vCLI and Lockdown
Mode
Lockdown mode can
disable all direct root access to
machines.
To make changes to
systems in
lockdown mode you must go through a
system that manages the
system.
You can use the
or vCLI commands that support the
--vihost
option. The following commands cannot run
against
systems and are therefore not available in lockdown mode.
- vifs
- vicfg-user
- vicfg-cfgbackup
- vihostupdate
- vmkfstools
- vicfg-ipsec
If you have problems running a
command on an
host
directly, without specifying a
target, check whether lockdown mode is enabled on that host. See the
vSphere Security
documentation.