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Wait for Task to Complete

Figure 48. Unconfigure Tasks Completed
Wait until all the unconfigure tasks show a Completed status.
Getting Familiar with the New Command-Line
Interface

Introduction

vSphere supports several command-line interfaces for managing your virtual infrastructure, including the
VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface (vCLI), a set of ESXi Shell commands, and VMware vSphere®
PowerCLI. You can choose the CLI set best suited to your needs. The following table provides a summary of
the command-line tools available in vSphere 5.0.
C O M M A N D S
esxcli commands
vicfg- commands
Other commands
(vmware-cmd, vifs)
vSphere PowerCLI
Table 1. Summary of vSphere 5 .0 Command-Line Tools
This section of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One, covers the new esxcli command-line
interface. The esxcli command allows you to manage many aspects of an ESXi host. You can run esxcli
commands remotely from the vCLI or locally from the ESXi Shell.
NOTE: The ESXi Shell is intended for advanced users, because even minor mistakes in the shell can result in
serious problems. Users should use the vCLI for routine CLI administration and only fall back on the ESXi Shell
when necessary. It is recommended that use of the ESXi Shell be limited to situations when you are working
under the direction of the VMware Technical Support staff.
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide –
S TAT E I N 5 . 0
New in vSphere 5.0
Minor changes in
vSphere 5.0
Minor changes in
vSphere 5.0
Minor changes and updates
in vSphere 5.0
AVA I L A B I L I T Y
• Available from the ESXi Shell and the vCLI
• Used for local and remote administration
• Used to manage most aspects of vSphere
• Available from the vCLI only
• Used for remote administration only
• Augments the esxcli commands to manage
aspects not yet covered by esxcli
• Available from the vCLI only
• Used for remote administration only
• Additional Perl commands used to manage
aspects not covered with esxcli or vicfg-
• vSphere PowerCLI
• Used for remote administration only
• Used to administer ESXi hosts from Windows
systems
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