ESXCLI
Fake SCSI Reservation on vSAN (for installing Nested ESXI on vSAN) – on each node
esxcli system settings advanced set -o /VSAN/FakeSCSIReservations -i 1
Enable Thin Swap on vSAN – on each node
esxcli system settings advanced set -o /VSAN/SwapThickProvisionDisabled -i 1
Network
List active TCP/IP connections (like netstat -an on linux)
esxcli network ip connection list
List ARP table entries
esxcli network ip neighbor list
Check TSO
esxcli network nic tso get
Show nic parameters
esxcli network nic list
Show NIC Stats (TX/RX – Dropped & Error)
esxcli network nic stats get -n vmnic0
System
Display the product name, version and build information
esxcli system version
vSAN
Enable Maintenance mode on vSAN node
esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true|false -m ensureObjectAccessibility|evacuateAllData|noAction
VMs
Show VM World ID
esxcli vm process list
PowerCLI
Ignore Certificate Error
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction ignore -confirm:$false
NTP setup
Connect-VIServer “vCenter FQDN -user “User” -password ‘PASSWD’
Get-VMHost | Add-VMHostNtpServer -NtpServer 192.168.20.5
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNtpServer
Get-VMhost | Get-VMHostService | findstr ntp
Get-VMhost | Get-VmHostService | Where-Object {$_.key -eq “ntpd”} | Set-VMHostService -policy “on”
Get-VMHost | Get-VmHostService | Where-Object {$_.key -eq “ntpd”} | Start-VMHostService
Enable ESXi iSCSI Software Adapter
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostStorage | Set-VMHostStorage -SoftwareIScsiEnabled $True
Build a custom ISO
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\QLG-qcnic-6.5-6426856\QLG-qcnic-6.5-offline_bundle-6426856.zip
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-7967591.x86_64.zip
New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-6.5U1-7967591 “ESXi-6.5U1-Custom” -vendor Custom
Get-EsxImageProfile
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -SoftwareDepot zip:C:\QLG-qcnic-6.5-6426856\QLG-qcnic-6.5-offline_bundle-6426856.zip?index.xml
Name Version Vendor Creation Date
—- ——- —— ————-
qcnic 1.0.4.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 QLC 8/23/2017 12:…
qfle3f 1.0.31.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 QLC 8/21/2017 2:2…
qfle3i 1.0.5.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 QLC 8/21/2017 2:1…
qfle3 1.0.55.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417 QLC 3/20/2017 11:…
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -SoftwarePackage qcnic -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -SoftwarePackage qfle3f -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -SoftwarePackage qfle3i -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -SoftwarePackage qfle3 -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom -ExportToIso -FilePath ESXi-6.5U1-Custom.iso
Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile ESXi-6.5U1-Custom -ExportToBundle -FilePath ESXi-6.5U1-Custom.zip
Advanced Parameters
vSphere HA
das.usedefaultisolationaddress true|false
das.isolationaddress[0-9] “IP”
ESXI
Suppress Shell Waring on Web Client
UserVars.SuppressShellWarning 0|1
Modify AD “ESX Admins” group on a ESXi host
Config.HostAgent.plugins.hostsvc.esxAdminsGroup ESX Admins|”Or other group”
SRM
To remove snap-xx prefix on recovered Datastores
storageProvider.fixRecoveredDatastoreNames false|true
Encrease SRM Rescan Timeout
storageProvider.hostRescanTimeoutSec 300|600
Others (to improve)
ESXi
vscsiStats
net-dvs
net-vdl2
net-vdr
vdq
esxtop
tcpdump-uw
pktcap-uw
esxcfg-*
summarize-dvfilter
vsipioctl
vdf / df -h
nc -z “ip” “port”
voma
vmkfstools
vmkload_mod
vm-support
esxcli software vib install -d “Path to zip”
esxcli software vib install -v “Path to vib”
esxcli software vib list
esxcli software acceptance set –level=
VMwareCertified|VMwareAccepted|PartnerSupported|CommunitySupported
VCSA
vimtop
top
dcli +interactive +skip-server-verification
service-control
fdisk -l
dmsetup ls
pvs|vgs|lvs
/opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli join domain.com Domain_Administrator Password
/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager
dir-cli
vecs-cli
certool
rvc
chsh -s /bin/bash
chsh -s /bin/appliancesh
/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres
\connect VCDB
select * from VPX_DISABLED_METHODS;
delete from VPX_DISABLED_METHODS where entity_mo_id_val = ‘MO_ID’
service-control –stop vmware-vpxds
ervice-control –start vmware-vpxd
Nested vLabs 