ESXi 4 commands.

jokar.mohsen · 11-16-2014, 04:13 AM

Hello Folks.
I use SSH for loggin to the ESXi and when I want to run Available Commands, ESXi tell me that command not found!!!
I use "su" command to become root but commands not worked.

[mohsen@ESXHost0 ~]$ esxcli
-bash: esxcli: command not found
[mohsen@ESXHost0 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@ESXHost0 mohsen]# esxcli
bash: esxcli: command not found
[root@ESXHost0 mohsen]#

How can I solve it?

TB0ne · 11-16-2014, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokar.mohsen

Hello Folks.
I use SSH for loggin to the ESXi and when I want to run Available Commands, ESXi tell me that command not found!!! I use "su" command to become root but commands not worked.

[mohsen@ESXHost0 ~]$ esxcli
-bash: esxcli: command not found
[mohsen@ESXHost0 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@ESXHost0 mohsen]# esxcli
bash: esxcli: command not found
[root@ESXHost0 mohsen]#

How can I solve it?

You can 'solve it' by either running the find command to locate the path where escxli is stored, or using the locate command. Again, things that a systems/network administrator with more than five years experience should know. And (as with RHEL), ESXi is NOT FREE, and if you're using it, you need to be PAYING FOR IT, which would then let you CALL ESX SUPPORT. Did you do that?

unSpawn · 11-16-2014, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jokar.mohsen

How can I solve it?

Like TB0ne said find out where the command resides, (the rest like calling VMware support, is completely and utterly unnecessary). The command should be in /usr/bin, so either prefix the path or export a sane PATH envvar. Something like 'export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin' should do. Make it stick by adding it to your shell resource file.