Tarefas via Shell (Esxi)

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• Problem of shell ESXI

  Hello

  I just installed ESXI server and I wanted to run VMware-cmd commands on this server.

  the problem is that I can run these commands by installing VCLI on my client (http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/), but I need to run these commands of shell ESXI, I just activated ESXI and ESXI ssh shell. Now, I am able to connect to the ESXI shell, but I'm not able to execute commands it and I just check/usr/bin for orders and I couldn't find anything there.

  Can you tell me what should you do? I am able to run these commands of shell ESXI?

  Unfortuately, this command is available only from the vCLI.

  presentation of vmware-cmd

  Important VMware-cmd is not available in the shell of ESXi. Run the vCLI vmware-cmd command.

  André

• Difference between Shell ESXi and active with SSH PuTTY?

  Hello

  We used to activate SSH and PuTTY to connect to 5.5 ESXi host.

  However, a consultant suggested allow ESXi Shell and access it via DCUI.

  Would just like to ask you what is the difference between these 2 methods of access?

  Thank you

  Accusing Shell of ESXi is available by using two different ways.

  (1) local access to the shell of ESXi is available turning and by using directly from DCUI (Alt + F1), safer, since it is connected locally

  (2) remove access to the shell of ESXi is available by activating SSH Shell and using the SSH Client such as PUTTY etc to access. Since it is remote access, security is a bit of a cause for concern.

  This is the reason, the suggestion to use locally DCUI is given.

• Create the guest OS (VM) of ESXi Shell (ESXi 5.0)

  Basically I have a home linux environment (two linux workstations and a server ESXi 5.0) I play with. I did some preliminary research on the vSphere CLI and have a few commands that can some help me get started.

  I can use vmkfstools to create discs, I can copy an iso for the data store. I see that there is a vmware-cmd, which seems to be able to "setguestinfo" but vmware-cmd does not come with ESXi 5, but even then I would need to know what are the variables/create the game.

  No matter who this before, is there a way I can create a guest of the shell operating system?

  Thanks in advance

  -KJ

  something like this will do

  mkdir/vmfs/volumes/datastorebig/test2
  CD/vmfs/volumes/datastorebig/test2
  echo "config.version"8"= ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "virtualHW.version = '8' ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge4.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge4.virtualDev ="pcieRootPort"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge4.functions = '8' ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge5.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge5.virtualDev ="pcieRootPort"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge5.functions = '8' ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge6.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge6.virtualDev ="pcieRootPort"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge6.functions = '8' ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge7.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge7.virtualDev ="pcieRootPort"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "pciBridge7.functions = '8' ' > test2.vmx"
  echo "vmci0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "hpet0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "nvram ="test2.nvram"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "virtualHW.productCompatibility ="hosted"' > test2.vmx"
  echo 'displayName = "test2" ' > test2.vmx
  echo "="256"memsize" > test2.vmx
  echo "ide0:0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ide0:0.fileName ="test2.vmdk"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ide1:0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ide1:0.clientDevice ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ide1:0.deviceType ="cdrom-raw"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ide1:0.startConnected ="FALSE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ethernet0.present ="TRUE"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ethernet0.networkName ="VM network"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "ethernet0.addressType ="generated"' > test2.vmx"
  echo "guestOS ="winXPPro"' > test2.vmx"
  chmod 744 test2.vmx
  vmkfstools - c 1000 m - one free d thin test2.vmdk
  Vim - cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorebig/test2/test2.vmx

• ESXi shell works after being disabled

  Hi all

  I have a 5.5 esxi in my lab at home and esxi shell has been disabled on it. I tried alt + f1, but he won't give me the login prompt. (it is a known behavior)

  I activated esxi shell and he gave me a prompt to enter the user name and password. I have entered the credentials, and then I was able to access locally to the shell of the esxi server. Now the question is once I have disabled the esxi shell - if I type alt + f1, then also it allows to work on it.

  I cannot understand if the shell esxi is disabled (before it was activated) then why it will allow me to work on the console DCUI? any suggestions

  Thank you

  Vaibhav

  Hi vaibhav,

  Disabling the local shell of ESXi does not stop a session that is already connected to the console. It will prevent new connections only.

  With remote SSH sessions, the behavior is the same: existing ssh session will continue to run after you disable the SSH shell.

  Concerning

  Andreas

• Command update the esxi update 5.1 to 5.1 2 via SSH

  Could someone send me the command update ESXi 5.1 5.1U2? (assuming I already downloaded and copied the update to the host)

  I know it's something like esxcli the software profile install d [something, something, etc.], but I think that I've got the syntax.

  THX!

  VMware KB: Installation of patches on an ESXi host from the command-line 5.x

  1. Download the update and transfer it to any store of data that is available for the ESXi host
  2. Connect to the host via SSH ESXi
  3. Put the ESXi host in maintenance mode.

  # vim - cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

  4. go to the directory on the data store where the patch file was transferred to and verify that the file exists:

  # cdvmfs/volumes/Datastore/DirectoryName
  # ls

  Verify that you can see the file that you downloaded. I guess that the file you downloaded is in zip format. In this case,.

