I thought I’d post up a full listing of the esxcli command from vSphere 5. It’s as much for my own future reference, but as 5.0 still isn’t GA I thought there are probably other folk who’d like to take a look through all the options.
Although the esxcli command was around before vSphere 5.0, it has been propelled into the spotlight with the news that esxcli will be the new standard that VMware will migrate towards while depreciating the other command line tools we have come to know. It’s time to get comfortable with it. As I pull together all the pieces for the vSphere 5 reference card, I’ll be changing the commands over to esxcli.
If you want to learn more about the esxcli command, pop over to William Lam‘s excellent posts on the subject. In particular his post outlining the major enhancements.
One interesting point that I noticed from the listing, is that it was missing the “license” top-level namespace that William had identified. I suspect this may be because I had joined the host to a vCenter instance. Perhaps at this point the host realizes that it’s not authoritative for its licensing anymore and then excludes the namespace as an option.
Anyway, without further ado here is a full listing (created with esxcli esxcli command list):
Namespace Command -------------------------------------------------- ----------- esxcli.command list fcoe.adapter list fcoe.nic disable fcoe.nic discover fcoe.nic list hardware.bootdevice list hardware.clock get hardware.clock set hardware.cpu.cpuid get hardware.cpu.global get hardware.cpu.global set hardware.cpu list hardware.memory get hardware.pci list hardware.platform get iscsi.adapter.auth.chap get iscsi.adapter.auth.chap set iscsi.adapter.capabilities get iscsi.adapter.discovery rediscover iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget add iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget.auth.chap get iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget.auth.chap set iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget list iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget.param get iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget.param set iscsi.adapter.discovery.sendtarget remove iscsi.adapter.discovery.statictarget add iscsi.adapter.discovery.statictarget list iscsi.adapter.discovery.statictarget remove iscsi.adapter.discovery.status get iscsi.adapter.firmware get iscsi.adapter.firmware set iscsi.adapter get iscsi.adapter list iscsi.adapter.param get iscsi.adapter.param set iscsi.adapter set iscsi.adapter.target list iscsi.adapter.target.portal.auth.chap get iscsi.adapter.target.portal.auth.chap set iscsi.adapter.target.portal list iscsi.adapter.target.portal.param get iscsi.adapter.target.portal.param set iscsi.ibftboot get iscsi.ibftboot import iscsi.logicalnetworkportal list iscsi.networkportal add iscsi.networkportal.ipconfig get iscsi.networkportal.ipconfig set iscsi.networkportal list iscsi.networkportal remove iscsi.physicalnetworkportal list iscsi.physicalnetworkportal.param get iscsi.physicalnetworkportal.param set iscsi.plugin list iscsi.session add iscsi.session.connection list iscsi.session list iscsi.session remove iscsi.software get iscsi.software set network.fence list network.fence.network.bte list network.fence.network list network.fence.network.port list network.firewall get network.firewall load network.firewall refresh network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip add network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip list network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip remove network.firewall.ruleset list network.firewall.ruleset.rule list network.firewall.ruleset set network.firewall set network.firewall unload network.ip.connection list network.ip.dns.search add network.ip.dns.search list network.ip.dns.search remove network.ip.dns.server add network.ip.dns.server list network.ip.dns.server remove network.ip get network.ip.interface add network.ip.interface.ipv4 get network.ip.interface.ipv4 set network.ip.interface.ipv6.address add network.ip.interface.ipv6.address list network.ip.interface.ipv6.address remove network.ip.interface.ipv6 get network.ip.interface.ipv6 set network.ip.interface list network.ip.interface remove network.ip.interface set network.ip.neighbor list network.ip set network.nic down network.nic get network.nic list network.nic set network.nic up network.vswitch.dvs.vmware list network.vswitch.standard add network.vswitch.standard list network.vswitch.standard.policy.failover get network.vswitch.standard.policy.failover set network.vswitch.standard.policy.security get network.vswitch.standard.policy.security set network.vswitch.standard.policy.shaping get network.vswitch.standard.policy.shaping set network.vswitch.standard.portgroup add network.vswitch.standard.portgroup list network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.failover get network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.failover set network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.security get network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.security set network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.shaping get network.vswitch.standard.portgroup.policy.shaping set network.vswitch.standard.portgroup remove network.vswitch.standard.portgroup set network.vswitch.standard remove network.vswitch.standard set network.vswitch.standard.uplink add network.vswitch.standard.uplink remove software.acceptance get software.acceptance set software.profile get software.profile install software.profile update software.profile validate software.sources.profile get software.sources.profile list software.sources.vib get software.sources.vib list software.vib get software.vib install software.vib list software.vib remove software.vib update storage.core.adapter list storage.core.adapter rescan storage.core.adapter.stats get storage.core.claiming autoclaim storage.core.claiming reclaim storage.core.claiming unclaim storage.core.claimrule add storage.core.claimrule convert storage.core.claimrule list storage.core.claimrule load storage.core.claimrule move storage.core.claimrule remove storage.core.claimrule run storage.core.device.detached list storage.core.device.detached remove storage.core.device list storage.core.device.partition list storage.core.device set storage.core.device setconfig storage.core.device.stats get storage.core.device.vaai.status get storage.core.device.world list storage.core.path list storage.core.path set storage.core.path.stats get storage.core.plugin list storage.core.plugin.registration add storage.core.plugin.registration list storage.core.plugin.registration remove storage.filesystem automount storage.filesystem list storage.filesystem mount storage.filesystem rescan storage.filesystem unmount storage.nfs add storage.nfs list storage.nfs remove storage.nmp.device list storage.nmp.device set storage.nmp.path list storage.nmp.psp.fixed.deviceconfig get storage.nmp.psp.fixed.deviceconfig set storage.nmp.psp.generic.deviceconfig get storage.nmp.psp.generic.deviceconfig set storage.nmp.psp.generic.pathconfig get storage.nmp.psp.generic.pathconfig set storage.nmp.psp list storage.nmp.psp.roundrobin.deviceconfig get storage.nmp.psp.roundrobin.deviceconfig set storage.nmp.satp.generic.deviceconfig get storage.nmp.satp.generic.deviceconfig set storage.nmp.satp.generic.pathconfig get storage.nmp.satp.generic.pathconfig set storage.nmp.satp list storage.nmp.satp.rule add storage.nmp.satp.rule list storage.nmp.satp.rule remove storage.nmp.satp set storage.vmfs.extent list storage.vmfs.snapshot.extent list storage.vmfs.snapshot list storage.vmfs.snapshot mount storage.vmfs.snapshot resignature storage.vmfs upgrade system.boot.device get system.coredump.network get system.coredump.network set system.coredump.partition get system.coredump.partition list system.coredump.partition set system.hostname get system.hostname set system.module get system.module list system.module load system.module.parameters list system.module.parameters set system.module set system.process list system.process.stats.load get system.process.stats.running get system.secpolicy.domain list system.secpolicy.domain set system.settings.advanced list system.settings.advanced set system.settings.kernel list system.settings.kernel set system.settings.keyboard.layout get system.settings.keyboard.layout list system.settings.keyboard.layout set system.stats.uptime get system.syslog.config get system.syslog.config.logger list system.syslog.config.logger set system.syslog.config set system.syslog mark system.syslog reload system.time get system.time set system.uuid get system.version get system.visorfs get system.visorfs.ramdisk add system.visorfs.ramdisk list system.visorfs.ramdisk remove system.visorfs.tardisk list system.welcomemsg get system.welcomemsg set vm.process kill vm.process list