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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
- Contents
- About This Book
- Managing vSphere with Command-Line Interfaces
- Installing vCLI
- Running Host Management Commands in the ESXi Shell
- Running vCLI Host Management Commands
- Overview of Running vCLI Host Management Commands
- Protecting Passwords
- Authenticating Through vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On
- Authenticating Directly to the Host
- Trust Relationship Requirement for ESXCLI Commands
- Common Options for vCLI Host Management Command Execution
- Using vCLI Commands in Scripts
- Run Host Management Commands from a Windows System
- Run Host Management Commands from a Linux System
- Running DCLI Commands
- Index
You can run vCLI commands from a Windows or Linux system, or use vMA.
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Install the vCLI command set on the Windows or Linux system from which you want to administer
your ESXi systems and run vCLI commands. See Chapter 2, “Installing vCLI,” on page 15.
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Deploy a vMA virtual machine to an ESXi system and run vCLI commands from there.
After you have installed the vCLI package, you can run the host management commands in the set against
ESXi hosts. You can run the DCLI commands against a server by specifying the IP address or host name and
can manage the services associated with that server.
You must specify connection parameters when you run a vCLI command. The connection parameters dier
for DCLI commands and for other commands. See Chapter 4, “Running vCLI Host Management
Commands,” on page 31 and “Using DCLI Commands,” on page 48.
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