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Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces

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Contents

AboutThisBook 5

1 ManagingvSpherewithCommand‐LineInterfaces 7

OverviewofvSphereCommand‐LineInterfaces 8

UsingESXCLIforHostManagement 10

ESXCLISyntax 10

RunningESXCLIvCLICommands 10

ESXCLICommandSupportwhenHostandvCLIVersionDoNotMatch 11

UsingPowerCLItoManageHostsandVirtualMachines 11

UsingDCLItoManagevCenterServices 11

DCLISyntax 12

vCLIPackageContents 12

2 InstallingvCLI 15

InstallationOverview 15

OverviewofLinuxInstallationProcess 16

InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux 18

InstallingRequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforRedHatEnterpriseLinux 18

InstallingthevCLIPackageonRHEL(NoInternetAccess) 18

InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess 19

InstallingRequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess 19

Installingthe

vCLIPackageonaLinuxSystemwithInternetAccess 20

UninstallingthevCLIPackageonLinux 21

InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindows 21

UninstallingthevCLIPackageonWindows 22

EnablingCertificateVerification 22

DeployingvMA 22

3 RunningHostManagementCommandsintheESXiShell 23

ESXiShellAccesswiththeDirectConsole 23

EnablingLocalESXiShellAccess 23

ESXiShellTimeout 24

UsingtheESXiShell 24

RemoteESXiShellAccesswithSSH 24

EnablingSSHfortheESXiShell 25

UsingtheESXiShellwithSSH 25

LockdownMode 26

RunningESXCLICommandsintheESXiShell 26

4 RunningvCLIHostManagementCommands 27

OverviewofRunningvCLIHostManagementCommands 27

TargetingtheHostDirectly 27

TargetaHostThatisManagedbyavCenterServerSystem 28

ProtectingPasswords 28

OrderofPrecedenceforvCLIHostManagementCommands 29

AuthenticatingThroughvCenterServerandvCenterSingleSign‐On 29

Examples 29