VmWare/Misc Commands

(https://sites.google.com/site/bmaupinwiki/home/applications/vmware/vmware-esxi)
Misc commands (to be used with SSH--see below for enabling SSH)

List VMs (get vmIds)

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

VM status

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate vmId

Power on/off a VM

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.[on/off] vmId

Get the IP address of a VM

vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary vmId | grep ipAddress

To list available commands

vim-cmd help
vim-cmd vmsvc

Standard VM operations

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reset vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reboot vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.hibernate vmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create vmId snapshotName snapshotDescription includeMemory
Ex:
vim-cmd "vmsvc/snapshot.create XXXX FIRST_SNAPSHOT MY_FIRST_SNAPSHOT_1"
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert VmId snapshotLevel snapshotIndex
Ex:
vim-cmd "vmsvc/snapshot.revert XXXX 1"
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall VmId
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove VmId removeChildren snapshotLevel snapshotIndex
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get vmId

Remove a VM

vim-cmd vmsvc/unregister vmId
then delete the vm directory from the datastore (/vmfs/...)

Maintenance mode for ESX host

• • (unfortunately this command will not evacuate/VMotion your VMs to rest of the cluster)

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

show the DCUI (direct console user interface)

dcui

Ctrl-C to exit

Enable SSH (from terminal)

vi /var/run/inetd.conf
uncomment ssh line (remove # from line that starts with #ssh)
save the file (:wq)
restart inetd
kill -HUP `ps | grep inetd`

Remove/Add SSH enabled warnings

To disable these warnings using esxcli:

esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 1 

To enable these warnings using esxcli:

esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 0

Change hostname

~$ esxcli system hostname set --host=hostname
~$esxcli system hostname set --fqdn=fqdn.com