Vmware

VMware ESXi 5.0 Reference
™

ESXCFG/
VICFG
Command

PowerCLI Cmdlet

ESXCLI 5.0

svmotion

Move-VM –Datastore

No equivalent

esxcfg-advcfg
vicfg-advcfg

Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration

esxcli system settings advanced

vicfg-cfgbackup

Get-VMHostFirmware
Set-VMHostFirmware

No equivalent

vicfg-dns

Get-VMHostNetworkSet-VMHostNetwork

esxcli network ip dns server

esxcfg-dumppart
vicfg-dumppart

Get-EsxCLI

esxcli system coredump

esxcfg-firewall

Get-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy
Get-VMHostFirewallException
Set-VMHostFirewallDefaultPolicy
Set-VMHostFirewallException

esxcli network firewall

vicfg-hostops

Get-VMHost
Set-VMHost
Restart-VMHost

esxcfg-ipsec
vicfg-ipsec

No equivalentGet-iScsiHBATarget
New-iScsiHBATarget
Set-iScsiHBATarget
Remove-iScsiHBATarget

esxcli iscsi

ESXCLI Name Spaces

No equivalent

esxcfg-swiscsi
esxcfg-hwiscsi
vicfg-iscsi

ESXi Upgrade Path

No equivalent

ESXi

CIM broker

HA

NTP

syslog

CIM
providers

hostd

DCUI

vpxa

Stateless
PXE

esxcli system module

esxcfg-mpath
vicfg-mpath

Get-ScsiLun
Set-ScsiLunesxcli storage core path

SAN

PowerCLI

Network Stack

Host on 64-bit
Compatible
Hardware

vMA/ESXCLI/
vCLI

esxcli5.0

Replace Server

Host Running
ESX/ESXi 3.5

Upgrade to 4.x

Non-Upgradable
Boot Disk
Host Running
ESX/ESXi 4.x

Device Drivers

Upgradable
Boot Disk

fcoe
adapter
nic

New 5.0 Install

hardware
cpu
bootdevice
clock
memory
pci
platformUpgrade to 5.0
Using Update
Manager

iscsi
adapter
networkportal
physicalnetworkportal
session
ibftboot
logicalnetworkportal
plugin
software

network

software

storage

fence
firewall
ip
vswitch
nic

sources
acceptance
profile
vib

core
nmp
vmfs
filesystem
nfs

Upgrade to 5.0
Using ESXi
Installer

Performance and Troubleshooting

Virtual Machine CommandsOther Commands

Network Commands

List Registered VMs (vCLI only)

Configure NTP

vSwitches

# esxcli network vswitch standard list

# vmware-cmd --server --vihost –l

Show Open Ports (ESXi Shell only)

Unregister a VM (vCLI only)

# nc –z
# tcpdump-uw –c 5 –n –I vmk0 host and port 123

# vmware-cmd --server --vihost -s
unregister /vmfs/volumes///.vmx


TestNetwork Connectivity (ESXi Shell only)

Register a VM (vCLI only)

Capture Network Tra c (ESXi Shell only)

esxcfg-nics
vicfg-nics

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter
Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter

esxcli network nic

vicfg-ntp

Get-VMHostNTPServer
Set-VMHostNTPServer

No equivalent

esxcfg-rescan
vicfg-rescan

Get-VMHostStorage –RescanAllHBA

esxcli storage core

esxcfg-routevicfg-route

Set-VMHostNetwork

No equivalent

esxcfg-scsidevs
vicfg-scsidevs

Get-ScsiLun
Set-ScsiLun

esxcli storage core
esxcli storage core filesystem

vicfg-snmp

Get-VMHostSNMP
Set-VMHostSNMP

No equivalent

vicfg-syslog

Get-VMHostSysLogServer
Set-VMHostSysLogServer

esxcli system syslog

vicfg-user

Get-VMHostAccount
Set-VMHostAccount
New-VMHostAccountRemove-VMHostAccount

No equivalent

esxcfg-vmknic
vicfg-vmknic

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter
Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter

esxcli network interface

esxcfg-volume
vicfg-volume

Get-View needed to call APIs

esxcli storage filesystem

esxcfg-vswitch
vicfg-vswitch

Get-VirtualSwitch
Set-VirtualSwitch
Get-VirtualPortGroup
Set-VirtualPortgroup

esxcli network vswitch

Copy-DatastoreItemPSDrives

No equivalent

vihostupdate

Install-VMHostPatch

esxcli software

vihostupdate35

Install-VMHostPatch

No equivalent

vmkfstools

Get-HardDisk
Copy-HardDisk
Set-HardDisk

No equivalent

Various cmdlets including:
Get-VM Set-VM
Get-Snapshot
Set-Snapshot
Get-VMGuestInfo
Start-VM
Stop-VM
Restart-VM

No equivalent

esxtop
resxtop

Get-EsxTop

No...