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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
Examining LUNs with vicfg-scsidevs
You can use vicfg-scsidevs to display information about available LUNs on ESXi 4.x hosts.
I You can run vicfg-scsidevs --query and vicfg-scsidevs --vmfs against ESXi version 3.5. The
other options are supported only against ESXi version 4.0 and later.
You can run one of the following commands to examine LUNs. Specify one of the connection options listed
in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
n
List all logical devices known on this system with detailed information.
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> --list
The command lists device information for all logical devices on this system. The information includes
the name (UUID), device type, display name, and multipathing plugin. Specify the --device option to
only list information about a specic device. The following example shows output for two devices. The
actual listing might include multiple devices and the precise format diers between releases.
mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
Device Type: cdrom
Size: 0 MB
Display Name: Local HL-DT-ST (mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0)
Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
Vendor: SONY Model: DVD-ROM GDRXX8XX Revis: 3.00
SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: Status:
Is RDM Capable: Is Removable:
Other Names:
vml.000N000000XXXdXXXXXXXXaXXXaXX
VAAI Status: nnnn
naa.60060...
Device Type: disk
Size: 614400 MB
Display Name: DGC Fibre Channel Disk (naa.60060...)
...
n
List all logical devices with abbreviated information.
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> --compact-list
The information includes the device ID, device type, size, plugin, and device display name.
n
List all device unique identiers.
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> --uids
The command lists the primary UID for each device, such as naa.xxx or other primary name, and any
other UIDs for each UID (VML name). You can specify --device to only list information for a specic
device.
n
List a specic logical device with its detailed information.
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> -l -d mpx.vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
n
Print mappings for VMFS volumes to the corresponding partition, path to that partition, VMFS uuid,
extent number, and volume names.
vicfg-scsidevs <conn_options> --vmfs
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