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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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Contents
AddingandDeletingVirtualSwitcheswithvicfg‐vswitch 119
SettingSwitchAttributeswithesxclinetworkvswitchstandard 119
SettingSwitchAttributeswithvicfg‐vswitch 120
Checking,Adding,andRemovingPortGroups 120
ManagingPortGroupswithESXCLI 120
ManagingPortGroupswithvicfg‐vswitch 120
ManagingUplinksandPortGroups 121
ConnectingandDisconnectingUplinkAdaptersandPortGroupswithESXCLI 121
Connecting
andDisconnectingUplinksandPortGroupswithvicfg‐vswitch 121
SettingthePortGroupVLANID 121
SettingthePortGroupVLANIDwithESXCLI 121
SettingthePortGroupVLANIDwithvicfg‐vswitch 122
ManagingUplinkAdapters 122
ManagingUplinkAdapterswithesxclinetworknic 122
SpecifyingMultipleUplinkswithESXCLI 123
ManagingUplinkAdapterswithvicfg‐nics 124
Linking
andUnlinkingUplinkAdapterswithESXCLI 124
LinkingandUnlinkingUplinkAdapterswithvicfg‐vswitch 124
AddingandModifyingVMkernelNetworkInterfaces 125
ManagingVMkernelNetworkInterfaceswithESXCLI 125
ManagingVMkernelNetworkInterfaceswithvicfg‐vmknic 126
SettingUpvSphereNetworkingwithvSphereDistributedSwitch 128
ManagingStandardNetworkingServicesinthevSphereEnvironment 128
SettingtheDNSConfiguration 128
Settingthe
DNSConfigurationwithESXCLI 128
SettingtheDNSConfigurationwithvicfg‐dns 130
AddingandStartinganNTPServer 131
ManagingtheIPGateway 131
SettingUpIPsec 132
UsingIPsecwithESXi 132
ManagingSecurityAssociations 133
ManagingSecurityPolicies 134
ManagingtheESXiFirewall 135
MonitoringVXLAN 136
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10 MonitoringESXiHosts 139
UsingresxtopforPerformanceMonitoring 139
ManagingDiagnosticPartitions 139
DiagnosticPartitionCreation 140
DiagnosticPartitionManagement 140
ManagingCoreDumps 140
ManagingLocalCoreDumpswithESXCLI 140
ManagingCoreDumpswithESXiDumpCollector 141
ManagingCoreDumpswithvicfg‐dumppart 141
ConfiguringESXiSyslogServices 142
ManagingESXiSNMPAgents 143
ConfiguringSNMPCommunities 144
ConfiguringtheSNMPAgenttoSendTraps 144
ConfiguringaTrap
DestinationwithESXCLI 144
ConfiguringaTrapDestinationwithvicfg‐snmp 145
ConfiguringtheSNMPAgentforPolling 145
RetrievingHardwareInformation 146