In ESXi 8 / vSphere 8.0 the command line interface esxcli has been extended with new features.
- For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 8.0.
- ESXCLI 8.0 – MindMap
Here is list with new and extended namespaces:
NEW ESXi 8.0 ESXCLI Command Reference
The ESXCLI command set allows you to run common system administration commands against vSphere systems from an administration server of your choice. The actual list of commands depends on the system that you are running on. Run esxcli --help for a list of commands on your system.| Namespace | Command | Description | NEW |
|---|---|---|---|
| daemon entitlement | add | Add Partner REST entitlements to the partner user. | 1 |
| daemon entitlement | list | List the installed DSDK built daemons. | 1 |
| daemon entitlement | remove | Remove Partner REST entitlments from the partner user. | 1 |
| hardware devicecomponent | list | List all device components on this host. | 1 |
| network ip hosts | add | Add association of IP addresses with host names. | 1 |
| network ip hosts | list | List the user specified associations of IP addresses with host names. | 1 |
| network ip hosts | remove | Remove association of IP addresses with host names. | 1 |
| nvme device config | list | List the configurable parameters for this plugin | 1 |
| nvme device config | set | Set the plugin's parameter | 1 |
| nvme device log | get | Get NVMe log page | 1 |
| nvme device log persistentevent | get | Get NVMe persistent event log | 1 |
| nvme device log telemetry controller | get | Get NVMe telemetry controller-initiated data | 1 |
| nvme device log telemetry host | get | Get NVMe telemetry host-initiated data | 1 |
| storage core nvme device | list | List the NVMe devices currently registered with the PSA. | 1 |
| storage core nvme path | list | List all the NVMe paths on the system. | 1 |
| storage core scsi device | list | List the SCSI devices currently registered with the PSA. | 1 |
| storage core scsi path | list | List all the SCSI paths on the system. | 1 |
| storage osdata | create | Create an OSData partition on a disk. | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | add | Add entity for stats tracking | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | disable | Disable stats for complete namespace | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | enable | Enable stats for complete namespace | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | get | Get stats for given stats namespace | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | list | List all supported stats | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | remove | Remove tracked entity | 1 |
| storage vvol stats | reset | Reset stats for given namespace | 1 |
| storage vvol vmstats | get | Get the VVol information and statistics for a specific virtual machine. | 1 |
| system health report | get | Displays one or more health reports | 1 |
| system health report | list | List all the health reports currently generated. | 1 |
| system ntp stats | get | Report operational state of Network Time Protocol Daemon | 1 |
| system security keypersistence | disable | Disable key persistence daemon. | 1 |
| system security keypersistence | enable | Enable key persistence daemon. | 1 |
| system settings encryption | get | Get the encryption mode and policy. | 1 |
| system settings encryption recovery | list | List recovery keys. | 1 |
| system settings encryption recovery | rotate | Rotate the recover key. | 1 |
| system settings encryption | set | Set the encryption mode and policy. | 1 |
| system settings gueststore repository | get | Get GuestStore repository. | 1 |
| system settings gueststore repository | set | Set or clear GuestStore repository. | 1 |
| system syslog config logfilter | add | Add a log filter. | 1 |
| system syslog config logfilter | get | Show the current log filter configuration values. | 1 |
| system syslog config logfilter | list | Show the added log filters. | 1 |
| system syslog config logfilter | remove | Remove a log filter. | 1 |
| system syslog config logfilter | set | Set log filtering configuration options. | 1 |
| vsan hardware vcg | add | Map unidentified vSAN hardware device with VCG ID. | 1 |
| vsan hardware vcg | get | Get the vSAN VCG ID for a vSAN hardware device. Output is VCG ID while "N/A" means device ID is not mapped. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | add | Add physical disk for vSAN usage. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | list | List vSAN storage pool configuration. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | mount | Mount vSAN disk from storage pool. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | rebuild | Rebuild vSAN storage pool disks. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | remove | Remove physical disk from storage pool usage. Exactly one of --disk or --uuid param is required. | 1 |
| vsan storagepool | unmount | Unmount vSAN disk from storage pool. | 1 |
- For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 7.0.
- For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 6.x.
