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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
4 Set the parameter.
esxcli system module parameters set --module=module_name --parameter-
string="parameter_string"
5 Verify that the module is congured.
esxcli <conn_options> system module parameters list --module=module_name
Manage Modules with vicfg-module
Not all VMkernel modules have seable module options.
The following example illustrates how the examine and enable a VMkernel modules. Specify one of the
connection options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in
place of <conn_options>.
Procedure
1 Run vicfg-module --list to list the modules on the host.
vicfg-module <conn_options> --list
2 Run vicfg-module --set-options with connection options, the option string to be passed to a module,
and the module name.
vicfg-module <conn_options> --set-options '<parameter_name>=<value>' <module_name>
3 (Optional) To retrieve the option string that is congured to be passed to a module when the module is
loaded, run vicfg-module --get-options.
N This string is not necessarily the option string currently in use by the module.
vicfg-module <conn_options> --get-options module_name
Veries that a module is congured.
Using vicfg-authconfig for Active Directory Configuration
ESXi can be integrated with Active Directory. Active Directory provides authentication for all local services
and for remote access through the vSphere Web Services SDK, vSphere Web Client, PowerCLI, and vSphere
CLI.
You can congure Active Directory seings with the vSphere Web Client, as discussed in the vCenter Server
and Host Management documentation, or use vicfg-autconfig.
vicfg-authconfig allows you to remotely congure Active Directory seings on ESXi hosts. You can list
supported and active authentication mechanisms, list the current domain, and join or part from an Active
Directory domain.
Prepare ESXi Hosts for Active Directory Integration
Before you run the vicfg-authconfig command on an ESXi host, you must prepare the host.
Procedure
1 Congure ESXi and Active Directory to use same NTP server.
I All hosts that join Active Directory must also be managed by an NTP server to avoid
issues with clock skews and Kerberos tickets. You must make sure the ESXi system and the Active
Directory server are using the same time zone.
The ESXi system’s time zone is always set to UTC.
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