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
vSphere 4.x vSphere 5.0
Host Host conguration les. You must
specify the le’s unique name
identier.
Specify host locations by using
the /host/<path> syntax.
Host conguration les. You must
specify the le’s unique name
identier.
Specify host locations by using
the /host/<path> syntax.
You cannot list subdirectories
of /host.
Temp
The /tmp directory and les in that
directory.
Specify temp locations by using
the /tmp/dir/subdir syntax.
Not supported.
Datastores Datastore les and directories. You have two choices for specifying a
datastore.
n
Use datastore prex style '[ds_name] relative_path' as demonstrated
in the following example.
'[myStorage1] testvms/VM1/VM1.vmx'(Linux) or "[myStorage1]
testvms/VM1/VM1.vmx" (Windows)
n
Use URL style /folder/dir/subdir/file?dsName=<name> as
demonstrated in the following example.
'/folder/testvms/VM1/VM1.vmx?dsName=myStorage1' (Linux)
"/folder/testvms/VM1/VM1.vmx?dsName=myStorage1" (Windows)
The two example paths refer to a virtual machine conguration le for the
VM1 virtual machine in the testvms/VM1 directory of the myStorage1
datastore.
To avoid problems with directory names that use special characters or spaces, enclose the path in quotes for
both operating systems.
When you run vifs, you can specify the operation name and argument and one of the standard connection
options. Use aliases, symbolic links, or wrapper scripts to simplify the invocation syntax.
I The concepts of working directory and last directory or le operated on are not supported with
vifs.
vifs Options
vifs command-specic options allow you to retrieve and upload les from the remote host and perform a
number of other operations.
All vifs options work on datastore les or directories. Some options also work on host les and les in the
temp directory. You must also specify connection options.
Command Description Target Syntax
--copy
-c <source>
<target>
Copies a le in a datastore to another location
in a datastore. The <source> must be a
remote source path, the <target> a remote
target path or directory.
The --force option replaces existing
destination les.
Datastore
Temp
copy src_file_path
dst_directory_path [--
force]
copy src_file_path
dst_file_path [--force]
--dir
-D <remote_dir>
Lists the contents of a datastore directory. Datastore
Temp
dir
datastore_directory_path
--force
-F
Overwrites the destination le. Used with --
move and --copy.
Datastore
Temp
copy src_file_path
dst_file_path [--force]
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