Need Explain To This Command

[Commander7]

Hi,

I need to check this command, " esxtop -b -d 600 -n 432 > host97.date.csv & " - (* HOST97 is the number of my host) to know what is it for ? & what this command can do ?

Thanks alot,

Regards,.

Amir Aly

Commander7

[khaliqamar]

-b= batchmode

-d = delay

-n=iterations

&= to run in a background

host97.date.csv = just consider it as a filename where your output is store.

i hope it clears your question..

[Sateesh_vCloud]

If you needed to grab stats from ESX hosts for off-line analysis then you need to run ESXTOP using batch mode to capture a .csv formatted output.

For detailed answer please check:

http://vmtoday.com/2009/09/esxtop-batch-mode-windows-perfmon/