Running Host Management Commands from a Linux System

After installation, you can run vCLI commands and vSphere SDK for Perl utility applications at the command prompt.

To run a vCLI command on Linux

1	Open a command prompt.

2	(Optional) Change to the directory where you installed the vCLI (default is /usr/bin).

3	Run the command, including the connection options.

<command> <conn_options> <params>

Specify connection options in a configuration file or pass them on the command line. The extension .pl is not required on Linux. For example:

esxcli - -server <esxi_HOSTNAME_OR_IP> - -username snow\-white - -password dwarf\$ network ip interface list

vicfg-mpath - -server <esxi_HOSTNAME_OR_IP> - -username snow\-white - -password dwarf\$ --list

The system prompts you for a user name and password for the target server.