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
Load and Apply Path Claim Rules
You can run the esxcli storage core claimrule run command to apply claim rules that are loaded.
If you do not call run, the system checks for claim rule updates every ve minutes and applies them. Specify
one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in
place of <conn_options>.
Procedure
1 Modify rules and load them.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule load
2 Quiesce the devices that use paths for which you want to change the rule and unclaim those paths.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claiming unclaim --device=<device>
3 Run path claiming rules.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core claimrule run
Running Path Claim Rules
The esxcli storage core claimrule run command runs path claiming rules.
You can run this command to apply claim rules that are loaded. See “Load and Apply Path Claim Rules,” on
page 114.
You can also use the esxcli storage core claimrule run command for troubleshooting and boot time
conguration.
Options Description
--adapter <adapter>
-A <adapter>
If --type is location, name of the HBA for the paths to run the claim rules on. To run
claim rules on paths from all adapters, omit this option.
--channel <channel>
-C <channel>
If --type is location, value of the SCSI channel number for the paths to run the claim
rules on. To run claim rules on paths with any channel number, omit this option.
--claimrule-class
-c
Claim rule class to use in this operation.
--device
-d
Device UID to use for this operation.
--lun <lun>
-L <lun>
If --type is location, value of the SCSI LUN for the paths to run claim rules on. To run
claim rules on paths with any LUN, omit this option.
--path <path_UID>
-p <path_UID>
If --type is path, this option indicates the unique path identier (UID) or the runtime
name of a path to run claim rules on.
--target <target>
-T <target>
If --type is location, value of the SCSI target number for the paths to run claim rules on.
To run claim rules on paths with any target number, omit this option.
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