Introduction
The commands in
the vSphere CLI package allow you to perform vSphere configuration tasks using
commands from vCLI package installed on supported platforms, or using commands
from vMA. The package consists of several command sets.
The following table lists the
components of the vSphere CLI command set.
vCLI Commands | Description |
|---|---|
ESXCLI commands | Manage many aspects of an
host. You
can run ESXCLI commands remotely or in the
.
You can also run ESXCLI
commands from the
prompt
by using the
Get-EsxCli cmdlet.
|
vicfg-
commands | Set of commands for many
aspects of host management Eventually, these commands will be replaced by
ESXCLI commands.
A set of
esxcfg- commands that
precisely mirrors the
vicfg- commands is also
included in the vCLI package.
|
Other commands ( vmware-cmd ,
vifs ,
vmkfstools ) | Commands implemented in
Perl that do not have a
vicfg- prefix. These
commands are scheduled to be deprecated or replaced by ESXCLI commands.
|
DCLI commands | Manage VMware SDDC
services.
DCLI is a CLI client to
the
vSphere
Automation SDK interface for managing VMware SDDC services. A
DCLI command talks to a
vSphere
Automation API endpoint to locate relevant information, and then
executes the command and displays result to the user.
|
You can install the vSphere CLI
command set on a supported Linux or Windows system. See
Getting Started with
vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
. You can also deploy the vSphere
Management Assistant (vMA) to an
system of
your choice.
After installation, run vCLI
commands from the Linux or Windows system or from vMA.
- Manage hosts with other vCLI commands by specifying connection options such as the target host, user, and password or a configuration file. See Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands.
- Manage vCenter services with DCLI commands by specifying a target system and authentication options. SeeGetting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfacesfor a list of connection options.