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ESX Commands – esxcfg-linuxnet

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jon Owings

The guide from VMware.com says esxcfg-linuxnetConverts vswif to eth when booting ESX Server into service-console-only mode rather than into ESX mode. This command is used for the bootstrap process and is intended for VMware Technical Support use only. You should … Continue reading →

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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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