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
Stopping, Rebooting, and Examining Hosts with vicfg-hostops
You can shut down or reboot an ESXi host by using the vSphere Web Client, or ESXCLI or the vicfg-hostops
vCLI command.
Shuing down a managed host disconnects it from the vCenter Server system, but does not remove the host
from the inventory. You can shut down a single host or all hosts in a data center or cluster. Specify one of the
options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in place of
<conn_options>.
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Single host - Run vicfg-hostops with --operation shutdown.
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If the host is in maintenance mode, run the command without the --force option.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation shutdown
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If the host is not in maintenance mode, use --force to shut down the host and all running virtual
machines.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation shutdown --force
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All hosts in data center or cluster - To shut down all hosts in a cluster or data center, specify --cluster
or --datacenter.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation shutdown --cluster <my_cluster>
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation shutdown --datacenter <my_datacenter>
You can reboot a single host or all hosts in a data center or cluster.
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Single host - Run vicfg-hostops with --operation reboot.
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If the host is in maintenance mode, run the command without the --force option.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation reboot
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If the host is not in maintenance mode, use --force to shut down the host and all running virtual
machines.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation reboot --force
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All hosts in data center or cluster - You can specify --cluster or --datacenter to reboot all hosts in a
cluster or data center.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation reboot --cluster <my_cluster>
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation reboot --datacenter <my_datacenter>
You can display information about a host by running vicfg-hostops with --operation info.
vicfg-hostops <conn_options> --operation info
The command returns the host name, manufacturer, model, processor type, CPU cores, memory capacity,
and boot time. The command also returns whether vMotion is enabled and whether the host is in
maintenance mode.
Entering and Exiting Maintenance Mode
You can instruct your host to enter or exit maintenance mode with ESXCLI or with vicfg-hostops.
Enter and Exit Maintenance Mode with ESXCLI
You place a host in maintenance mode to service it, for example, to install more memory. A host enters or
leaves maintenance mode only as the result of a user request.
esxcli system maintenanceMode set allows you to enable or disable maintenance mode.
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