مدیریت ESXi از خط فرمان با esxcli

esxcli system version get
esxcli hardware platform get
esxcli hardware memory get
esxcli storage core device list | grep -E 'Display Name|Size'
esxcli network nic list
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

esxcli system ntp set --server=192.168.10.5 --server=pool.ntp.org --enabled=true
esxcli system ntp get

esxcli system syslog config set --loghost='udp://192.168.10.70:514'
esxcli system syslog reload
esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id=syslog --enabled=true
esxcli network firewall refresh

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 3
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown 3      # خاموشی مرتب (نیاز به VMware Tools)
vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 3 before-patch "manual snapshot" 0 0

esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true
esxcli system shutdown reboot --reason "patching"
# پس از بالا آمدن:
esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable false