Category Archives: vcdx

ESX Commands – esxcfg-init

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jon Owings

Wow, this was a good one eh?check out the help. [root@esx1 root]# esxcfg-init -hUsage: esxcfg-initThis program is used to initialize device names and advanced configuration options for the VMkernel on system boot.It is NOT intended for use outside of initialization … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-info

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Jon Owings

This is a great command to give you a whole bunch of information. Sort of like trying to drink from a fire hose. Go ahead and type esxcfg-info as root from your console. Wasn’t that fun? You can follow this … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-hwiscsi

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Jon Owings

Next in the order of commands is esxcfg-hwiscsi. This command according to the iSCSI SAN configuration guide will let you set certain settings as required by your SAN on your hardware iSCSI HBA. esxcfg-hwiscsi -h – this is the help. … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-firewall

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Jon Owings

I have really forgot to keep up on my VCDX study path. So today a quick tidbit on the esxcfg-firewall command.Many of us today will use the vCenter Client to change firewall ports on the ESX. One instance where I … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-dumppart

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Jon Owings

Finally have a second to log into the test ESX and mess with esxcfg- commands again. Today, esxcfg-dumppart, this command can be used to list, create and activate dump partitions used by the VMKernel during a crash. I would bet … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-configcheck

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Jon Owings

The ESX Quick reference has information on this command. I didn’t find any posts in the VMware Communities or the Knowledge base with any reference to this command. From what I can cypher it checks the settings of the /etc/vmware/esx.conf … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-boot

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Jon Owings

What in the world does this command do? esxcfg-bootesxcfg-boot -h –help -q –query bootvmkmod -p –update-pci -b –update-boot -d –rootdev UUID= -a –kernelappend -r –refresh-initrd -g –regenerate-grubQueries cannot be combined with each other or other options. Passing -p or -d … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-auth

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Jon Owings

Following my alphabetical method of learning. esxcfg-authusage: esxcfg-auth [options] options: –enablemd5 Enable MD5 password storage –disablemd5 Disable MD5 password storage –enableshadow Enable Shadow password storage –disableshadow Disable Shadow password storage –enablenis Enable NIS Authentication –disablenis Disable NIS Authentication –nisdomain=domain Set … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-advcfg

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jon Owings

Everything I find out in the VM Blogosphere about studying for the VCDX says to know your esxcfg- commands. Ok. So here I go.The first command as I start out was the one on the top: esxcfg-advcfg. [root@esxlab1 root]# esxcfg-advcfgUsage: … Continue reading →

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VCDX – Nugget — Identify iSCSI, Fibre Channel

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Jon Owings

Storage – Create and Administer VMFS Datastores using advanced Techniques Describe how to identify iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SATA and NFS configurations using CLI commands and log entries. First, there are several commands relating to storage. Two of which I have … Continue reading →

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