vSphere CLI
vSphere CLI
vMA
4.0 / 4.1
with examples
vSphere CLI connection options .................................................. 1
Configure vi-fastpass on vMA 4.0 ............................................... 2
Configure vi-fastpass on vMA 4.1 ............................................... 3
vicfg-dumppart ..................................................................... 4
--activate -a ................................................................................................................. 4
--deactivate -d ............................................................................................................ 4
--find -f ....................................................................................................................... 5
--get-active -t .............................................................................................................. 6
--get-config -c.............................................................................................................. 6
--list -l ......................................................................................................................... 6
--set -s ........................................................................................................................ 6
--smart-activate -S ...................................................................................................... 7
vicfg-mpath ........................................................................ 8
--device -d................................................................................................................... 8
--list -l ......................................................................................................................... 8
--list-compact -L ........................................................................................................... 9
--list-map -m ............................................................................................................... 9
--list-paths -b ............................................................................................................ 10
--list-plugins -G ......................................................................................................... 10
--path -P ................................................................................................................... 10
--state -s ................................................................................................................... 11
vicfg-nas ......................................................................... 12
--add -a ..................................................................................................................... 12
--delete -d ................................................................................................................. 12
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 12
--nasserver -o............................................................................................................ 12
--readonly -y .............................................................................................................. 12
--share -s................................................................................................................... 12
vicfg-scsidevs .................................................................... 13
--compact-list -c ........................................................................................................ 13
--device -d................................................................................................................. 13
--hba-device-list -A .................................................................................................... 13
--hbas -a ................................................................................................................... 13
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 14
--query -q.................................................................................................................. 14
--uids -u .................................................................................................................... 15
vicfg-rescan ...................................................................... 16
vicfg-dns ......................................................................... 16
--dhcp -H................................................................................................................... 16
--dns -D ..................................................................................................................... 16
--domain -d ............................................................................................................... 16
--hostname -n ........................................................................................................... 17
--vnic -V .................................................................................................................... 17
vicfg-nics ......................................................................... 18
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 18
--speed -s <speed> .................................................................................................. 18
--duplex -d <duplex> ............................................................................................... 18
--auto -a.................................................................................................................... 19
vicfg-ntp ......................................................................... 20
--add -a ...................................................................................................................... 20
--delete -d ................................................................................................................. 20
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 20
--start -r ..................................................................................................................... 20
--stop -s .................................................................................................................... 21
vicfg-route ....................................................................... 22
--add -a....................................................................................................................... 22
--del -d ....................................................................................................................... 23
--family -f (default 'v4') ............................................................................................... 23
--list -l ......................................................................................................................... 23
vicfg-vmknic ...................................................................... 24
--add -a ..................................................................................................................... 24
--delete -d ................................................................................................................. 24
--disable-vmotion -u ................................................................................................. 25
--dvport-id -v ............................................................................................................ 25
--dvs-name -s ............................................................................................................ 25
--enable-ipv6 -6......................................................................................................... 25
--enable-vmotion -E ................................................................................................... 25
--ip -i ......................................................................................................................... 25
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 26
--mtu -m ................................................................................................................... 26
--netmask -n ............................................................................................................. 26
--portgroup -p ........................................................................................................... 26
--tso -t ...................................................................................................................... 26
--unset-ip -U ............................................................................................................. 27
vicfg-vswitch ..................................................................... 28
--add -a ..................................................................................................................... 28
--add-dvp-uplink -P ................................................................................................... 28
--add-pg -A................................................................................................................ 28
--add-pg-uplink -M .................................................................................................... 29
--check -c .................................................................................................................. 31
--check-pg -C ............................................................................................................. 31
--del-dvp-uplink -Q .................................................................................................... 31
--del-pg -D................................................................................................................. 31
--del-pg-uplink -N ...................................................................................................... 32
--delete -d ................................................................................................................. 32
--dvp -V..................................................................................................................... 33
--get-cdp -b ............................................................................................................... 33
--link -L ..................................................................................................................... 33
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 33
--mtu -m ................................................................................................................... 34
--pg -p ....................................................................................................................... 34
--set-cdp -B ............................................................................................................... 34
--unlink -U................................................................................................................. 34
--vlan -v ..................................................................................................................... 34
vicfg-cfgbackup .................................................................. 35
--force -f ................................................................................................................... 35
--load -l ..................................................................................................................... 35
--quiet -q .................................................................................................................. 35
--reset -r ................................................................................................................... 35
--save -s .................................................................................................................... 35
vicfg-snmp........................................................................ 36
--communities -c ....................................................................................................... 36
--disable -D ............................................................................................................... 36
--enable -E ................................................................................................................ 36
--port -p .................................................................................................................... 36
--reset -r ................................................................................................................... 36
--show -s ................................................................................................................... 36
--targets -t ................................................................................................................ 37
--test -T ..................................................................................................................... 37
vicfg-syslog ...................................................................... 38
--setport -p ............................................................................................................... 38
--setserver -s ............................................................................................................. 38
--show -i ................................................................................................................... 38
vihostupdate ...................................................................... 39
--bulletin -B ............................................................................................................... 39
--bundle -b ................................................................................................................ 39
--install -i .................................................................................................................. 39
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 39
--metadata -m........................................................................................................... 39
--nosigcheck -c .......................................................................................................... 39
--query -q.................................................................................................................. 39
--remove -r ............................................................................................................... 39
--scan -s .................................................................................................................... 39
svmotion .......................................................................... 40
DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................... 40
Interactive Mode ......................................................................................................... 40
Noninteractive Mode .................................................................................................. 41
--datacenter <datacenter_name> ........................................................................................ 41
--disks <virtual_disk_datastore_path>:<new_datastore>... .................................................. 41
--vm <VM_config_ds_path>:<new_ds> ................................................................................ 41
EXAMPLES ................................................................................................................... 42
vicfg-adcfg ....................................................................... 43
--default -d ............................................................................................................... 43
--get -g ...................................................................................................................... 43
--get-kernel -j
<kernelOption>................................................................................ 43
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 43
--quiet -q .................................................................................................................. 57
--set -s ...................................................................................................................... 57
--set-kernel -k <value> <kernelOption> .................................................................... 57
--set-message -m ...................................................................................................... 58
vicfg-module ..................................................................... 59
--get-options -g ......................................................................................................... 59
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 59
--query -q.................................................................................................................. 60
--set-options -s.......................................................................................................... 60
vicfg-user ........................................................................ 61
--addgroup -g ............................................................................................................ 61
--adduser -u .............................................................................................................. 61
--entity (required) -e ................................................................................................. 61
--group -d ................................................................................................................. 61
--groupid -D .............................................................................................................. 61
--login -l .................................................................................................................... 61
--newpassword -p ..................................................................................................... 61
--newuserid -i ........................................................................................................... 61
--newusername -n..................................................................................................... 61
--operation (required) -o ........................................................................................... 62
--promptpassword -P ................................................................................................ 65
--removegroup -G ..................................................................................................... 66
--removeuser -U........................................................................................................ 66
--role -r ..................................................................................................................... 66
--shell -s .................................................................................................................... 66
vicfg-volume ...................................................................... 67
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 67
--persistent-mount -M .............................................................................................. 67
--refresh -R ............................................................................................................... 67
--resignature -r.......................................................................................................... 68
--umount -u ................................................................................................................ 68
vifs ................................................................................ 69
--copy -c .................................................................................................................... 69
--dc -Z ....................................................................................................................... 69
--dir -D ...................................................................................................................... 70
--force -f ................................................................................................................... 70
--get -g ...................................................................................................................... 70
--listdc -C .................................................................................................................. 70
--listds -S ................................................................................................................... 70
--mkdir -M ................................................................................................................ 71
--move -m ................................................................................................................. 72
--put -p ..................................................................................................................... 72
--rm -r ....................................................................................................................... 72
--rmdir -R .................................................................................................................. 72
vmkfstools ........................................................................ 73
--adapterType -a ....................................................................................................... 73
--blocksize -b............................................................................................................. 73
--clonevirtualdisk -i ................................................................................................... 73
--createfs -C ............................................................................................................... 74
--createrdm -r ............................................................................................................ 78
--createrdmpassthru -z .............................................................................................. 78
--createvirtualdisk -c ................................................................................................. 79
--deletevirtualdisk -U ................................................................................................. 79
--diskformat -d........................................................................................................... 79
--extendvirtualdisk -X................................................................................................ 80
--geometry -g ............................................................................................................ 81
--inflatedisk -j ............................................................................................................ 81
--queryfs -P ................................................................................................................ 82
--queryrdm -q ........................................................................................................... 82
--renamevirtualdisk -E ............................................................................................... 83
--setfsname -S ........................................................................................................... 83
--spanfs -Z ................................................................................................................. 83
--writezeros -w ......................................................................................................... 84
vicfg-iscsi ........................................................................ 85
--adapter -H .............................................................................................................. 85
--add -a ..................................................................................................................... 85
--alias -k .................................................................................................................... 86
--auth_password -w .................................................................................................. 86
--auth_username -u .................................................................................................. 86
--authentication -A.................................................................................................... 87
--detail -f................................................................................................................... 89
--disable -q ................................................................................................................ 92
--discovery -D............................................................................................................ 92
--enable -e ................................................................................................................ 92
--gateway -g............................................................................................................... 92
--ip -i ......................................................................................................................... 93
--iscsiname -I............................................................................................................. 93
--level -c .................................................................................................................... 93
--list -l ....................................................................................................................... 93
--lun -L ...................................................................................................................... 93
--method -m .............................................................................................................. 94
--mtu -M ................................................................................................................... 94
--mutual -b................................................................................................................ 94
--name -n .................................................................................................................. 95
--network -N ............................................................................................................. 95
--parameter -W ......................................................................................................... 95
--phba -P.................................................................................................................... 96
--pnp -p..................................................................................................................... 96
--remove -r ............................................................................................................... 96
--reset -o ................................................................................................................... 98
--reset_auth -z .......................................................................................................... 98
--set -j ....................................................................................................................... 99
--static -S .................................................................................................................. 99
--subnetmask -s .......................................................................................................100
--swiscsi -E ...............................................................................................................100
--target -T ................................................................................................................100
--target_id -t .............................................................................................................100
vmware-cmd ..................................................................... 102
Server Operations ......................................................................................................102
vmware-cmd –l ..................................................................................................................102
vmware-cmd -s register ......................................................................................................102
vmware-cmd -s unregister ..................................................................................................103
VM Operations ...........................................................................................................103
vmware-cmd <cfg> getstate ...............................................................................................103
vmware-cmd <cfg> start .....................................................................................................103
vmware-cmd <cfg> stop .....................................................................................................103
vmware-cmd <cfg> reset ....................................................................................................104
vmware-cmd <cfg> suspend ...............................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> setguestinfo .........................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> getguestinfo .........................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> getproductinfo .....................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> connectdevice ......................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> disconnectdevice..................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> getconfigfile .........................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> getuptime ............................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> answer .................................................................................................105
vmware-cmd <cfg> gettoolslastactive .................................................................................106
vmware-cmd <cfg> hassnapshot .........................................................................................106
vmware-cmd <cfg> createsnapshot ....................................................................................107
vmware-cmd <cfg> revertsnapshot .....................................................................................107
vmware-cmd <cfg> removesnapshots .................................................................................107
esxcli............................................................................. 108
esxcli corestorage .......................................................................................................108
esxcli corestorage claiming .................................................................................................108
esxcli corestorage claiming autoclaim .................................................................................... 108
esxcli corestorage claiming reclaim......................................................................................... 108
esxcli corestorage claiming unclaim ........................................................................................ 109
esxcli corestorage claimrule ...............................................................................................110
esxcli corestorage claimrule add ............................................................................................. 110
esxcli corestorage claimrule convert ....................................................................................... 114
esxcli corestorage claimrule delete ......................................................................................... 114
esxcli corestorage claimrule list............................................................................................... 116
esxcli corestorage claimrule load ............................................................................................ 116
esxcli corestorage claimrule move .......................................................................................... 116
esxcli corestorage claimrule run .............................................................................................. 117
esxcli corestorage device ....................................................................................................117
esxcli corestorage device list ................................................................................................... 117
esxcli corestorage plugin ....................................................................................................118
esxcli corestorage plugin list.................................................................................................... 118
esxcli network ............................................................................................................118
esxcli network claiming ......................................................................................................118
esxcli network claimrule.....................................................................................................118
esxcli network device .........................................................................................................119
esxcli network plugin ........................................................................................................119
esxcli nmp ..................................................................................................................119
esxcli nmp boot..................................................................................................................119
esxcli nmp boot restore ........................................................................................................... 119
esxcli nmp device ...............................................................................................................119
esxcli nmp device list ............................................................................................................... 119
esxcli nmp device setpolicy ...................................................................................................... 120
esxcli nmp fixed .................................................................................................................121
esxcli nmp fixed getpreferred .................................................................................................. 121
esxcli nmp fixed setpreferred................................................................................................... 121
esxcli nmp path..................................................................................................................121
esxcli nmp path list .................................................................................................................. 121
esxcli nmp psp ...................................................................................................................123
esxcli nmp psp getconfig ......................................................................................................... 123
esxcli nmp psp list .................................................................................................................... 123
esxcli nmp psp setconfig .......................................................................................................... 123
esxcli nmp roundrobin .......................................................................................................124
esxcli nmp roundrobin getconfig ............................................................................................. 124
esxcli nmp roundrobin setconfig.............................................................................................. 124
esxcli nmp satp ..................................................................................................................125
esxcli nmp satp addrule ........................................................................................................... 125
esxcli nmp satp deleterule ....................................................................................................... 125
esxcli nmp satp getconfig ........................................................................................................ 125
esxcli nmp satp list................................................................................................................... 126
esxcli nmp satp listrules ........................................................................................................... 126
esxcli nmp satp setconfig......................................................................................................... 130
esxcli nmp satp setdefaultpsp ................................................................................................. 130
esxcli swiscsi ..............................................................................................................130
esxcli swiscsi nic .................................................................................................................130
esxcli swiscsi nic add ................................................................................................................ 130
esxcli swiscsi nic list ................................................................................................................. 131
esxcli swiscsi nic remove .......................................................................................................... 132
esxcli swiscsi session ..........................................................................................................133
esxcli swiscsi session add ......................................................................................................... 133
esxcli swiscsi session list .......................................................................................................... 135
esxcli swiscsi session remove ................................................................................................... 137
esxcli swiscsi vmknic ..........................................................................................................137
esxcli swiscsi vmknic list .......................................................................................................... 137
esxcli swiscsi vmnic ............................................................................................................138
esxcli swiscsi vmnic list ............................................................................................................ 138
esxcli vaai ...................................................................................................................139
esxcli vaai device................................................................................................................139
esxcli vaai device list ................................................................................................................ 139
esxcli vms ...................................................................................................................139
esxcli vms vm .....................................................................................................................139
esxcli vms vm kill...................................................................................................................... 139
esxcli vms vm list ..................................................................................................................... 140
vicfg-authconfig (4.1) .......................................................... 141
--adpassword -w ......................................................................................................141
--adusername -U ......................................................................................................141
--authscheme -t .......................................................................................................141
--currentdomain -c ...................................................................................................141
--force -f ..................................................................................................................141
--getremoteauthstore -a ..........................................................................................141
--joindomain -j ..........................................................................................................141
--leavecurrentdomain -L ...........................................................................................141
--listauthstores -l......................................................................................................141
vicfg-hostops (4.1) ............................................................. 142
--action -a ................................................................................................................142
--cluster -c................................................................................................................142
--datacenter -d .........................................................................................................142
--force -f ..................................................................................................................142
--operation (required) -o ..........................................................................................142
vicfg-ipsec (4.1) ................................................................ 143
--action ......................................................................................................................143
--add-sa ......................................................................................................................143
--add-sp......................................................................................................................143
--dir ............................................................................................................................143
--dst-port....................................................................................................................143
--ealgo ........................................................................................................................143
--ekey .........................................................................................................................143
--flush-sa ....................................................................................................................143
--flush-sp ....................................................................................................................143
--ialgo.........................................................................................................................143
--ikey ..........................................................................................................................143
--list-sa -l..................................................................................................................143
--list-sp -L .................................................................................................................143
--remove-sa ................................................................................................................143
--remove-sp................................................................................................................144
--sa-dst .......................................................................................................................144
--sa-mode ...................................................................................................................144
--sa-name ...................................................................................................................144
--sa-src .......................................................................................................................144
--sp-dst.......................................................................................................................144
--sp-mode...................................................................................................................144
--sp-src .......................................................................................................................144
--spi............................................................................................................................144
--src-port ....................................................................................................................144
--ulproto.....................................................................................................................144
Bibliography ..................................................................... 145
1
vSphere CLI connection options
Creating a configuration file which will be used to provide connection options while executing vSphere
CLI commands against ESX host.
Content of the file:
VI_SERVER=192.168.9.201
VI_USERNAME=root
VI_PASSWORD=password12345
VI_PROTOCOL=https
VI_PORT=443
Executing a command using created configuration file:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --list
Name PCI
Driver
Link Speed Duplex MAC Address
MTU Description
vmnic0 02:01.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:75 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic1 02:02.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic2 02:03.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:89 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
2
Configure vi-fastpass on vMA 4.0
Add servers to vMA:
Initialize vi-fastpass:
3
Configure vi-fastpass on vMA 4.1
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~]$ sudo vifp addserver 192.168.9.201
root@192.168.9.201's password:
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~]$ vifp listservers
192.168.9.201 ESXi
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~]$ vifpinit 192.168.9.201
vifpinit is deprecated, use vifptarget instead.
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~]$ vifptarget
Error: Missing option.
Usage: vifptarget <option>
option is one of:
--set
| -s
<server>
--clear | -c
--display | -d
--help | -h
<server> is a fastpass target added using vifp command
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~]$ vifptarget --set 192.168.9.201
[vi-admin@vma41ws ~][192.168.9.201]$ vicfg-nics -l
Name PCI
Driver
Link Speed Duplex MAC Address
MTU Description
vmnic0 02:01.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:75 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic1 02:02.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic2 02:03.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:89 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic3 02:04.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:93 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic4 02:07.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:9d
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic5 02:08.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:a7
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
4
vicfg-dumppart
--activate -a
Activate the configured diagnostic partition.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --find
Partition name mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 -> /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --list
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 no
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --activate
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7
Dump partition activated.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --list
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 yes
--deactivate -d
Deactivate the current active diagnostic partition. WARNING: this will leave your system without any
means of reporting errors until another partition is activated.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --deactivate
Dump Partition Deactivated
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --get-active
none
5
In case a dump partition is not set up it may be configured using vSphere Client.
The option is available only when there is no active dump partition.
--find -f
Using the same method as the list option, find all the diagnostic partitions on this ESX Server. Based
on the type of storage, print the partitions in order of their desirability to be used as a diagnostic
partition. The order of priority for diagnostic partitions is Parallel adapter, block adapter, USB, Fibre
Channel, Hardware iSCSI, Software iSCSI.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --find
Partition name mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 -> /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7
6
--get-active -t
Get the active diagnostic partition for this system. This option returns the device identifier for the
partition (naa.xxxxx:1) or 'none' when no partition is set.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --get-active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7
--get-config -c
Get the configured diagnostic partition for the system. This partition may or may not be the active
partition. In a SAN situation this partition may have disappeared. This operation is currently not
supported.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --get-config
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 yes
--list -l
List all partitions on the system that have the appropriate partition type to act as an ESX Server
diagnostic partition. WARNING: Listing will scan all LUNs on a system and may degrade system
performance.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --list
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 yes
--set -s
Set the diagnostic partition for this system and activate it, either naa.xxxxx:1 or 'none' to deactivate
the active diagnostic partition.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --set none
Dump Partition Deactivated
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --list
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 no
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --set
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7
Dump partition set.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dumppart.pl --config 201 --list
VM Kernel Name
Console Name
Is Active
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:7 yes
7
--smart-activate -S
Activate the diagnostic partition if one is set and available. This operation is currently not supported.
8
vicfg-mpath
--device -d
Used to filter the list commands to display only a specific device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000002,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 1 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000002,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000002 PortalTag=1
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
--list -l
List all paths on the system with their detailed information.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list
pscsi.vmhba1-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device: mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
Adapter: vmhba1 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: pscsi.vmhba1
Target Identifier: pscsi.0:0
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: parallel
ide.vmhba32-ide.0:0-mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
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Device: mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Adapter: vmhba32 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: ide.vmhba32
Target Identifier: ide.0:0
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: ide
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000002,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 1 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000002,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000002 PortalTag=1
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
--list-compact -L
List all paths with abbreviated information.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list-compact -device eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0 state:active eui.51942814b35657a6 vmhba33 1 1 0 NMP active iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 00023d000002,fujinb,t,1
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 state:active eui.51942814b35657a6 vmhba33 0 1 0 NMP active iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
--list-map -m
List all paths with adapter and device mappings.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list-map --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0 vmhba33 iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 00023d000002,fujinb,t,1 eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 vmhba33 iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1 eui.51942814b35657a6
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--list-paths -b
List all devices with their corresponding paths.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list-paths --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
eui.51942814b35657a6 : ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0 LUN:0 state:active iscsi Adapter: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 Target: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000002
PortalTag=1
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 LUN:0 state:active iscsi Adapter: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 Target: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001
PortalTag=1
--list-plugins -G
List all multipathing plugins loaded into the system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list-plugins
MASK_PATH
NMP
--path -P
Used to specify a specific path for operations. The path name may be either the long path UID or the
shorter runtime name of the path. This can be used to filter any of the list commands to a specific
path if applicable.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --path
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 --state off
Setting vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 state to off
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list-paths --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
eui.51942814b35657a6 : ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0 LUN:0 state:active iscsi Adapter: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 Targ
et: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000002 PortalTag=1
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 LUN:0 state:off iscsi Adapter: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 Target:
IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
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--state -s
Set the state for a specific LUN path to either "active" or "off". Requires path UID or path runtime
name in --path.
