Complete VMware ESXi commands reference — 24 commands across 2 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for VMware ESXi.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| esxcli daemon | Commands for controlling daemons built with Daemon SDK (DSDK) |
| esxcli device | Device manager commands |
| esxcli esxcli | Commands that operate on the esxcli system itself allowing users to get additional information |
| esxcli graphics | VMware graphics commands |
| esxcli hardware | VMKernel hardware properties and commands for configuring hardware |
| esxcli iscsi | VMware iSCSI commands |
| esxcli licensing | Operations to manage license credentials |
| esxcli memtier | Operations to manage memory tiering |
| esxcli network | Operations that pertain to the maintenance of networking on an ESX host. This includes a wide |
| esxcli nsx | NSX CLI |
| esxcli nvme | VMware NVMe driver operations |
| esxcli rdma | Operations that pertain to remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol stack on an ESX host |
| esxcli sched | VMKernel system properties and commands for configuring scheduling related functionality |
| esxcli software | Manage the ESXi software image and packages |
| esxcli storage | VMware storage commands |
| esxcli system | VMKernel system properties and commands for configuring properties of the kernel core system |
| esxcli vm | A small number of operations that allow a user to Control Virtual Machine operations |
| esxcli vsan | VMware vSAN commands. See the vSphere Storage publication for details |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| esxcli system version get | Version |
| esxcli vm process list | List VMs |
| esxcli network ip interface list | Network |
| esxcli storage filesystem list | Storage |
| esxcli hardware cpu list | CPU |
| esxcli hardware memory get | Memory |
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