ESXCLI Quick Reference Sheet
A brief list of command ESXCLI commands I’ve used in the past for troubleshooting or to get information…
VCAP6: 5.2 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
Objective 5.2 Topics: Use Profile Editor to Edit and/or Disable Policies Create and Apply Host Profiles Use Host…
VCAP6: 7.3 – Backup and Recover vSphere Configurations
Objective 7.3 Topic: Backup and Restore Distributed Switch Configurations Backup and Restore Resource Pool Configurations Export Virtual Machines…
VCAP6: 3.4 – Troubleshoot a vSphere 6.x Network Implementation
Objective 3.4 Topics: Perform a vDS Health Check for Teaming, MTU, mismatches etc… Configure Port Groups to Properly…
VCAP6: 3.3 – Scale a vSphere 6.x Network Implementation
Objective 3.3 Topics: Configure appropriate NIC teaming failover type and related physical network settings Determine and Apply Failover…
VCAP6: 3.2 – Migration of vSS to vDS (iSCSI, vMotion, NFS, Mgmt)
This post is apart of the original VCAP6 3.2 Objective Post: Link First, I’ll migrate my LAN/Management…
VCAP6: 3.2 – Implement and Manage vSphere 6.x Distributed Switch (vDS) Networks
Objective 3.2 Topics: Deploy a LAG and Migrate to LACP Migrate a vSS Network to a Hybrid or…
Objective 2.2 – Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC)
Objective 2.2 Topics: Define NIOC Explain NIOC capabilities Configure NIOC shares/limits based on VM requirements Explain the behavior…
Objective 2.1 – Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking – Part 4
This post is continued from the previous post, found HERE. Configure VLAN/PVLAN settings for VMs given communication…
Objective 2.1 – Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking – Part 3
This objective is continued from this previous post, HERE. Migrate virtual machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch…