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
Figure 1‑1. vSphere CLIs for Host and vCenter Services Management
Linux vSphere
Management
Assistant
Windows
ESXi ESXi
vCenter Server
API
API API
ESXCLI
esxcfg-*
ESXCLI
esxcfg-*
vCLI
vicfg-*
ESXCLI
DCLI
DCLI
Others (esxtop, vimcmd, vsish, rvc...)
PowerCLI
The following command sets are available. For more information about each command set, see the
referenced documentation.
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