Tag Archives: vcp

ESX Commands – esxcfg-nas

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Jon Owings

esxcfg-nas Standard use of this command is to add or list your NFS mounts. List: esxcfg-nas –l Add: esxcfg-nas –a –o <host> -s <share> <name> Not much more I can say. A little more detail here: http://b2v.co.uk/b2vguide2vmware3.htm A thread in … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-mpath

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Jon Owings

It has been almost 1 year since I started looking at the esxcfg-* commands. It initially came as a look at the first part of the Enterprise Administration Exam’s Blueprint very first bullet point. In that post I talked about … Continue reading →

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Renewing the Push

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Jon Owings

Well I passed the VCP 4 and my CCNA expired (can’t get around to renewing it). At work I did the VTSP as required by the partner program. Since I am in a test taking grove I think I need … Continue reading →

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Time to Study for the VCP 4

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Jon Owings

Well, before I can get to the VCDX Enterprise Administration Exam it becomes more urgent to get the new VCP for vSphere (aka VCP4). VCP 4 Blueprint Simon Long has a practice test on his Slog. Keep check the practice … Continue reading →

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Rescan All Hba’s Where are you?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Jon Owings

So I was updating some of my blog posts on the esxcfg-* commands with any changes in ESX 4. I wrote earlier I did not know much about the esxcfg-advcfg command. Since writing that post at the end of 2008, … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – esxcfg-module

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Jon Owings

After the last two entries being somewhat boring and not useful at least in my opinion. I am glad this command has a little more to it. [root@esx1 root]# esxcfg-module -hUsage: esxcfg-module -g–get-options Get the options for a given module … Continue reading →

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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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