The plug-ins in the vCenter Server Appliance provide you with access to various administrative tools. The plug-ins reside in the CLI itself. The plug-ins are standalone Linux or VMware utilities, which do not depend on any VMware service.
| Plug-In | Description |
|---|---|
| com.vmware.clear | A plug-in that you can use to clear the terminal screen. |
| com.vmware.cmsso-util | A plug-in that you use for orchestrating changes to PNID, Machine Certificate, unregistering a node from Component Manager, vCenter Single Sign-On, reconfiguring vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, and repointing vCenter Server to an external Platform Services Controller. |
| com.vmware.dcli | vAPI based CLI client. |
| com.vmware.nslookup | A plug-in that you can use to query the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for any other specific DNS record. |
| com.vmware.pgrep | A plug-in that you can use to search for all named processes. |
| com.vmware.pgtop | A plug-in that you can use to monitor the PostgreSQL database. |
| com.vmware.ping | A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping. |
| com.vmware.ping6 | A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping6. |
| com.vmware.portaccess | A plug-in that you can use to troubleshoot the port access of a host. |
| com.vmware.ps | A plug-in that you can use to see statistics on running processes. |
| com.vmware.rvc | Ruby vSphere Console |
| com.vmware.service-control | A plug-in that you can use to manage VMware services. |
| com.vmware.shell | A plug-in that allows access to the appliance Bash shell. |
| com.vmware.showlog | A plug-in that you can use to browse the log files. |
| com.vmware.shutdown | A plug-in that you can use to restart or power off the appliance. |
| com.vmware.software-packages | A plug-in that you can use to update the software packages in the appliance. |
| com.vmware.support-bundle | A plug-in that you can use to create a bundle on the local file system and export it to a remote Linux system. If you use the plug-in with the stream command, the support bundle is not created on the local file system, but is directly exported to the remote Linux system. |
| com.vmware.top | A plug-in that displays process information. Accepts the same arguments as /usr/bin/top/. |
| com.vmware.tracepath | A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath. |
| com.vmware.tracepath6 | A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath6. |
| com.vmware.updatemgr-util | A plug-in that you can use to configure VMware Update Manager. |
| com.vmware.vcenter-restore | A plug-in that you can use to restore vCenter Server. |
| com.vmware.vimtop | A plug-in that you can use to view a list of vSphere services and their resource use. |
