ESXi 5.0 Command Cheat Sheet
vSphere CLI vihostupdate.pl commands are no longer supported on ESXi 5.0
(vihostupdate
<conn_options> --nosigcheck --install --bundle <offline-bundle>.zip)
Esxupdate commands are no longer supported on ESXi 5.0
(esxupdate
--bundle=<offline-bundle>.zip update)
Qlogic Driver Installation/Removal
Note: Putty SSH session logged into ESXi 5.0 host as root:
# esxcli software vib install –v /tmp/net-qlge-1.0.0.471vmw.500.0.0.406165.x86_64.vib
# esxcli software vib remove -n
net-qlge --dry-run*
Removal Result
Message: Dryrun only, host not changed. The following installers will be applied:
[BootBankInstaller]
Reboot Required: true
VIBs Installed:
VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_1.0.0.47-1vmw.500.0.0.406165
*Do not use the –-dry-run if you intend to remove the driver.
Driver Version Queries:
# esxcli software vib get -n net-qlge
VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_1.0.0.47-1vmw.500.0.0.406165
# esxcli software vib get –n scsi-qla2xxx
VMware_bootbank_scsi-qla2xxx_901.k1.1-14vmw.500.0.0.469512
# esxcli software vib get –n scsi-qla4xxx
VMware_bootbank_scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-3vmw.500.0.0.469512
Firmware version Queries:
# esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2
Driver: qlge
Firmware Version: v1.35.11
Version: v1.00.00.47-051711
Software Queries:
# esxcli software vib list | grep qla2xxx
# esxcli software vib list | more
# esxcli –-help
Hardware Queries
Note: Qlogic serial number is NOT listed in these commands
# esxcli fcoe adapter list
# esxcli fcoe nic list
# esxcli hardware memory get
# esxcli hardware pci list
# esxcli hardware cpu list
# esxcli hardware bootdevice list
# esxcli hardware clock get
# esxcli hardware platform get
Network Queries
# esxcli network ip connection list
# esxcli network nic list
# esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2
# esxcli network nic set –n vmnic2
# esxcli network vswitch standard list
(or qla4xxx)
# esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list
# esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get –v vSwitch0
# esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get -v vSwitch0
# esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get -v vSwitch0
Network Commands
Set MTU to 9000 for vSwitchx:
# esxcli network vswitch standard set -m 9000 -v vSwitch0
Add a Standard vSwitch:
# esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch1
Add an Uplink to a Standard vSwitch
# esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -u vmnic2 -v vSwitch1
Remove an Uplink from a Standard vSwitch
# esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove -u vmnic2 -v vSwitch1
Bring network NIC down/up
# esxcli network nic down -n vmnic2
# esxcli network nic up -n vmnic2
Set NIC Speed and Duplex
# esxcli network nic set -S 10000 -D full -n vmnic2
Set NIC speed and Duplex to Auto-negotiate
# esxcli network nic set -a -n vmnic0
Storage Queries
# esxcli storage core adapter list
vmhba4 qla2xxx link-n/a fc.200000c0dd1077d9:210000c0dd1077d9 (0:2:0.2) QLogic Corp ISP81xxbased 10 GbE FCoE to PCI Express CAN
vmhba5 qla2xxx link-n/a fc.200000c0dd1077db:210000c0dd1077db (0:2:0.3) QLogic Corp ISP81xxbased 10 GbE FCoE to PCI Express CNA
# esxcli storage core adapter stats get -a vmhba4
# esxcli storage core device list
# esxcli storage nmp device list
# esxcli storage filesystem list
# esxcli storage nfs list
Storage Commands
Rescan a specific adapter
# esxcli storage core adapter rescan --adapter vmhba4
Rescan All adapters
# esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all
List all Scsi paths in the system
# esxcli storage core path list
Get scsi statistics for all scsi paths
# esxcli storage core path stats get
List SCSI device statistics
# esxcli storage core device stats get
System Queries
# esxcli system version get
Product: VMware ESXi
Version: 5.0.0
Build: Releasebuild-469512
# esxcli system module list
Name
Is Loaded
Is Enabled
-------------------
---------
----------
qla2xxx
true
true
qlge
true
true
# esxcli system hostname get
# esxcli system settings advanced list |more
System Commands
Disable/Enable the Qlogic qlge driver
# esxcli system module set -m qlge -e false
# esxcli system module list
Name
Is Loaded
Is Enabled
-------------------
---------
----------
qlge
true
false
# esxcli system module set -m qlge -e true
# esxcli system module list
Name
Is Loaded
Is Enabled
-------------------
---------
----------
true
true
qlge
Advanced Commands
VM Queries
List running virtual machines
# esxcli vm process list
General Help
esxcli --help
Usage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]
Options:
--formatter=FORMATTER
Override the formatter to use for a given
command. Available formatter: xml, csv, keyvalue
--debug
Enable debug or internal use options
--version
Display version information for the script
-?, --help
Display usage information for the script
esxcli
Commands that operate on the esxcli system
itself allowing users to get additional information.
fcoe
hardware
configuring hardware.
iscsi
VMware FCOE commands.
VMKernel hardware properties and commands for
VMware iSCSI commands.
network
Operations that pertain to the maintenance of
networking on an ESX host. This includes a wide variety of commands to
manipulate virtual networking components (vswitch, portgroup, etc) as
well as local host IP, DNS and general host networking settings.
software
Manage the ESXi software image and packages
storage
VMware storage commands.
system
VMKernel system properties and commands for
configuring properties of the kernel core system.
vm
A small number of operations that allow a user
to Control Virtual Machine operations.