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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
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List detailed information for the paths for the device specied with --device.
vicfg-mpath <conn_options> -l -d mpx.vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
vicfg-mpath <conn_options> --list --device naa.60060...
Changing the State of a Path
You can change the state of a path with ESXCLI or with vicfg-mpath.
Disable a Path with ESXCLI
You can temporarily disable a path with ESXCLI for maintenance or other reasons, and enable the path
when you need it again.
If you are changing a path's state, the change operation fails if I/O is active when the path seing is changed.
Reissue the command. You must issue at least one I/O operation before the change takes eect.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
Procedure
1 (Optional) List all devices and corresponding paths.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core path list
The display includes information about each path's state.
2 Set the state of a LUN path to o.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core path set --state off --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
What to do next
When you are ready, set the path state to active again.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core path set --state active --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
Disable a Path with vicfg-mpath
You can temporarily disable a path with vicfg-mpath for maintenance or other reasons, and enable the path
when you need it again.
If you are changing a path's state, the change operation fails if I/O is active when the path seing is changed.
Reissue the command. You must issue at least one I/O operation before the change takes eect.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
Procedure
1 (Optional) List all devices and corresponding paths.
vicfg-mpath <conn_options> --list-paths
The display includes information about each path's state.
2 Set the state of a LUN path to o.
vicfg-mpath <conn_options> --state off --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
What to do next
When you are ready, set the path state to active again.
vicfg-mpath <conn_options> --state active --path vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
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