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==Names==
 DCUI          Direct Console User Interface
 drs           Distributed Resource Scheduler
 fcd           First Class Disk (storage life-cycle management on virtual disks as a disk-as-a service)
 fsvm          vSAN file service Node
 hci           hyper-converged infrastructure
 vCLS          vSphere Cluster Services
 vmk           VMkernel port
 vDFS          vSAN Distributed File System
 vpxa          vCenter Server Agent, also referred to as vpxa
 VSS           VMware Distributed Switch
 VSS           VMware Standard Switch

==Reload vmx file==
 vim-cmd vmsvc/reload Vmid

==vim-cmd==
 vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms                Get all vm:s.
 vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config 1835          Get info about vm.
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on                 Start vm.
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off                Stop vm.
 vim-cmd hostsvc/hosthardware           Get info about underlying hardware. | grep numCpu (to get number of cpu:s.
 vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy 1948             Delete vm

=get info about vim and if it is powered on=
 vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -v Vmid | while read ID NAME ; do echo $(vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate $ID| grep -v ^Retrieved) $NAME ; done | cut -c -180

==To power on a virtual machine from the command line:==
# List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:
 vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
# Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate <vmid>
# Power-on the virtual machine with the command:
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on <vmid>
==deploy vmware machine on cli==
Look at image.
 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ipmon_images/vmware-ovftool/ovftool /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Test_image.ova
 OVF version:   1.0
 VirtualApp:    false
 Name:          test
 
 Annotation:  Test image. 
             
             Virtual Machine Version: 8
             
             CPU:       4vCPU
             Memory:  8G
             HD:         50G [ Optimal Performance = Thick Provision Eager 
             Zeroed ] 
 
 Download Size:  1.69 GB
 
 Deployment Sizes:
  Flat disks:   50.00 GB
  Sparse disks: 3.86 GB
 
 Networks:
  Name:        vmware
  Description: vmware description
 
 Virtual Machines:
  Name:               Test-SL-6.6-NovAPP
  Operating System:   rhel6_64
  Virtual Hardware:
    Families:         vmx-08 
    Number of CPUs:   4
    Cores per socket: 1
    Memory:           8.00 GB
 
    Disks:
      Index:          0
      Instance ID:    9
      Capacity:       50.00 GB
      Disk Types:     SCSI-VirtualSCSI 
 
    NICs:
      Adapter Type:   VmxNet3
      Connection:     dvpg-VM Linux-820

Setup machine from image.
 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vmware-ovftool/ovftool -dm=thick -ds=datastore1 "--net:vmware=VM Network" '/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ipmon_images/Test_image.ova' 'vi://root:password@localhost'
 Opening OVA source: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Test_image.ova
 Opening VI target: vi://root@10.151.105.131:443/
 Deploying to VI: vi://root@10.151.105.131:443/
 Transfer Completed                    
 The manifest validates
 Warning:
  - No manifest entry found for: 'SL-6.6-NovAPP-05092015-disk1.vmdk'.
 Completed successfully

=which version of esxi=
 # vmware -vl
 VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247
 VMware ESXi 4.1.0 GA
=backup=
Backing up a running virtual machine. Run the following command to create a snapshot:
 vmware-cmd <path to vmx file> createsnapshot <name of snapshot> <snapshotdescription> 1 1
Run the following command to make a clone:
 vmkfstools -i  
Run the following command to remove all snapshots:
 vmware-cmd <path to vmx file> removesnpshots
Backup the cloned VMDK file using NetBackup.
=list virtual machines=
 esxcli vm process list
 vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

=show ip address of esxi host=
 esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get
 esxcli network ip interface list
 esxcfg-nics -l

=show routes=
 esxcli network ip route ipv4 list

=create vmdk file that point to flat file.=
Rename to flat
 mv IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801.vmdk IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801-flat.vmdk
List size of file.
 ls -la
 -rw-------    1 root     root     80530636800 Jan  4 10:22 IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801-flat.vmdk
Create think file matching criteria.
 vmkfstools -c 80530636800 -a lsilogic -d thin temp.vmdk
Rename file to matching name.
 mv temp.vmdk IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801.vmdk
Edit file to contain reference to right file and remove thin option.
 vim IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801.vmdk
 # Change name to *flat.vmdk file.
 RW 8388608 VMFS "vmdisk0-flat.vmdk"
 # Remove this line.
 ddb.thinProvisioned = "1"
Test that file work.
 vmkfstools --fix check /vmfs/volumes/4e0cdac0-bbcd2986-39a2-b8ac6f88f9f9/shehbab.se2.ipsoft.com/IPcenter-CIS-SL69-20170801.vmdk
=ssh password less login=
esxi -4
 /.ssh/authorized_keys
esxi 5+
 /etc/ssh/keys-<username>/authorized_keys
 /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

