esxcli –server xx.xx.xx.xx –username root –password ‘xxxxxxxxxx’ system coredump partition list
Name Path Active Configured
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naa.600508e0000000007578aa98b9874c03:7 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508e0000000007578aa98b9874c03:7 false false
naa.600508e0000000007578aa98b9874c03:9 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508e0000000007578aa98b9874c03:9 true true
Tag Archives: ESXi
Connect to xx.xx.xx.xx failed. Server SHA-1 thumbprint: 68:BF:D0:1D:8F:85:36:4A:3A:7F:51:24:65:D1:FD:95:FA:F8:B8:DC (not trusted).
if you can not access server using esxcli
/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general/credstore_admin.pl add -s xx.xx.xx.xx -t 68:BF:D0:1D:8F:85:36:4A:3A:7F:51:24:65:D1:FD:95:FA:F8:B8:DC
vEMan – VMware ESX/ESXi Manager
Features
Support vEMan development for v2.0: http://www.gofundme.com/vEMan
Nice GUI for Linux users 😉
Professional Support available!
Deploy OVF from a website to your ESX
Deploy OVF/VMX from local disk to your ESX
Show a list of all your online, suspended and offline VM’s on your ESX
Supporting Ressource Pools
VM-Management: Console (Enable,Disable,Open)
VM-Management: Snapshots (Show,Revert to,Remove,Create,Rename)
VM-Management: Power (Stop,Shutdown,Reboot,Start,Suspend, Resume)
VM-Management: VM status (online/suspended/offline,CPU/MEM usage and many more)
VM-Management: Delete a VM
ESX-Information: Global CPU & MEM usage, ESX version and many more
ESX-Management: add user, change user passwords, change user roles, ..
Planned (v1.0): Simple VM Editor (change CPU count and RAM, Rename VM)
Planned (v2.0): Rewrite vEMan in Python, Using pySphere library instead of VMware SDK
Planned (undecided): Browse datastorages
Planned (undecided): Upload file to a specific datastorage
Support vEMan development for v2.0: http://www.gofundme.com/vEMan
vmware top fix output over ssh connection
TERM=xterm esxtop
verify that the VIBs are installed on your ESXi host
esxcli software vib list
access VMware ESXi console
Alt-F1
esxcli commands
Show ESXi version and build:
esxcli system version get
vmware -v
Enter Maintenance Mode:
esxcli system maintenanceMode set –enable yes
Exit maintenance Mode:
esxcli system maintenanceMode set –enable no
List only advanced settings that have been changed from the system defaults:
esxcli system settings advanced list –d
List only kernel settings that have been changed from the system defaults:
esxcli system settings kernel list –d
List / Change / Test SNMP:
esxcli system snmp get | hash | set | test
List VMs on the ESXi server with the World ID
esxcli vm process list
Kill a VM
esxcli vm process kill –t soft -w WorldID
Install updates and drivers on a ESXi host (make sure the ESXI host is MaintenanceMode)
esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/VMFS01/patches/nameoftheupdate.zip
List physical NICs and connection state
esxcli network nic list
List network information for the VM
esxcli network vm list
List the devices currently controlled by the VMware NMP Multipath Plugin and show the SATP and PSP information associated with that device
esxcli storage nmp device list
List VAAI properties for devices currently registered with the PSA.
esxcli storage core device vaai status get
Change the default pathing policy to Round Robin
esxcli storage nmp satp set –default-psp VMW_PSP_RR –satp youre_satp_policy
ESXi obtain network interface cards
esxcfg-nics -l
ESXi enable shell access
Enabling ESXi Shell access using the Direct Console:
F2
Troubleshooting Option
Enable ESXi Shell
Enable SSH