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
vSphere CLI Command Overviews 1
This chapter introduces the command set, presents supported commands for dierent versions of vSphere,
lists connection options, and discusses vCLI and lockdown mode.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n
“Introduction,” on page 11
n
“List of Available Host Management Commands,” on page 13
n
“Targets and Protocols for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 15
n
“Supported Platforms for vCLI Commands,” on page 15
n
“Commands with an esxcfg Prex,” on page 16
n
“ESXCLI Commands Available on Dierent ESXi Hosts,” on page 17
n
“Trust Relationship Requirement for ESXCLI Commands,” on page 17
n
“Using ESXCLI Output,” on page 19
n
“Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19
n
“Connection Options for DCLI Commands,” on page 19
n
“vCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown Mode,” on page 19
Introduction
The commands in the vSphere CLI package allow you to perform vSphere conguration tasks using
commands from vCLI package installed on supported platforms, or using commands from vMA. The
package consists of several command sets.
The following table lists the components of the vSphere CLI command set.
vCLI Commands Description
ESXCLI commands Manage many aspects of an ESXi host. You can run ESXCLI commands remotely or in the
ESXi Shell.
You can also run ESXCLI commands from the PowerCLI prompt by using the Get-EsxCli
cmdlet.
vicfg- commands
Set of commands for many aspects of host management Eventually, these commands will be
replaced by ESXCLI commands.
A set of esxcfg- commands that precisely mirrors the vicfg- commands is also included in
the vCLI package.
VMware, Inc. 11