=vmdk file not seen when finding uploaded vmdk file=
 mv machine1.vmdk machine1.vmdk.uploaded
 vmkfstools -c $(ls -la machine1.vmdk.uploaded | grep size) -d zeroedthick machine1.vmdk
 mv machine1.vmdk.uploaded machine1.vmdk.uploaded machine1-flat.vmdk
=view syslog settings=
 esxcli system syslog config get
=set syslog server=
 esxcli system syslog config set --loghost=udp://rb-fluentd01.int.redbridge.se:5140
=reload config=
 esxcli system syslog reload
=disable firewall=
 esxcli network firewall set --default-action true
=enable firewall=
 esxcli network firewall set --default-action false
=list firewall rules=
 esxcli network firewall ruleset list
=netstat=
 esxcli network ip connection list
=mount=
 esxcli storage filesystem list
=list of the physical drive paths to the controller installed in the system=
 esxcli storage core path list
=list disks=
 esxcfg-scsidevs -c
=read logfiles=
 ls -alrt /scratch/log/ | tail -20
=top=
 esxtop
=vib=
List installed vibs.
 esxcli software vib list
=manage certs=
Manage VMware Certificate Store (VECS) instances. Use these commands together with dir-cli and certool to manage your certificate infrastructure.
 vecs-cli
=vCenter Server Management=
 https://172.30.32.36:5480/#/ui/summary
=arp list=
 esxcli network ip neighbor list
=ping=
 vmkping 172.19.12.13
=vm-support=
Collect logfiles.
=connect to postgres=
 psql -d VCDB -U postgres
 pg_dump -U postgres VCDB --file=/tmp/postgres_backup
=enable shell=
 shell.set --enabled true

=curl=
Function to get command.
 curl_vmware_url_username_password(){
   local VMWARE_URL VMWARE_USER VMWARE_PASS 
   if [ ${#} -lt 3 ]; then
     echo "${FUNCNAME} vsphere_url username password."
     return 1
   fi
   VMWARE_URL="${1}"
   VMWARE_USER="${2}"
   VMWARE_PASS="${3}"
   VMWARE_KEY=$(curl -s -k -X POST https://${VMWARE_URL}/rest/com/vmware/cis/session -u "${VMWARE_USER}:${VMWARE_PASS}" | awk -F \" '{print $4}')
   curl -s -k -X GET -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VMWARE_KEY}" https://${VMWARE_URL}/rest/vcenter/vm
   echo -e "\nExample command to use:"
   echo "curl -s -k -X GET -H \"vmware-api-session-id: ${VMWARE_KEY}\" https://${VMWARE_URL}/rest/vcenter/vm"
 }
Login with cookie
 curl -k -b /tmp/cookie-jar.txt https://vsphere.inter.net/api/vcenter/lcm/update/pending
 curl -k -i -u 'administrator@vsphere.local:P@ssw0rd' -X POST -c /tmp/cookie-jar.txt https://vsphere.inter.net/rest/com/vmware/cis/session
==Get vm:s==
 curl -k -X GET -H "vmware-api-session-id: $ID" https://<VCENTERIP>/rest/vcenter/vm
==Datastores==
 curl -k -X GET -H "vmware-api-session-id: $ID" https://<VCENTERIP>/rest/vcenter/datastore
=vmware vsphere commands=
 # list the vCenter Server Appliance services:
 service-control --list
 # start vmware service.
 service-control --start wcp
 # status of vmware services.
 service-control --status
 service-control --status | sed -r 's/ +/\n/g'
 # envoy listen to web requests.
 Config file
 # where are request proxied.
 root@vsphere [ ~ ]# grep -r "^/sdk " /etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/
 /etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/endpoints.conf.d/vpxd-rhttpproxy-endpoint.conf:/sdk local 8085 redirect allow