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
Option Description
--rule <rule_ID>
-r <rule_ID>
ID of the rule to be removed. Run esxcli storage core claimrule list to see the rule ID.
The following example removes rule 1015. 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 core claimrule remove -r 1015
Listing Claim Rules
The list command lists all claim rules on the system.
You can specify the claim rule class as an argument.
Option Description
--claimrule-class
<cl>
-c <cl>
Claim rule class to use in this operation. You can specify MP (Multipathing), Filter, or VAAI.
Multipathing is the default. Filter is used only for VAAI. Specify claim rules for both
VAAI_FILTER and VAAI plug-in to use it. See vSphere Storage for information about VAAI.
You can run the command as follows. The equal sign is optional, so both forms of the command have the
same result. 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 core claimrule list -c Filter
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule list --claimrule-class=Filter
Loading Claim Rules
The esxcli storage core claimrule load command loads claim rules from the esx.conf conguration le
into the VMkernel. Developers and experienced storage administrators might use this command for boot
time conguration.
esxcli storage core claimrule load has no options. The command always loads all claim rules from
esx.conf.
Moving Claim Rules
The esxcli storage core claimrule move command moves a claim rule from one rule ID to another.
Options Description
--claimrule-class <cl>
-c <cl>
Claim rule class to use in this operation.
--new-rule <rule_ID>
-n <rule_ID>
New rule ID you want to give to the rule specied by the --rule option.
--rule <rule_ID>
-r <rule_ID>
ID of the rule to be removed. Run esxcli storage core claimrule list to display the
rule ID.
The following example renames rule 1016 to rule 1015 and removes rule 1016. 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 core claimrule move -r 1015 -n 1016
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