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vicfg-nas
--add -a
Add a new NAS filesystem to /vmfs/volumes. Requires --nasserver and --share options.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nas.pl --config 201 --add ISO --nasserver
192.168.9.222 --share /media/dwl/public/ISO_Library --readonly
Connecting to NAS volume: ISO
ISO created and connected.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nas.pl --config 201 --list
NFS is /media/dwl/public/NFS from 192.168.9.222 mounted
ISO is /media/dwl/public/ISO_Library from 192.168.9.222 mounted
--delete -d
Unmount and delete a filesystem
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nas.pl --config 201 --delete ISO
NAS volume ISO deleted.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nas.pl --config 201 --list
NFS is /media/dwl/public/NFS from 192.168.9.222 mounted
--list -l
List the currently mounted NAS file systems
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nas.pl --config 201 --list
ISO is /media/dwl/public/ISO_Library from 192.168.9.222 mounted
NFS is /media/dwl/public/NFS from 192.168.9.222 mounted
--nasserver -o
The host name or ip address for a NAS mount
--readonly -y
Add the new NAS filesystem with readonly access
--share -s
The name of the NAS share on the remote system
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vicfg-scsidevs
--compact-list -c
List all logical devices each on a single line, with limited information. Supported on ESX 4.0 and ESXi
4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --compact-list
Device UID
Device Type Console Device
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 cdrom
Size
Plugin Display Name
/vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 0MB
NMP
Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 disk
/vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 9216MB NMP
Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
eui.51942814b35657a6 disk
/vmfs/devices/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6 4000MB NMP
ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
--device -d
Used to filter the --list, --compact-list and --uids command to limit output to a specific device.
Supported on ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --compact-list -device eui.51942814b35657a6
Device UID
Device Type Console Device
eui.51942814b35657a6 disk
Size
Plugin Display Name
/vmfs/devices/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6 4000MB NMP
ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
--hba-device-list -A
Print a mapping between HBAs and the devices it provides paths to. Supported on ESX 4.0 and ESXi
4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --hba-device-list
vmhba1 mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
vmhba32 mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
vmhba33 eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33 eui.51942814b35657a6
--hbas -a
Print HBA devices with identifying information. Supported on ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --hbas
Adapter_ID Driver
UID
PCI
Vendor & Model
vmhba0
ata_piix unknown.vmhba0
vmhba1
mptspi
vmhba32
ata_piix ide.vmhba32
vmhba33
iscsi_vmk iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 ()
pscsi.vmhba1
(0:7.1) Virtual Machine Chipset
(0:16.0) LSI Logic Parallel SCSI Controller
(0:7.1) Virtual Machine Chipset
iSCSI Software Adapter
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--list -l
List all logical devices known on this system with detailed information. Supported on ESX 4.0 and
ESXi 4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --list
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device Type: cdrom
Size: 0 MB
Display Name: Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: NECVMWar Model: VMware IDE CDR10 Revis: 1.00
SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: Status:
Is RDM Capable: Is Removable:
Other Names:
vml.0005000000766d68626133323a303a30
VAAI Status: unknown
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device Type: disk
Size: 9216 MB
Display Name: Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: VMware, Model: VMware Virtual S Revis: 1.0
SCSI Level: 2 Is Pseudo: Status:
Is RDM Capable: Is Removable:
Other Names:
vml.0000000000766d686261313a303a30
VAAI Status: unknown
eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Type: disk
Size: 4000 MB
Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6
Vendor: ROCKET Model: IMAGEFILE
Revis: 0001
SCSI Level: 4 Is Pseudo: Status:
Is RDM Capable: Is Removable:
Other Names:
vml.010000000035313934323831344233353635374136494d41474546
VAAI Status: unknown
--query -q
Print mappings in 2.5 compatibility mode to mimic vmkpcidivy -q vmhba_devs. Supported on ESX 2.5,
ESX 3.0, ESX 3.5, ESX 3i only.
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--uids -u
List all device unique identifiers with their primary name. Supported on ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-scsidevs.pl --config 201 --uids
Primary UID
Other UID
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 vml.0005000000766d68626133323a303a30
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 vml.0000000000766d686261313a303a30
eui.51942814b35657a6 vml.010000000035313934323831344233353635374136494d41474546
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vicfg-rescan
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
vicfg-dns
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dns.pl --config 201
DNS Configuration
Host Name
esxi-21
Domain Name home.hc
DHCP
false
DNS Servers
192.168.9.231
192.168.9.22
--dhcp -H
The option (yes | no) to allow or disallow the use of DHCP.
--dns -D
The DNS server to be set (IPv6 address valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dns.pl --config 201 --dns
192.168.9.231,192.168.9.22
Updated Host DNS network configuration successfully.
--domain -d
The domain name to be set.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dns.pl --config 201 --domain
somedom.com
Updated Host DNS network configuration successfully.
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--hostname -n
The hostname to be set.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dns.pl --config 201 --hostname somehost
Updated Host DNS network configuration successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-dns.pl --config 201
DNS Configuration
Host Name
somehost
Domain Name somedom.com
DHCP
false
DNS Servers
192.168.9.231
192.168.9.222
--vnic -V
The virtual nic adapter to use to override the system DNS (required for --dhcp yes)
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vicfg-nics
--list -l
List the NICs in the system and, lists for each NIC, the PCI bus, driver, speed, duplex information, MAC
address and a description. It also shows whether the link is up.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --list
Name PCI
Driver
Link Speed Duplex MAC Address
MTU Description
vmnic0 02:01.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:75 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic1 02:02.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic2 02:03.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:89 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic3 02:04.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:93 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic4 02:07.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:9d
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic5 02:08.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:a7
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
--speed -s <speed>
Set the speed at which a given card should run. It must be one of 10, 100, 1000, or 10000.
--duplex -d <duplex>
Set the duplex value which a given card should run.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --duplex half --speed
100 vmnic5
Updated the vmnic5 to speed 100 and half mode.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --list
Name PCI
Driver
Link Speed Duplex MAC Address
MTU Description
vmnic0 02:01.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:75 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic1 02:02.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic2 02:03.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:89 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic3 02:04.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:93 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic4 02:07.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:9d
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic5 02:08.0 e1000
Up 100Mbps Half 00:0c:29:82:9b:a7
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
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--auto -a
Set the given NIC to auto-negotiate its speed and duplex settings.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --auto vmnic5
Updated the vmnic5 to auto settings.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-nics.pl --config 201 --list
Name PCI
Driver
vmnic0 02:01.0 e1000
Link Speed Duplex MAC Address
MTU Description
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:75 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic1 02:02.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic2 02:03.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:89 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic3 02:04.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:93 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic4 02:07.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:9d
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
vmnic5 02:08.0 e1000
Up 1000Mbps Full 00:0c:29:82:9b:a7
Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
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vicfg-ntp
--add -a
The name or IP address of the NTP server to add (IPv6 address valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --add 64.99.80.30
Configuring 64.99.80.30 as NTP server.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --list
Configured NTP servers:
64.99.80.30
--delete -d
The name or IP address of the NTP server to remove (IPv6 address valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --delete 64.99.80.30
Removing 64.99.80.30 as NTP server.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --list
No NTP servers configured.
--list -l
Displays all NTP servers used by the host
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --list
No NTP servers configured.
--start -r
Starts the NTP service on the host
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --start
Unable to start NTP service: The operation is not allowed in the current state.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --stop
Stopped NTP service on host.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --start
Started NTP service on host.
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--stop -s
Stops the NTP service on the host
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-ntp.pl --config 201 --stop
Stopped NTP service on host.
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vicfg-route
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201
VMkernel IPv4 default gateway is 192.168.9.9
--add -a
Add route to the VMkernel (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later), requires <network> (described below)
<network> can be specified in 3 ways:
* As a single argument in <IP>/<Mask> format
* Or as a <IP> <Netmask> pair.
* Or as 'default'
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --add default
192.168.9.231
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --add
121.121.121.0/24 192.168.9.21
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --list
VMkernel Routes:
Network
default
121.121.121.0
192.168.9.0
Netmask
0.0.0.0
Gateway
192.168.9.231
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
Interface
vmk0
192.168.9.21
Local Subnet
vmk0
vmk0
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--del -d
Delete route from the VMkernel (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later), requires <network> (described
below) <network> can be specified in 3 ways:
* As a single argument in <IP>/<Mask> format
* Or as a <IP> <Netmask> pair.
* Or as 'default'
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --del
121.121.121.0/24 192.168.9.21
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --del default
192.168.9.231
WARNING! Removing the default route for system!
Removing the default route may result in lost network connectivity
Are you sure you wish to proceed? (y/n)
y
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --list
VMkernel Routes:
Network
Netmask
192.168.9.0
Gateway
255.255.255.0
Interface
Local Subnet
vmk0
--family -f (default 'v4')
Address family to work on ('v4' or 'v6'). Default to 'v4' (valid for vSphere 4.0 and late.
--list -l
List configured routes for the VMkernel
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-route.pl --config 201 --list
VMkernel Routes:
Network
default
192.168.9.0
Netmask
0.0.0.0
Gateway
192.168.9.9
255.255.255.0
Interface
vmk0
Local Subnet
vmk0
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vicfg-vmknic
--add -a
Add a VMkernel NIC to the system. Requires ip, netmask, portgroup.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --add vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --link vmnic3 vsTest
Updated uplinks: vmnic3
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --add-pg
pgVMKTest vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --add --ip
100.100.100.100 --netmask 255.255.0.0 pgVMKTest
Added the VMkernel NIC successfully
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk3
pgVMKTest
IPv4
100.100.100.100
255.255.0.0 00:50:56:7b:6b:a2 1500 STATIC
Enabled
Disabled
--delete -d
Delete the VMkernel NIC on the given portgroup.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --delete pgVMKTest
Removed the VMkernel NIC successfully
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
Disabled
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--disable-vmotion -u
Disable VMotion for the VMkernel NIC on a specified portgroup.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --disable-vmotion
pgVMKTest
Disable VMotion for VMkernel NIC successfully on port group pgVMKTest.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk3
pgVMKTest
IPv4
100.100.100.100
255.255.0.0 00:50:56:7b:6b:a2 1500 STATIC
Disabled
Disabled
--dvport-id -v
Setting DVPort ID of the connection point (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later). Requires --dvs-name
parameter.
--dvs-name -s
Setting DVSwitch name of the connection point (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
Requires --dvport-id parameter.
--enable-ipv6 -6
Enable (true) or disable (false) IPv6 for next boot (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
--enable-vmotion -E
Enable VMotion for the VMkernel NIC on a specified portgroup.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --enable-vmotion
pgVMKTest
Enable VMotion for VMkernel NIC successfully on port group pgVMKTest.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
vmk3
pgVMKTest
IPv4
100.100.100.100
Netmask MAC Address
MTU
The IP address for this VMkernel NIC where IP address can be:
DHCP
VMotion
255.255.0.0 00:50:56:7b:6b:a2 1500 STATIC
--ip -i
<X.X.X.X>
Type
- to use static IPv4 address specified
- to enable IPv4 DHCP for address
Disabled
Enabled
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<X:X:X::/X> - to use static IPv6 address (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
DHCPV6
- to enable IPv6 DHCP for address (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
AUTOCONF
- to enable IPv6 Router advertised address (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk3
pgVMKTest
IPv4
100.100.100.100
255.255.0.0 00:50:56:7b:6b:a2 1500 STATIC
Disabled
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --ip 99.99.99.99 -netmask 255.255.0.0 pgVMKTest
Set IP address successfully
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk3
pgVMKTest
IPv4
99.99.99.99
255.255.0.0 00:50:56:7b:6b:a2 1500 STATIC
Disabled
Disabled
--list -l
List VMkernel NICs on the system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vmknic.pl --config 201 --list
Interface Port Group/DVPort
IP Family IP Address
Netmask MAC Address
MTU
Type
VMotion
vmk0
Management
IPv4
192.168.9.201
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:71:bd:7a 1500 STATIC
Enabled
vmk1
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
IPv4
192.168.9.202
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:77:00:94 1500 STATIC
Disabled
vmk2
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
IPv4
192.168.9.203
255.255.255.0 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea 1500 STATIC
Disabled
--mtu -m
MTU for the interface being created (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
--netmask -n
The IP netmask for this VMkernel NIC
--portgroup -p
Setting portgroup as connection point.
--tso -t
Disable TSO for the vmknic being created (valid for vSphere 4.0 only).
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--unset-ip -U
The IP address for this VMkernel NIC where IP address can be (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later):
<X:X:X::/X> - to remove the specified IPv6 address
DHCPV6
AUTOCONF
- to disable IPv6 DHCP address
- to disable IPv6 Router advertised address
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vicfg-vswitch
--add -a
Add a new virtual switch
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --add vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
Used Ports
1
PortGroup Name
Configured Ports MTU
128
Uplinks
1500
VLAN ID Used Ports
Uplinks
...
--add-dvp-uplink -P
Add an uplink adapter (pnic) to a DVPort (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
--add-pg -A
Add a portgroup to a virtual switch
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --add-pg pgTest
vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
PortGroup Name
pgTest
...
Used Ports
1
128
Configured Ports MTU
1500
VLAN ID Used Ports
0
0
Uplinks
Uplinks
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--add-pg-uplink -M
Add an uplink adapter (pnic) to a portgroup (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
Used Ports
3
PortGroup Name
Configured Ports MTU
128
Uplinks
1500 vmnic3,vmnic2
VLAN ID Used Ports
Uplinks
pgTest
111
0
vmnic3,vmnic2
pgTest2
0
0
vmnic3,vmnic2
...
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --add-pg-uplink
vmnic2 --pg pgTest vsTest
Added uplink adapter successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
Used Ports
3
PortGroup Name
Configured Ports MTU
128
1500 vmnic3,vmnic2
VLAN ID Used Ports
Uplinks
pgTest
111
0
vmnic2
pgTest2
0
0
vmnic3,vmnic2
...
Uplinks
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--check -c
Check to see if virtual switch exists
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check vsTest
1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check vsTestttt
0
--check-pg -C
Check to see if a portgroup exists
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check-pg pgTest
1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check-pg
pgTesttttt
0
--del-dvp-uplink -Q
Delete an uplink adapter from a DVPort (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
--del-pg -D
Delete the portgroup from the virtual switch
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check-pg pgTest
1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --del-pg pgTest
vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check-pg pgTest
0
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--del-pg-uplink -N
Delete an uplink adapter from a portgroup (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --del-pg-uplink
vmnic2 --pg pgTest vsTest
Deleted uplink adapter successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
Used Ports
3
PortGroup Name
128
Configured Ports MTU
VLAN ID Used Ports
pgTest
111
0
pgTest2
0
0
Uplinks
1500 vmnic3,vmnic2
Uplinks
vmnic3,vmnic2
...
--delete -d
Delete the virtual switch
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --delete vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --check vsTest
0
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--dvp -V
The name of the DVPort (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
--get-cdp -b
Print the current CDP setting for this virtual switch (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --get-cdp vSSManagement
both
--link -L
Sets a pnic as an uplink for the virtual switch
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --link vmnic3 vsTest
Updated uplinks: vmnic3
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
Used Ports
2
PortGroup Name
pgTest
Configured Ports MTU
128
VLAN ID Used Ports
0
0
Uplinks
1500 vmnic3
Uplinks
vmnic3
...
--list -l
List vswitches and port groups
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
Switch Name
Num Ports
Used Ports
vSS-Management 128
4
PortGroup Name
VM-0
0
0
Management
1
1
Num Ports
VM-1
Used Ports
0
0
0
Num Ports
vSS-SWiSCSI-2 128
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-2
vmnic1
Used Ports
Configured Ports MTU
128
0
0
Uplinks
vmnic1
1500 vmnic2
VLAN ID Used Ports
0
Uplinks
1500 vmnic1
1
3
PortGroup Name
VM-2
Configured Ports MTU
128
VLAN ID Used Ports
VMk-SWiSCSI-PG-1
Switch Name
vmnic0
3
PortGroup Name
Uplinks
vmnic0
0
vSS-SWiSCSI-1 128
Uplinks
1500 vmnic0
VLAN ID Used Ports
0
VMkernel
Switch Name
Configured Ports MTU
128
Uplinks
vmnic2
1
vmnic2
Uplinks
34
DVS Name
Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports Uplinks
dvS-1
256
DVPort ID
3
In Use
256
vmnic4,vmnic5
Client
140
1
vmnic4
141
1
vmnic5
10
0
--mtu -m
Set MTU for the virtual switch
--pg -p
The name of the portgroup
--set-cdp -B
Set the CDP status for a given virtual switch (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later). To set pass "down",
"listen", "advertise", or "both"
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --get-cdp vSSManagement
both
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --set-cdp listen vSSManagement
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --get-cdp vSSManagement
listen
--unlink -U
Removes a pnic from the uplinks for the virtual switch
--vlan -v
Set vlan id for portgroup specified by –p
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --vlan 111 -pg
pgTest vsTest
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-vswitch.pl --config 201 --list
...
Switch Name
vsTest
Num Ports
128
PortGroup Name
pgTest
...
Used Ports
2
Configured Ports MTU
128
1500 vmnic3
VLAN ID Used Ports
111
0
vmnic3
Uplinks
Uplinks
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vicfg-cfgbackup
--force -f
Force the restore of the configuration.
--load -l
Restore configuration onto the host
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-cfgbackup.pl --config 201 --load
"C:\esxbckp"
The restore operation will reboot the host.
Type 'yes' to continue:
no
operation skipped.
--quiet -q
Do not prompt for user confirmation.
--reset -r
Resets host, restore to factory settings.
--save -s
Backup the host configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-cfgbackup.pl --config 201 --save
"C:\esxbckp"
Saving firmware configuration to C:\esxbckp ...
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vicfg-snmp
--communities -c
Set communities separated by comma comm1[,...] (this overwrites previous settings)
--disable -D
Stop SNMP service
--enable -E
Start SNMP service
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-snmp.pl --config 201 --enable
Enabling agent...
Complete.
--port -p
Sets the port of the snmp agent. The default is udp/162
--reset -r
Clear communities and targets
--show -s
Displays snmp agent configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-snmp.pl --config 201 --show
Current SNMP agent settings:
Enabled : 0
UDP port : 161
Communities :
Notification targets :
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--targets -t
Set destination of notifications(traps) hostname[@port][/community][,...] (this overwrites
previous settings) (IPv6 address valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-snmp.pl --config 201 --targets
192.168.9.21
Changing notification(trap) targets list to: 192.168.9.21...
Error: target "192.168.9.21" must specify destination/community and optionally a port number.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-snmp.pl --config 201 --targets
192.168.9.21/public
Changing notification(trap) targets list to: 192.168.9.21/public...
Complete.
--test -T
Send out a test notification to validate configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-snmp.pl --config 201 --test
Sending test nofication(trap) to all configured targets...
Complete. Check with each target to see if trap was received
.
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vicfg-syslog
--setport -p
Sets the port of the syslog server (only supported for ESXi). Can be used with -s.
--setserver -s
Sets the host name of the syslog server (only supported for ESXi). Can be used with -p. (IPv6
address valid for vSphere 4.0 and later)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-syslog.pl --config 201 --setserver
192.168.9.21
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-syslog.pl --config 201 --show
Current remote syslog server settings:
Server name : (192.168.9.21)
Server port : 514
--show -i
Displays syslog server configuration. Should be supplied alone.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-syslog.pl --config 201 --show
No remote syslog server configured.
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vihostupdate
--bulletin -B
Parameter to specify the selective bulletin(s) to install. Use comma to specify multiple bulletins
(eg. bulletin1,bulletin2). All bulletins will be installed if this option is not specified.
--bundle -b
Parameter to specify the location of the offline bundle. For install operation, multiple offline
bundles can be specified using comma separator with no space (eg. bundle1,bundle2).
--install -i
Install the host with selective bulletins from the bundle, the depot or local offline bundle.
--list -l
List the bulletins in the bundle or in the depot.
--metadata -m
Parameter to specify the location of the depot metadata.zip
--nosigcheck -c
Ignore integrity checking during install operation (unsupported).
--query -q
Query the bulletins that are already installed in the host.
--remove -r
Remove selective bulletins from the host.
--scan -s
Scan the host against the bundle or the depot for applicable bulletins.
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svmotion
DESCRIPTION
The svmotion command moves a virtual machine's configuration file, and optionally, its disks, while
the virtual machine is running. The *Basic System Administration* manual discusses how to use
svmotion. You can use svmotion to initiate migrations for virtual machines running on either ESX or
ESXi hosts.
When you run svmotion, "--server" must point to a vCenter Server system.
The "--vm" option specifies the virtual machine and its destination. By default, svmotion relocates
all virtual disks to the same datastore as the virtual machine. Use the "--disks" option to relocate
individual virtual disks to different datastores. You cannot relocate a virtual disk without relocating
the virtual machine configuration file.
Interactive Mode
To use the command in interactive mode, type "svmotion --interactive". The command prompts you
for the information necessary to complete the storage migration. Use quotes around special
characters on Windows systems. When you specify "--interactive", all other options are ignored.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>svmotion.pl --interactive
Entering interactive mode. All other options and environment variables will be ignored.
Enter the VirtualCenter service url you wish to connect to (e.g. https://myvc.mycorp.com/sdk, or jus
t myvc.mycorp.com): 192.168.9.231
Enter your username: administrator
Enter your password:
Attempting to connect to https://192.168.9.231/sdk.
Connected to server.
Enter the name of the datacenter: DC
Enter the datastore path of the virtual machine (e.g. [datastore1] myvm/myvm.vmx): [NFS] VM1/VM1.vmx
Enter the name of the destination datastore: iSCSI-NW
You can also move disks independently of the virtual machine. If you want the disks to stay with th
e virtual machine, then skip this step..
Would you like to individually place the disks (yes/no)? no
Performing Storage VMotion.
0% |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 100%
####################################################################################################
Storage VMotion completed successfully.
Disconnecting.
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Noninteractive Mode
In noninteractive mode, the svmotion command uses the following syntax:
svmotion [<connection_options]
--datacenter=<datacenter_name>
--vm <VM config_ds_path>:<new_ds>
[--disks <virtual_disk_ds_path>:<new_ds>, <vdisk_ds_path>:<new_ds>]
Square brackets indicate optional elements, not datastores.
--datacenter <datacenter_name>
Datacenter that contains the virtual machine to be migrated. Surround the name in quotes if it
contains white spaces or special characters.
--disks <virtual_disk_datastore_path>:<new_datastore>...
Locations of individual disks. The format is datastore path of the disk, colon, name of the
destination datastore. If the path contains spaces or special characters, you must quote it. You can
specify multiple datastore and destination pairs, separated by commas. If you do not specify this
option, all virtual disks associated with a virtual machine are relocated to the same datastore as the
virtual machine configuration file. Specify this option to locate individual virtual disks to different
datastores. To keep a virtual disk on its current datastore, use the "--disks" option for that disk, with
its current datastore as the <new_datastore>.
--vm <VM_config_ds_path>:<new_ds>
Specifies which virtual machine to move and to which datastore.
