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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
Managing Virtual Machines 8
You can manage virtual machines with the vSphere Web Client or the vmware-cmd vCLI command. By using
vmware-cmd you can register and unregister virtual machines, retrieve virtual machine information, manage
snapshots, turn the virtual machine on and o, add and remove virtual devices, and prompt for user input.
Some virtual machine management utility applications are included in the vSphere SDK for Perl.
The VMware PowerCLI cmdlets, which you can install for use with Microsoft PowerShell, manage many
aspects of virtual machines.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“vmware-cmd Overview,” on page 123
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“List and Register Virtual Machines,” on page 125
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“Retrieving Virtual Machine Aributes,” on page 125
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“Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots with vmware-cmd,” on page 127
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“Powering Virtual Machines On and O,” on page 128
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“Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Devices,” on page 129
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“Working with the AnswerVM API,” on page 130
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“Forcibly Stop a Virtual Machine with ESXCLI,” on page 130
vmware-cmd Overview
vmware-cmd was included in earlier version of the ESX Service Console. A vmware-cmd command has been
available in the vCLI package since ESXi version 3.0.
I vmware-cmd is not available in the ESXi Shell. Run the vmware-cmd vCLI command instead.
Older versions of vmware-cmd support a set of connection options and general options that dier from the
options in other vCLI commands. The vmware-cmd vCLI command supports these options. The vCLI
command also supports the standard vCLI --server, --username, --password, and --vihost options. vmware-
cmd does not support other connection options.
I vmware-cmd is a legacy tool and supports the usage of VMFS paths for virtual machine
conguration les. As a rule, use datastore paths to access virtual machine conguration les.
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