How to get ESXi version information?

~ # esxcli system version get
Product: VMware ESXi
Version: 5.5.0
Build: Releasebuild-1623387
Update: 1

How to get the uuid?

~ # esxcli system uuid get
53bf0f5e-5b22-8964-2574-000c29f89b93

How to get the hostname ?

~ # esxcli system hostname get
Domain Name: ganesh.com
Fully Qualified Domain Name: esx1.ganesh.com
Host Name: esx1

How to check the Load on server ? we can also use “uptime” for same

~ # esxcli system process stats load get
Load1Minute: 0.02
Load15Minutes: 0.03
Load5Minutes: 0.02

How Many processes are running on ESXi ?

~ # esxcli system process stats running get
Running Processes: 405

How to get the boot device information for ESXi?

~ # esxcli system boot device get
Boot Filesystem UUID: 5bba5c75-aadf80d0-d554-c0ac58729550
Boot NIC:
Stateless Boot NIC:

How to see the coredump device used to capture dump ?

~ # esxcli system coredump file list
Path Active Configured Size
——————————————————————————————————- —— ———- ———
/vmfs/volumes/53c033b3-b6a7b6f3-e8bf-000c29f89b93/vmkdump/564D3C1B-1B4F-DD7B-61A7-737834F89B93.dumpfile true true 119537664

How to see the coredump partition information ?

~ # esxcli system coredump partition list
Name Path Active Configured
————————————————————————– ———————————————————————————————- —— ———-
t10.ATA_____VMware_Virtual_IDE_Hard_Drive___________00000000000000000001:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____VMware_Virtual_IDE_Hard_Drive___________00000000000000000001:7 true true

How to list the loaded module? Partial output is shown.

~ # esxcli system module list
Name Is Loaded Is Enabled
—————————– ——— ———-
vmkernel true true
chardevs true true
user true true
vmkapi_socket true true
procfs true true
procMisc true true

How to see the information related to particular Module ?

~ # esxcli system module get -m swapobj
Module: swapobj
Module File: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/swapobj
License: VMware
Version:
Signed Status: VMware Signed
Signature Issuer: VMware, Inc.
Signature Digest: 7308 1040 f1ab 8d96 07c0 0a51 eef7 3fd4 a836 01a1 0341 fc15 21bd 97da ce61 6073
Signature FingerPrint: cb44 247a 1614 cea1 2079 362d ec86 9d0e
Provided Namespaces: com.vmware.swapobj@0
Required Namespaces: com.vmware.vmkapi@v2_2_0_0, com.vmware.vmkapi.incompat@v2_2_0_0, com.vmware.vmklinkmpi@0, [email protected]

How to see the log rotation policies ?

~ # esxcli system syslog config get
Default Network Retry Timeout: 180
Local Log Output: /scratch/log
Local Log Output Is Configured: false
Local Log Output Is Persistent: true
Local Logging Default Rotation Size: 1024
Local Logging Default Rotations: 8
Log To Unique Subdirectory: false
Remote Host:

How to see special purpose file systems?

~ # esxcli system visorfs ramdisk list
Ramdisk Name System Include in Coredumps Reserved Maximum Used Peak Used Free Reserved Free Maximum Inodes Allocated Inodes Used Inodes Mount Point
———— —— ——————– ——— ———- ——– ——— —- ————- ————– —————- ———– —————————
root true true 32768 KiB 32768 KiB 460 KiB 468 KiB 98 % 98 % 8192 4096 3559 /
etc true true 28672 KiB 28672 KiB 180 KiB 212 KiB 99 % 99 % 4096 1024 463 /etc
tmp false false 2048 KiB 196608 KiB 8 KiB 232 KiB 99 % 99 % 8192 256 4 /tmp
hostdstats false false 0 KiB 84992 KiB 1784 KiB 1784 KiB 97 % 0 % 8192 32 4 /var/lib/vmware/hostd/stats

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How to list the CPU information related to ESXi?

~ # esxcli hardware cpu global get
CPU Packages: 1
CPU Cores: 2
CPU Threads: 2
Hyperthreading Active: false
Hyperthreading Supported: false
Hyperthreading Enabled: true
HV Support: 3
HV Replay Capable: false
HV Replay Disabled Reasons: incompatible CPU

How to list the details information related to each core ?

~ # esxcli hardware cpu list
CPU:0
Id: 0
Package Id: 0
Family: 6
Model: 60
Type: 0
Stepping: 3
Brand: GenuineIntel
Core Speed: 3400060000
Bus Speed: 66000000
APIC ID: 0x0
Node: 0
L2 Cache Size: 262144
L2 Cache Associativity: 8
L2 Cache Line Size: 64
L2 Cache CPU Count: 2
L3 Cache Size: 8388608
L3 Cache Associativity: 16
L3 Cache Line Size: 64
L3 Cache CPU Count: 2

CPU:1
Id: 1
Package Id: 0
Family: 6
Model: 60
Type: 0
Stepping: 3
Brand: GenuineIntel
Core Speed: 3400060000
Bus Speed: 66000000
APIC ID: 0x1
Node: 0
L2 Cache Size: 262144
L2 Cache Associativity: 8
L2 Cache Line Size: 64
L2 Cache CPU Count: 2
L3 Cache Size: 8388608
L3 Cache Associativity: 16
L3 Cache Line Size: 64
L3 Cache CPU Count: 2

How to check the physical memory present ?

~ # esxcli hardware memory get
Physical Memory: 4294430720 Bytes
Reliable Memory: 0 Bytes
NUMA Node Count: 1

How to Check the Hardware Clock ?

~ # esxcli hardware clock get
2014-07-15T18:30:34Z

How to list PCI devices connected ?

~ # esxcli hardware pci list | more
000:000:00.0
Address: 000:000:00.0
Segment: 0x0000
Bus: 0x00
Slot: 0x00

Most useful command to check the serial number of physical server and other related information to HW.

~ # smbiosDump.