Running DCLI Commands on the

The root user on the
can run DCLI commands from the appliance shell.
The following options are available.
  • Use SSH to connect to the shell or log in to the shell directly as the root user.
  • You can run commands individually, or start the interactive DCLI shell. The interactive shell has several advantages including drop-down autocompletion and a history file.
    >dcli +interactive
  • You can list commands, display help for commands, and run commands. In the example below, the interactive shell uses the default
    dcli>
    prompt.
    dcli> com vmware vcenter vm list