![]() ![]() All esxcli commands will begin with esxcli …. esxcli works much like a command line interface might on a network switch, where you start by entering an element and then continue to break down that element into different sub-elements or functions. Whether you are looking to install software, configuring vSwitches, setting up firewalls or multipathing storage esxcli can do it. After frantically googling around you find out that this one task you are trying to perform simply cannot be done through PowerShell, yet you know it exists within the local ESXi esxcli command namespace! This has happened multiple times to me and thankfully, there is a way to access ESXi’s esxcli command namespace without having to leave the comforts of the PowerShell Console.Ĭhances are that if you have been working at all with ESXi you are familiar with the esxcli command – but for those that aren’t let’s take a quick look at what exactly it does.Įsxcli is VMware’s answer to doing almost anything locally within the ESXi shell. Picture this – you are working away developing a PowerCLI script that is performing multiple actions – you have it just about complete when you come to a roadblock. StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) OEM.StarWind Virtual Tape Library Appliance (VTLA). ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |