ESXi 5.0

show arp

esxcli network ip neighbor list

show FRU

Get the source from sourceforge & unpack it

# curl "http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/ipmitool/ipmitool/1.8.15/ipmitool-1.8.15.tar.bz2" > ipmi.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  729k  100  729k    0     0   260k      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--  260k

# bzip2 -dc ipmi.tar.gz | tar -xf -

compile

# cd ipmitool-1.8.15/
# ./configure CFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-static
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
.
.
.
#make

Scp the file and run tool from ESX host

# scp src/ipmitool root@192.168.39.12:~

RUN IT

esxcfg-scsidevs -l | egrep -i 'display name|vendor|size' | head -20

/vmfs/volumes/view-2/ipmitool fru | head

References

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:

    List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep <vm name>

    Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.

    Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate <vmid>

    Power-on the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on <vmid> 

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1038043

Troubleshooting

Failed to log into NFC server

While looking for causes I found these possibilities:

  1. Not enough space in the datastore
  2. Port 901/902 not open between the VI Client to the source of the file (and/or VC Server, could not find if that is also a factor)
  3. DNS configuration for the host servers

As a possible solution I also found that restarting the VC Server service could help.

Deprecated VMFS volume(s)found on the host. Please consider ....

services.sh restart

how to upgrade

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

esxcli --server=server_name software vib update --depot=/path_to_vib_ZIP/ZIP_file_name.zip

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

SCSI events that can trigger ESX server to fail a LUN over to another path

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1003433