vSphere CLI

Overview: vSphere CLI for vSphere 5.5

The vSphere Command-Line Interface (vSphere CLI) command set allows you to run common system administration commands against ESX/ESXi systems from any machine with network access to those systems. You can also run most vSphere CLI commands against a vCenter Server system and target any ESX/ESXi system that vCenter Server system manages. vSphere CLI includes the ESXCLI command set, vicfg- commands, and some other commands.

Note: The vSphere CLI build has been refreshed. Please download the newest released build.

1 Downloads

Name Version Size      
vSphere CLI 5.5   Documentation Download
vSphere CLI 5.5.2     Download

2 Documentation and Reference

Name Size  
Command-Line Management in vSphere 5 for Service Console Users PDF 806.6 KB
Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces PDF 983.0 KB
vSphere CLI Open Source Files
vSphere CLI Open Source Files for 5.5 Update2
vSphere Command-Line Interface 5.5 Update 1 Release Notes 24.4 KB
vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples PDF 2.6 MB
vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference
vSphere Command-Line Interface Release Notes 24.7 KB
vSphere Command-Line Interface Release Notes for 5.5 Update 2 26.1 KB