RemoteCLI

vicfg-snmp

vicfg-snmp.pl --server esx --username root --password pass --show

vicfg-snmp Enables management of the ESXi SNMP agent

To add a read-only (SNMP Get) community use

vicfg-snmp.pl --server esx --username root --password pass -c community

To set trap destinations use

vicfg-snmp.pl --server esx --username root --password pass -t trap-rxer1/community,trap-rxer2/community

To enable the service (use -D to disable)

vicfg-snmp.pl --server esx --username root --password pass -E

Be aware that for full fat ESX hosts you don't get anything back, config should be done via the Service Console's /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf config file

vicfg-volume

vicfg-volume.pl --server esx --username root --password pass --list

vicfg-volume Provides an alternative for vSphere to using LVM.enableresignature option in VI3

vicfg-cfgbackup

vicfg-cfgbackup.pl -s --server esx --username root --password pass esx.cfg

vicfg-cfgbackup Allows the config of an ESXi server to be backed up to a binary config file. Use -l option to load a config back onto an ESX.

vmware-cmd

vmware-cmd.pl -l --server esx --username root --password pass
vmware-cmd.pl <vm cfg> <vm operation> --server esx --username root --password pass

vmware-cmd Performs similar operations as is available from ESX command line