ESXCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown
Mode
For additional
security, an administrator can place one or more hosts managed by a
vCenter Server
system in lockdown mode. Lockdown mode affects login privileges for the
ESXi
host.
See the
vSphere Security
document for a
detailed discussion of normal lockdown mode and strict lockdown mode, and of how to
enable and disable them. To make changes to
ESXi
systems in
lockdown mode, you must go through a vCenter Server
system that manages the ESXi
system as the
user vpxuser
and include both the --server
and
--vihost
options. esxcli --server MyVC --vihost MyESXi storage filesystem list
The command prompts for the
vCenter Server
system user name and password.
If you have problems running a
command on an
ESXi
host
directly, without specifying a
vCenter Server
target, check whether lockdown mode is enabled on that host.