<VM_config_ds_path> is the path to the virtual machine configuration file. If the path contains
spaces or other special characters, you must quote it. <new datastore> is the name of the new
datastore for the virtual machine configuration file or disk.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>svmotion.pl --config 231 --datacenter=DC --vm
"[iSCSI-NW] VM1/VM1.vmx:NFS"
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EXAMPLES
Relocate a virtual machine's storage (including disks) to new_datastore:
svmotion --url=https://myvc.mycorp.com/sdk
--username=me
--password=secret
--datacenter=DC1
--vm='[old_datastore] myvm/myvm.vmx:
new_datastore'
Relocate a virtual machine's storage to new_datastore, but leave the two disks
(myvm/myvm_1.vmdk and myvm/myvm_2.vmdk) in old_datastore:
svmotion --datacenter='My DC'
--vm='[old_datastore] myvm/myvm.vmx:
new_datastore'
--disks='[old_datastore] myvm/myvm_1.vmdk:
old_datastore,
[old_datastore] myvm/myvm_2.vmdk:
old_datastore'
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vicfg-adcfg
--default -d
Set the value of a specific configuration item to the default value defined by the VMkernel.
--get -g
Get the value of a specific configuration item given its identifying path, and print the value to
stdout.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-advcfg.pl --config 201 --get
/Annotations/WelcomeMessage
Value of Annotations.WelcomeMessage is wilkommen
--get-kernel -j
<kernelOption>
Get the value of a VMkernel boot parameter.
--list -l
List all VMkernel advanced config options.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-advcfg.pl --config 201 --list
Annotations.WelcomeMessage :
BufferCache.SoftMaxDirty : Flush immediately if this many buffers are dirty (percent)
BufferCache.HardMaxDirty : Block writers if this many buffers are dirty (percent)
BufferCache.FlushInterval : Flush periodically at this interval (msec)
COW.COWMaxHeapSizeMB : Maximum size (in MB) to which the COW heap is allowed to grow
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or "disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
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Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.eax : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.eax; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.ebx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.ebx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.ecx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.ecx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.edx : Controls the use of Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.edx; legal values "mask", "clobber", or
"disable".
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 0 register eax; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 0 register ebx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 0 register ecx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.0.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 0 register edx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.0.edx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 1 register eax; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 1 register ebx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 1 register ecx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.1.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 1 register edx; controlled by Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.1.edx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000000 register eax; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000000 register ebx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000000 register ecx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000000.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000000 register edx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000000.edx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000001 register eax; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000001 register ebx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000001 register ecx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000001.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000001 register edx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000001.edx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000008 register eax; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000008 register ebx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000008 register ecx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.80000008.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 80000008 register edx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.80000008.edx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.eax : CPUID override that may be applied to level 8000000A register eax; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.eax.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.ebx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 8000000A register ebx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.ebx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.ecx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 8000000A register ecx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.ecx.
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.val.8000000A.edx : CPUID override that may be applied to level 8000000A register edx; controlled by
Config.Defaults.cpuidMask.mode.8000000A.edx.
Config.Defaults.security.host.ruissl : Require SSL to be used when communicating with the host over port 902.
Config.GlobalSettings.guest.commands.sharedPolicyRefCount : Reference count to enable guest operations.
Config.HostAgent.plugins.vimsvc.authValidateInterval : Number of minutes between each validation of all known users and groups - set to zero to disable
validation.
Config.HostAgent.plugins.vimsvc.userSearch.maxResults : Maximum number of users and groups to display in the Add Permissions dialog - set to zero to
disable the limit.
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Config.HostAgent.plugins.vimsvc.userSearch.maxTimeSeconds : Number of seconds to wait for a search for users and groups to return results - set to zero
to disable the timeout.
Cpu.HostRebalancePeriod : average milliseconds between opportunities for a pcpu to migrate vcpus from within the whole system, 0 to disable
Cpu.PackageRebalancePeriod : average milliseconds between opportunities for a pcpu to migrate vcpus from within a package, 0 to disable
Cpu.L3RebalancePeriod : average milliseconds between opportunities for a pcpu to migrate vcpus from within the shared L3 cache, 0 to disable
Cpu.L2RebalancePeriod : average milliseconds between opportunities for a pcpu to migrate vcpus from within the shared L2 cache, 0 to disable
Cpu.HTRebalancePeriod : average milliseconds between opportunities for a pcpu to migrate vcpus from within a core
Cpu.FairnessRebalancePcpus : max number of PCPUs to be considered when doing fairness rebalance, 0 to disable
Cpu.WakeupMigrateIdlePcpus : max number of PCPUs to be considered when doing wakeup idle rebalance, 0 to disable
Cpu.WakeupMigrateCorunPcpus : max number of PCPUs to be considered when doing wakeup corun rebalance, 0 to disable
Cpu.PcpuMigrateIdlePcpus : max number of PCPUs to be considered when doing pcpu idle rebalance, 0 to disable
Cpu.MoveCurrentRunnerPcpus : max number of PCPUs to be considered when searching for runner move opportunity, 0 to disable
Cpu.CreditAgePeriod : period in milliseconds
Cpu.ActionRateThreshold : threshold for inter-vcpu action rate above which vcpus are considered to have action affinity (in num/sec)
Cpu.ActionLoadThreshold : load threshold below which vcpu affinity migration is performed, 0 to disable
Cpu.BoundLagQuanta : number of global quanta before bound lag
Cpu.HaltingIdleMsecPenalty : ms per vcpu to add to partner's vtime for halting idle world (HT only), 0 to disable (may violate resource settings)
Cpu.HaltingIdleMsecPenaltyMax : max ms to add to partner's vtime for halting idle world (HT only)
Cpu.Quantum : quantum in milliseconds
Cpu.UseMwait : use MWAIT vs. HLT in the idle loop; 0: use HLT, 1: use MWAIT if possible, 2: choose by cpu type
Cpu.CoschedCrossCall : 0: disable cosched on crosscall; 1: enable cosched on crosscall
Cpu.CoschedPreempt : 0: handoff on cosched request; 1: preempt on cosched request
Cpu.CoschedHandoffLLC : 0: handoff by switching pcpu; 1: handoff to LLC if possible
Cpu.CoschedPollUsec : interval between coscheduling skew checks, in usec
Cpu.CoschedCostartThreshold : costart threshold in usec, costart threshold should be less than costopThreshold
Cpu.CoschedCostopThreshold : maximum skew between vcpus in usec, 0 to disable
Cpu.CoschedHandoffSkip : only skip handoff if ready time is smaller than this threshold, in usec, 0 to allow skip always
Cpu.IdleHTRebalancePeriod : usec between chances to do HT rebalance when idle (0 to disable, 100000 max)
Cpu.IdleTopologyRebalancePeriod : msec between chances to do topology rebalance when idle (0 to disable)
Cpu.IntraCoreMigrate : When to allow intra-core migrations [0:when inter-core migration allowed, 1:always]
Cpu.VMAdmitCheckPerVcpuMin : Check per-vcpu cpu reservation does not exceed the speed of a single physical cpu. [0:disabled, 1: enabled]
Cpu.MultiCoreEnhancements : Bitmask of multicore enhancements with bits 0: Topology load balance; 1: Long term balance; 2: Runner-moves.(0 disables
all)
Cpu.DisableMicrocodeUpdate : Disable microcode update.
DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedMove : Enable hardware accelerated VMFS data movement (requires compliant hardware)
DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedInit : Enable hardware accelerated VMFS data initialization (requires compliant hardware)
DirentryCache.MaxDentryPerObj : Maximum directory entries cached per directory
Disk.SharesNormal : shares for normal/default disk priority
Disk.SharesHigh : shares for high disk priority
Disk.SharesLow : shares for low disk priority
Disk.BandwidthCap : cap on disk bandwidth (KB/s) usage
Disk.ThroughputCap : cap on disk throughput (IO/s) usage
Disk.SectorMaxDiff : Distance in sectors at which disk BW sched affinity stops
Disk.SchedQuantum : Number of consecutive requests from one World
Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding : Number of outstanding commands to a target with competing worlds
Disk.SchedQControlSeqReqs : Number of consecutive requests from a VM required to raise the outstanding commands to max
Disk.SchedQControlVMSwitches : Number of switches between commands issued by different VMs required to reduce outstanding commands to
SchedNumReqOutstanding
Disk.MaxLUN : Maximum LUN id (N+1) that is scanned on a target
Disk.SupportSparseLUN : Support for sparse LUNs if set to one
Disk.UseReportLUN : Use the REPORT LUN command to speed up scanning for devices
Disk.UseDeviceReset : Use device reset (instead of bus reset) to reset a SCSI device
Disk.UseLunReset : Use LUN reset (instead of device/bus reset) to reset a SCSI device
Disk.RetryUnitAttention : Retry all SCSI commands that return a unit attention error
Disk.PathEvalTime : The number of seconds between FC path evaluations
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Disk.EnableNaviReg : Enable automatic NaviAgent registration with EMC CLARiiON and Invista
Disk.DelayOnBusy : Delay in milliseconds for completion of commands with a BUSY status
Disk.ResetLatency : Delay in milliseconds between reset thread wake-ups
Disk.MaxResetLatency : Delay in milliseconds before logging warnings and spawning new reset worlds if a reset is overdue or taking too long
Disk.ResetPeriod : Delay in seconds between bus resets retries
Disk.ResetMaxRetries : Max number of bus reset retries (0=infinite)
Disk.ResetThreadMin : Min number of reset handler threads
Disk.ResetThreadMax : Max number of reset handler threads
Disk.ResetThreadExpires : Life in seconds of an inactive reset handle thread
Disk.ResetOverdueLogPeriod : Delay in seconds between logs of overdue reset
Disk.PreventVMFSOverwrite : Prevent overwriting VMFS partitions
Disk.DumpMaxRetries : Max number of I/O retries during disk dump
Disk.DumpPollMaxRetries : Max number of device poll retries during disk dump
Disk.DumpPollDelay : Number of microseconds to wait between polls during a disk dump.
Disk.DiskMaxIOSize : Max Disk READ/WRITE I/O size before splitting (in KB)
Disk.QFullSampleSize : IO samples to monitor for detecting non-transient queue full condition. Should be non zero to enable queue depth throttling.
Disk.QFullThreshold : BUSY or QFULL threshold, upon which LUN queue depth will be throttled. Should be <= QFullSampleSize if throttling is enabled.
Disk.DiskRetryPeriod : Retry period in milliseconds for a command with retry status
Disk.DiskReservationThreshold : Time window within which refcounted reservations on a device are permitted (in msec)
Disk.DiskPseudoUniqueID : enables synthesis of persistent pseudo-unique UUIDs for local devices that don.t support EVPD Inquiry
FSS.FSSLightWeightProbe : Enable light-weight efficient probe of ESX supported datastores
FT.NoWaitOnSocket : Don't wait on socket
FT.FlushSleep : Sleep time in milliseconds when nothing to flush
FT.LogBufferStallSleep : Sleep time in milliseconds when log buffer is full on the primary
FT.AckIntervalMin : Minimum time in microseconds between acks
FT.AckIntervalMax : Maximum time in microseconds between acks
FT.HeartbeatCount : Number of failed heartbeats before declare dead.
FT.HostTimeout : Time in milliseconds before declare FT host dead
FT.UseHostMonitor : Use the host monitor to ping the other host
FT.BackupExtraTimeout : Extra milliseconds before backup declares primary dead
FT.LogTimeout : Time in milliseconds to wait on log socket
FT.ExtraLogTimeout : Time in milliseconds for temporary increase in timeout
FT.PrimaryConnectTimeout : Time in milliseconds to wait when connecting to the primary
FT.BackupConnectTimeout : Time in milliseconds to wait for the backup to connect
FT.GlobalFlushWorld : Use a global async flush world
FT.FlushReservationMin : The minimum amount of CPU to reserve for the async flush world
FT.FlushReservationMax : The maximum amount of CPU to reserve for the async flush world
FT.MinWriteSize : Minimum amount of data to write to flush socket
FT.FlushWorldlet : Flush the buffer from a worldlet
FT.FillWorldlet : Fill the buffer from a worldlet
FT.FillAffinity : Set the fill world/worldlet affinity to the tcp worldlet
FT.XmitSyncQueueLen : Length of the Tx synchronization queue
FT.MaxFlushInterval : Maximum amount of microseconds to wait before writing to flush socket
FT.ChargeVMXForFlush : Charge the VMX world for log flushing instead of the global flush world
FT.GoodExecLatency : Latency considered good execution latency(ms)
FT.BadExecLatency : Latency considered bad execution latency(ms)
FT.slowdownPctMax : Maximum primary vm CPU slowdown pct
FT.slowdownTimeMax : Maximum primary vm CPU slowdown duration in seconds
FT.adjUpPct : CPU speedup adjustment pct parameter
FT.adjDownPct : CPU slowdown adjustment pct parameter
FT.adjDownInt : CPU adjust down interval in seconds
FT.adjUpInt : CPU adjust up interval in seconds
FT.execLatExtra : Extra execution latency allowed in msec
FT.maxLowerBound : CPU minimum alloc.max allowed in pct
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FT.ExecLatencyKill : Time to wait for good latency before killing a slow backup(ms)
FT.TCPNoDelayPrimary : Set TCP_NODELAY on the socket on the primary
FT.TCPNoDelayBackup : Set TCP_NODELAY on the socket on the backup
FT.TCPSndBufSize : TCP send buffer size for the primary
FT.TCPRcvBufSize : TCP receive buffer size for the backup
FT.TrafficPriority : PCP tag for FT traffic
FT.BindToVmknic : Bind the FT socket to a specific vmknic
FT.TCPPersistTimer : TCP persist timer time in milliseconds
FT.IORetryTimes : Maximum disk I/O reissuing times on I/O error
FT.IORetryInterval : Sleep interval (msec) between I/O reissuing on I/O error
FT.IORetryExtraInterval : Sleep extra interval (msec) between I/O reissuing on I/O error
FT.CheckForProgress : Check for progress on the backup and/or primary
FT.PanicNoProgressMS : Milliseconds before panic if progress isn't made
FT.CoreDumpNoProgressMS : Milliseconds before live coredump vmm and vmx if progress isn't made
FT.CheckFCPathState : Check storage path state
FT.ShortFlushDebugMS : Short millisecond interval for debugging flushing delays
FT.LongFlushDebugMS : Long millisecond interval for debugging flushing delays
FT.Vmknic : Vmknic for FT vmkernel VNIC
Irq.RoutingPolicy : policy for interrupt routing, 1 for idle-routing, 2 for greedy routing, 0 to disable moving IRQs
Irq.BestVcpuRouting : 1: try to route the virtual interrupt to the best vcpu; 0 to disable
Irq.IRQRebalancePeriod : time in ms between attempts to rebalance interrupts
Irq.IRQMaxLoadPct : maximum percentage of a cpu's resources that should be devoted to interrupts
Irq.IRQBHConflictWeight : relative weight for irq/BH conflict
Irq.IRQVcpuConflictWeight : relative weight for irq/vcpu conflict
Irq.IRQActionAffinityWeight : relative weight for action-vcpu affinity
LPage.LPageDefragEnable : Enable large page defragmentation
LPage.LPageMarkLowNodes : Enable marking of nodes with low large pages free
LPage.LPageDefragRateVM : Maximum number of lpage defrag attempts per second per VM
LPage.LPageDefragRateTotal : Maximum number of lpage defrag attempts per second
LPage.LPageAlwaysTryForNPT : Enable always try to alloc large page for NPT
LPage.MaxSharedPages : Maximum number of shared pages in a 2MB region that may be broken to back the region with a large page
LPage.MaxSwappedPagesInitVal : Initial value for maximum number of swapped pages in a 2MB region that may be read to back the region with a large
page
LPage.MapTimeWarnThresholdMS : Warn if large page mapping takes longer than the threshold (msecs)
Mem.UseLowMemFirst : Preferred use of low memory if no type is specified
Mem.UseStressLowMemory : Use low memory once in a while to satisfy ANY-memory requests. This increases the pressure on low memory.
Mem.Prefault : prefault aggressiveness, 0 to disable, 100 for high
Mem.PrefaultSRBufSize : Memory access stream recognition buffer size
Mem.BalancePeriod : period in seconds, 0 to disable
Mem.SamplePeriod : period in seconds, 0 to disable
Mem.SampleMapLargeThreshold : Number of failures allowed before mapping a sampled 2M region as large
Mem.IdleTax : idle memory tax rate
Mem.IdleTaxType : idle tax type. 0=flat, 1=variable
Mem.SampleActivePctMin : lower bound for sampled active memory
Mem.SampleDirtiedPctMin : lower bound for sampled active dirtied memory
Mem.ShareScanGHz : max page scan rate in MB/sec per GHz of host CPU, 0 to disable
Mem.ShareScanTime : desired time in minutes to scan entire VM
Mem.ShareRateMax : per-VM upper limit on pshare scan/check rate in pages/sec. (0 to disable)
Mem.ShareVmkEnable : Enable scan for VMkernel-based page sharing
Mem.ShareUpdatePeriod : Interval, in seconds, for updating pshare scan rate.
Mem.CtlMaxPercent : vmmemctl limit as percentage of VM max size
Mem.AllocHighThreshold : Threshold (in MB) at which we start allocating memory above 4GB
Mem.AllocGuestLargePage : Enable large page backing of guest memory
Mem.AllocUsePSharePool : Use pshare pool to allocate memory for shared pages
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Mem.AllocUseGuestPool : Use large page pool to allocate memory for guest pages
Mem.AdmitHeapMin : free heap space required to power on VM, in KB
Mem.ShareCOSBufSize : Specify number of MPNs to be used by COW P2M buffer
Mem.TestOnAlloc : Check newly allocated pages for memory errors
Mem.ShareEstimatePeriod : Sleep interval for pshare-est daemon world
Mem.ShareEstimateProbe : Maximum per-VM page probes for pshare estimation
Mem.ShareEstimateSamples : Minimum required per-VM page samples for pshare estimation
Mem.kernelResvPad : Extra padding (in MB) for MemSched's tracking of kernel memory usage
Mem.LogLowMemoryStateUsage : Log memory usage of memclients during low memory state
Mem.LogLowMemoryStateBT : Log back-trace of contexts that allocate MPNs during low memory state
Mem.SwapDecayPct : Percentage of swap target to be proactively transferred to balloon target
Mem.SwapRepostThreshold : Number of allowed page allocations before a pending swap request is reposted
Mem.ConsumedPct : Percentage of consumed used as a pad in base{Min,Max} computation
Mem.BonusAllocPct : Percentage of group allocation to be distributed to children as bonus
Mem.ReallocChunkType : Reallocation chunk type (0=fixed, 1=variable)
Mem.ReallocBaseChunkSize : Base chunk size for reallocation (in MB)
Mem.ReallocBaseMaxPct : Percentage of group base max to be considered per reallocation iteration
Mem.SwapRetryTimeout : Time in seconds to retry swap IO, 0 for no retry
Mem.SwapFilePersist : The swap file is not deleted when the VM powers off, 1 to enable
Mem.SwapInBatchPages : Number of pages swapped in per batch during opportunistic prefaulting
Mem.SwapAsyncWritePages : Maximum allowed pending asynchronous swapout requests per VM
Mem.HostLocalSwapDirEnabled : Enable use of host-local swap directory
Mem.CptRetryTimeout : Time in milliseconds to retry checkpoint IO, 0 for system default
Mem.BalloonCheckTime : Interval for checking if balloon driver is active (in seconds of guest progress)
Mem.UnresponsiveVmCheckTime : Interval, in seconds, for checking if a VM is not responding to swap actions
Mem.LPageUpdatePeriod : Interval, in seconds, for updating large page mapping thresholds
Mem.TrackUsageAllocAllowance : Memory alloc allowance (in 4K pages) while usage is tracked via heartbeat or swap action post
Mem.TrackUsageSwapAllowance : Memory swap allowance (in 4K pages) while usage is tracked via heartbeat or swap action post
Mem.TrackUsageLPageAllowance : Memory large page alloc allowance (in 2M pages) while usage is tracked via heartbeat action post
Mem.TrackUsageHeartbeatPeriod : Sleep interval in seconds for busmem heartbeat
Mem.TrackUsageHeartbeatEnable : Enable/disable MPN usage tracking via heartbeat monitor action (0 for disable)
Mem.VMOverheadGrowthLimit : Default limit (in MB) on VM overhead memory growth
Mem.VMXMinMB : Memory reservation for VMX (in MB)
Mem.VMXVisorSharedMB : Memory reservation saved by sharing VMX text with VisorFS
Mem.MemZipEnable : Enable the memory compression cache
Mem.MemZipMaxPct : Sets the maximum size for the compression cache as a percentage of configured VM memory size
Mem.MemZipMaxAllocPct : Sets the maximum size for the compression cache as a percentage of allocated VM memory size
Mem.MemZipLowMemMaxSwapOut : Maximum number of pages to swap out from the compression cache when in the low mem state
Mem.MemZipBalloonXferPct : Amount of the balloon target to transfer to the swap target when memory is in the high and soft states.
Mem.MemZipMaxRejectionPct : The maximum percent of memory that is rejected from the compression cache before we disable the balloon transfer.
