vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
explains how to use the commands in the VMware vSphere® Command‐Line Interface (vCLI) and includes command overviews and examples. Intended Audience
This book is for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with vSphere administration tasks and data center operations and know how to use commands in scripts.
Related Documentation
- Getting Started with vSphere Command‐Line Interfacesincludes information about available CLIs, enabling the, as well as installing and running vCLI and DCLI commands.
- vSphere Command‐Line Interface Referenceis a reference to both ESXCLI commands andvicfg-commands. Thevicfg-command help is generated from the POD available for each command, runpod2htmlfor anyvicfg-command to generate individual HTML files interactively. The ESXCLI reference information is generated from the ESXCLI help.
- DCLI Referenceis a reference to DCLI commands for managing vCenter services.
The documentation for PowerCLI is available in the vSphere Documentation Center and on the PowerCLI documentation page.
The vSphere SDK for Perl documentation explains how you can use the vSphere SDK for Perl and related utility applications to manage your vSphere environment.
The
vSphere Management Assistant Guide
explains how to install and use the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). vMA is a virtual machine that includes vCLI and other prepackaged software. Background information for the tasks discussed in this book is available in the vSphere documentation set. The vSphere documentation consists of the combined VMware and documentation.