10 Useful VMware ESXi Shell Commands (CLI Troubleshooting Tutorial)
In this tutorial, we cover 10 essential ESXi Shell commands that every VMware administrator should know. You will learn how to manage your host directly from the command line (SSH), which is critical when the vSphere Client is unavailable or when you need to perform advanced troubleshooting.
We cover everything from checking host health with esxtop to managing virtual machines with vim-cmd and troubleshooting network connectivity with vmkping.
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📌 Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:06 - Enabling SSH & Checking Version
00:31 - Host Health & Hardware Info (esxtop, CPU, RAM)
00:56 - Managing Virtual Machines (List, Power Off, Reset)
01:21 - Browsing Datastores & Finding Large Files
01:46 - Network Troubleshooting (vmkping, Routing, vSwitches)
02:11 - Analyzing Logs & Restarting Services
🛠️ Commands & Tools Covered:
Access: vim-cmd hostsvc/enable_ssh
Monitoring: esxtop (Press q to exit)
Hardware: esxcli hardware cpu list, esxcli network nic list
VM Management:
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms (List VMs and IDs)
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate VM_ID
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off VM_ID
Storage: ls -lh /vmfs/volumes, du -h
Networking:
vmkping HOST
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 list
esxcli network vswitch standard list
Maintenance: services.sh restart, tail -n 30 /var/log/hostd.log
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