  5 # software esxcli vib install d ' "/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/DirectoryName/PatchName.zip".

  More options are in VMware KB. Please see that as well.

  See you soon.

• Together-ESXi-Shell-Configaration.

  Dear friends,

  How to set a deadline for the 600 Shell ESXi sec and set a deadline for the 600 ESXi-Shell-Interactive sec.

  Thanks in advance.

  Try this

  Get-VMHostesxi01.definit.local | Get-AdvancedSetting-Name 'UserVars.ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOut' | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value"600"-Confirm:$false

• PowerShell script to browse the root of an ESXI host?

  I am currently working on a project to automate the task to bring our standard up to STIG vmware environment.

  
  I was able to make the largest part of the task using PowerCLI and vSphereCLI scripts. Some patches require that you check the data to files like/etc/ssh/ssh_config... I tried to use the vifs.pl, but that does not allow you to browse directories host root. Also trying to research how to execute SSH via Powershell commands, but there is no free utlity. Is there another way to do this?

  Here is an example: under text difficulty: I need to be able to read the content of/etc/ssh/ssh_config to check if there is the "LOCAL so."

  Under rule: the SSH client must not send any environment variables on the server or send only those relating to the regional settings.

  STIG ID: GEN005529-ESXI5-708 rule ID: SV - 51085r1_rule Vuln ID: V-39269

  Severity: CAT II class: Unclass

  Discussion:
  Environment variables can be used to change the behavior of remote sessions and should be limited. Local environment variables specify the language, character set and other features change the operation of the software according to the preferences of the user.

  Documentable: No.

  Check the content:
  Deactivate the lock mode.
  Select the shell ESXi.
  < file > = / etc/ssh/ssh_config
  < Required_keyword > = AcceptEnv
  < Required_keyword_setpoint > = LOCAL
  Run the following commands:
  # grep AcceptEnv/etc/ssh/ssh_config

  If 'AcceptEnv' is not set to 'LOCAL' a finding.

  Reactivate the lock mode.

  Difficulty of text:
  Deactivate the lock mode.
  Select the shell ESXi.
  < file > = / etc/ssh/ssh_config
  < Required_keyword > = AcceptEnv
  < Required_keyword_setpoint > = LOCAL
  Run the following commands:
  # vi < file >

  Add/Modify the < required_keyword > or < required_keyword_setpoint > where/as necessary for 'LOCAL '.

  Reactivate the lock mode.

  IAB: IAB-000366
  SP NIST 800 - 53A: CM - 6.1 (iv)
  NIST 800-53 SP: CM - 6B

  There is the free PuTTY Suite, with the included plink.exe you can do a SSH session on the ESXi server.

  There are several examples on how to use plink.exe in this community.

• ESXi 5.0 STIG (increased security)

  I did the security hardening on a host ESXi 5 (test area), and I can't know what part is to complete the shell ESXi service stop to keep downtime.  Lock mode is not enabled, the SSH service is running when I look at the graphical interface, and when I have F2 and connection via the DCUI it shows that the 'ESXi Shell is activated.  Under this same box, it shows "SSH is enabled", and under the firewall, the SSH server is enabled and running.

  I hope that someone knows exactly what it is, of course, I changed some sshd_config files and such, but I'm not if that it affects.  It isn't causing a problem since it is just a test host, but I have gone through all these pages, I just can't understand what prevents this.

  I need to make a correction.  When I log in the DCUI under same if 'Options Mode Troubleshooting"I have activate the ESXi here environment, in a second or two, it gets back to disabled.

  Did you change the options of ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOut or ESXiShellTimeOut? These settings can reset a manually activated shell. Check the values with these commands:

  # esxcfg - advcfg - g/UserVars/ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOut

  # esxcfg - advcfg - g/UserVars/ESXiShellTimeOut

  See also:

  http://blogs.VMware.com/vSphere/2012/09/vSphere-5-1-new-esxishellinteractivetimeout.html

• 6 ESXi on Mac mini 2012 Yosemite does not start

  Hello

  im a Mac mini running with ESXi 6 2012. I create a virtual machine to run Yosemite. On my Mac, VMware Fusion 7.1.1 it executed. When I download on my ESXi server, it fails to start and stay on point. When I use the verbose boot, he tell me missing bluetooth.

  Can anyone help?

  Greetings

  Hi demiyo and welcome to the VMware communities!

  There is a known issue with the 'Upload on server' function in Fusion 7 when used with virtual machines in Mac OS X, which causes the loss of one of the necessary configuration options for Mac OS X virtual machines run.  The symptom is that the virtual machine appears to hang when starting, never getting to the login screen.

  To work around the problem:

  • Power off the virtual machine.
  • Open a session shell ESXi (if it is not already selected, use the ESXi console Troubleshooting Options section to allow the ESXi Shell or SSH).
  • Change directory to the virtual machine (/ vmfs/volumes/datastore1 /...).
  • Edit the virtual machine configuration file to add the following line:

  SMC. Present = 'TRUE '.

