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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
Command with vicfg Prefix Command with esxcfg Prefix
vicfg-mpath esxcfg-mpath
vicfg-nas esxcfg-nas
vicfg-nics esxcfg-nics
vicfg-ntp esxcfg-ntp
vicfg-rescan esxcfg-rescan
vicfg-route esxcfg-route
vicfg-scsidevs esxcfg-scsidevs
vicfg-snmp esxcfg-snmp
vicfg-syslog esxcfg-syslog
vicfg-vmknic esxcfg-vmknic
vicfg-volume esxcfg-volume
vicfg-vswitch esxcfg-vswitch
ESXCLI Commands Available on Different ESXi Hosts
The available ESXCLI commands depend on the ESXi host version.
When you run an ESXCLI vCLI command, you must know the commands supported on the target host. For
example, if you run commands against ESXi 5.x hosts, ESXCLI 5.x commands are supported. If you run
commands against ESXi 6.x hosts, ESXCLI 6.x commands are supported.
Some commands or command outputs are determined by the host type. In addition, VMware partners
might develop custom ESXCLI commands that you can run on hosts where the partner VIB has been
installed.
Run esxcli --server <target> --help for a list of namespaces supported on the target. You can drill down
into the namespaces for additional help.
Trust Relationship Requirement for ESXCLI Commands
Starting with vSphere 6.0, ESXCLI checks whether a trust relationship exists between the machine where
you run the ESXCLI command and the ESXi host. An error results if the trust relationship does not exist.
Download and Install the vCenter Server Certificate
You can download the vCenter Server root certicate by using a Web browser and add it to the trusted
certicates on the machine where you plan to run ESXCLI commands.
Procedure
1 Enter the URL of the vCenter Server system or vCenter Server Appliance into a Web browser.
2 Click the Download trusted root link.
3 Change the extension of the downloaded le to .zip. (The le is a ZIP le of all certicates in the
TRUSTED_ROOTS store).
4 Extract the ZIP le.
A certicates folder is extracted. The folder includes les with the extension .0. .1, and so on, which are
certicates, and les with the extension .r0, r1, and so on which are CRL les associated with the
certicates.
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