ESXCLI Reference

ESXCLI Reference

The ESXCLI command set allows you to run common system administration commands against vSphere systems from an administration server of your choice. The actual list of commands depends on the system that you are running on. Run esxcli --help for a list of commands on your system.

ESXCLI Commands

Namespace	Description
esxcli daemon	Commands for controlling daemons built with Daemon SDK (DSDK).
esxcli device	Lists descriptions of device commands.
esxcli esxcli	Lists descriptions of esxcli commands.
esxcli fcoe	FCOE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) comands
esxcli graphics	Graphics commands
esxcli hardware	Hardware namespace. Used primarily for extracting information about the current system setup.
esxcli iscsi	iSCSI namespace for monitoring and managing hardware and software iSCSI.
esxcli network	Network namespace for managing virtual networking including virtual switches and VMkernel network interfaces.
esxcli nvme	Commands for managing NVMe devices.
esxcli rdma	Commands for monitoring RDMA devices.
esxcli sched	Manage the shared system-wide swap space.
esxcli software	Software namespace. Includes commands for managing and installing image profiles and VIBs.
esxcli storage	Includes core storage commands and other storage management commands.
esxcli system	System monitoring and management command.
esxcli vm	Namespace for listing virtual machines and shutting them down forcefully.
esxcli vsan	Namespace for vSAN management commands. See the vSphere Storage publication for details.

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ESXi 7.0 U2 ESXCLI Command Reference