Mem.MemSwapSkipPct : Threshold of guest pages reclaimed by pshare or memzip above which to skip swap
Mem.HostLocalSwapDir : Host-local directory for VM swap files
Migrate.Enabled : Enable hot migration support
Migrate.TryToUseDefaultHeap : Attempt use the default migration heap when beginning new migrations
Migrate.VASpaceReserveCount : Number of migrations to reserve virtual address space for at module load time
Migrate.VASpaceReserveSize : Megabytes of virtual address space to reserve per migration at module load time
Migrate.PreCopySwitchoverTimeGoal : Goal time in milliseconds to send changed pages after pre-copy completes
Migrate.PreCopyMinProgressMB : Minimum reduction in modified memory after a pre-copy iteration
Migrate.PreCopyMinProgressPerc : Minimum allowed transmit to dirty page ratio per pre-copy iteration
Migrate.PreCopyUseTransmitDirtyRatio : Use the transmit to dirty ratio to determine pre-copy forward progress
Migrate.PreCopyPagesPerSend : Maximum number of pages to send per precopy transmit
Migrate.VMotionStreamHelpers : Number of helpers to allocate for VMotion streams
Migrate.VMotionStreamDisable : Pretend to not support streams
Migrate.VMotionResolveSwapType : Attempt to resolve swap type during VMotion initialization
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Migrate.CptCacheMaxSizeMB : Maximum checkpoint cache size in MB
Migrate.DiskOpsEnabled : Enables VMotion disk-backed operation
Migrate.DiskOpsStreamChunks : Stream Chunks to allocate on disk
Migrate.DiskOpsChunkSize : Size of each stream chunk in bytes (will be rounded up to multiple of block size)
Migrate.DiskOpsMaxRetries : Maximum number of times to retry a diskOp IO upon encountering a reservation conflict
Migrate.PageInPivotFwd : Steps forward from pivot n pages before switching to backwards movement
Migrate.PageInPivotBack : Steps backwards from pivot n pages before switching to forwards movement
Migrate.PageInPivotEnabled : Enabled pagein remote fault pivot-based page transmission ordering
Migrate.RemotePageFaultPages : Number of pages to request for each remote page fault
Migrate.TcpTsoDeferTx : Use TCP tso defer optimization for transmit
Migrate.LowBandwidthSysAlertThreshold : Threshold in KB/s for VMotion bandwidth below which a SysAlert is triggered
Migrate.NetTimeout : Timeout for migration network operations
Migrate.TSMaster : Pseudo-synchronize clocks for migration to/from this machine
Migrate.DisableResumeDuringPageIn : Disable observation of resume during page-in flag, always completing page-in before VM resume
Migrate.SndBufSize : TCP send buffer size for the source
Migrate.RcvBufSize : TCP receive buffer size for the destination
Migrate.TrafficPriority : PCP tag for migration traffic
Migrate.BindToVmknic : Bind the vmotion socket to a specific vmknic
Migrate.MonActionWaitSysAlertThresholdMS : Threshold in milliseconds for the monitor to process a pre-copy action after which a SysAlert is triggered
Migrate.LowMemWaitSysAlertThresholdMS : Threshold in milliseconds for the dest host to leave the low-memory state above which a SysAlert is triggered
Migrate.GetPageSysAlertThresholdMS : Threshold in milliseconds for the source host to prepare a page for transmission above which a SysAlert is
triggered
Migrate.DebugChecksumMismatch : Debug checksum mismatch.
Migrate.PanicOnChecksumMismatch : 1 for world panic, 2 for vmkernel panic
Migrate.RdpiTransitionTimeMs : Milliseconds to wait for page-in completion before resuming, if rdpi is enabled
Migrate.NetResPoolsSched : Net resource pools scheduling should be requested on the vmotion vmknic portset
Migrate.MigrateCpuMinPct1G : Desired shared CPU reservation (in %) for 1G VMotions
Migrate.MigrateCpuMinPct10G : Desired shared CPU reservation (in %) for 10G VMotions
Migrate.MigrateCpuSharesRegular : CPU shares for a regular VMotion
Migrate.MigrateCpuSharesHighPriority : CPU shares for a high priority VMotion
Migrate.Vmknic : vmknic for vmotion vmkernel VNIC
Misc.LogToFile : Send vmkernel log messages to /var/log/vmkernel
Misc.LogToSerial : Send vmkernel log messages to the serial port
Misc.DebugLogToSerial : Send vmkernel LOG messages to the serial port
Misc.enableTboot : Enable use of tboot (trusted-boot) to boot ESXi. (Non-functional for ESX)
Misc.LogWldPrefix : Including running world on every log statement
Misc.MinimalPanic : Don't attempt to coredump after PSODing
Misc.BlueScreenTimeout : timeout in seconds, 0 is no timeout
Misc.HeartbeatTimeout : Timeout in seconds, for sending NMI to the locked CPU
Misc.HeartbeatInterval : Interval in msec to check CPU lockups
Misc.HeartbeatPanicTimeout : Interval in seconds after which to panic if no heartbeats received
Misc.HeartbeatAnyPcpuPanic : Should we panic on any cpu lockups? (default we panic only for COS)
Misc.HeapPanicDestroyNonEmpty : Panic when a non-empty heap gets destroyed
Misc.MCEMonitorInterval : Interval[1 - 0x7fffffff ms] to check Machine Check Errors
Misc.DebugBuddyEnable : Enable buddy debugging, 0 to disable
Misc.EnableHighDMA : Enable DMA above 4GB
Misc.TimerMinHardPeriod : Minimum hard timer interrupt period in microseconds
Misc.TimerMaxHardPeriod : Maximum hard timer interrupt period in microseconds
Misc.TimerTolerance : Default timer lateness tolerance in microseconds
Misc.SerialBaudRate : Baud rate
Misc.WatchdogBacktrace : Backtrace on every nth watchdog
Misc.BHTimeout : Timeout for bottom-half handlers in milliseconds
Misc.BhTimeBound : Time bound on BH checking in us (microseconds).
Misc.IntTimeout : Timeout for interrupt handlers in milliseconds
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Misc.HordeEnabled : Enables horde mode
Misc.ScreenSaverDelay : Delay in minutes before screensaver kicks in
Misc.WorldletActivationUS : Number of microseconds a worldlet may execute prior to being asked to yield.
Misc.WorldletActivationsLimit : Number of worldlet activations permissible in each interruption (0==unlimited).
Misc.WorldletMigrateIdle : max number of worldlets pulled from remote queues when a PCPU becomes idle, 0 to disable
Misc.WorldletLoadThreshold : Worldlet load/score level below which a placement is deemed desireable
Misc.WorldletHaltSample : number of timer ticks between updates to PCPU/worldlet load level
Misc.WorldletLocalityBonus : load score bonus for keeping a worldlet on it's last PCPU/LLC
Misc.WorldletLoosePenalty : load penalty for leaving LOOSE affinity topology level
Misc.WorldletIRQPenalty : constant load penalty for worldlets driven by interrupts
Misc.WorldletHTSharing : Amount of CPU resources assumed to be shared by threads for worldlets.
Misc.WorldletPlacementPolicy : 0= use super simple place-on-idle policy. 1 = use load-based placement, 2= greedy placement
Misc.WorldletGreedySampleRun : number of runs between greedy samples, controls greedy sampling rate
Misc.WorldletGreedySampleMCycles : million cycles between greedy samples, controls greedy sampling rate
Misc.WorldletRemoteActivateOverhead : remote activate overhead, in cycles
Misc.WorldletWorldOverheadLLC : overhead if worldlet is on the same cache as its affinity world, in cycles
Misc.WorldletWorldOverheadRemote : overhead if worldlet is on different cache as its affinity world, in percentage
Misc.WorldletPreemptOverhead : overhead if worldlet preempts a running no-idle world, in percentage
Misc.WorldletMigOverheadLLC : intra-cache worldlet migration overhead, default = 4/1024=0.39%
Misc.WorldletMigOverheadRemote : inter-cache worldlet migration overhead, default = 16/1024=1.56%
Misc.GuestLibAllowHostInfo : Allow guest to read host-level metrics
Misc.UserSocketUnixMaxBufferSize : Max buffer size for UW unix domain sockets (bytes)
Misc.UserDuctDynBufferSize : Max buffer size for UW duct (bytes)
Misc.NMILint1IntAction : Change how a hardware generated NMI should be handled(1=enter debugger, 2=panic 3=forward to Service Console)
Misc.PkeiEnabled : Enable PKE loader interface
Misc.PkeiStatsOnly : Do only stats keeping in mod and domain calls
Misc.SIOControlLoglevel : Storage I/O Control Log Level
Misc.LogPort : Name of serial port to use for logging (COM1, COM2, vmwire, fw)
Misc.GDBPort : Name of serial port to use for GDB debugging (COM1, COM2, vmwire, fw)
Misc.ProcVerbose : option unused
Misc.PreferredHostName : Preferred Host name
Misc.SIOControlOptions : Storage I/O Control Options
Misc.HostAgentUpdateLevel : The update level of Host Agent.
NFS.DiskFileLockUpdateFreq : Time (in seconds) between updates to a disk lock file [8-3600]
NFS.LockUpdateTimeout : Time (in seconds) before we abort an outstanding lock update
NFS.LockRenewMaxFailureNumber : Number of update failures before a disk file lock is declared stale
NFS.HeartbeatFrequency : Time in seconds between heartbeats
NFS.HeartbeatTimeout : Time in seconds before we abort an outstanding heartbeat
NFS.HeartbeatDelta : Time in seconds since the last successful update before we send a heartbeat
NFS.HeartbeatMaxFailures : Number of sequential failures before we mark a volume as down
NFS.MaxVolumes : Maximum number of mounted NFS volumes. TCP/IP heap must be increased accordingly (Requires reboot)
NFS.SendBufferSize : Default size of socket's send buffer in KB
NFS.ReceiveBufferSize : Default Size of socket's receive buffer in KB
NFS.VolumeRemountFrequency : Time in seconds before attempting to remount a volume
NFS.SyncRetries : Number of retries before synchronous IO fails (10 seconds per retry)
NFS.LogNfsStat3 : Log nfsstat3 code
NFS.WorldletAffinity : Worldlet CPU affinity
Net.MaxPortRxQueueLen : Max length of the rx queue for virtual ports whose clients support queueing
Net.MaxNetifRxQueueLen : Max length of the rx queue for the physical NICs
Net.MaxNetifTxQueueLen : Max length of the tx queue for the physical NICs
Net.UplinkKillAsyncTimeout : Timeout (ms) waiting for async when world is killed.
Net.UplinkAbortDisconnectTimeout : Timeout (ms) waiting for pending calls to finish when disconnecting.
Net.UplinkTxQueuesDispEnabled : Port traffic dispatched on multiple tx queues enabled ?
Net.GuestTxCopyBreak : transmits smaller than this will be copied rather than mapped
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Net.VmxnetTxCopySize : vmxnet tx <= than this will be fully copied with no need for completion.
Net.VmxnetCopyTxRunLimit : non-Win vmxnet2/3 tx will have at most so many fully copied tx's in a row (65536 and larger means never).
Net.VmxnetWinCopyTxRunLimit : Win vmxnet2/3 tx will have at most so many fully copied tx's in a row (65536 and larger means never).
Net.VmxnetWinUDPTxFullCopy : whether Windows vmxnet UDP tx is fullCopy.
Net.VmxnetWinIntrHints : whether intr hints are used for Windows vmxnet.
Net.UseProc : whether or not to populate /proc/vmware/net [0 = disabled, 1 = enabled]
Net.UseLegacyProc : whether or not to populate legacy entries in /proc/vmware/net [0 = disabled, 1 = enabled]
Net.NotifySwitch : Broadcasts an arp request on net handle enable [0 = disabled, 1 = enabled]
Net.NetTxDontClusterSize : transmits smaller than this will not be subject to clustering/coalescing.
Net.NetPktAllocTries : Number of tries for allocating pkt within the page.
Net.CoalesceTxTimeout : set the coalesce timeout in micro-seconds
Net.CoalesceDefaultOn : whether dynamic coalescing is on by default.[0 = disabled by default, 1 = enabled by default]
Net.CoalesceLowTxRate : No tx coalescing calibration when the number of pkts tx per timeout is lower than this number.
Net.CoalesceLowRxRate : No rx coalescing calibration when the number of pkts rx per timeout is lower than this number.
Net.CoalesceHandlerPcpu : Pcpu that coalesce timeout handler runs on.
Net.CoalesceTxAlwaysPoll : Whether always poll Tx at coalesce timeout handler.
Net.CoalesceMatchedQs : Whether to use matched TxRxQ-pairs mode when applicable.
Net.CoalesceMultiRxQCalib : When not in matched TxRxQ-pairs mode, whether to uses separate RxQ Calib.
Net.CoalesceTxQDepthCap : Cap of Tx coalescing size.
Net.CoalesceRxQDepthCap : Cap of Rx coalescing size.
Net.vNicTxPollBound : max # normalPkts per poll.
Net.vNicNumDeferredReset : max # normalPkts per poll.
Net.vmxnetBHNetPoll : Whether to poll for Tx in BH NetPoll.
Net.vmxnetThroughputWeight : How far to favor throughput in vmxnet behavior.
Net.CoalesceNoVmmVmkTx : Whether to try disable all vmm->vmk tx transitions.
Net.CoalesceFavorNoVmmVmkTx : Favor disabling all vmm->vmk tx transitions; boost its score by factor of this/64.
Net.CoalesceMrqLt : Whether to set a RxQ's coalesce to zero based on per-RxQ Low Traffic.
Net.CoalesceMrqTriggerReCalib : Whether to let individual RxQ's perf change trigger re-calib.
Net.CoalesceMrqMetricRxOnly : Whether to force individual RxQ's perf metric to be rx pkt cnt only.
Net.CoalesceMrqMetricAllowTxOnly : Whether to allow's individual RxQ's perf metric to be tx pkt cnt only; if not, it will be tx + rx, or rx only.
Net.CoalesceMrqRatioMetric : Whether Tx perf score is attributed to RxQ according to rxPktCnt ratio.
Net.CoalesceRxLtStopCalib : Whether Rx Low Traffic stops Rx calibration.
Net.CoalesceMrqOverallStop : Whether to use overall performance to stop RxQ Calib .
Net.CoalesceFlexMrq : Whether to dynamically switch on/off multiRxQCalib.
Net.EtherswitchHashSize : number of ports on the switch x 2^N is the size of the hash table for looking up MACs
Net.NoLocalCSum : if set, don't bother checksumming local tx/rx frames
Net.configOption[CONFIG_NET_INPUT_FLUSH_MAX_ITER] : when input is serialized, this bounds the number of times a thread flushes the deferred list.
Net.configOption[CONFIG_NET_INPUT_FLUSH_MAX_PKTS] : when input is serialized, this bounds the number of pkts a thread flushes from the deferred
list.
Net.configOption[CONFIG_NET_TRACK_TX_RACE] : if enabled(1), collect statistics on potential tx race between concurrent threads.
Net.configOption[CONFIG_NET_PORT_DSTATS] : if enabled(1), collect detailed statistics on port.
Net.PortDisableTimeout : max timeout delay to wait for ports to complete I/O before disabling.
Net.TcpipHeapSize : Initial size of the tcpip module heap in megabytes. (REQUIRES REBOOT!)
Net.TcpipHeapMax : Max megabytes the tcpip module heap can grow to. (REQUIRES REBOOT!)
Net.TcpipRxDirectDispatchQuota : Max # of pkts dispatched into the tcpip stack in the Port_Output() context
Net.TcpipRxDispatchQuota : Max # of pkts dispatched into the tcpip stack by an execution context
Net.TcpipTxDispatchQuota : Max # of pkts dispatched from the tcpip stack by an execution context
Net.TcpipRxVmknicWorldletAffinityType : Use exact affinity for tcpip input worldlet (Takes hold at port creation time)
Net.MaxPageInQueueLen : maximum number of paging requests to queue for guest DMA.
Net.MaxBeaconsAtOnce : maximum number of beacons to send in one beacon cycle.
Net.MaxBeaconVlans : maximum number of VLANs to probe with beacons.
Net.AdvertisementDuration : duration of RARP advertisements
Net.TcpipNoBcopyRx : Avoid bcopy in tcp rx
Net.TcpipCopySmallTx : Copy and tx complete small packets for tcp tx
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Net.TcpipLRONoDelayAck : Delayed ack timer not armed for LRO
Net.TcpipDefLROEnabled : LRO enabled for tcpip2
Net.TcpipDefLROStatsEnabled : LRO stats enabled for tcpip2
Net.TcpipDefLROMaxLength : LRO default max length for tcpip2
Net.LinkStatePollTimeout : Link State poll timer period in milliseconds.
Net.E1000TxZeroCopy : Use tx zero copy for non-tso packets for e1000.
Net.E1000TxTsoZeroCopy : Use tx zero copy for tso packets for e1000.
Net.E1000IntrCoalesce : Whether to enable interrupt coalescing for e1000 vNIC.
Net.MinEtherLen : Minimum size ethernet frame to transmit
Net.MaxPktRxListQueue : Maximum packet we can queue in rxList
Net.NetBHRxWorkBound : Maximum rx pkts processed in one NetBH invocation
Net.NetBHRxInputBound : Maximum rx pkts sent up an uplink at one go
Net.NetBHRxStormThreshold : Declare Rx Storm after this number of consecutive rx pkt drops during queuing in NetBH rxList.
Net.ReversePathFwdCheck : Block the multicast/broadcast packets that come back from physical switches in a teamed environment
Net.ReversePathFwdCheckPromisc : Block duplicate packet in a teamed environment when the virtual switch is set to Promiscuous mode.
Net.MaxTxCompDelay : Maximum time in milliseconds transmit completions are delayed
Net.Vmxnet2PinRxBuf : Pin RX buffers for vmxnet2 clients (windows guest only)
Net.NetVmxnet3Worldlet : Whether to enable worldlet for vmxnet3.
Net.NetVmxnet2Worldlet : Whether to enable worldlet for vmxnet2.
Net.NetE1000Worldlet : Whether to enable worldlet for e1000.
Net.Vmxnet3RSSHashCache : Whether to enable RSS hash cache for vmxnet3.
Net.NetTxWorldlet : Worldlet for asynchronous Tx for net devices. 0 for no worldlet. 1 for 1WDT/NIC. 2 for 1WDT/VM
Net.NetForceTxWorldlet : Force Tx Worldlet for Systems with less than 4 cores per LLC
Net.NetTxCompletionWorldlet : Whether to enable tx completion in worldlet.
Net.AllowPT : Whether to enable UPT/CDPT
Net.VmxnetSwLROSL : Whether to use ShortLived for vmxnet SW LRO
Net.Vmxnet3SwLRO : Whether to perform SW LRO on pkts going to a LPD capable vmxnet3
Net.Vmxnet3HwLRO : Whether to enable HW LRO on pkts going to a LPD capable vmxnet3
Net.Vmxnet2SwLRO : Whether to perform SW LRO on pkts going to a LPD capable vmxnet2
Net.Vmxnet2HwLRO : Whether to perform HW LRO on pkts going to a LPD capable vmxnet2
Net.VmxnetPromDisableLro : Whether to disable SW LRO when vNIC goes into promiscuous mode.
Net.VmxnetLROThreshold : After this # packets, evaluate whether to continue SW LRO
Net.VmxnetLROBackoffPeriod : After adaptive LRO decided not to do LRO, how many intervals to wait before trying again.
Net.VmxnetLROUseRatioNumer : If SW LRO reduce pkt count to be smaller than ratio, continue to do LRO. Numerator of ratio.
Net.VmxnetLROUseRatioDenom : If SW LRO reduce pkt count to be smaller than ratio, continue to do LRO. Denominator of ratio.
Net.VmxnetLROMaxLength : LRO default max length for tcpip2
Net.TsoDumpPkt : detailed dump of every <n> pkts
Net.MemcpyNT : Non temporal packet copy, 0:enable, 1:disable, 2:unspecified
Net.IGMPVersion : IGMP Version (2 or 3)
Net.IGMPQueries : Number of IGMP Queries to send during after VMotion/Teaming failover
Net.NetRmDistMacFilter : Activate/Deactivate the MAC filter on distributed NetRM
Net.NetRmDistSamplingRate : Sampling rate on distributed NetRM
Net.GuestIPHack : Enable guest arp inspection IOChain to get IP
Net.NetNetqRxQueueNoFeat : Overwrite the rx queues features advertised by uplinks
Net.NetSchedLinkSpeedLow : Link speed considered low by the scheduler
Net.NetSchedLinkSpeedHigh : Link speed considered high by the scheduler
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxPktsLow : Number of packets fed to the nic for nics with a low (< 500Mbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxBytesLow : Number of bytes fed to the nic for nics with a low (< 500Mbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxPktsHigh : Number of packets fed to the nic for nics with a high (10Gbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxBytesHigh : Number of bytes fed to the nic for nics with a high (10Gbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxPktsDefault : Number of packets fed to the nic for nics with a normal (1Gbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxBytesDefault : Number of bytes fed to the nic for nics with a normal (1Gbps) linkspeed
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxPktsInsane : Number of packets fed to the nic for nics that don't support tx completion coalescing
Net.NetSchedInFlightMaxBytesInsane : Number of bytes fed to the nic for nics that don't support tx completion coalescing
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Net.NetSchedCoalesceTxUsecs : Maximum number of microseconds the device can delay tx completions
Net.NetSchedDefaultResPoolSharesPct : Percent share given to unclassified traffic
Net.VmklnxLROEnabled : LRO enabled in vmklinux
Net.VmklnxLROMaxAggr : LRO max aggr in vmklinux
Net.UseHwIPv6Csum : When non-zero, use pNIC HW IPv6 csum offload if available
Net.UseHwCsumForIPv6Csum : When non-zero, use pNIC HW_CSUM, if available, as IPv6 csum offload
Net.UseHwTSO6 : When non-zero, use pNIC HW IPv6 TSO offload if available
Net.UseHwTSO : When non-zero, use pNIC HW TSO offload if available
Net.NcpLlcSap : beacon/color NCP messages created with this SAP (DSAP/SSAP)
Net.FollowHardwareMac : If set to 1, the management interface MAC address will update whenever the hardware MAC address changes.
Net.NetInStressTest : If set to 1, suppress certain logs to avoid log spew.
Net.NetOverlayHostKey : hostkey for vmkernel overlay
Net.LRODefThreshold : After this # packets, evaluate whether to continue SW LRO
Net.LRODefBackoffPeriod : After adaptive LRO decided not to do LRO, how many intervals to wait before trying again.
Net.LRODefUseRatioNumer : If SW LRO reduce pkt count to be smaller than ratio, continue to do LRO. Numerator of ratio.
Net.LRODefUseRatioDenom : If SW LRO reduce pkt count to be smaller than ratio, continue to do LRO. Denominator of ratio.
Net.LRODefMaxLength : LRO default max length
Net.NetPagePoolResvPerGB : Number of pages to reserve for the packet page pool per gigabyte.
Net.NetPagePoolResvCap : Maximum number of pages to reserve for the packet page pool.
Net.NetPagePoolLimitPerGB : Maximum number of pages for the packet page pool per gigabyte.
Net.NetPagePoolLimitCap : Maximum number of pages period for the packet page pool.
