ESXi - esxcli
Some Handy Commands
- Available Commands
esxcli esxcli command list
- (WARNING! Deep Dive...)
- Listing DataStores
esxcli storage vmfs extent list
- Listing VMs
esxcli vm process list
- Gives you a list of Running VMs & various useful bits of information about them.
- Appears to list them in the order in which they where started.
- Stopping / Starting VMs
esxcli vm process kill –type=[soft,hard,force] –world-id=WorldID
- soft: Best option, normal shutdown.
- hard: Much like hitting a reset button on a physical machine.
- force: Last resort, think power button...
- WorldID: From running
esxcli vm process list