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Command-Line Management in vSphere 5 and vSphere 6 for Service Console Users
esxtop
TheesxtopcommandisavailableandsupportedintheESXiShell.SearchthevSphereDocumentationCenter,
orseethevSphereResourceManagementdocumentation.
esxupdate
TheesxupdatecommandallowsyoutomanageESX4.0andlatersystems.Usethecommandsintheesxcli
softwarenamespacetoinstall,update,remove,ordisplayindividual
VIBs(softwarepackages).Use
commandsintheesxcli software sourcesnamespacetoquerydepotcontentsforVIBsandimageprofiles.
AnimageprofiledefinesanESXiimageandconsistsofVIBs.
vicfg-snmp
InvSphere5,youcanusethevicfg-snmpcommandtomanagetheESXiSNMPagent.InvSphere5.1,the
esxcli system snmpnamespace
hascorrespondingcommands.
vmkfstools
vmkfstoolsissupportedintheESXiShellandasavCLIcommand.SomedifferencesexistbetweentheESXi
Shellvmkfstoolscommandandthevmkfstools.plvCLIcommand.
NoequivalentESXCLIcommandexists.
vmware-cmd
Thevmware-cmdcommandisincludedinthevCLIpackage,butisnotavailableintheESXi
Shell.
vm-support
Thevm-supportcommandisavailableintheESXiShell.ThecommandisnotincludedinthevCLIpackage.
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MPORTANTTheupdateprocessinthevSphere5environmenthasbeensimplifiedanddiffersfromthe
processinvSphere4.1.Severalcommandoptionsdonothavedirectequivalents.SeetheUpgradeGuide.
Table 25. esxupdate Replacement Commands
esxupdate
Command ESXCLI Command Description
query esxcli software vib list ListallinstalledVIBpackages.
info vSphere5doesnotsupportbulletins.Instead,
youupdateyoursystemwithindividualVIBsor
imageprofiles.SeetheUpgradedocumentation.
esxcli software vib get --vibname=<str>
esxcli software profile get
DisplayinformationononeormoreVIBs.
update esxcli software vib update
esxcli software profile update
esxcli software vib install
esxcli software profile install
TheupdatecommandupdatesVIBpackages
butdoesnotinstallnewVIBs.
Theinstall
commandinstallsVIBpackages
fromaURLordepot.Thecommandinstalls,
upgrades,ordowngradesVIBs.
remove esxcli software vib remove RemoveselectedVIBsfromthehost.
stage Nolongernecessary.
scan Nolongernecessary.
Runesxcli software sources profile to
queryforimageprofilesinadepot.
Runesxcli software sources vibtodisplay
informationaboutVIBURLsandfiles.
IMPORTANTThevSphereClientnowsupportsalloptionstovm-support.IfyoucannotusethevSphere
ClienttoaccessyourESXisystem,youcanusethevm-supportcommand.