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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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ThefollowingexamplesillustrateaddingSATPrules.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptions
forvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
AddaSATPrulethatspecifiesthatdiskswithvendorstringVMWAREandmodelstringVirtualshouldbe
addedtoVMW_SATP_LOCAL.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL" --vendor="VMWARE"
--model="Virtual" --description="VMware virtual disk"
AddaSATPrulethatspecifiesthatdiskswiththedriverstringsomedrivershouldbeaddedto
VMW_SATP_LOCAL.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL"
--driver="somedriver"
AddarulethatspecifiesthatallstoragedeviceswithvendorstringABCandamodelnamethatstartswith
120shoulduseVMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA(VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AAisanexample).
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA --vendor="ABC"
--model="^120*
Removing SATP Rules
Theesxcli storage nmp satp rule removecommandremovesanexistingSATPrule.Theoptionsyou
specifydefinetheruletoremove.Theoptionslistedfor“A d d i n g SATPRules”onpage 91aresupported.
Option Description
--driver
-D
DriverstringtosetwhenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.
--device
-d
DevicetosetwhenaddingSATPclaimrules.Device rulesaremutuallyexclusivewith
vendor/modelanddriverrules.
--force
-f
Forceclaimrulestoignorevaliditychecksandinstalltheruleevenifchecksfail.
--model
-M
Modelstringtoset
whenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.Canbethemodelnameorapattern
^mod*,whichmatchesalldevicesthatstartwithmod.Thatis,thepatternsuccessfullymatches
mod1andmodz,butnotmymod1.
Thecommandsupportsthestart/end(^)andwildcard(*)functionalitybutnootherregular
expressions.
--transport
-R
TransportstringtosetwhenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.DescribesthetypeofstorageHBA,
forexample,iscsiorfc.
--vendor
-V
VendorstringtosetwhenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.
--satp
-s
SATPforwhichtheruleisadded.
--claim-option
-c
Claimoptionstringtosetwhenaddingthe
SATPclaimrule.
--description
-e
DescriptionstringtosetwhenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.
--option
-o
OptionstringtosetwhenaddingtheSATPclaimrule.Surroundtheoptionstringindouble
quotes,anduseaspace,notacomma,whenspecifyingmorethanoneoption.
“enable_local enable_ssd”.
--psp
-P
DefaultPSPfor
theSATPclaimrule.
--psp-option
-O
PSPoptionsfortheSATPclaimrule.
--type
-t
SettheclaimtypewhenaddingaSATPclaimrule.