CMD – VMware Esxcfg*
There are a new set of command line tools in ESX 3.x which all start with “esxcfg-”. These tools are used to configure each part of the ESX 3.x configuration. For example, esxcfg-firewall is used to manage the service console firewall while the esxcfg-nic is used to manage the physical Ethernet adapters present in the server. Watch out for vicfg- commands also. If you are using the RCLI tools for managing ESX 3i, then the esxcfg- tools are now prefixed with vicfg- although the esxcfg- prefix still works. esxcfg-advcfg Sets advanced VMkernel options. esxcfg-module view and set options for start-up on the VMkernel modules (drivers). esxcfg-firewall Configure firewalling options. esxcfg-rescan Perform a rescan for LUNs on a host bus adapter (HBA). esxcfg-auth Authentication configuration esxcfg-boot† Configure boot, including PCI allocation esxcfg-dumppart current VMkernel dump partitions Set, activate, deactivate, list potential and
esxcfg-info Prints information about the service console, the VMkernel, various subsystems in the virtual network and storage resource hardware esxcfg-init† Perform initialization steps in the initrd esxcfg-linuxnet Converts vswifdevices to eth when bootinginto Linux debugging mode esxcfg-upgrade† Upgrade from ESX Server 2.X to 3.0 esxcfg-mpath Multipathingconfiguration esxcfg-nas Add, delete or manage NAS file systems esxcfg-nics Presents physical NIC information esxcfg-resgrp Create, delete and list resource groups esxcfg-route Enable or disable routing for vmknics esxcfg-swscsi Configures software iSCSIadapters esxcfg-vmhbadevs Maps COS device files to vmhbanames esxcfg-vmknic Create & configure VMkernel NICs esxcfg-vswif Create & configure vswifsfor the COS esxcfg-vswitch Create & configure virtual switches andport groups † Should not be run unless instructed to do so by VMware Technical Support Representativeesxcfg-* |