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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
Procedure
1 Join the target host to a given Virtual SAN cluster.
esxcli vsan cluster join --cluster-uuid <uuid>
N The UUID of the cluster is required.
2 Verify that the target host is joined to a Virtual SAN cluster.
esxcli vsan cluster get
3 Remove the target host from the Virtual SAN cluster.
esxcli vsan cluster leave
Add and Remove Virtual SAN Storage
You can use ESXCLI commands to add and remove Virtual SAN storage.
Procedure
1 Add an HDD or data disk for use by Virtual SAN.
esxcli vsan storage add --disks <device_name>
N The command expects an empty disk, which will be partitioned or formaed. Specify a device
name, for example, mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0.
2 Add an SSD disk for use by Virtual SAN.
esxcli vsan storage add --ssd <device_name>
N The command expects an empty disk, which will be partitioned or formaed. Specify a device
name, for example, mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0.
3 List the Virtual SAN storage conguration. You can display the complete list, or lter to show only a
single device.
esxcli vsan storage list --device <device>
4 Remove disks or disk groups.
N You can remove disks or disk groups only when Virtual SAN is in manual mode. For the
automatic disk claim mode, the remove action is not supported.
n
Remove an individual Virtual SAN disk.
esxcli vsan storage remove --disk <device_name>
Instead of specifying the device name, you can specify the UUID if you include the --uuid option.
n
Remove a disk group's SSD and each of its backing HDD drives from Virtual SAN usage.
esxcli vsan storage remove --ssd <device_name>
Instead of specifying the device name, you can specify the UUID if you include the --uuid option.
Any SSD that you remove from Virtual SAN becomes available for such features as Flash Read
Cache.
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