6.5
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
Option Description Default
credstore-
remove
Removes an entry from the DCLI credential store le.
This option removes the entry for a specied server IP
address and user name if only one session manager is present
for a target server and user.
In rare cases, information about multiple session manager
entries is present. You must provide the session manager
with the session-manager option.
credstore-list
Lists all entries stored in the DCLI credential store le. Each
entry includes the server IP address, session manager, and
user name.
session-
manager
Use this option if you use the credstore-remove option the
same user name and password are stored through multiple
session managers. Not usually required.
Using DCLI Commands
You can display help information for DCLI commands, and run the commands from a system where vCLI is
installed, from the vCenter Server Appliance shell, or from a vCenter Server on Windows command prompt.
Displaying Help Information for DCLI Commands
You can display help for each namespace and command by using the --help command-line option. Because
the available commands depend entirely on the services that are available in the vCenter environment that
you are targeting, you must include the server for accurate help information.
Help returns the following information for a command.
n
Each input option
n
Whether the option is required
n
Input type
Example
dcli com vmware cis tagging tag create --help
usage: com vmware cis tagging tag create [-h] --name NAME --description DESCRIPTION --category-
id CATEGORY_ID
Creates a tag
Input Arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--name NAME required: The display name of the tag (string)
--description DESCRIPTION
required: The description of the tag (string)
--category-id CATEGORY_ID
required: The unique identifier of the parent category in which this tag
will be created (string)
Running DCLI Commands Included in the vCLI Package
You can run vCLI commands from an administration server on which you installed the vCLI package.
After installation, the VMware DCLI folder is available inside your vCLI installation path. You must open a
command prompt in your installation folder path and navigate to the VMware DCLI folder.
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