingInformationAboutSATPs 91
AddingSATPRules 91
RemovingSATPRules 92
RetrievingandSettingSATPConfigurationParameters 93
PathClaimingwithesxclistoragecoreclaiming 93
UsingtheReclaimTroubleshootingCommand 94
UnclaimingPathsorSetsofPaths 94
ManagingClaimRules 95
AddingClaimRules 95
ConvertingESX3.5LUNMaskstoClaimRuleFormat 97
RemovingClaimRules 98
ListingClaimRules 98
LoadingClaimRules 98
MovingClaimRules 98
RunningPathClaimingRules 99
7 ManagingUsers 101
UsersinthevSphereEnvironment 101
vicfg‐userCommandSyntax 101
ManagingUserswithvicfg‐user 102
AssigningPermissionswithESXCLI 104
8 ManagingVirtualMachines 105
vmware‐cmdOverview 105
ConnectionOptionsforvmware‐cmd 106
GeneralOptionsforvmware‐cmd 106
FormatforSpecifyingVirtualMachines 106
ListingandRegisteringVirtualMachines 106
RetrievingVirtualMachineAttributes 107
ManagingVirtualMachineSnapshotswithvmware‐cmd 108
TakingVirtualMachineSnapshots 109
RevertingandRemovingSnapshots 109
PoweringVirtualMachinesOnandOff 109
ConnectingandDisconnectingVirtualDevices 110
Workingwiththe
AnswerVMAPI 111
ForciblyStoppingVirtualMachineswithEXCLI 111
9 ManagingvSphereNetworking 113
IntroductiontovSphereNetworking 113
NetworkingUsingvSphereStandardSwitches 114
NetworkingUsingvSphereDistributedSwitches 115
RetrievingBasicNetworkingInformation 115
NetworkTroubleshooting 116
SettingUpvSphereNetworkingwithvSphereStandardSwitches 117
SettingUpVirtualSwitchesandAssociatingaSwitchwithaNetworkInterface 117
RetrievingInformationAboutVirtualSwitches 118
RetrievingInformationaboutVirtualSwitcheswithESXCLI 118
RetrievingInformationabout
VirtualSwitcheswithvicfg‐vswitch 118
AddingandDeletingVirtualSwitches 119
AddingandDeletingVirtualSwitcheswithESXCLI 119