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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 6 Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
Retrieving PSP Information
Theesxcli storage nmp pspgeneric deviceconfig getandesxcli storage nmp pspgeneric
pathconfig getcommandretrievesPSPconfigurationparameters.ThetypeofPSPdetermineswhich
commandtouse.
Usenmp pspgeneric deviceconfig getforPSPsthataresettoVMW_PSP_RR,VMW_PSP_FIXEDor
VMW_PSP_MRU.
Usenmp pspgeneric pathconfig getforPSPsthataresettoVMW_PSP_FIXEDorVMW_PSP_MRU.No
pathconfigurationinformationisavailableforVMW_PSP_RR.
ToretrievePSPconfigurationparameters,usetheappropriatecommandforthePSP.
Deviceconfigurationinformation.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp generic deviceconfig get --device=<device>
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig get --device=<device>
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig get --device=<device>
Pathconfigurationinformation.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp psp generic pathconfig get --path=<path>
RetrievethePSPconfigurationforthespecifiedpath.
esxcli <conn_options> nmp psp pathconfig generic get --path vmhba4:C1:T2:L23
Theesxcli storage nmp psp listcommandshowsthelistofPathSelectionPluginsonthesystemanda
briefdescriptionofeachplugin.
Setting Configuration Parameters for Third-Party Extensions
The esxcli storage nmp psp generic deviceconfig setandesxcli storage nmp psp generic
pathconfig setcommandssupportfuturethird‐partyPSAexpansion.ThesetconfigcommandsetsPSP
configurationparametersforthosethird‐partyextensions.
Useesxcli storage nmp roundrobin setconfigforotherpathpolicyconfiguration.See“Customizing
RoundRobinSetup”onpage 90.
Youcanrunesxcli storage nmp psp generic deviceconfig set --device=<device>tospecifyPSP
informationforadevice,andesxcli storage nmp psp generic pathconfig set --path=<path>to
specifyPSPinformationforapath.Foreachcommand,use--configtosetthespecifiedconfigurationstring.
Fixed Path Selection Policy Operations
ThefixedoptiongetsandsetsthepreferredpathpolicyforNMPdevicesconfiguredtouseVMW_PSP_FIXED.
Retrieving the Preferred Path
Theesxclistoragenmp fixed deviceconfig getcommandretrievesthepreferredpathonaspecified
devicethatisusingNMPandtheVMW_PSP_FIXEDPSP.
N
OTEThepreciseresultsofthesecommandsdependonthethird‐partyextension.Seetheextension
documentationforinformation.
Options Description
--config <config_string>
-c <config_string>
Configurationstringtosetforthedeviceorpathspecifiedby--deviceor--path.See
Table 4‐1,“SupportedPathPolicies,”onpage 48.
--device <device>
-d <device>
Deviceforwhichyouwanttocustomizethepathpolicy.
--path <path>
-p <path>
Pathforwhichyouwanttocustomizethepathpolicy.