Net.IGMPRouterIP : Router IP Address for IGMP (generally not necessary to set this)
Net.DVFilterBindIpAddress : DVFilter internal communication endpoint
Net.NetdumpVmkIP : VMkernel IP during network core dump
Net.NetdumpVmkNic : VMkernel NIC to use for network core dump
Net.NetdumpVmkPG : VMkernel port group to use for network core dump
Net.NetdumpServerIP : IP address of remote network core dump server
Net.NetdumpServerGateway : IP address of gateway to access remote network core dump server
Net.IOControlPnicOptOut : List of comma separated pnics to opt out of network I/O control
Numa.RebalancePeriod : frequency of NUMA node rebalancing, in milliseconds
Numa.SwapInterval : frequency of NUMA node swap rebalancing, in units of NUMA rebalance period
Numa.SwapConsiderPeriod : time between reconsidering a client for swap, in units of NUMA rebalance period
Numa.SwapMigrateOnly : frequency of NUMA VM migration only considerations, in units of NUMA rebalance period, 0 to disable pure migrations
Numa.MigImbalanceThreshold : minimum percent load imbalance between nodes to trigger migration
Numa.MigThreshold : minimum percent load balance improvement to allow single migration/swap
Numa.MigThrashThreshold : maximum post-migration load imbalance, as percentage of pre-migration imbalance, to prevent thrashing
Numa.SwapLoadEnable : 1 to enable VM swaps across nodes to balance CPU load, 0 to disable
Numa.SwapLocalityEnable : 1 to enable VM swaps across nodes to improve memory locality, 0 to disable
Numa.RebalanceEnable : 1 to enable NUMA rebalancer, 0 to disable it
Numa.RebalanceCoresTotal : minimum number of total host cores required to enable NUMA rebalancer
Numa.RebalanceCoresNode : minimum number of cores per node required to enable NUMA rebalancer
Numa.MonMigEnable : 1 to allow NUMASched monitor migrations, 0 to disallow
Numa.AutoMemAffinity : 1 to set mem affinity automatically based on cpu affinity, 0 to disable
Numa.PageMigEnable : 1 to permit NUMASched to manipulate page migration, 0 to disallow it
Numa.PostMigUseActiveMetric : 1 to use alternative migActive metric for post-migration imbalance prediction, 0 to use default migEntitlement metric
Numa.LTermFairnessInterval : duration of long term fairness interval in terms of NUMA rebalance period, 0 indicates that long term fairness is disabled
Numa.LTermMigThreshold : imbalance in long term owed, in percentage, required to trigger migration for long term fairness
Numa.MigPreventLTermThresh : long term owed for a VM, in percentage, above which NUMA migration and swaps are disabled for that VM
Numa.AutoSplitVM : Split a VM automatically into multiple NUMA clients; 0 to disable.
Numa.LocalityWeightMem : Benefit of improving memory locality by 1 pct.
Numa.LocalityWeightActionAffinity : Benefit of improving action affinity by 1.
Numa.PreferHT : Prefer using HyperThreads on the same NUMA node over full cores on multiple nodes; 0 to disable.
Power.UsePStates : In Custom policy, use ACPI P-states to save power when processor is busy
Power.UseCStates : In Custom policy, use ACPI C-states when processor is idle
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Power.UseStallCtr : In Custom policy, use stall cycles performance counter
Power.MaxCpuLoad : In Custom policy, CPU utilization threshold below which CPU frequency can be dynamically adjusted
Power.TimerHz : In Custom policy, Dynamic power management timer sampling rate
Power.CStateMaxLatency : In Custom policy, avoid a C-state whose latency is larger than this value (us)
Power.CStateResidencyCoef : In Custom policy, avoid a C-state whose latency * CStateResidencyCoef > predicted residence time
Power.CStatePredictionCoef : In Custom policy, predict non-timer wakeup with error probability p, where CStatePredictionCoef = -ln(1 - p) * (1 << 20)
Power.PerfBias : In Custom policy, Performance Energy Bias Hint (Intel-only)
Power.PerfBiasEnable : Use Performance Energy Bias Hint
Power.ChargeVMs : Keep track of energy consumed by VMs (experimental)
Power.ChargeMemoryPct : Percentage of idle power consumed by memory
RdmFilter.HbaIsShared : Allow local disks to be RDM candidates for Virtual Machines
ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation : The directory configured to be used for scratch space. Changes will take effect on next reboot.
ScratchConfig.ConfiguredSwapState : Whether userworld swap is configured to be enabled. Changes will take effect on next reboot.
ScratchConfig.CurrentScratchLocation : The directory currently being used for scratch space.
ScratchConfig.CurrentSwapState : Whether userworld swap is currently enabled.
Scsi.PassthroughLocking : Disable locking for scsi passthrough devices
Scsi.LogCmdErrors : Log SCSI Device command errors.
Scsi.LogMPCmdErrors : Log SCSI Multi-path plugin command errors.
Scsi.MaxReserveTime : Maximum time (in msecs) a system-initiated reservation is normally held (debug only)
Scsi.MaxReserveTotalTime : Maximum time (in msecs) a system-initiated reservation normally takes from issue to release (debug only)
Scsi.MaxReserveBacktrace : Log a backtrace if caller exceeds SCSI_MAX_RESERVE_TIME or SCSI_MAX_RESERVE_TOTALTIME (debug only)
Scsi.ReserveBacktrace : Log a backtrace for all Reserve/Release pairs (debug only)
Scsi.SCSITimeout_ScanTime : time (in ms) to sleep between checking for timed-out async IO
Scsi.SCSITimeout_ReabortTime : delay (in ms) after an abort due to timeout before the abort is re-issued
Scsi.ScanOnDriverLoad : Scan new SCSI buses on device driver load
Scsi.TimeoutTMThreadMin : Min number of timeout task-mgmt handler threads
Scsi.TimeoutTMThreadMax : Max number of timeout task-mgmt handler threads
Scsi.TimeoutTMThreadExpires : Life in seconds of timeout task mgmt handler thread
Scsi.TimeoutTMThreadRetry : Delay in milliseconds before retrying taskmgmt which failed or for which the IO did not complete
Scsi.TimeoutTMThreadLatency : Delay in ms before waking up new task mgmt thread
Scsi.ScsiRestartStalledQueueLatency : Delay in ms before restarting a stalled queue
Scsi.CompareLUNNumber : Consider LUN number when determining LUN identity.
Scsi.UseAdaptiveRetries : Use adaptive retries for transient errors.
Scsi.ChangeQErrSetting : Change the QErr value of devices to 0x0.
Scsi.CRTimeoutDuringBoot : Reservation conflict timeout during boot
Syslog.Local.DatastorePath : Datastore path of file to which local syslogd data is written. E.g. [datastoreName] /logfiles/hostName.log
Syslog.Remote.Hostname : Hostname to which syslog data will be forwarded. Disabled on null.
Syslog.Remote.Port : Port to which syslog data will be forwarded.
User.ReaddirRetries : Maximum number of retries when reading entries from directories
User.CDROMSenseTimeout : Physical CDROM sense timeout (seconds)
User.PTEDisableNX : Disables the use of NX bit in user pagetable entries
UserVars.ProductLockerLocation : Path to VMware Tools and VI client repository
UserVars.ActiveDirectoryPreferredDomainControllers : Preferred Domain Controllers for Active Directory
UserVars.TSMTimeOut : Timeout for TSM shell and remote access, in seconds
UserVars.CIMEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM service
UserVars.CIMemulexProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM emulex Provider
UserVars.CIMlsiProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM lsi Provider
UserVars.CIMqlogicProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM qlogic Provider
UserVars.CIMvmw_hdrProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM vmw_hdr Provider
UserVars.CIMvmw_kmoduleProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM vmw_kmodule Provider
UserVars.CIMvmw_lsiProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM vmw_lsi Provider
UserVars.CIMvmw_swmgtProviderEnabled : Enable or Disable the CIM vmw_swmgt Provider
VMFS3.OpenWithoutJournal : Open file system when out of space for journal allocation, allowing reads and no meta-data updates
VMFS3.MaxHeapSizeMB : Maximum size (in MB) to which the VMFS heap is allowed to grow
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VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking : Enable hardware accelerated VMFS locking (requires compliant hardware)
VMkernel.Boot.ACPI : Initialize ACPI CA.
VMkernel.Boot.NUMACodeRepEnabled : Enable NUMA code replication
VMkernel.Boot.acpiDbgLevel : ACPI debug level
VMkernel.Boot.allowInterleavedNUMAnodes : Allow NUMA nodes to be interleaved.
VMkernel.Boot.assumeCommonBusClock : Assume all NUMA nodes run off a common, synchronous bus clock (normally autodetected).
VMkernel.Boot.assumePerNodeBusClock : Assume each NUMA node has a separate bus clock (normally autodetected).
VMkernel.Boot.buddyPhysicalMemoryDebugStruct : Buddy physical mem debug info switch.
VMkernel.Boot.busSpeedMayVary : Allow different bus clock speeds, even within a single NUMA node or SMP system.
VMkernel.Boot.busSpeedMayVaryPerNode : Allow substantially different bus clock speeds in different NUMA nodes.
VMkernel.Boot.checkCPUIDLimit : Refuse to run on CPUID limited cpus.
VMkernel.Boot.checkDMAR : Sanity check DMAR entries
VMkernel.Boot.clockMultiplierMayVary : Allow different CPU clock multipliers, even within a single NUMA node or SMP system.
VMkernel.Boot.clockMultiplierMayVaryPerNode : Allow different CPU clock multipliers in different NUMA nodes.
VMkernel.Boot.com1_baud : Baud rate for COM1.
VMkernel.Boot.com1_irq : COM1 IRQ (default 4)
VMkernel.Boot.com1_port : COM1 I/O address (0 -> disabled, default 0x3f8)
VMkernel.Boot.com2_baud : Baud rate for COM2.
VMkernel.Boot.com2_irq : COM2 IRQ (default 3)
VMkernel.Boot.com2_port : COM2 I/O address (0 -> disabled, default 0x2f8)
VMkernel.Boot.coresPerPkg : Number of cores per package that vmkernel should use
VMkernel.Boot.correctBSPMTRRMasks : Correct BSP Variable MTRR masks to match the processor physical address bit support
VMkernel.Boot.custom : Enable custom extensions.
VMkernel.Boot.debugBreak : Break into debugger during vmkernel initialization.
VMkernel.Boot.debugLogToSerial : 0=Serial debug logging off, 1=Serial debug logging on, 2=Defer to config option DebugLogToSerial.
VMkernel.Boot.disableC1E : Disable C1E
VMkernel.Boot.disableCFOH : Disable Cache Flush on Halt
VMkernel.Boot.disableTurbo : Disable Turbo Mode
VMkernel.Boot.dumpDiag : Dump diagnostics information.
VMkernel.Boot.enablePCIErrors : Enable PCI-E Error Reporting
VMkernel.Boot.executePOST : Run POST tests.
VMkernel.Boot.fakeNUMAnodes : Fake # NUMA nodes on UMA systems.
VMkernel.Boot.fastHzEstimate : Use ACPI PM timer for frequency estimation at boot.
VMkernel.Boot.forceCRS : Always use IRQ from _CRS
VMkernel.Boot.fsCheck : Run filesystem checks on system partitions.
VMkernel.Boot.gdbPort : gdb port; com1, com2, vmwire or firewire to enable
VMkernel.Boot.generalCriticalMemory : Pages to reserve as general critical memory
VMkernel.Boot.hyperthreading : Enable hyperthreading if available.
VMkernel.Boot.interleaveFakeNUMAnodes : Fake nodes will be created as interleaved nodes.
VMkernel.Boot.iovDisableIR : Disable Interrrupt Routing in the IOMMU
VMkernel.Boot.ipmiEnabled : Enable IPMI
VMkernel.Boot.logOnScreen : Display vmkernel log on screen.
VMkernel.Boot.logPort : log port; com1, com2, vmwire or firewire to enable
VMkernel.Boot.logicalApicId : Use logical not physical APIC IDs.
VMkernel.Boot.maxPCPUS : Number of PCPUs vmkernel should use.
VMkernel.Boot.maxRegisteredVMs : Max number of VMs which can be registered on a host. 0 == determine at runtime
VMkernel.Boot.maxVCPUs : Number of VCPUs VMKernel should support. 0 == determine at runtime
VMkernel.Boot.maxWorlds : Max number of worlds VMKernel should support. 0 == determine at runtime
VMkernel.Boot.mcaClearBanksOnMCE : Always clear MCA Banks, even for uncorrected exceptions
VMkernel.Boot.mcaEnableAllErrorSources : Enable all error sources in MCA control registers
VMkernel.Boot.mcaEnableScrubber : Enable hw scrubbing of DRAM and caches
VMkernel.Boot.mcaFindDIMMFromAddr : Find DIMM from Addr in MCA banks
VMkernel.Boot.measureNUMALatency : enable/disable NUMA latency testing
VMkernel.Boot.memCheckEveryWord : Check every single word when checking mem.
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VMkernel.Boot.memLowReservedMB : Amount of low memory (< 4 GB) which gets reserved. 0 == determine at runtime
VMkernel.Boot.memmapMaxPhysicalMemMB : Highest MPN used. E.g. if set to 2048 MB and the system has 2 GB or more memory the highest MPN used
is 0x7ffff. This option might trigger PSODs on NUMA systems.
VMkernel.Boot.memmapStressHighBitMPNs : Test > 64GB physical RAM support by ignoring 4GB - 64GB range
VMkernel.Boot.netDVSSyncEnabled : Enable/Disable DVSSync support.
VMkernel.Boot.netESX2LegacyMode : ESX2 Legacy networking config compatability.
VMkernel.Boot.netMaxPCPUPktCacheSize : Maximum number of pkt buffers queued in each PCPU slab cache.
VMkernel.Boot.netNetqueueEnabled : Enable/Disable NetQueue support.
VMkernel.Boot.netNumGPBuffers : Number of general purpose buffers to allocate up front.
VMkernel.Boot.netNumPortsets : Maximum number of portsets.
VMkernel.Boot.netPanicBadDevOpen : panic if device has a bad open handler.
VMkernel.Boot.netPktBufUseSlab : Whether to allocate PktBufDescriptor from the pkt slab allocator.
VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapHighMemMaxSize : Maximum size in MB of the high-memory pkt buffer heap (advisory only).
VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapHighMemMinSize : Minimum size in MB of the high-memory pkt buffer heap (advisory only).
VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapMaxSize : Maximum size in MB of the pkt buffer heap (advisory only).
VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapMinSize : Minimum size in MB of the pkt buffer heap (advisory only).
VMkernel.Boot.netPktHeapUseHighMem : Whether to allocate high memory packet heap.
VMkernel.Boot.netPktNumSlabSizes : Number of different slab sizes for the allocator.
VMkernel.Boot.nmiAction : 0=Undefined behavior on hardware NMI, 1=Enter debugger on hardware NMI 2=Panic on hardware NMI, 3=Pass NMI to Service
Console.
VMkernel.Boot.noIOMMU : Disable IOMMU support forcibly
VMkernel.Boot.oem : Enable OEM extensions.
VMkernel.Boot.overrideDuplicateImageDetection : Override duplicate ESXi image detection
VMkernel.Boot.pageSharing : Enable page sharing.
VMkernel.Boot.powerManagement : Enable CPU power management at boot
VMkernel.Boot.realNMI : Use real NMI for LINT1.
VMkernel.Boot.serialUntrusted : Disable serial port if UART misbehaves.
VMkernel.Boot.sharePerNode : Share each page once per NUMA node.
VMkernel.Boot.storageHeapMaxSize : Maximum size in bytes of the main storage heap
VMkernel.Boot.storageHeapMinSize : Minimum size in bytes of the main storage heap
VMkernel.Boot.storageMaxDevices : Maximum number of supported SCSI devices
VMkernel.Boot.storageMaxPaths : Maximum number of supported SCSI paths
VMkernel.Boot.storageMaxVMsPerDevice : Maximum number of VMs expected to use a given device
VMkernel.Boot.timerEnableACPI : Enable ACPI PM timer as system reference timer.
VMkernel.Boot.timerEnableHPET : Enable HPET as system reference timer.
VMkernel.Boot.timerEnableMPMC : Enable Cyclone MPMC timer as system reference timer.
VMkernel.Boot.timerEnableTSC : Enable TSC as system reference timer.
VMkernel.Boot.timerForceTSC : Always use TSC as system reference timer.
VMkernel.Boot.tty1Port : TTY1 port; com1, com2 ... to enable
VMkernel.Boot.tty2Port : TTY2 port; com1, com2 ... to enable
VMkernel.Boot.updateBusIRQ : Allow adding/removing busIRQ information
VMkernel.Boot.usbBoot : Require USB boot if bootFS.
VMkernel.Boot.useMemNodes : enable/disable memory nodes
VMkernel.Boot.useNHCC : Use non-halted core cycles instead of TSC for accounting in CPU scheduler
VMkernel.Boot.useNUMAInfo : enable/disable NUMA-ness
VMkernel.Boot.uwSwap : Enable Userworld Swap.
VMkernel.Boot.vmkKeyboard : Enable vmkernel keyboard driver.
VMkernel.Boot.vmkLoadEntry : Static kernel entry point (offset)
VMkernel.Boot.vmkLoadSeed : Random seed for kernel entry point
VMkernel.Boot.vmkTerminals : Enable switching to vmkernel terminals.
VMkernel.Boot.vmkacEnable : 0=Disabled, 1=Enforcing, 2=Do not enforce, just warn
VProbes.DaemonStrongBind : Use the SO_BINDTODEVICE flag within VProbes daemon in the COS environment
VProbes.DaemonEnable : Enable the VProbes daemon to bind to the relevant interface and listen for clients.
VProbes.DaemonInterface : Bind interface for VProbes daemon
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--quiet -q
Perform any of the other options but suppress output to stdout.
--set -s
Set the value of a specific configuration item given its identifying path and the value to set.
This may fail silently, if the value given is constrained by other options or VMkernel settings.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-advcfg.pl --config 201 --set wilkommen
/Annotations/WelcomeMessage
Value of Annotations.WelcomeMessage is wilkommen
--set-kernel -k <value> <kernelOption>
Set a VMkernel boot parameter.
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--set-message -m
Set DCUI welcome message (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-advcfg.pl --config 201 --set-message
DCUImessage
Value of Annotations.WelcomeMessage is DCUImessage
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vicfg-module
--get-options -g
Get the option string configured to be passed to the module when it is loaded.
--list -l
List the set of modules on the host (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-module.pl --config 201 --list
Name
ID
vmkernel
0
procfs
Loaded
Yes
1
Yes
vmkapiv1_0_0_0_vmkernel_shim2
vmklinux
3
random
4
usb
Yes
5
Yes
ehci-hcd
6
Yes
usb-uhci
7
Yes
hid
8
Yes
dm
9
Yes
nmp
10
Yes
vmw_satp_local
11
vmw_satp_default_aa
vmw_psp_lib
Yes
12
13
vmw_psp_fixed
Yes
15
vmw_psp_mru
Yes
Yes
14
vmw_psp_rr
Yes
16
vmw_psp_fixed_ap
Yes
17
Yes
vmw_satp_alua
18
Yes
vmw_satp_cx
19
Yes
libata
20
usb-storage
vfat
Yes
21
22
Yes
Yes
mask_path_plugin
vaai_filter
23
24
vmw_vaaip_emc
Yes
Yes
25
Yes
vmkapiv1_0_0_0_nmp_shim 26
vtddmar
vmci
iscsi_trans
hub
netsched
Yes
Yes
27
28
29
30
31
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
e1000
32
Yes
iscsi_linux
33
Yes
ata_piix
34
Yes
mptspi
35
Yes
lvmdriver
36
Yes
deltadisk
37
Yes
multiextent
38
Yes
dvsdev
39
Yes
Yes
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etherswitch
shaper
40
41
Yes
Yes
cdp
42
tcpip3
43
Yes
Yes
dvfilter
44
Yes
vmkapiv1_0_0_0_dvfilter_shim45
vmkibft
46
iscsi_vmk
Yes
47
Yes
vmfs3
48
Yes
nfsclient
49
Yes
vmkstatelogger
migrate
cbt
50
51
52
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
--query -q
Query enabled modules options (valid for vSphere 4.0 and later).
--set-options -s
Set the option string to be passed to the module when it is loaded.
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vicfg-user
--addgroup -g
"The list of groups (comma seperated) to add the target user to."
--adduser -u
"The list of the users (comma seperated) to be added to the target group."
--entity (required) -e
"Entity to perform the operation in (user | group)."
--group -d
"Group name of the group."
--groupid -D
"Group id of the group."
--login -l
"Login id of the user."
--newpassword -p
"The password for the target user."
--newuserid -i
"The UUID (optional) for the target user."
--newusername -n
"The user name (optional) for the target user."
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--operation (required) -o
"Operation to perform (add | modify | delete | list)."
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity group –
operation add --group TestGroup --role read-only
Created group TestGroup successfully.
Assigned the role read-only
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity user –
operation add --addgroup TestGroup --login testuser --newpassword testpassword
Created user testuser successfully.
Assigned to the group TestGroup
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity user –
operation modify --newusername "Test User" --login testuser --newpassword modifiedpassword -removegroup TestGroup
Updated user testuser successfully.
Unassigned from the group TestGroup
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity user –
operation delete --login testuser
Removed the user testuser successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity group –
operation delete --group testGroup
Error: Specified groupName does not exist.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity group –
operation delete --group TestGroup
Deleted TestGroup successfully.
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity group -operation list
Group Information:
Principal -: root
Full Name -:
GID
-: 0
Users in group root:
Principal -: root
Full Name -: Administrator
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: tty
Full Name -:
GID
-: 5
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: nobody
Full Name -:
GID
-: 99
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: nfsnobody
Full Name -:
GID
-: 65534
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: users
Full Name -:
GID
-: 100
Users in group users:
Principal -: vpxuser
Full Name -: VMware VirtualCenter administration account
Principal -: vi-admin00
Full Name -: ESXID=52b121fa-2fa8-e112-c204-181ca7fcc3c2;VIMAID=564D8F39-287F-321B-B987-DCE1F4632B85;
Principal -: vi-user00
Full Name -: ESXID=52b121fa-2fa8-e112-c204-181ca7fcc3c2;VIMAID=564D8F39-287F-321B-B987-DCE1F4632B85;
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: vimuser
Full Name -:
GID
-: 20
-----------------Group Information:
Principal -: daemon
Full Name -:
GID
-: 2
------------------
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity user –
operation list
USERS
----------------Principal -: root
Full Name -: Administrator
UID -: 0
Shell Access -:1
----------------Principal -: nobody
Full Name -: Nobody
UID -: 99
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: nfsnobody
Full Name -: Anonymous NFS User
UID -: 65534
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: dcui
Full Name -: DCUI User
UID -: 100
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: daemon
Full Name -: daemon
UID -: 2
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: vimuser
Full Name -: vimuser
UID -: 12
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: vpxuser
Full Name -: VMware VirtualCenter administration account
UID -: 500
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: vi-admin00
Full Name -: ESXID=52b121fa-2fa8-e112-c204-181ca7fcc3c2;VIMAID=564D8F39-287F-321B-B987-DCE1F4632B85;
UID -: 501
Shell Access -:0
----------------Principal -: vi-user00
Full Name -: ESXID=52b121fa-2fa8-e112-c204-181ca7fcc3c2;VIMAID=564D8F39-287F-321B-B987-DCE1F4632B85;
UID -: 502
Shell Access -:0
-----------------
--promptpassword -P
"Required to guide script to prompt for password change."
