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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
1 ManagingvSpherewithCommand‐LineInterfaces 7
OverviewofvSphereCommand‐LineInterfaces 7
UsingthevSphereCommand‐LineInterface 8
UsingESXCLI 8
ESXCLISyntax 8
RunningESXCLIvCLICommands 9
CommandSyntax 9
CommandSupportwhenHostandvCLIVersionDoNotMatch 9
RunningESXCLICommandsintheESXiShell 9
ESXiShellAccesswiththeDirectConsole 10
EnablingLocalESXiShellAccess 10
SettingTimeoutsfortheESXiShell 11
UsingtheLocalESXiShell 11
RemoteESXiShellAccesswithSSH 11
EnablingSSHfortheESXiShell 12
UsingtheESXiShellwithSSH 12
2 InstallingvCLI 13
InstallationOverview 13
OverviewofLinuxInstallationProcess 14
InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux 16
InstallingRequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforRedHatEnterprise 16
InstallingthevCLIPackageonRHEL(NoInternetAccess) 16
InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess 17
InstallingRequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess 17
InstallingthevCLI
PackageonaLinuxSystemwithInternetAccess 18
RunningCommandsonLinux 19
UninstallingthevCLIPackageonLinux 19
InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindows 19
RunningCommandsonWindows 20
UninstallingthevCLIPackageonWindows 20
EnablingCertificateVerification 21
DeployingvMA 21
3 UsingthevSphereCommand‐LineInterface 23
OverviewofRunningCommands 23
SpecifyingAuthenticationInformation 24
OrderofPrecedenceforvCLIAuthentication 24
UsingaSessionFile 24
UsingEnvironmentVariables 25
UsingaConfigurationFile 25
UsingCommand‐LineOptions 26
UsingMicrosoftWindowsSecuritySupportProviderInterface 27
vCLIandLockdownMode 27
CommonOptionsforvCLIExecution 27
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