Monday, June 13, 2011

Storage Commands

@esxcfg-nas   :Configure NAS storage
@esxcfg-mpath :Configure and view mutiple storage paths
@esxcfg-rescan:Rescan Lans
@esxcfg-scsidevs:To view all scsi devices that esxi host can see
@esxcfg-swiscsi:Software iscsi device
@esxcfg-volumes:
@vmkiscsi-tool:
@esxcli:Analyzing PSA & Mutlipathing,esxcli gives you the namespaces to dig deep into
Namespaces esxcli:
corestroage :to configure LUN masking or storage path masking.
Network:Network commands
nmp:Configure and view multipathing
swiscsi:configure software ISCSI

@esxcli nmp satp list
@esxcli nmp psp list
@esxcli nmp path list (all path of stroage devices)
@esxcli nmp device list(to view avalible devices)
@vmkload_mod:loads and unloads modules for VMkernel
@vicfg-module or esxcfg-module :to view/load/unload the modules
Note: when a module is enabled it does not take affect until it next reboot.
@vmware-cmd (gives all the operations we can perform on VM)
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esxtop & vscsiStats
@esxtop :Gives stroage latency and throughput.Latency is only provided for iSCSI and FC
@vscsiStats:gives reports on stroage counters from Virtual SCSI device in kernel,per VMDK for all.vscsiStats is only on ESX classic and can be installed on ESXi also
@esxtop d device
@esxtop v per VM stats

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