As a system administrator, it is important to be familiar with a variety of esxcli commands in VMware ESXi 8.0 to effectively manage and troubleshoot your ESXi host and virtual machines. Some esxcli commands that a system administrator should know include:
Here is a list of some common esxcli commands in VMware ESXi 8.0:
- esxcli network firewall ruleset list
- esxcli storage core device list
- esxcli system maintenanceMode set –enable true
- esxcli software profile update -d /path/to/update.zip
- esxcli network ip connection list
- esxcli storage nmp device list
- esxcli system version get
- esxcli storage vmfs snapshot mount -l
- esxcli network nic list
- esxcli system process list
Here is another set of mostly used esxcli commands on ESXi 8.0:
- esxcli network ip interface list – Display information about network interfaces
- esxcli storage filesystem list – Display information about mounted file systems
- esxcli system version get – Display the version and build number of the ESXi host
- esxcli hardware clock get – Display the current date and time of the ESXi host
- esxcli storage vmfs snapshot mount -l – List the currently mounted VMFS snapshots
- esxcli system process list – List running processes on the ESXi host
- esxcli network nic stats get – Show statistics for a specific network interface
- esxcli storage core adapter list – Display information about storage adapters
- esxcli software vib list – Display the list of installed VIBs (VMware Installation Bundles)
- esxcli storage nmp device list – Display information about the storage devices and their claim rules
Additionally, it is also important to be familiar with troubleshooting and maintenance related commands such as:
- esxcli system maintenanceMode set –enable true – Enable maintenance mode
- esxcli software profile update -d /path/to/update.zip – update the esxi version
- esxcli network firewall ruleset list – display firewall ruleset