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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
Figure 4‑2. Virtual Machines Accessing Different Types of Storage
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You can use vCLI commands to manage the virtual machine le system and storage devices.
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VMFS - Use vmkfstools to create, modify, and manage VMFS virtual disks and raw device mappings.
See “Managing the Virtual Machine File System with vmkfstools,” on page 30 for an introduction and
the vSphere Storage documentation for a detailed reference.
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Datastores - Several commands allow you to manage datastores and are useful for multiple protocols.
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LUNs - Use esxcli storage core or vicfg-scsidevs commands to display available LUNs and
mappings for each VMFS volume to its corresponding partition. See “Examining LUNs,” on
page 45.
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Path management - Use esxcli storage core or vicfg-mpath commands to list information about
Fibre Channel or iSCSI LUNs and to change a path’s state. See “Managing Paths,” on page 50. Use
the ESXCLI command to view and modify path policies. See “Managing Path Policies,” on
page 54.
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Rescan - Use esxcli storage core or vicfg-rescan adapter rescan to perform a rescan operation
each time you recongure your storage setup. See “Scanning Storage Adapters,” on page 66.
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Storage devices - Several commands manage only specic storage devices.
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NFS storage - Use esxcli storage nfs or vicfg-nas to manage NAS storage devices. See
“Managing NFS/NAS Datastores,” on page 57.
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iSCSI storage - Use esxcli iscsi or vicfg-iscsi to manage both hardware and software iSCSI. See
Chapter 5, “Managing iSCSI Storage,” on page 69.
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Software-dened storage - vSphere supports several types of software-dened storage.
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Virtual SAN storage - Use commands in the esxcli vsan namespace to manage Virtual SAN. See
“Monitoring and Managing Virtual SAN Storage,” on page 60.
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