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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
2 Congure the ESXi system’s DNS to be in the Active Directory domain.
Set Up Active Directory to Work with ESXi
You can run vicfg-authconfig to add the ESXi host to the Active Directory domain. You can run the
command directly against the host or against a vCenter Server system, specifying the host with --vihost.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have installed the ESXi host, as explained in the vSphere Installation and Setup
documentation.
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Verify that you have installed Windows Active Directory on a Windows Server that runs Windows 2000
Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008. See the Microsoft Web site for instructions and
best practices.
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Verify that you have the appropriate Active Directory permissions and administrative privileges on the
ESXi host.
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Verify that time between the ESXi system and Windows Active Directory is synchronized.
Procedure
1 Test that the Windows Active Directory Server can ping the ESXi host by using the host name.
ping <ESX_hostname>
2 Run vicfg-authconfig to add the host to the Active Directory domain.
vicfg-authconfig --server=<ESXi Server IP Address>
--username=<ESXi Server Admin Username>
--password=<ESXi Server Admin User's Password>
--authscheme AD --joindomain <AD Domain Name>
--adusername=<Active Directory Administrator User Name>
--adpassword=<Active Directory Administrator User's Password>
The system prompts for user names and passwords if you do not specify them on the command line.
Passwords are not echoed to the screen.
3 Check that a Successfully Joined <Domain Name> message appears.
4 Verify the ESXi host is in the intended Windows Active Directory domain.
vicfg-authconfig --server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX --authscheme AD -c
You are prompted for a user name and password for the ESXi system.
Updating Hosts
When you add custom drivers or patches to a host, the process is called an update.
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Update ESXi 4.0 and ESXi 4.1 hosts with the vihostupdate command, as discussed in the vSphere
Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide included in the vSphere 4.1 documentation set.
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Update ESXi 5.0 hosts with esxcli software vib commands discussed in the vSphere Upgrade
documentation included in the vSphere 5.0 documentation set. You cannot run the vihostupdate
command against ESXi 5.0 or later.
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Update ESXi 5.0 hosts with esxcli software vib commands discussed in the vSphere Upgrade
documentation included in the vSphere 5.0 documentation set. You cannot run the vihostupdate
command against ESXi 5.0 or later.
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Update ESXi 5.1 hosts with esxcli software vib commands discussed in the vSphere Upgrade
documentation included in the vSphere 5.1 documentation set.
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