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budbeacham
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Contributor
‎03-06-2013 12:48 PM

Is vim-cmd supported on ESXi 5.x

While the commands are part of ESXi, there is no VMware documention that explains the commands.  Even worse, the vsphere management assistent (vma) is unaware of these commands.

vi-admin@vMA_1:~> vim-cmd --config ./bin/vMA_CLI.cfg -help
-bash: vim-cmd: command not found
vi-admin@vMA_1:~> esxcli --config ./bin/vMA_CLI.cfg -help
Usage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]

What is the status of the vim-cmd?

Thanks.

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aravinds3107
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Virtuoso
‎03-06-2013 09:05 PM

The commad is still avilable .. outout when I ran from ESXi 5.1

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budbeacham
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‎03-07-2013 10:25 AM

Yes, I know it is available, but is it supported.

It appears to be left over code from the past.  Also, there is no VMware documentation on these commands.  The real point is if customers write automation programs that use these commands will they work in future releases, or will VMware remove these commands since it appears they are not supported.

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