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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
vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
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-L --lun
-l -t <target_ID> <adapter_name>
--list --target_id <target_id> <adapter_name>
ListsLUNinformationfora
specifictarget.
-N --network (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-l <adapter_name>
--list <adapter_name>
Listsnetworkproperties.
-N --network (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-i <ip_addr> <adapter_name>
--ip <ip_addr> <vmhba>
SetstheHBAIPv4addressto
ip_addr.
-N --network (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-s <subnet_mask> <adapter_name>
--subnetmask <subnet_mask> <adapter_name>
SetstheHBAnetworkmaskto
subnet_mask.
-N --network (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-g <default_gateway> <adapter_name>
--gateway <default_gateway> <adapter_name>
SetstheHBAgatewayto
default_gateway.
-N --network (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-i <ip_addr> -s <subnet mask>
-g <default_gateway> <adapter_name>
--ip <ip_addr> --subnetmask <subnet_mask>
--gateway <default_gateway> <adapter_name>
SetstheIPaddress,subnetmask,
anddefaultgatewayin
one
command.
-p --pnp (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-l <adapter_name>
--list <adapter_name>
Listsphysicalnetworkportal
options.
-p --pnp (Independent hardware iSCSI only)
-M <mtu_size> <adapter_name>
--mtu <mtu-size> <adapter_name>
Setsphysicalnetworkportal
options.
-I --iscsiname
-a <alias_name> <adapter_name>
--alias <alias_name> <adapter_name>
SetstheiSCSIinitiatoralias.
-I --iscsiname
-n <iscsi_name> <adapter_name>
--name <iscsi_name> <adapter_name>
SetstheiSCSIinitiatorname.
-I --iscsiname
-l <adapter_name>
--list <adapter_name>
ListsiSCSIinitiatoroptions.
-M --mtu
-p -M <mtu_size> <adapter_name>
--pnp --mtu <mtu-size> <adapter_name>
SetsMTUsize.Usedwiththe
--pnpoption.
-S --static
-l <adapter_name>
--list <adapter_name>
Listsstaticdiscoveryaddresses.
-S --static
-r -i <stor_ip_addr|stor_hostname> [:<portnum>] -n <target_name>
<adapter_name>
--remove --ip <stor_ip_addr|stor_hostname> [:<portnum>] -name
<target_name> <adapter_name>
Removesastaticdiscovery
address.
Table 5-4. Options for vicfg-iscsi (Continued)
Option Suboptions Description