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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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TouseFCoE,youneedtoinstallFCoEadapters.TheadaptersthatVMwaresupportsgenerallyfallintotwo
categories,hardwareFCoEadaptersandsoftwareFCoEadapters.
HardwareFCoEAdapters.HardwareFCoEadaptersincludecompletelyoffloadedspecialized
ConvergedNetworkAdapters(CNAs)thatcontainnetworkandFibreChannelfunctionalitiesonthe
samecard.Whensuchanadapterisinstalled,yourhostdetectsandcanusebothCNAcomponents.In
thevSphereWebClient,thenetworkingcomponentappearsasa
standardnetw orkadapter(vmnic)and
theFibreChannelcomponentasaFCoEadapter(vmhba).YoudonothavetoconfigureahardwareFCoE
adaptertobeabletouseit.
SoftwareFCoEAdapters.AsoftwareFCoEadapterisasoftwarecodethatperformssomeoftheFCoE
processing.TheadaptercanbeusedwithanumberofNICsthatsupportpartialFCoEoffload.Unlikethe
hardwareFCoEadapter,thesoftwareadaptermustbeactivated.
Scanning Storage Adapters
Youmustperformarescanoperationeachtimeyoureconfigureyourstoragesetup.Youcanscanusingthe
vSphereWebClient,thevicfg-rescanvCLIcommand,ortheesxcli storage core adapter rescan
command.
esxcli storage core adapter rescansupportsthefollowingadditionaloptions:
-a|--allor-A|--adapter=<string>–Scanalladaptersoraspecifiedadapter.
-S|--skip-claim–Skipclaimingofnewdevicesbytheappropriatemultipathplugin.
-F|--skip-fs-scan–Skipfilesystemscan
-t|--type–Specifythetypeofscantoperform.Thecommandeitherscansforallchanges(all)or
foradded,deleted,orupdatedadapters(add,delete,update)
vicfg-rescansupportsonlyasimplerescanoperationonaspecifiedadapter.
To rescan a storage adapter with vicfg-rescan
Runvicfg-rescan,specifyingtheadaptername.
vicfg-rescan <conn_options> vmhba1
Thecommandreturnsanindicationofsuccessorfailure,butnodetailedinformation.
To rescan a storage adapter with ESXCLI
Thefollowingcommandscansaspecificadapterandskipsthefilesystemscanthatisperformedbydefault.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core adapter rescan --adapter=vmhba33 --skip-claim
Thecommandreturnsanindicationofsuccessorfailure,butnodetailedinformation.
Retrieving SMART Information
YoucanuseESXCLItoretrieveinformationrelatedtoSMART.SMARTisamonitoringsystemforcomputer
harddisksthatreportsinformationaboutthedisks.
esxcli storage core device smart get -d device
WhatthecommandreturnsdependsonthelevelofSMARTinformationthatthedevicesupports.Ifno
informationisavailableforaparameter,theoutputdisplaysN/A,asinthefollowingsampleoutput.
Parameter Value Threshold Worst
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Health Status OK N/A N/A
Media Wearout Indicator N/A N/A N/A
Write Error Count N/A N/A N/A
Read Error Count 119 6 74
Power-on Hours 57 0 57
Power Cycle Count 100 20 100
Reallocated Sector Count 100 36 100