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--removegroup -G
"The list of groups (comma seperated) to remove the target user from."
--removeuser -U
"The list of the users (comma seperated) to be removed from the target group."
--role -r
"The role for the target user / group (admin | read-only | no-access)."
--shell -s
"Grant shell access to the target user or not (yes | no)."
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-user.pl --config 201 --entity user –
operation modify --login testuser --shell yes
Error: Shell access is not allowed in ESXi.
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vicfg-volume
--list -l
List all volumes which have been detected as snapshots/replicas.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --refresh
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4c64bd4c-e9d5d11c-1bb0-000c29829b75/ds-1
Can mount: No (the original volume is still online)
Can resignature: Yes
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400D4C6569603E4D24603A753D286074556:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
Both original and snaphot are exposed as targets, but none of them is mounted:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4c64bd4c-e9d5d11c-1bb0-000c29829b75/ds-1
Can mount: No (duplicate extents found)
Can resignature: No (duplicate extents found)
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400B68497C48633D296475365D295F4C413:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400D4C6569603E4D24603A753D286074556:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
--persistent-mount -M
Mount a snapshot/replica volume persistently, if its original copy is not online.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4c64bd4c-e9d5d11c-1bb0-000c29829b75/ds-1
Can mount: Yes
Can resignature: Yes
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400D4C6569603E4D24603A753D286074556:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --persistent-mount
ds-1
Persistently mounting volume ds-1
--refresh -R
Refresh the storage system.
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--resignature -r
Resignature a snapshot/replica volume.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4c64bd4c-e9d5d11c-1bb0-000c29829b75/ds-1
Can mount: No (the original volume is still online)
Can resignature: Yes
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400D4C6569603E4D24603A753D286074556:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --resignature ds-1
Resignaturing volume ds-1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --listds
Content Listing
--------------FUNB
ISO
NFS
datastore1
ds-1
snap-18b22e14-ds-1
--umount -u
Umount a snapshot/replica volume.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --umount ds-1
Umounting volume /vmfs/volumes/ds-1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-volume.pl --config 201 --list
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4c64bd4c-e9d5d11c-1bb0-000c29829b75/ds-1
Can mount: Yes
Can resignature: Yes
Extent name: t10.F405E46494C45400D4C6569603E4D24603A753D286074556:1
range: 0 - 1791 (MB)
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vifs
--copy -c
Copy a file or a directory to another location.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --copy "[DSOF] thin2.vmdk"
"[DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk"
Copied file from [DSOF] thin2.vmdk to [DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir "[DSOF] test1_dir"
Content Listing
--------------thin.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --copy "[DSOF] test1_dir"
"[DSOF] test1_dir2"
Copied file from [DSOF] test1_dir to [DSOF] test1_dir2 successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
rdm-rdm.vmdk
rdm.vmdk
rdmpassthru-rdmp.vmdk
rdmpassthru.vmdk
test1_dir/
test1_dir2/
thin2-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir "[DSOF] test1_dir2"
Content Listing
--------------thin.vmdk
--dc -Z
The datacenter context. Not required in single-host operations
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--dir -D
List the contents of a datastore or host directory
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir "[DSOF] test1_dir"
Content Listing
--------------thin.vmdk
--force -f
Allows overwriting of destination file for a copy or move.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --copy "[DSOF] thin2.vmdk"
"[DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk"
Unable to copy [DSOF] thin2.vmdk to [DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk:
Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder /vmfs/volumes/4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75/test1_dir/thin.vmdk already exists
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --copy "[DSOF] thin2.vmdk"
"[DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk" --force
Copied file from [DSOF] thin2.vmdk to [DSOF] test1_dir/thin.vmdk successfully.
--get -g
Downloads a file on the host to a local path
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --get "[DSOF] thin2.vmdk"
"C:\thin.vmdk"
Downloaded file to C:\thin.vmdk successfully.
--listdc -C
List the paths to all datacenters available in the server
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --listdc
ha-datacenter
(datacenter on standalone host…)
--listds -S
List datastores available
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --listds
Content Listing
--------------FUNB
ISO
NFS
datastore1
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DSOF is visible in vSphere Client and PowerCLI, its content can be listed, but does not show up above…
not working with datasores on multiple extents…?
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
rdm-rdm.vmdk
rdm.vmdk
[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-Datastore
Name
----
FreeSpaceMB
-----------
DSOF
CapacityMB
----------
1022
1280
NFS
64109
238471
ISO
64109
238471
FUNB
3539
3840
datastore1
3784
4096
--mkdir -M
Creates a directory.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --mkdir "[DSOF] test1_dir"
Created directory '[DSOF] test1_dir' successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
rdm-rdm.vmdk
rdm.vmdk
rdmpassthru-rdmp.vmdk
rdmpassthru.vmdk
test1_dir/
thin2-flat.vmdk
thin2.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
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--move -m
Move a file or a directory to another location.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --move "[DSOF] thin2.vmdk"
"[DSOF] test1_dir/thinmoved.vmdk"
Moved file from [DSOF] thin2.vmdk to [DSOF] test1_dir/thinmoved.vmdk successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir "[DSOF] test1_dir"
Content Listing
--------------thin.vmdk
thinmoved.vmdk
--put -p
Uploads a local file to the directory on the host
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --put "C:\thin.vmdk" "[DSOF]
thin2.vmdk"
Uploaded file C:\thin.vmdk to thin2.vmdk successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --put "C:\thin.vmdk" "[DSOF]
thin2.vmdk"
Uploaded file C:\thin.vmdk to thin2.vmdk successfully.
(no overwrite warning…)
--rm -r
Deletes a file or a directory.
(no warning – see below)
--rmdir -R
Deletes a directory. Fails if directory is not empty
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --rmdir "[DSOF] test1_dir2"
Remove directory '[DSOF] test1_dir2'? (y/n) : y
Error: Cannot delete '[DSOF] test1_dir2' since it is not empty.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --rmdir "[DSOF] test1_dir2" -force
Error: Cannot delete '[DSOF] test1_dir2' since it is not empty.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --rm "[DSOF] test1_dir2"
Remove 'test1_dir2'? (y/n) : y
Deleted file '[DSOF] test1_dir2' successfully.
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vmkfstools
--adapterType -a
The adapter type of a disk to be created. Accepts buslogic, lsilogic or ide.
--blocksize -b
The block size of the VMFS file system to create. When omitted, the creation defaults to using
1MB for the blocksize.
--clonevirtualdisk -i
Create a copy of a virtual disk or raw disk. The copy will be in the specified disk format. Takes
source disk as argument.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --clonevirtualdisk
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/zeroedthick.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/thin2.vmdk --diskformat thin
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
thin2-flat.vmdk
thin2.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
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--createfs -C
Creates a VMFS file system, requires -S, and optionally –b
A partition must exist… and be created at console…
login as: root
root@192.168.9.201's password:
You have activated Tech Support Mode.
The time and date of this activation have been sent to the system logs.
VMware offers supported, powerful system administration tools. Please
see www.vmware.com/go/sysadmintools for details.
Tech Support Mode may be disabled by an administrative user.
Please consult the ESXi Configuration Guide for additional
important information.
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6: 4194 MB, 4194304000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 509 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
/dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6p1
1
Blocks Id System
509 4088478+ fb VMFS
Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0: 9663 MB, 9663676416 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 9216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p1
End
Blocks Id System
5
900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p2
901
4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p3
4996
9216 4322304 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p4 *
1
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p5
5
4
4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p6
255
504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p7
505
614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p8
615
900 292848 6 FAT16
254 255984 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
~ # fdisk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that the previous content
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won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x00,0x00 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): m
Command Action
a
toggle a bootable flag
b
edit bsd disklabel
c
toggle the dos compatibility flag
d
delete a partition
l
list known partition types
n
add a new partition
o
create a new empty DOS partition table
p
print the partition table
q
quit without saving changes
s
create a new empty Sun disklabel
t
change a partition's system id
u
change display/entry units
v
verify the partition table
w
write table to disk and exit
x
extra functionality (experts only)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-960, default 1): Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-960, default 960): Using default value 960
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633p1
Command (m for help): w
1
960 983024 83 Linux
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The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633p1
1
960 983024 83 Linux
Disk /dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6: 4194 MB, 4194304000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 509 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
/dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6p1
1
Blocks Id System
509 4088478+ fb VMFS
Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0: 9663 MB, 9663676416 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 9216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p1
End
Blocks Id System
5
900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p2
901
4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p3
4996
9216 4322304 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p4 *
1
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p5
5
4
4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p6
255
504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p7
505
614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p8
615
900 292848 6 FAT16
254 255984 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createfs vmfs3 -blocksize 1M --setfsname DSOF t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
Creating vmfs3 file system on t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1 with blockSize 1048576 and volume label DSOF
Unable to create vmfs: An error occurred during host configuration.
~ # vmkfstools --createfs vmfs3 --setfsname OF --blocksize 1m
t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633
Device path name "t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633" is not a valid absolute or relative path
Failed to resolve device name path t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633
Usage: vmkfstools -C vmfs3 /vmfs/devices/disks/vml... or,
vmkfstools -C vmfs3 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa... or,
vmkfstools -C vmfs3 /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaA:T:L:P
Error: No such file or directory
~ # vmkfstools --createfs vmfs3 --setfsname OF --blocksize 1m
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633
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Checking if remote hosts are using this device as a valid file system. This may take a few seconds...
Creating vmfs3 file system on "t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633" with blockSize 1048576 and volume label "OF".
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: Permission denied. (Have you set the partition type to 0xfb?)
Error: Permission denied
~ # fdisk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633
Command (m for help): m
Command Action
a
toggle a bootable flag
b
edit bsd disklabel
c
toggle the dos compatibility flag
d
delete a partition
l
list known partition types
n
add a new partition
o
create a new empty DOS partition table
p
print the partition table
q
quit without saving changes
s
create a new empty Sun disklabel
t
change a partition's system id
u
change display/entry units
v
verify the partition table
w
write table to disk and exit
x
extra functionality (experts only)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633p1
1
960 983024 83 Linux
Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): fb
Changed system type of partition 1 to fb (VMFS)
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createfs vmfs3 -blocksize 1M --setfsname DSOF t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
Creating vmfs3 file system on t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1 with blockSize 1048576 and volume label DSOF
Successfully created new volume:4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
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--createrdm -r
Creates raw disk mapping, takes the disk device path. Map a raw disk to a file on a VMFS file
system. Once the mapping is established, it can be used to access the raw disk like a normal VMFS
virtual disk. The 'file length' of the mapping is the same as the size of the raw disk that it points to.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createrdm
/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.F405E46494C4540076B476F484A7D2E6760786D2A797A447/vmfs/volumes
/DSOF/rdm.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
rdm-rdm.vmdk
rdm.vmdk
thin2-flat.vmdk
thin2.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
--createrdmpassthru -z
Creates passthrough raw disk mapping, takes the disk device path. Once the mapping is
established, it can be used to access the raw disk like a normal VMFS virtual disk. The 'file length' of
the mapping is the same as the size of the raw disk that it points to.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createrdmpassthru
/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.F405E46494C4540076B476F484A7D2E6760786D2A797A447
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/rdmpassthru.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
rdm-rdm.vmdk
rdm.vmdk
rdmpassthru-rdmp.vmdk
rdmpassthru.vmdk
thin2-flat.vmdk
thin2.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
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--createvirtualdisk -c
Creates a virtual disk takes size argument (of the form #gGmMkK). It can be used with -a|-adapterType, -d|--diskformat. If -a is not specified, 'busLogic' will be used. If -d is not specified,
'zeroedthick' will be used.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createvirtualdisk
100M --diskformat thin /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/thin.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createvirtualdisk
100M --diskformat zeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/zeroedthick.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --createvirtualdisk
100M --diskformat eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
thin-flat.vmdk
thin.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
--deletevirtualdisk -U
Delete files associated with the specified virtual disk.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --deletevirtualdisk
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/inflated.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
--diskformat -d
Specify the target disk format. Applies to -c, -i, -X.
Accepts zeroedthick|eagerzeroedthick|thin for -c.
Accepts zeroedthick|eagerzeroedthick|thin|rdm:dev|rdmp:dev|2gbsparse for -i.
Accepts eagerzeroedthick for -X.
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--extendvirtualdisk -X
Takes size argument (of the form #gGmMkK). Extend the specified VMFS virtual disk to the
specified length. This command is useful for extending the size of a virtual disk allocated to a virtual
machine after the virtual machine has been created. However, this command requires that the guest
operating system has some capability for recognizing the new size of the virtual disk and taking
advantage of this new size (e.g. by updating the file system on the virtual disk to take advantage of
the extra space). Since ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0, --diskformat can be used to specify grow the disk in
eagerzeroedthick format. If the diskformat is not specified, the extended disk region of a zeroedthick
disk will be zeroedthick; the extended disk region of a eagerzeroedthick disk will be eagerzeroedthick;
a thin-provisioned disk will be extended as a thin-provisioned disk.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --extendvirtualdisk
200M /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/inflated.vmdk
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--geometry -g
Get the geometry information (cylinders, heads, sectors) of a virtual disk.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --geometry
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/rdm.vmdk
Geometry information C/H/S is 256/64/32
--inflatedisk -j
Convert a `thin` virtual disk to `eagerzeroedthick` with the additional guarantee that any data
on `thin` disk is preserved and any blocks that were not allocated get allocated and zeroed out.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --inflatedisk
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/thin.vmdk
Process start
0% |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 100%
################################################################################################
####
End process
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--queryfs -P
Prints information about a vmfs file system. Displays VMFS version number, the partitions
constituting the vmfs file system, the capacity and availabe space.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --queryfs
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF
VMFS-3.46 file system spanning 1 partitions.
Capacity : 805306368, 744488960 avail
File system label : DSOF
UUID : 4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
path : /vmfs/volumes/4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
Partitions spanned:
t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
--queryrdm -q
List the attributes of a raw disk mapping. When used with a 'rdm:' or 'raw:' specification, it
prints out the vmhba name of the raw disk corresponding to the mapping referenced by the _device_.
It also prints out identification information for the raw disk (if any). This option is currently not yet
supported.
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--renamevirtualdisk -E
Rename files associated with a specified virtual disk to the specified name. Takes source disk as
argument.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --renamevirtualdisk
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF/thin.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/DSOF/inflated.vmdk
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [DSOF]
Content Listing
--------------eagerzeroedthick-flat.vmdk
eagerzeroedthick.vmdk
inflated-flat.vmdk
inflated.vmdk
zeroedthick-flat.vmdk
zeroedthick.vmdk
--setfsname -S
The name of the VMFS file system to create.
--spanfs -Z
Extends this partition onto the head partition.
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C454008357D4274743D26545D414D296530324: 771 MB, 771751936 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 736 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C454008357D4274743D26545D414D296530324p1
1
736 753648 fb VMFS
Disk /dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633: 1006 MB, 1006632960 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633p1
Disk /dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6: 4194 MB, 4194304000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 509 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot
Start
/dev/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6p1
End
1
Blocks Id System
509 4088478+ fb VMFS
Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0: 9663 MB, 9663676416 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 9216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot
Start
End
Blocks Id System
1
960 983024 fb VMFS
84
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p1
5
900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p2
901
4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p3
4996
9216 4322304 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p4 *
1
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p5
5
4
4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p6
255
504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p7
505
614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0p8
615
900 292848 6 FAT16
254 255984 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --queryfs
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF
VMFS-3.46 file system spanning 1 partitions.
Capacity : 805306368, 534773760 avail
File system label : DSOF
UUID : 4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
path : /vmfs/volumes/4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
Partitions spanned:
t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --spanfs
/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.F405E46494C454008357D4274743D26545D414D296530324:1
/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmkfstools.pl --config 201 --queryfs
/vmfs/volumes/DSOF
VMFS-3.46 file system spanning 2 partitions.
Capacity : 1342177280, 1071644672 avail
File system label : DSOF
UUID : 4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
path : /vmfs/volumes/4c649579-7e4532dc-8014-000c29829b75
Partitions spanned:
t10.F405E46494C45400237333F67754D273154746D28793C633:1
t10.F405E46494C454008357D4274743D26545D414D296530324:1
--writezeros -w
Initialize the virtual disk with zeros. Any existing data on virtual disk is lost.
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vicfg-iscsi
--adapter -H
List iSCSI adapter(s).
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --adapter --list
vmhba33
iSCSI Software Adapter
--add -a
Add operation. Used with --discovery or --static option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --list
vmhba33
=========Discovery Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
iSnsDiscoverySettable
iSnsDiscoveryEnabled
:0
:0
staticDiscoverySettable
:0
staticDiscoveryEnabled
:1
sendTargetsDiscoverySettable : 0
sendTargetsDiscoveryEnabled : 1
slpDiscoverySettable
:0
slpDiscoveryEnable
:0
No discovery addresses found.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --list vmhba33
No static target found.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --add --ip
192.168.9.21 vmhba33
Adding discovery address 192.168.9.21:3260 ...
A rescan of the host is recommended for this configuration change.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --list
vmhba33
=========Discovery Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
iSnsDiscoverySettable
:0
iSnsDiscoveryEnabled
:0
staticDiscoverySettable
:0
staticDiscoveryEnabled
:1
sendTargetsDiscoverySettable : 0
sendTargetsDiscoveryEnabled : 1
slpDiscoverySettable
:0
slpDiscoveryEnable
:0
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
: 192.168.9.21:3260
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NAME
: fujinb
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --list vmhba33
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
--alias -k
iSCSI initiator alias name. Used with --iscsiname option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --iscsiname --list
vmhba33
iSCSI Node Name : iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
iSCSI Node Alias :
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --iscsiname iqn.199801.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 --alias qwerty
Adapter iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96 is not an iSCSI adapter.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --iscsiname vmhba33 -alias qwerty
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --iscsiname --list
vmhba33
iSCSI Node Name : iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
iSCSI Node Alias : qwerty
--auth_password -w
Authentication password. Used with --authentication option.
--auth_username -u
Authentication username. Used with --authentication option.
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--authentication -A
Authentication properties and configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --authentication --list
vmhba33
---------------Inititator Authentication -----------Supported Authentication Methods for Adapter vmhba33:
IMA_AUTHMETHOD_NONE
IMA_AUTHMETHOD_CHAP
---------------Mutual Authentication -----------Supported Authentication Methods for Adapter vmhba33:
IMA_AUTHMETHOD_NONE
IMA_AUTHMETHOD_CHAP
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --target --list vmhba33
----------------------------------------NAME
ALIAS
: fujinb
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.21:3260
----------------------------------------C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --authentication –level
chapRequired --method CHAP --auth_username user --auth_password password --ip 192.168.9.232
vmhba33
No specified target found.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --add --ip
192.168.9.232 vmhba33
Adding discovery address 192.168.9.232:3260 ...
A rescan of the host is recommended for this configuration change.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --target --list vmhba33
----------------------------------------NAME
ALIAS
: fujinb
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.21:3260
-----------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------NAME
ALIAS
: iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:tsn.1e4d0f10c32a
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.232:3260
-----------------------------------------
CHAP is required on the target, and not set yet on the host. But, the command above shows the
target… vSphere Client does not.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --authentication –level
chapRequired --method CHAP --auth_username user --auth_password password --ip 192.168.9.232
vmhba33
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-rescan.pl --config 201 vmhba33
Scan operation succeeded.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --target --list vmhba33
----------------------------------------NAME
ALIAS
: fujinb
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.21:3260
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME
ALIAS
: iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:tsn.1e4d0f10c32a
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.232:3260
-----------------------------------------
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Now, the target is visible in vSphere Client.
--detail -f
Details of iSCSI parameters. Used with --parameter option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --parameter --list -detail vmhba33
iSCSI Parameters Setting:
- ErrorRecoveryLevel
Current
:0
DefaultValue
:0
Max
:2
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Error Recovery Level
-------------------------------------------------- LoginRetryMax
Current
:4
DefaultValue
:4
Max
: 64
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Maximum Retries On Initial Login
-------------------------------------------------- MaxOutstandingR2T
Current
:1
DefaultValue
:4
Max
:8
Min
:1
Settable
Summary
: YES
: iSCSI option : Maximum Outstanding R2T
--------------------------------------------------
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- FirstBurstLength
Current
: 262144
DefaultValue
: 262144
Max
: 16777215
Min
: 512
Settable
: YES
Summary
: iSCSI option : First Burst Length
-------------------------------------------------- MaxBurstLength
Current
: 262144
DefaultValue
: 262144
Max
: 16777215
Min
: 512
Settable
: YES
Summary
: iSCSI option : Max Burst Length
-------------------------------------------------- MaxRecvDataSegLen
Current
: 131072
DefaultValue
: 131072
Max
: 16777215
Min
: 512
Settable
: YES
Summary
: iSCSI option : Maximum Receive Data Segment Length
-------------------------------------------------- MaxCommands
Current
: 128
DefaultValue
: 128
Max
: 2048
Min
:2
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Maximum Commands
-------------------------------------------------- DefaultTimeToWait
Current
:2
DefaultValue
:2
Max
: 60
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Default Time To Wait
-------------------------------------------------- DefaultTimeToRetain
Current
:0
DefaultValue
:0
Max
: 60
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Default Time To Retain
-------------------------------------------------- LoginTimeout
Current
: 15
DefaultValue
:5
Max
: 60
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
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Summary
: iSCSI option : Login Timeout
-------------------------------------------------- LogoutTimeout
Current
: 15
DefaultValue
: 15
Max
: 60
Min
:0
Settable
: NO
Summary
: iSCSI option : Logout Timeout
-------------------------------------------------- RecoveryTimeout
Current
: 10
DefaultValue
: 10
Max
: 120
Min
:1
Settable
: YES
Summary
: iSCSI option : Session Recovery Timeout
-------------------------------------------------- NoopTimeout
Current
: 10
DefaultValue
: 10
Max
: 30
Min
: 10
Settable
: YES
Summary
: iSCSI option : No-Op Timeout
-------------------------------------------------- NoopInterval
Current
: 15
DefaultValue
: 15
Max
: 60
Min
:1
Settable
Summary
: YES
: iSCSI option : No-Op Interval
-------------------------------------------------- InitR2T
Current
: OFF
DefaultValue
: OFF
Supported
: TRUE
Settable
Summary
: NO
: iSCSI option : Init R2T
-------------------------------------------------- ImmediateData
Current
: ON
DefaultValue
: ON
Supported
: TRUE
Settable
Summary
: NO
: iSCSI option : Immediate Data
-------------------------------------------------- DelayedAck
Current
:1
DefaultValue
:1
Supported
: TRUE
Settable
Summary
: YES
: iSCSI option : Delayed Ack
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-------------------------------------------------- dataDigestSettable
:1
- headerDigestSettable
:1
- targetDataDigestSettable
:1
- targetHeaderDigestSettable
- dataDigestType
:1
: digestProhibited
- headerDigestType
: digestProhibited
--disable -q
Disable operation. Used with --swiscsi option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --swiscsi --disable
Disabling software iSCSI for next boot...
