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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
Logging in to iSCSI Sessions
You can use esxcli iscsi session to log in to a session.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
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Log in to a session on the current software iSCSI or dependent hardware iSCSI conguration at the
adapter level.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session add --adapter=<adapter_name>
The following example applies custom values.
esxcli --config /host-config-file iscsi session add --adapter=vmhba36
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Log in to a session on the current software iSCSI or dependent hardware iSCSI conguration at the
target level.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session add --name=<target> --adapter=<adapter_name>
The following example applies custom values.
esxcli --config /host-config-file iscsi session add -name=iqn.xxx --adapter=vmhba36
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Add duplicate sessions with target and session IDs in current software iSCSI or dependent hardware
iSCSI conguration.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session add --name=<iqn.xxxx> --isid=<session_id> --
adapter=<iscsi_adapter>
iqn.xxxx is the target IQN, which you can determine by listing all sessions. session_id is the session's
iSCSI ID. The following example applies custom values.
esxcli --config /host-config-file iscsi session add -name=iqn.xxx --isid='00:02:3d:00:00:01'
--adapter=vmhba36
Removing iSCSI Sessions
You can use esxcli iscsi session to remove iSCSI sessions.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
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Remove sessions from the current software iSCSI or dependent hardware iSCSI conguration at the
adapter level.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session remove --adapter=<iscsi_adapter>
The following example applies custom values.
esxcli iscsi session remove --adapter=vmhba36
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Remove sessions from the current software iSCSI or dependent hardware iSCSI conguration at the
target level.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session remove --name=<iqn> --adapter=<iscsi_adapter>
The following example applies custom values.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi session remove --name=iqn.xxx --adapter=vmhba38
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