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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
2 Add a new NAS le system to the ESXi host.
Specify the NAS server with --host, the volume to use for the mount with --volume-name, and the share
name on the remote system to use for this NAS mount point with --share.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nfs add --host=dir42.eng.vmware.com --share=/<mount_dir> --
volume-name=nfsstore-dir42
This command adds an entry to the known NAS le system list and supplies the share name of the new
NAS le system. You must supply the host name, share name, and volume name for the new NAS le
system.
3 Add a second NAS le system with read-only access.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nfs add --host=dir42.eng.vmware.com --share=/home --volume-
name=FileServerHome2 --readonly
4 Delete one of the NAS le systems.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nfs remove --volume-name=FileServerHome2
This command unmounts the NAS le system and removes it from the list of known le systems.
Managie a NAS File System with vicfg-nas
You can use vicfg-nas as a vCLI command with connection options.
For more information on connection options, see “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management
Commands,” on page 19.
Procedure
1 List all known NAS le systems.
vicfg-nas <conn_options> -l
For each NAS le system, the command lists the mount name, share name, and host name and whether
the le system is mounted. If no NAS le systems are available, the system returns a No NAS datastore
found message.
2 Add a new NAS le system to the ESXi host.
vicfg-nas <conn_options --add --nasserver dir42.eng.vmware.com -s /<mount_dir> nfsstore-dir42
This command adds an entry to the known NAS le system list and supplies the share name of the new
NAS le system. You must supply the host name and the share name for the new NAS le system.
3 Add a second NAS le system with read-only access.
vicfg-nas <conn_options> -a -y --n esx42nas2 -s /home FileServerHome2
4 Delete one of the NAS le systems.
vicfg-nas <conn_options> -d FileServerHome1
This command unmounts the NAS le system and removes it from the list of known le systems.
Monitor and Manage FibreChannel SAN Storage
The esxcli storage san commands help administrators troubleshoot issues with I/O devices and fabric, and
include Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, SAS protocol statistics.
The commands allow you to retrieve device information and I/O statistics from those device. You can also
issue Loop Initialization Primitives (LIP) to FC/FCoE devices and you can reset SAS devices.
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