Documentation

You can find information about different aspects of vCLI in separate publications.

Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces includes information about available CLIs, enabling the ESXi Shell, and installing and running vCLI commands.

Reference information for vCLI and DCLI commands is available on the VMware {code} vSphere CLI page https://code.vmware.com/web/dp/tool/vsphere-cli.

• vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference is a reference to vicfg- and related vCLI commands and includes reference information for ESXCLI commands. All reference information is generated from the help.
• A reference to esxtop and resxtop is included in the Resource Management documentation.
• The DCLI Reference is included separately from the vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference. All reference information is generated from the help.