vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part XXIV: vSphere CLI:

CMD

General Description

Syntax

Description

esxcfg-mpath

Managing multi-pathing options on ESXi Host.

-b -d Device_ID

Listing all available paths to the device Device_ID.

esxcfg-vmknic

Managing Vmkernel ports of ESXi Host.

-a -i IPv4_Address -n Netmask -p Portgroup_Name

Adding a new Vmkernel port with IPv4_Address, Netmask & inside a vSS in Portgroup_Name portgroup.

-d -s vDS_Name -v Port_ID

Deleting Vmkernel port from vDS_Name from port Port_ID.

-l

Listing all Vmkernel ports on this ESXi host.

esxcli

Managing ESXi host from different aspects.

storage core adapter list

Listing all storage adapters on this host.

storage core adapter rescan --all

Rescanning on all storage adapters on this host for any new added storage.

storage core device list

Listing all available devices connected to that host.

storage core device vaai status get

Listing the status of all datastores VAAI.

storage core claimrule list

Listing all Claim Rules available on that host.

storage core claimrule add –r Rule_ID–t Type….

Adding a new Claim Rule with Rule_ID and Type and additional parameters (requires [storage core claimrule load] after).

storage core claimrule load

Loading newly added Claim Rules into VMKernel.

storage core claimrule run

Running newly added Claim Rules.

storage core claimrule remove –r Rule_ID

Remove the Claim Rule with certain Rule_ID (requires [storage core claimrule load] after).

storage core claiming reclaim –d Device_ID

Rescanning ESXi’s adapters connected to device Device_ID for newly applied Claim Rules.

storage core claiming unclaim –t Type….

Unclaiming for resetting and reclaiming according to newly added Claim Rule.

storage core path list –d Device_ID

Listing all paths available to the device Device_ID.

storage filesystem unmounts –l Datastore_Name

Unmounting datastore Datastore_Name from the host even if some VMs reside on it but powered-off.

storage nmp satp rule add –t Type…. –o=Option

Adding new SATP Rule with Type, additional parameters and certain option (like enable_ssd).

storage nmp satp rule list

Listing all installed and loaded SATP rules on ESXi Host.

storage nmp satp rule remove –t Type…

Removing an added SATP Rule with Type and additional paramters.

storage nmp satp set –s SATP_Rule–P PSP_Rule

Setting certain default PSP_Rule for certain SATP_Rule.

system module get –m Module_Name

Getting all information about Module_Name module (driver) loaded.

system module list

Listing all modules (drivers) loaded within ESXi.

system settings advanced list

Listing all advanced settings descriptions and values on this host.

system settings advanced list –o Advanced_Setting_Path(/Branch/Adv_Option_Name)

Listing certain advanced setting’s description and value on this host.

system snmp –e ‘0/1 or true/false or yes/no’ -c SNMP_Target_Community–t Target_Name_or_IP@UDP_Port/Community

Enabling and setting SNMP v1 for a Host to a target Target_Name_or_IP on port UDP_Port with community SNMP_Target_Community (overridden by –t /Community ).

system snmp get

Listing all SNMP configured settings.

system snmp test

Sending a test SNMP trap.

system syslog config get

Getting all Network Syslog Collector settings configured.

system syslog config set --loghost=Collector_Name_or_IPv4 --logdir-unique=1

Configuring Remote Syslog Collector with Collector_Name_or_IPv4 and configuring that each ESXi host will log to unique directory with its Hostname.

system syslog reload

Reloading all new configured Network Syslog Collector settings.

system syslog mark –s=Message

Sending test message (Message) to the Network Syslog Collector to be logged as a test.

esxtop

Monitoring tool for performance metrics of ESXi hosts

-b –a –d Duration_in_Secs–n Iterations_No.

Batch Mode: Recording all performance metrics of ESXi host every Duration_in_Secs for Iterations_No. number of times, i.e. that will give me for every metric Iteration_No. of records.

vmkfstools

Managing VMs disks and datastores FS.

-c Size‘/vmfs/volumes/Datastore_Hashed_Name/VM_Directory/Disk_Name.vmdk’ -a ‘Adapter_Type’ -d ‘Disk_Type’

Creating a Disk with certain size, name, adapter type and disk type.

-U ‘/vmfs/volumes/Datastore_Hashed_Name/VM_Directory/Disk_Name.vmdk’

Deleting certain disk.

vscsiStats

Performance monitoring tool on all VMS’ disk.

-l

Listing all available VMs (Worlds) and disks (Handles).

-s

Starting monitoring on all VMs (Worlds) and disks (Handles).

-s -w World_ID -i Handle_ID

Starting monitoring on certain VM (World) and disk (Handle).

-c > ‘Path/Name.csv’

Creating Name.csv file in Path of all the outputs.

-p ‘Histo_Type’

Drawing the Histo Type selected for states collected from –s command.

Histo Types are: (all, ioLength, seekDistance, outstandingIOs, latency, interarrival)

-x

Stopping monitoring on all VMs (Worlds) and disks (Handles).

-x –w World_ID–i Handle_ID

Stopping monitoring on certain VM (World) and disk (Handle).