--discovery -D
Discovery addresses properties and configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --list
vmhba33
=========Discovery Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
iSnsDiscoverySettable
iSnsDiscoveryEnabled
:0
:0
staticDiscoverySettable
:0
staticDiscoveryEnabled
:1
sendTargetsDiscoverySettable : 0
sendTargetsDiscoveryEnabled : 1
slpDiscoverySettable
:0
slpDiscoveryEnable
:0
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
: 192.168.9.11:3260
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
: 192.168.9.21:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.11:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
--enable -e
Enable operation. Used with --swiscsi option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --swiscsi --enable
Enabling software iSCSI...
--gateway -g
Default gateway. Used with --network option.
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--ip -i
Specify IP address or DNS recognized domain name. Used with --discovery, --static, -authentication, --network, or --parameter option.
--iscsiname -I
List or configure iSCSI initiator name or alias.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --iscsiname --list
vmhba33
iSCSI Node Name : iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
iSCSI Node Alias :
--level -c
Authentication level. Used with --authentication option.
chapProhibited
no CHAP
chapDiscouraged
no CHAP, but CHAP ok
chapPreferred
CHAP, but no CHAP ok
chapRequired
CHAP
--list -l
List operation. Used with --discovery, --static, --target, --lun, --authentication, --phba, -network, --pnp, --iscsiname, --parameter, --swiscsi or --adapter options.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --swiscsi --list
Software iSCSI is enabled.
--lun -L
List active LUNs information.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --lun --adapter
vmhba33 --list
Target: fujinb:
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
:1
TARGET ID
LUN ID
:1
:0
LUN SIZE
: 4000 MB
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
TARGET ID
:0
:1
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LUN ID
:0
LUN SIZE
: 4000 MB
-------------------------------------------
--method -m
Authentication method, allows 'CHAP'. Used with --authentication option.
--mtu -M
MTU size. Used with --pnp option.
--mutual -b
If set, indicates mutual CHAP. Used with --authentication option.
(Actually, it is just used to define credentials by which target will authenticate itself to the host, the
rest is the same as when setting host credentials expected by the target)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --authentication –level
chapRequired --method CHAP --mutual --auth_username out --auth_password password2 –ip
192.168.9.232 vmhba33
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--name -n
Initiator or target iSCSI name. Used with --static, --authentication, --iscsiname, or --parameter
option.
--network -N
Network properties and configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --network vmhba33
Error: Unsupported feature for this adapter
--parameter -W
For iSCSI parameters operations.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --parameter --list
vmhba33
iSCSI Parameters Setting:
- ErrorRecoveryLevel
- LoginRetryMax
- MaxOutstandingR2T
- FirstBurstLength
:0
:4
:1
: 262144
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- MaxBurstLength
: 262144
- MaxRecvDataSegLen
: 131072
- MaxCommands
: 128
- DefaultTimeToWait
:2
- DefaultTimeToRetain
:0
- LoginTimeout
: 15
- LogoutTimeout
: 15
- RecoveryTimeout
: 10
- NoopTimeout
: 10
- NoopInterval
: 15
- InitR2T
: OFF
- ImmediateData
: ON
- DelayedAck
:1
- dataDigestType
: digestProhibited
- headerDigestType
: digestProhibited
--phba -P
List Phba and node information.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --phba --list vmhba33
=========PHBA Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
VENDOR
MODEL
: VMware
: iSCSI Software Adapter
DESCRIPTION
: VMware Software Initiator
SERIAL NUMBER
:
=========Node Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
NODE NAME VALID
:1
NODE NAME
: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
NODE ALIAS VALID
NODE ALIAS
:1
:
NODE NAME AND ALIAS SETTABLE:
--pnp -p
List Physical Network Portal properties.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --pnp vmhba33
Error: Unsupported feature for this adapter.
--remove -r
Remove operation. Used with --discovery or --static option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --list
vmhba33
=========Discovery Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
iSnsDiscoverySettable
iSnsDiscoveryEnabled
staticDiscoverySettable
:0
:0
:0
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staticDiscoveryEnabled
:1
sendTargetsDiscoverySettable : 0
sendTargetsDiscoveryEnabled : 1
slpDiscoverySettable
:0
slpDiscoveryEnable
:0
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
: 192.168.9.11:3260
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
: 192.168.9.21:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.11:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --remove –
ip 192.168.9.11 vmhba33
Removing discovery address 192.168.9.11:3260 ...
A rescan of the host is recommended for this configuration change.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --discovery --list
vmhba33
=========Discovery Properties for Adapter vmhba33=========
iSnsDiscoverySettable
iSnsDiscoveryEnabled
:0
:0
staticDiscoverySettable
:0
staticDiscoveryEnabled
:1
sendTargetsDiscoverySettable : 0
sendTargetsDiscoveryEnabled : 1
slpDiscoverySettable
:0
slpDiscoveryEnable
:0
DISCOVERY ADDRESS
: 192.168.9.21:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --list vmhba33
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --remove --ip
192.168.9.21 vmhba33
Discovery target iscsi name is required.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --remove –
name fujinb vmhba33
Discovery target address is required.
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --remove --ip
192.168.9.21 --name fujinb vmhba33
Removing static discovery target 192.168.9.21:3260, iqn = fujinb, ...
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --list vmhba33
No static target found.
--reset -o
Reset target level specified iSCSI parameter to be inherited from adapter level. Provide <name>.
The <name> can be one of the parameter names listed in the --parameter --list option. Used with -parameter option.
--reset_auth -z
Reset target level authentication properties to be inherited from adapter level. Used with -authentication option.
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --authentication -reset_auth --method CHAP --ip 192.168.9.232 vmhba33
--set -j
Set iSCSI parameter specified by <name> to the value specified by <value>. Provide
<name>=<value> pair to this option. The <name> can be one of the parameter names listed in the -parameter --list option plus 'dataDigestType', or 'headerDigestType' when used with --parameter
option. The <name> can be 'ARP' when used with --network option.
--static -S
Static discovery targets properties and configuration.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --static --list vmhba33
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
ADDRESS : 192.168.9.11:3260
STATIC DISCOVERY TARGET
NAME
: fujinb
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ADDRESS : 192.168.9.21:3260
--subnetmask -s
Subnet mask. Used with --network option.
--swiscsi -E
Software iSCSI enabling configuration or information.
--target -T
List all targets information.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --target --list vmhba33
----------------------------------------NAME
: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
ALIAS
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.11:3260
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME
: fujinb
ALIAS
:
DISCOVERY METHOD FLAGS
:0
SEND TARGETS DISCOVERY SETTABLE : 0
Portal 0
: 192.168.9.21:3260
-----------------------------------------
--target_id -t
Target ID. Used with --lun option.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --lun --list vmhba33
Target: fujinb:
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
:1
TARGET ID
LUN ID
:0
:0
LUN SIZE
: 4000 MB
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
:0
TARGET ID
LUN ID
LUN SIZE
:0
:0
: 4000 MB
-------------------------------------------
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-iscsi.pl --config 201 --lun --list --target_i d 0
vmhba33
Target: fujinb:
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
:1
TARGET ID
LUN ID
:0
:0
LUN SIZE
: 4000 MB
------------------------------------------OS DEVICE NAME : eui.51942814b35657a6
BUS NUMBER
:0
TARGET ID
LUN ID
LUN SIZE
:0
:0
: 4000 MB
-------------------------------------------
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vmware-cmd
Server Operations
vmw are-cmd –l
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 -l
/vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/VM5/VM5.vmx
/vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx
/vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/ubuntuServer8.04-2/ubuntuServer8.04-2.vmx
v m w a r e - c m d - s r e g i s t e r <config_file_path> <datacenter> <resource pool>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --listds
Content Listing
--------------ISO
NFS
datastore1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [NFS]
Content Listing
--------------VM5/
ubuntuServer8.04-1/
ubuntuServer8.04-2/
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vifs.pl --config 201 --dir [NFS]VM5
Content Listing
--------------VM5-cbe575b0.vmss
VM5.nvram
VM5.vmsd
VM5.vmx
VM5.vmxf
vmware-1.log
vmware-2.log
vmware-3.log
vmware-4.log
vmware-5.log
vmware.log
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 -s register
"[NFS]VM5\VM5.vmx"
register() =1
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v m w a r e - c m d - s u n r e g i s t e r <config_file_path>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 -s unregister
/vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/VM5/VM5.vmx
unregister() = 1
VM Operations
vmw are-cmd <cfg> getstate
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl
--config 201 "[NFS]VM5\VM5.vmx" getstate
No virtual machine found.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl
--config 201 "[NFS] VM5\VM5.vmx" getstate
No virtual machine found.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl
--config 201 "[NFS] VM5/VM5.vmx" getstate
getstate() = off
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl
--config 201 "[NFS]VM5/VM5.vmx" getstate
No virtual machine found.
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > s t a r t <powerop_mode>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" start
start() = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" getstate
getstate() = on
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > s t o p <powerop_mode>
< p o w e r o p _ m o d e>
soft
shutdown guest, then power off VM
< p o w e r o p _ m o d e>
power off VM immediately
hard
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" stop soft
Operation cannot be performed:
SOAP Fault:
----------Fault string: Cannot complete operation because VMware Tools is not running in this virtual machine.
Fault detail: ToolsUnavailableFault
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" stop hard
stop() = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" stop soft
stop() = 1
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > r e s e t <powerop_mode>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" reset soft
Operation cannot be performed:
SOAP Fault:
----------Fault string: Cannot complete operation because VMware Tools is not running in this virtual machine.
Fault detail: ToolsUnavailableFault
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" reset hard
reset() = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" stop hard
stop() = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" reset hard
The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state.
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v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > s u s p e n d <powerop_mode>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" suspend hard
suspend() = 1
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > s e t g u e s t i n f o <variable> <value>
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > g e t g u e s t i n f o <variable>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" getguestinfo "ip"
getguestinfo(ip) = 192.168.9.249
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > g e t p r o d u c t i n f o <prodinfo>
<prodinfo> product
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" getproductinfo product
getproductinfo(product) = embeddedEsx
< p r o d i n f o > p l a t f or m
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" getproductinfo platform
getproductinfo(platform) = vmnix-x86
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > c o n n e c t d e v i c e <device_name>
v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > d i s c o n n e c t d e v i c e <device_name>
vmw are-cmd <cfg> getconfigfile
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" getconfigfile
getconfigfile() = /vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx
vmw are-cmd <cfg> getuptime
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" getuptime
getuptime() = 1281
vmw are-cmd <cfg> answ er
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" answer
No questions pending.
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vmw are-cmd <cfg> gettoolslastactive
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" gettoolslastactive
gettoolslastactive() = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" gettoolslastactive
gettoolslastactive() = 0
0 – not installed / not running
1- responding normally
5 – intermittent heartbeat
100 – no heartbeat
vmw are-cmd <cfg> hass napshot
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
ubuntuServer8.04-1/ubuntuServer8.04-1.vmx" hassnapshot
hassnapshot () = 0
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" hassnapshot
hassnapshot () = 1
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v m w a r e - c m d < c f g > c r e a t e s n a p s h o t <name> <description> <quiesce> <memory>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" createsnapshot 2
For creating a snapshot you must specify <name> <description> <quiesce - can be 0/1> <memory - can be 0/1>.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" createsnapshot 2 "snap2" 1 1
createsnapshot (2 snap2 1 1) = 1
vmw are-cmd <cfg> revertsnapshot
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" revertsnapshot
revertsnapshot () = 1
vmware-cmd <cfg> removesnapshots
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" removesnapshots
removesnapshot () = 1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vmware-cmd.pl --config 201 "[NFS]
VM5/VM5.vmx" hassnapshot
hassnapshot () = 0
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esxcli
esxcli corestorage
VMware core storage commands.
esxcli corestorage claiming
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage direct path claiming system. These operations will
allow a user to directly control the claiming and unclaiming process. These operations are considered
temporary and any claiming operations that need to survive a reboot should use claimrules instead.
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a iming a u t ocla im
Control the automatic PSA (path/device) claiming code allowing the disabling of the automatic
claiming process or re-enabling of the claiming process if it was previously disabled. By default the
automatic PSA claiming process is on and should not be disabled by users unless specifically instructed
to do so.
- c | - - c l a i m r u l e - c l a s s =<str>
Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation.
--enabled
Set the autoclaiming enabled state for a givenPSA plugin type in the VMkernel. Default is to have
this process enabled. This should not be changed by users unless specifically instructed to do so.
(required)
es x c l i c orest ora ge cl a iming recl a i m
Attempt to unclaim all paths to a device and then run the loaded claimrules on each of the paths
unclaimed to attempt to reclaim them.
- d | - - d e v i c e =<str>
Reclaim requires the name of a device on which all paths will be unclaimed and then reclaimed.
(required)
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es x c l i c orest ora ge cl a iming u ncl a im
1) Unclaim a path or set of paths, disassociating them from a PSA plugin. NOTES: It is normal for
path claiming to fail especially when unclaiming by plugin or adapter. Only inactive paths with no I/O
will be able to be unclaimed. Typically the ESXi USB partition and devices with VMFS volumes on
them will not be unclaimable. Also NOTE unclaiming will not persist and periodic path claiming will
reclaim these paths in the near future unless claim rules are configured to mask the path. 2) Detach a
(set of) filter(s) from one or more devices.
- A | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
If the --type paramter is 'location' this value indicates the name of the host bus adapter for the paths
you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on paths
from all adapters.
- C | - - c h a n n el =<long>
If the --type parameter is 'location' this value indicates the value of the SCSI channel number for
paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on
paths with any channel number.
- c | - - c l a i m r ul e - c l a s s =<str>
Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation.
- d | - - d e v i c e =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'device' attempt to unclaim all paths to a specific device (for multipathing
plugins) or unclaim the device itself (for filter plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are any active I/O
operations on this device, at least 1 path will fail to unclaim.
- D | - - d r i v e r =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'driver' attempt to unclaim all paths provided by a specific HBA driver.
- L | - -l u n =<long>
If the --type paramter is 'location' this value indicates the value of the SCSI Logical Unit Number
(LUN) for the paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be omitted to indicate unclaiming
should be run on paths with any Logical Unit Number.
- m | - - m o d el =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'vendor' attempt to unclaim all paths to devices with specific model info
(for multipathing plugins) or unclaim the device itself (for filter plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are
any active I/O operations on this device, at least 1 path will fail to unclaim.
- p | - - p a t h =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'path' attempt to unclaim a specific path given its path UID or runtime
name.
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- P | - - p l ug i n =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'plugin' attempt to unclaim all paths on for a given multipath plugin OR all
devices attached to a filter plugin.
- T | - - t a r g e t =<long>
If the --type paramter is 'location' this value indicates the value of the SCSI target number for the
paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on
paths with any target number.
- t | - - t y p e =<str>
Indicate the type of unclaim you wish to perform. Valid values for this paramter are [location, path,
driver, device, plugin, vendor] (required)
- v | - - v e n d o r =<str>
If the --type parameter is 'vendor' attempt to unclaim all paths to devices with specific vendor info
(for multipathing plugins) or unclaim the device itself (for filter plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are
any active I/O operations on this device, at least 1 path will fail to unclaim.
esxcli corestorage claimrule
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architecture claiming rule system. These operations
operate on the rules used to determine the PSA plugin used to claim storage paths.
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e a dd
Add a claimrule to the set of claimrules on the system.
- A | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
Indicate the adapter of the paths to use in this operation.
- u | - - a u to a s si g n
The system will auto assign a rule id.
- C | - - c h a n n el =<long>
Indicate the channel of the paths to use in this operation.
- c | - - c l a i m r ul e - c l a s s =<str>
Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation.
- d | - - d e v i c e =<str>
Indicate the Device Uid to use for this operation.
- D | - - d r i v e r =<str>
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Indicate the driver of the paths to use in this operation.
-f|--force
Force claim rules to ignore validity checks and install the rule anyway.
- L | - -l u n =<long>
Indicate the LUN of the paths to use in this operation.
- M | - - m o d e l =<str>
Indicate the model of the paths to use in this operation.
- P | - - p l ug i n =<str>
Indicate which PSA plugin to use for this operation. (required)
- r | - - r u l e =<long>
Indicate the rule ID to use for this operation.
- T | - - t a r g e t =<long>
Indicate the target of the paths to use in this operation.
- R | - - t r a n s p o r t =<str>
Indicate the transport of the paths to use in this operation. Valid Values are: [block, fc, iscsi,
iscsivendor, ide, sas, sata, usb, parallel, unknown]
- t | - - t y p e =<str>
Indicate which type of matching used for claim/unclaim or claimrule. Valid values are: [vendor,
location, driver, transport, device] (required)
- V | - - v e n d o r =<str>
Indicate the vendor of the paths to user in this operation.
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000002,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 1 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000002,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000002 PortalTag=1
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
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MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
180 file location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule load
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
180 runtime location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
180 file location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claiming reclaim
--device eui.51942814b35657a6
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
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Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e convert
Convert ESX 3.x style /adv/Disk/MaskLUNs LUN masks to Claim Rule format. WARNING: This
conversion will not work for all input MaskLUNs variations! Please inspect the list of generated claim
rules carefuly, then if the suggested LUN mask claim rules are correct use the --commit parameter to
write the list to the config file.
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e d el et e
Delete a claimrule to the set of claimrules on the system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule delete
--rule 180
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
180 runtime location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
280 file location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule delete
--rule 280
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
180 runtime location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule load
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claiming reclaim
--device eui.51942814b35657a6
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-mpath.pl --config 201 --list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Adapter: vmhba33 Channel: 0 Target: 1 LUN: 0
Adapter Identifier: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Identifier: 00023d000001,fujinb,t,1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: iscsi
Adapter Transport Details: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96
Target Transport Details: IQN=fujinb Alias= Session=00023d000001 PortalTag=1
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After ESXi reboot….
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e l ist
List all the claimrules on the system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
MP
4
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e l oad
Load path claiming rules from config file into the VMkernel.
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e move
Move a claimrule from one rule id to another
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule move
--newrule 280 --rule 180
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type
---------- ---- ----- ----
Plugin Matches
------ -------
MP
0
runtime transport NMP
transport=usb
MP
1
runtime transport NMP
transport=sata
MP
2
runtime transport NMP
transport=ide
MP
3
runtime transport NMP
transport=block
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MP
4
MP
101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
runtime transport NMP
transport=unknown
MP
101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP
180 runtime location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
280 file location MASK_PATH adapter=vmhba33 channel=1 target=1 lun=0
MP
65535 runtime vendor NMP
vendor=* model=*
es x c l i c o rest ora ge cl a imru l e ru n
Execute path claiming rules.
esxcli corestorage device
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architectures' logical devices on the system. The
operation currently allowed is to list the available devices on the system and the filters attached to
each
es x c l i c o rest ora ge d evice l ist
For devices currently registered with the PSA, list the filters attached to them.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage device list
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Display Name: Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
Size: 9216
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: VMware,
Model: VMware Virtual S
Revision: 1.0
SCSI Level: 2
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: false
Is Local: true
Is Removable: false
Attached Filters: []
VAAI Status: unknown
Other UIDs: vml.0000000000766d686261313a303a30
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Display Name: Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Size: 0
Device Type: CD-ROM
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: NECVMWar
Model: VMware IDE CDR10
Revision: 1.00
SCSI Level: 5
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: false
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Is Local: true
Is Removable: true
Attached Filters: []
VAAI Status: unknown
Other UIDs: vml.0005000000766d68626133323a303a30
eui.51942814b35657a6
Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Size: 4000
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/eui.51942814b35657a6
Vendor: ROCKET
Model: IMAGEFILE
Revision: 0001
SCSI Level: 4
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: true
Is Local: false
Is Removable: false
Attached Filters: []
VAAI Status: unknown
Other UIDs: vml.010000000035313934323831344233353635374136494d41474546
esxcli corestorage plugin
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architectures' plugins. The operation currently
allowed is to list the available plugins on the system and the type of those plugins
es x c l i c o rest ora ge p l u gin l ist
List loaded PSA plugins on the system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 corestorage plugin list
Plugin name Plugin class
----------- -----------VAAI_FILTER Filter
MASK_PATH MP
NMP
MP
esxcli network
VMware networking commands.
esxcli network claiming
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage direct path claiming system. These operations will
allow a user to directly control the claiming and unclaiming process. These operations are considered
temporary and any claiming operations that need to survive a reboot should use claimrules instead.
esxcli network claimrule
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architecture claiming rule system. These operations
operate on the rules used to determine the PSA plugin used to claim storage paths.
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esxcli network device
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architectures' logical devices on the system. The
operation currently allowed is to list the available devices on the system and the filters attached to
each
esxcli network plugin
Operations pertaining to the pluggable storage architectures' plugins. The operation currently
allowed is to list the available plugins on the system and the type of those plugins
esxcli nmp
VMware Native Multipath Plugin (NMP). This is the VMware default implementation of the
Pluggable Storage Architecture.
esxcli nmp boot
Operations pertaining to the boot time configuration of the NMP plugin.
es x c l i nmp boot rest ore
Used to restore configuration state at boot time.
esxcli nmp device
Operations pertaining to the devices currently claimed by the VMware Native Multipath Plugin.
es x c l i nmp d evice l ist
List the devices currently controlled by the VMware NMP Multipath Plugin and show the SATP and
PSP information associated with that device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device list
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba1:C0:T0:L0;current=vmhba1:C0:T0:L0}
Working Paths: vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba32:C0:T0:L0;current=vmhba32:C0:T0:L0}
Working Paths: vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0;current=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0}
Working Paths: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
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nmp device list --device
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0;current=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0}
Working Paths: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
es x c l i nmp d evice set p ol icy
Allow setting of the Path Selection Policy (PSP) for the given device to one of the loaded policies on
the system.