  • Quit the editor and the power on the virtual machine.  It should now boot successfully.

  See you soon,.

  --

  Darius

• Logical volume Read ESXi-Host - RAID level

  Hi all

  is it possible to read the RAID of a via PowerCLI ESXi host level?

  I would check multiple ESX hosts, if they are built on a RAID.

  THX in advance

  Chakoe

  Hello-

  You're not quite call things correctly.  There are 2 two different things you need to do:

  1. "point source" the .ps1 file in which the function is defined by doing something like: ".." c:\temp\functionDefinitionfilename.ps1 ".
  2. _then_, you must call the function name (not the name of the .ps1 file) and can pass parameters (such as "Get-VNVMHostLogicalVolumeInfo - VMHostName myvmhost0.dom.com"

  To article 0, you _must_ include the period and the space before the name of the file in which the function is defined.  This action is what makes the "Get-VNVMHostLogicalVolumeInfo" function available in your PowerShell session.  It is the "supply point".

  Then, for question 1, which is the function name, "Get-VNVMHostLogicalVolumeInfo", not the name of the definition of the function (the .ps1 file) file.  Until you do these two things, you will continue to get zero results.  You follow?

• To identify the address IP of BMC in ESXi console

  Hello

  Is there a command to esxcli to identify the address IP of BMC of the node started ESXI?

  In the Linux machine, 'ipmitool lan print' will list the of the BMC IP address assigned to the node...

  any ideas?

  
  

  Unfortunately it seems not exist a standard esxcli of builtin command to query the IP Address of management controller.

  But you can query local shell ESXi CIM providers and get IP address like this:

  # enum_instances OMC_IPMIIPProtocolEndpoint root/cimv2 | grep IPv4Address

  IPv4Address = 10.2.1.17

  You can do also makes a request of information the remote host CIM, for example like this:

  $ curl - sk https://myesxihost.local:5989 / cimom -x POST root user.

  H ' content-type: application/xml; charset = "utf-8" '.

  H ' CIMMethod: ' EnumerateInstances------.

  H ' CIMOperation: MethodCall'.

  H ' CIMProtocolVersion: 1.0 '.

  H ' CIMObject: root/cimv2 '.

  -data '

  ' | grep-A1 IPv4Address

  Enter password for user "root": Home

  10.2.1.17

  These are generic methods of CIM which should work with any standard IPMI device and don't require any special drivers/extensions by a hardware vendor.

• vCenter server is down and esxi server db server hosting is due

  Hello vmware experts,

  I hope that you will be able to help me with this problem. Suddenly our vcenter server fails. I discovered that the vcenter Server database server is down. When I look back, the esxi itself host is having a problem.

  I already rebooted the esxi. I tried to connect to this host again via vsphere client and at first, he says that it takes too much time to respond (this is the reason for the way I know that the host has a problem) then I restarted the console management officer. This time I was able to connect to the client via vsphere esxi host. Unfortunately, all virtual machines are showing unknown.

  assuming that you have shared stored, you can always make a note of what the VCDB VM runs on (even if the guests are unkknow).  To connect to a different host, browse the shared data store and find the VCDB VM, there right click on the .vmx file and add to the inventory.  Then turn the VCDB VM.  You can do the same if your vCenter host is a virtual computer.  Once you get the two VM added to the inventory and power, you will find that things are a little easier to troubleshoot.

• ESXi host has not recognized the VM in the shared storage

  Hello

  We have installed ESXi host on our Blade Server and add the storage as a NFS storage device. There are in the NFS storage machine, Machine virtual files were there. But the ESXi host doesn't recognize any of the Virtual Machines.

  Could someone help me how to configure the file Vmdk to access via the ESxi host with out any resettlement.

  Kind regards

  Raghavendrachari

  If you go down each of the RHEl and VM1 files you should be able to add the vmx files to inventory

• How to upgrade on ESXi Server system BIOS?

  Hello

  I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 (BIOS Ver A02) installed with the server ESXi 3.5.0

  I want to update the system BIOS and want to update the firmware?

  Is there any 3rd party bootable utility to the foregoing or can I do it via Server ESXi?

  TIA

  Nadine

  What I do is to use the FlashCD utility, which is found here: http://www.bootdisk.com/flash.htm

  Select the second link, "Bootable CD to Flash your BIOS. Make sure that your server starts on the CD before the internal HD.

  The process is simple. Download the updates you want from Dell to the format BACK. Open the image ISO "Flashcd.iso" in a program of editing/burning the ISO like MagicISO and add any BIOS/Perc firmware, updates etc., you need. Then burn the ISO to a CD and start the server with the CD. You will get to a command prompt BACK, and below the disc from left to right: you will have all your updates firmware Perc BIOS, etc. you've added to the ISO. Then you can just run the updates needed/wanted. It works like a charm and I highly recommend it.

  The only thing I found is that the updates of Perc, Dell has a batch file that runs in an attempt to find a piece of information. The batch file does not work correctly because it is trying to write a text file (think it is on a diskette in writing). I have that get around easily by running the appropriate orders to the batch by hand. It takes a little longer, but this isn't a big deal.