VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

Running CLI commands on target servers

In this recipe, we will learn how to issue commands on the added target vCenter Servers or ESXi hosts.

How to do it…

The following procedures explain how to set a target server and issue direct commands to it. We will discuss all three methods.

Method 1 – issuing commands on the default target

1. Set the intended server as the default target for all commands.

   Command:

   vifptarget –s <servername>
   

   Example:

   vifptarget –s host001.vdescribed.lab
   vifptarget –s vcenterhost001.vdescribed.lab
   

2. Similar to the CLI commands, you would run at an ESXi host's console.

   Example:

   esxcli system version get
   

   

Method 2 – issuing commands by ...