- E | - - d e f a ul t
The Path selection policy is set back to the default for the assigned SATP for this device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device setpolicy --device
eui.51942814b35657a6 --default
true
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba33:C0:T1:L0;current=vmhba33:C0:T1:L0}
Working Paths: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
- d | - - d e v i c e = < s t r>
The device you wish to set the Path Selection Policy for. (required)
- P | - - p s p = < st r >
The Path selection policy you wish to assign to the given device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device setpolicy -device eui.51942814b35657a6 --psp VMW_PSP_RR
true
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device list --device
eui.5194
2814b35657a6
eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {policy=rr,iops=1000,bytes=10485760,useANO=0;lastPathIndex=1:
NumIOsPending=0,numBytesPending=0}
Working Paths: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0, vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
esxcli nmp fixed
Operations pertaining to the Fixed Path Selection Policy Plugin.
es x c l i nmp f ix ed get p ref erred
Allow retrieving of Fixed Path Selection Policy settings for a given device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp fixed getpreferred -device eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
es x c l i nmp f ix ed set p ref erred
Allow setting of the perferred path on a given device controlled by the Fixed Path Selection Policy.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp fixed setpreferred -device eui.51942814b35657a6 --path vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
true
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp fixed getpreferred -device eui.51942814b35657a6
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
esxcli nmp path
Operations pertaining to the paths currently claimed by the VMware Native Multipath Plugin.
es x c l i nmp p a th l ist
List the paths currently claimed by the VMware NMP Multipath Plugin and show the SATP and PSP
information associated with that path.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp path list
ide.vmhba32-ide.0:0-mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device: mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local NECVMWar CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
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Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: yes; preferred: yes}
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000002,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: yes; preferred: yes}
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: no; preferred: no}
pscsi.vmhba1-pscsi.0:0-mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Runtime Name: vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device: mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device Display Name: Local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0)
Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: yes; preferred: yes}
n m p p a t h l i s t – d ev i c e
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp path list --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000002,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: yes; preferred: yes}
iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi-21-30358a96-00023d000001,fujinb,t,-1-eui.51942814b35657a6
Runtime Name: vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
Device Display Name: ROCKET iSCSI Disk (eui.51942814b35657a6)
Group State: active
Array Priority: 0
Storage Array Type Path Config: SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support path configuration.
Path Selection Policy Path Config: {current: no; preferred: no}
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esxcli nmp psp
Operations pertaining to the Path Selection Policy Plugins for the VMware Native Multipath Plugin.
es x c l i nmp p sp getconf ig
Allow retrieving of per path or per device PSP configuration parameters.
e s x c l i n m p p s p g et c o n f i g – d e v i c e
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp getconfig --device
eui.51942814b35657a6
{preferred=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0;current=vmhba33:C1:T1:L0}
e s x c l i n m p p s p g et c o n f i g – p a t h
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp getconfig --path
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
{current: yes; preferred: yes}
es x c l i nmp p sp l ist
List the Path Selection Plugins (PSP) that are currently loaded into the NMP system and display
information about those PSPs
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp list
Name
----
Description
-----------
VMW_PSP_FIXED_AP Fixed Path Selection with Array Preference
VMW_PSP_MRU
VMW_PSP_RR
Most Recently Used Path Selection
Round Robin Path Selection
VMW_PSP_FIXED Fixed Path Selection
es x c l i nmp p sp set conf ig
Allow setting of per path or per device PSP configuration parameters. This command will set the
configuration for the given device or path with whichever PSP it is currently configurated with.
- c | - - c o n f i g =<str>
The configuration string you wish to set for the given --path or --device. (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp getconfig --path
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
{current: no; preferred: no}
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp setconfig --path
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0 --config preferred
true
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp psp getconfig --path
vmhba33:C0:T1:L0
{current: yes; preferred: yes}
- d | - - d e v i c e =<str>
The device you wish to set PSP configuration for. NOTE only one of --device or --path may be
specificed.
- p | - - p a t h =<str>
The path you wish to set PSP configuration for. NOTE only one of --device or --path may be
specificed.
esxcli nmp roundrobin
Operations pertaining to the Round Robin Path Selection Policy Plugin.
es x c l i nmp rou nd robin get conf ig
Allow retrieving of Round Robin Path Selection Policy settings for a given device.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin getconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6
Device eui.51942814b35657a6 Does not use the Round Robin path selection policy.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp device setpolicy -device eui.51942814b35657a6 --psp VMW_PSP_RR
true
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin getconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6
ByteLimit: 10485760
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
IOOperationLimit: 1000
LimitType: Default
UseActiveUnoptimizedPaths: false
es x c l i nmp rou nd robin set conf ig
Allow setting of the Round Robin path options on a given device controlled by the Round Robin
Selection Policy.
--type=bytes
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin setconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6 --type=bytes -B 1024
true
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin getconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6
ByteLimit: 1024
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
IOOperationLimit: 1000
LimitType: Bytes
UseActiveUnoptimizedPaths: false
--type=iops
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin setconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6 --type=iops --iops 1000
true
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp roundrobin getconfig -device eui.51942814b35657a6
ByteLimit: 1024
Device: eui.51942814b35657a6
IOOperationLimit: 1000
LimitType: Iops
UseActiveUnoptimizedPaths: false
esxcli nmp satp
Operations pertaining to the Storage Array Type Plugins for the VMware Native Multipath Plugin.
es x c l i nmp sa tp ad d ru l e
Add a rule to the list of claim rules for the given SATP.
es x c l i nmp sa tp del et eru l e
Delete a rule from the list of claim rules for the given SATP.
es x c l i nmp sa tp get conf ig
Allow retrieving of per path or per device SATP configuration parameters.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp satp getconfig --path
vmhba33:C1:T1:L0
SATP VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA does not support path configuration.
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es x c l i nmp sa tp l ist
List the Storage Array Type Plugins (SATP) that are currently loaded into the NMP system and display
information about those SATPs
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp satp list
Name
----
Default PSP
-----------
VMW_SATP_SYMM
VMW_SATP_SVC
VMW_SATP_MSA
Description
----------VMW_PSP_FIXED Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_PSP_FIXED Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_PSP_MRU
Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_LSI
VMW_PSP_MRU
Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_INV
VMW_PSP_FIXED Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_EVA
VMW_PSP_FIXED Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_EQL
VMW_PSP_FIXED Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AP VMW_PSP_MRU
Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_ALUA_CX VMW_PSP_FIXED_AP Placeholder (plugin not loaded)
VMW_SATP_CX
VMW_SATP_ALUA
VMW_PSP_MRU
VMW_PSP_MRU
Supports EMC CX that do not use the ALUA protocol
Supports non-specific arrays that use the ALUA protocol
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA VMW_PSP_FIXED Supports non-specific active/active arrays
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
VMW_PSP_FIXED Supports direct attached devices
es x c l i nmp sa tp l ist ru l es
List the claiming rules for Storage Array Type Plugins (SATP)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 nmp satp listrules
Name
Device Vendor Model
Driver Transport Options Claim Options
Default PSP PSP Options Description
----
------ ------ -----
------ --------- ------- -------------
----------- ----------- ----------VMW_SATP_SYMM
EMC
SYMMETRIX
EMC Symmetrix
VMW_SATP_SVC
IBM
VMW_SATP_MSA
2145
MSA1000 VOLUME
MSA 1000/1500 [Legacy product, Not supported in this release]
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1742*
FAStT 700/900
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^3542*
FAStT 200
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^3552*
FAStT 500
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1722*
FAStT 600/DS4300
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1815*
FAStT DS4800
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1724*
FAStT 100
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1726-*
DS3X00
VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
DS4000
^1814*
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VMW_SATP_LSI
IBM
^1818*
DS5100/DS5300
VMW_SATP_LSI
Universal Xport
FAStT
VMW_SATP_LSI
DELL MD3000
Dell MD3000
VMW_SATP_LSI
DELL MD3000i
Dell MD3000i
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage 9176
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D173
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D178
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D210
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D220
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D240
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
OPENstorage D280
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr BC82
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr BC84
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr BC88
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr B210
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr B220
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr B240
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
BladeCtlr B280
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
INF-01-00
VMW_SATP_LSI
STK
FLEXLINE 380
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage 9176
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D173
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D178
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D210
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D220
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D240
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
OPENstorage D280
128
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr BC82
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr BC84
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr BC88
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr B210
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr B220
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr B240
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
BladeCtlr B280
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
INF-01-00
VMW_SATP_LSI
LSI
FLEXLINE 380
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
CSM100_R_FC
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
FLEXLINE 380
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
CSM200_R
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
LCSM100_F
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
LCSM100_I
VMW_SATP_LSI
SUN
LCSM100_S
SUN
STK6580_6780
VMW_SATP_LSI
Sun StorageTek 6580/6780
VMW_SATP_LSI
VMW_SATP_LSI
ENGENIO INF-01-00
IBM
^1746*
IBM DS3512/DS3524
VMW_SATP_LSI
DELL MD32xx
Dell MD3200
VMW_SATP_LSI
DELL MD32xxi
Dell MD3200i
VMW_SATP_LSI
SGI
IS500
SGI InfiniteStorage 4000/4100
VMW_SATP_LSI
SGI
IS600
SGI InfiniteStorage 4600
VMW_SATP_INV
VMW_SATP_INV
EMC
Invista
EMC
LUNZ
Invista LUNZ
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV101
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 3000 GL
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV111
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 5000 GL
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV200
active/active EVA 4000/6000 XL
tpgs_off
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VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV210
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 8000/8100 XL
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSVX740
tpgs_off
active/active HP StorageWorks SVSP
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV300
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 4400
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV400
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 6400
VMW_SATP_EVA
HSV450
tpgs_off
active/active EVA 8400
VMW_SATP_EQL
EQLOGIC
All EqualLogic Arrays
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AP
DEC
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AP
HSG80
HSV100
active/passive EVA 3000 GL [Legacy product, Not supported in th
is release]
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AP
HSV110
active/passive EVA 5000 GL [Legacy product, Not supported in th
is release]
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AP
HSVX700
tpgs_off
active/passive HP StorageWorks SVSP
VMW_SATP_ALUA_CX
DGC
tpgs_on
CLARiiON array in ALUA mode
VMW_SATP_CX
DGC
tpgs_off
All non-ALUA Clariion Arrays
VMW_SATP_ALUA
tpgs_on
Any array with ALUA support
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
HITACHI
inq_data[128]={0x44 0x4
6 0x30 0x30} VMW_PSP_RR
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
fc
Default for Fibre Channel
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
iscsi
Default for iSCSI
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
IBM
SAS SES-2 DEVICE
IBM SAS SES-2
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
IBM
1820N00
IBM BCS RSSM
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
HITACHI
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
usb
USB Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
ide
IDE Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
block
RAID Block Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
parallel
Parallel SCSI Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
sas
Serial Attached SCSI Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
sata
Serial ATA Devices
VMW_SATP_LOCAL
unknown
Unknown Devices
tpgs_off
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es x c l i nmp sa tp set conf ig
Allow setting of per path or per device SATP configuration parameters. This command will set the
configuration for the given device or path with whichever SATP it is currently configurated with.
es x c l i nmp sa tp set d efa u l tp sp
Set the default Path Selection Policy for a given Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP).
esxcli swiscsi
VMware iSCSI commands.
esxcli sw iscsi nic
Operations that can be performed on iSCSI NICs
es x c l i s w iscsi nic a d d
Add a vmknic to current software iSCSI configuration.
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The software iSCSI adapter name. (required)
- n | - - n i c =<str>
The name of the vmknic to be added iSCSI NIC. (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi nic add --adapter
vmhba33 --nic vmk3
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi nic list --adapter
vmhba33
vmk1
pNic name: vmnic1
ipv4 address: 192.168.9.202
ipv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0
ipv6 addresses:
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f
mtu: 1500
toe: false
tso: true
tcp checksum: false
vlan: true
vlanId: 0
ethernet speed: 1000
packets received: 13382
packets sent: 253
NIC driver: e1000
driver version: 8.0.3.2-1vmw-NAPI
firmware version: N/A
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vmk2
pNic name: vmnic2
ipv4 address: 192.168.9.203
ipv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0
ipv6 addresses:
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:89
mtu: 1500
toe: false
tso: true
tcp checksum: false
vlan: true
vlanId: 0
ethernet speed: 1000
packets received: 13021
packets sent: 614
NIC driver: e1000
driver version: 8.0.3.2-1vmw-NAPI
firmware version: N/A
vmk3
pNic name: vmnic3
ipv4 address: 192.168.9.209
ipv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0
ipv6 addresses:
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:93
mtu: 1500
toe: false
tso: true
tcp checksum: false
vlan: true
vlanId: 0
ethernet speed: 1000
packets received: 13627
packets sent: 8
NIC driver: e1000
driver version: 8.0.3.2-1vmw-NAPI
firmware version: N/A
es x c l i s w iscsi nic l ist
List network portal bindings(nic)
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The software iSCSI adapter name. (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi nic list --adapter
vmhba33
vmk1
pNic name: vmnic1
ipv4 address: 192.168.9.202
ipv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0
ipv6 addresses:
132
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f
mtu: 1500
toe: false
tso: true
tcp checksum: false
vlan: true
vlanId: 0
ethernet speed: 1000
packets received: 30599
packets sent: 1096
NIC driver: e1000
driver version: 8.0.3.2-1vmw-NAPI
firmware version: N/A
vmk2
pNic name: vmnic2
ipv4 address: 192.168.9.203
ipv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0
ipv6 addresses:
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:89
mtu: 1500
toe: false
tso: true
tcp checksum: false
vlan: true
vlanId: 0
ethernet speed: 1000
packets received: 30194
packets sent: 1501
NIC driver: e1000
driver version: 8.0.3.2-1vmw-NAPI
firmware version: N/A
es x c l i s w iscsi nic remove
Remove a vmknic from current software iSCSI configuration.
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The software iSCSI adapter name. (required)
- n | - - ni c =<str>
The name of the vmknic to be removed iSCSI NIC. (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi nic remove --adapter
vmhba33 --nic vmk2
Failed to Remove NIC.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi nic remove --adapter
vmhba33 --nic vmk3
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esxcli sw iscsi session
Operations that can be performed on iSCSI sessions
es x c l i s w iscsi session a d d
Login sessions on current iSCSI configuration.
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
- s | - - i si d =<str>
The isid of a session to duplicate for login.
- t | - - t a rg e t =<str>
The name of the target to login to.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi session add --adapter
vmhba33
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi session list --adapter
vmhba33
fujinb
target: fujinb
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:01]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 1
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 262144
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.202
--State: LOGGED_IN
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fujinb
target: fujinb
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:02]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 1
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 262144
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.203
--State: LOGGED_IN
iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
target: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:01]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 65535
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 8192
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.11
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--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.11
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.202
--State: XPT_WAIT
iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
target: iqn.2003-06.com.rocketdivision.starwind.w-nana.imagefile0
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:02]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 65535
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 8192
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.11
--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.11
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.203
--State: XPT_WAIT
es x c l i s w iscsi session l ist
List current iSCSI Sessions.
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The software iSCSI adapter name. (required)
- t | - - t a rg e t =<str>
The target iscsi name.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi session list --adapter
vhba33
fujinb
target: fujinb
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:01]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
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-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 1
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 262144
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.202
--State: LOGGED_IN
fujinb
target: fujinb
-session_isid: [00:02:3d:00:00:02]
-authMethod: NONE
-dataPduInOrder: true
-dataSequenceInOrder: true
-defaultTime2Retain: 0
-errorRecoveryLevel: 0
-firstBurstLength: 262144
-immediateData: true
-initialR2T: false
-maxBurstLength: 262144
-maxConnections: 1
-maxOutstandingR2T: 1
-targetPortalGroupTag: 1
--connectionId: 0
--dataDigest: NONE
--headerDigest: NONE
--ifMarker: false
--ifMarkInt: 0
--maxRecvDataSegmentLength: 131072
--maxTransmitDataSegmentLength: 262144
--ofMarker: false
--ofMarkInt: 0
--Initial_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Remote_Address: 192.168.9.21
--Current_Local_Address: 192.168.9.203
--State: LOGGED_IN
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es x c l i s w iscsi session remove
Remove session(s) from iSCSI configuration.
esxcli sw iscsi vmknic
Operations that can be performed on iSCSI vmknics
es x c l i s w iscsi vmknic l ist
List logical network portals(vmknic).
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The iSCSI adapter name (vmhba#). (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi vmknic list --adapter
vmhba33
vmk0
vmknic name: vmk0
mac address: 00:50:56:71:bd:7a
mac address settable: NO
vmk0
vmknic name: vmk0
mac address: 00:50:56:71:bd:7a
mac address settable: NO
vmk3
vmknic name: vmk3
mac address: 00:50:56:7b:0c:85
mac address settable: NO
vmk1
vmknic name: vmk1
mac address: 00:50:56:77:00:94
mac address settable: NO
vmk2
vmknic name: vmk2
mac address: 00:50:56:7f:d2:ea
mac address settable: NO
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esxcli sw iscsi vmnic
Operations that can be performed on iSCSI vmnics
es x c l i s w iscsi vmnic l ist
List phyical network portals(vmnics).
- d | - - a d a p t e r =<str>
The iSCSI adapter name (vmhba#). (required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 swiscsi vmnic list --adapter
vmhba33
vmnic0
vmnic name: vmnic0
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:75
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
vmnic3
vmnic name: vmnic3
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:93
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
vmnic1
vmnic name: vmnic1
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:7f
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
vmnic2
vmnic name: vmnic2
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:89
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
vmnic4
vmnic name: vmnic4
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:9d
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
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vmnic5
vmnic name: vmnic5
mac address: 00:0c:29:82:9b:a7
mac address settable: NO
maximum transfer rate: 1000
current transfer rate: 1000
maximum frame size: 1500
esxcli vaai
Vaai Namespace containing vaai code.
esxcli vaai device
Operations that can be performed on devices that have the VMware VAAI filter attached.
es x c l i va a i d evice l ist
List the devices currently claimed by the VMware VAAI Filter Plugin and show the VAAI Filter plugin
information associated with that device.
esxcli vms
Limited Operations on Virtual Machines.
esxcli vms vm
A small number of operations that allow a user to Control Virtual Machine operations.
es x c l i vms vm kil l
Used to forcibly kill Virtual Machines that are stuck and not responding to normal stop operations.
- t | - - t y p e =<str>
The type of kill operation to attempt. There are three types of VM kills that can be attempted: [soft,
hard, force]. Users should always attempt 'soft' kills first, which will give the VMX process a chance
to shutdown cleanly (like kill or kill -SIGTERM). If that does not work move to 'hard' kills which will
shutdown the process immediately (like kill -9 or kill -SIGKILL). 'force' should be used as a last resort
attempt to kill the VM. If all three fail then a reboot is required. (required)
- w | - - w o rl d - i d =<long>
The World ID of the Virtual Machine to kill. This can be obtained from the 'vm list' command
(required)
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 vms vm kill --type force -world-id 149074
true
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es x c l i vms vm l ist
List the virtual machines on this system. This command currently will only list running VMs on the
system.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>esxcli --config 201 vms vm list
VM5
World ID: 149074
Process ID: 0
VMX Cartel ID: 149073
UUID: 42 1b 6e bc 23 b1 59 2a-ae 96 2f 18 4e 16 e7 02
Display Name: VM5
Config File: /vmfs/volumes/1c445c7d-fd56af7a/VM5/VM5.vmx
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vicfg-authconfig (4.1)
--adpassword -w
Active Directory password. To be used in conjunction with joindomain option.
--adusername -U
Active Directory username. To be used in conjunction with joindomain option.
--authscheme -t
Specify the type of authenticaton scheme. Currently only AD is supported.
--currentdomain -c
Prints out the currently joined domain.
--force -f
This flag is only used with leavecurrentdomain option. If specified, any permissions on entities for
AD users will be deleted. If not specified and such permissions exist, the operation will fail.
--getremoteauthstore -a
Prints out only the active authentication mechanism.
--joindomain -j
Join a particular Active Directory domain.
--leavecurrentdomain -L
Leaves the current Active Directory domain.
--listauthstores -l
Prints out the different authentication mechanisms supported.
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vicfg-hostops (4.1)
--action -a
Specify the action for powered on virtual machine (poweroff | suspend). Default is suspend.
--cluster -c
"Name of the cluster (optional)."
--datacenter -d
"Name of the datacenter (optional)."
--force -f
"Optional for reboot and shutdown operation. Flag to force the host that is not in maintenance
mode to be rebooted/shutdown. If not specified, operation will fail for host not in maintenance
mode."
--operation (required) -o
"Operation to perform (enter | exit | reboot | shutdown | info)."
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-hostops.pl --config 201 --operation info
Host Name
: esxi-21.home.hc
Manufacturer
Model
: VMware, Inc.
: VMware Virtual Platform
Processor Type
: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
CPU Cores
T7500 @ 2.20GHz
: 1 CPUs x 2186 GHz
Memory Capacity
: 2247.32421875 MB
VMotion Enabled
: no
In Maintenance Mode : no
Last Boot Time
: 2010-08-12T18:50:03.066042Z
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-hostops.pl --config 201 --operation enter
Host esxi-21.home.hc entered into maintenance mode successfully.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-hostops.pl --config 201 --operation info
Host Name
: esxi-21.home.hc
Manufacturer
Model
: VMware, Inc.
: VMware Virtual Platform
Processor Type
CPU Cores
: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
T7500 @ 2.20GHz
: 1 CPUs x 2186 GHz
Memory Capacity
: 2247.32421875 MB
VMotion Enabled
: no
In Maintenance Mode : yes
Last Boot Time
: 2010-08-12T18:50:03.066042Z
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vicfg-hostops.pl --config 201 --operation exit
Host esxi-21.home.hc exited from maintenance mode successfully.
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vicfg-ipsec (4.1)
--action
"Action to take (none, discard, ipsec)"
--add-sa
"Add an security association"
--add-sp
"Add an security policy"
--dir
"Direction (in or out)"
--dst-port
"Destination Port (0-65535)"
--ealgo
"Encryption Algorithm (null, 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc)"
--ekey
"Encryption key, a series of hexadecimal digits format(0x...)"
--flush-sa
"Clear out all entries in SA database."
--flush-sp
"Clear out all entries in SP database."
--ialgo
"Authentication Algorithm (hmac-sha1, hmac-sha2-256)"
--ikey
"Authentication key, a series of hexadecimal digits format(0x...)"
--list-sa -l
"Display Security Associations."
--list-sp -L
"Display Security Policies."
--remove-sa
"Remove an security association"
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--remove-sp
"Remove an security policy"
--sa-dst
"Destintation IP"
--sa-mode
"Mode, (tunnel, transport)"
--sa-name
"Security Association name"
--sa-src
"Source IP"
--sp-dst
"Destintation IP and prefix length"
--sp-mode
"Mode"
--sp-src
"Source IP and prefix length"
--spi
"SPI as a hex string, format 0x..."
--src-port
"Source Port (0-65535)"
--ulproto
"Upper Layer Protocol (any, tcp, udp, icmp6)"
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