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esxi 4.1 - cli - vim-cmd hostsvc/net/portgroup_set ==> cannot deactive all nics

If this is the wrong forum, please move it to the right one. thnx

We use esxi 4.1u1 with no hotfix (customer want so) - all commands run from a script local on esxi during kickstart installation and interpreter is ash/busybox (not python - maybe this is a solution ?):

During installation process I create a function which can override the portgroup nic policy.

e.g.

vSwitch has 4 nics: vmnic0 - 3

Portgroup active: vmnic0

Porgroup standby: vmnic1

with the command:

vim-cmd hostsvc/net/portgroup_set --nicorderpolicy-active=vmnic0  --nicorderpolicy-standby=vmnic1

I can set vmnic2 and 3 to unused. I can check this with

esxcfg-vswitch -l

But how can I set a vmnic to "not use" without this command. I am so sorry, but I cannot find any command in portgroup_set to disable a nic:


--nicorderpolicy-active=vmnic_list
       List of active NICs.

--nicorderpolicy-standby=vmnic_list
      Order in which failover should occur.

If I leave the parameter --nicorderpolicy-(active/standby) empty, I get a syntax error.

Thank you

Jochen

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