List of Available Host
Management Commands
vCLI host
management commands from earlier versions have been replaced with commands that
have equivalent functionality.
The following table lists vCLI
host management commands in alphabetical order and the corresponding ESXCLI
command if available. For ESXCLI, new commands and namespaces are added with
each release. See the
Release Notes
for the corresponding release for information.
Functionality of the DCLI
command set that is being added in vSphere 6.0 and later is different from
these commands. They are not included in the table.
vCLI 4.1 Command | vCLI 5.1 and later
Command | Comment |
|---|---|---|
esxcli
| esxcli (new
syntax) | All vCLI 4.1 commands have been renamed. Significant
additions have been made to ESXCLI. Many tasks previously performed with a
vicfg- command is now
performed with ESXCLI. |
resxtop
| resxtop (No ESXCLI
equivalent)
Supported only on Linux.
| Monitors in real time
how
hosts use
resources. Runs in interactive or batch mode.
See
Using resxtop for Performance Monitoring.
See the
vSphere Resource
Management documentation for a detailed reference.
|
svmotion
| svmotion (No ESXCLI
equivalent)
Must run against a
system.
| Moves a virtual
machine’s configuration file, and, optionally, its disks, while the virtual
machine is running.
|
vicfg-advcfg
| esxcli system settings
advanced
| Performs advanced
configuration.
The advanced settings
are a set of VMkernel options. These options are typically in place for
specific workarounds or debugging.
Use this command as
instructed by VMware.
|
vicfg-authconfig
| vicfg-authconfig (No
ESXCLI equivalent) | Remotely configures
Active Directory settings for an
host.
|
vicfg-cfgbackup
| vicfg-cfgbackup (No
ESXCLI equivalent)
Cannot run against a
system.
| Backs up the
configuration data of an
system and
restores previously saved configuration data.
|
vicfg-dns
| esxcli network ip
dns
| Specifies an
host’s DNS
(Domain Name Server) configuration.
|
vicfg-dumppart
| esxcli system
coredump
| Sets both the partition
( esxcli system coredump
partition ) and the network (esxcli system coredump
network ) to use for core dumps. Use this command to set up
Dump
Collector.
|
vicfg-hostops
| esxcli system
maintenancemode esxcli system shutdown | |
vicfg-ipsec
| esxcli network ip
ipsec
| Sets up IPsec (Internet
Protocol Security), which secures IP communications coming from and arriving at
hosts.
hosts
support IPsec using IPv6.
See
Setting Up IPsec.
|
vicfg-module
| esxcli system
module
| Enables VMkernel
options. Use this command with the options listed in this document, or as
instructed by VMware.
|
vicfg-ntp
| vicfg-ntp (No ESXCLI
equivalent) | Defines the NTP (Network
Time Protocol) server.
See
Manage an NTP Server.
|
vicfg-rescan
| esxcli storage core adapter
rescan
| Rescans the storage
configuration.
|
vicfg-snmp
| esxcli system
snmp
| Manages the SNMP agent.
See
Managing SNMP Agents.
Using SNMP in a vSphere environment is discussed in detail in the
vSphere
Monitoring and Performance documentation.
New options added in
vCLI 5.0.
Expanded SNMP support
added in vCLI 5.1.
|
vicfg-syslog
| esxcli system
syslog
| Specifies log settings
for
hosts
including local storage policies and server and port information for network
logging. See
Configuring Syslog Services.
The
vCenter Server
and Host Management documentation explains how to set up system logs
using the
.
|
vicfg-user
| vicfg-user (No ESXCLI
equivalent) | Creates, modifies,
deletes, and lists local direct access users and groups of users. See
Managing Users.
The
vSphere
Security documentation discusses security implications of user
management and custom roles.
|
vicfg-vmknic
| esxcli network ip
interface
| Adds, deletes, and
modifies VMkernel network interfaces.
|
vicfg-volume
| esxcli storage
filesystem
| Supports resignaturing
the copy of a VMFS volume, and mounting and unmounting the copy.
|
vicfg-vswitch
| esxcli network
vswitch
| Adds or removes virtual
switches or modifies virtual switch settings.
|
vifs
| vifs (No ESXCLI
equivalent) | Performs file system
operations such as retrieving and uploading files on the
system.
|
vihostupdate
| esxcli software
vib
| Updates legacy
hosts to a
different version of the same major release.
You cannot run
vihostupdate against
5.0 and
later hosts.
|
vmkfstools
| vmkfstools (No ESXCLI
equivalent) | Creates and manipulates
virtual disks, file systems, logical volumes, and physical storage devices on
an
host.
|
vmware-cmd
| vmware-cmd (No ESXCLI
equivalent) | Performs virtual machine
operations remotely. This includes, for example, creating a snapshot, powering
the virtual machine on or off, and getting information about the virtual
machine.
|