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
You can use each name that has been returned to refer to datastore paths by using square bracket
notation.
'[my_datastore] dir/subdir/file'
n
List the content of a directory in a datastore.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd>--dir '[Storage1]'
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --dir '[Storage1] WindowsXP'
The command lists the directory content. In this example, the command lists the contents of a virtual
machine directory.
Content Listing
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vmware-37.log
vmware-38.log
...
vmware.log
...
winxpPro-sp2.vmdk
winxpPro-sp2.vmx
winxpPro-sp2.vmxf
...
n
List the contents of one of the datastores.
vifs <conn_options> --dir '[osdc-cx700-02]'
The command lists the complete contents of the datastore.
Working with Directories and Files on the Remote Server
n
Create a new directory in a datastore with --mkdir <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --mkdir '[Storage1] test'
n
Remove a directory with --rmdir <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rmdir '[Storage1] test'
n
Forcibly remove a directory with --rmdir --force <remote_dir>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rmdir '[Storage1] test2' --force
n
Update a le on the remote server with --put <local_path> <remote_path>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd>
--put /tmp/testfile '[Storage1] test/testfile'
n
Retrieve a le from the remote server with --get <remote_path> <local_path>|<local_dir>. The
command overwrites the local le if it exists. If you do not specify a le name, the le name of the
remote le is used.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --get '[Storage1]
test/testfile' /tmp/tfile
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --get '[Storage1]
test/testfile' /tmp
n
Delete a le on the remote server with -rm <remote_path>.
vifs --server <my_ESXi> --username root --password <pswd> --rm '[Storage1] test2/testfile'
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