6.5
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 Commands Available on Different ESXi Hosts
- Trust Relationship Requirement for ESXCLI Commands
- Using ESXCLI Output
- 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
- Detach a Device and Remove a LUN
- Reattach a Device
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitor and Manage FibreChannel 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
- Set Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Troubleshoot a Networking Setup
- 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
- Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with ESXCLI
- Add and Configure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with ESXCLI
- Add and Configure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with ESXCLI
- Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with vicfg-vmknic
- Add and Configure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic
- Add and Configure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Manage an NTP Server
- Manage the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Manage the ESXi Firewall
- Monitor VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
Options Description
--config <config_string>
-c <config_string>
Conguration string to set for the device or path specied by --device or --path. See
“Managing Path Policies,” on page 54.
--device <device>
-d <device>
Device for which you want to customize the path policy.
--path <path>
-p <path>
Path for which you want to customize the path policy.
Fixed Path Selection Policy Operations
The fixed option gets and sets the preferred path policy for NMP devices congured to use VMW_PSP_FIXED.
Retrieving the Preferred Path
The esxcli storage nmp fixed deviceconfig get command retrieves the preferred path on a specied
device that is using NMP and the VMW_PSP_FIXED path policy.
Options Description
- -device <device>
-d <device>
Device for which you want to get the preferred path. This device must be controlled by the
VMW_PSP_FIXED PSP.
To return the path congured as the preferred path for the specied device, run the following command.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp fixed deviceconfig get --device naa.xxx
Setting the Preferred Path
The esxcli storage nmp fixed deviceconfig set command sets the preferred path on a specied device that
is using NMP and the VMW_PSP_FIXED path policy.
Options Description
--device <device>
-d <device>
Device for which you want to set the preferred path. This device must be controlled by the
VMW_PSP_FIXED PSP.
Use esxcli storage nmp device --list to list the policies for all devices.
--path <path>
-p <path>
Path to set as the preferred path for the specied device.
To set the preferred path for the specied device to vmhba3:C0:T5:L3, run the following command. Specify
one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in
place of <conn_options>.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp fixed deviceconfig set --device naa.xxx --path vmhba3:C0:T5:L3
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