Various ESXi 5.x Commands to Gather Information
System
List all VMs (VM name, vmx file, world ID, etc)
#> esxcli vm process list
List all VMs (VM name, vmx file, guest OS, hardware version, etc)
#> vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
Show hostname (hostname, FQDN and domain)
#> esxcli system hostname get
Show ESXi version and build
#> esxcli system version get
Show abbreviated ESXi version and build
#> vmware -v
Show hardware info (name, vendor, serial number, etc)
#> esxcli hardware platform get
Show CPU info (cores, vCPU, hyperthreading, etc) #> esxcli hardware cpu global get
Show memory info
#> esxcli hardware memory get
Show load
#> esxcli system process stats load get
Settings
Show current system time
#> esxcli system time get
Show DNS servers
#> esxcli network ip dns server list
Network
List nics and info
#> esxcfg-nics -l
Another way to list nics and info
#> esxcli network nic list
List vswitch connected to the management console
#> esxcfg-vswitch -l
List vswitches
#> esxcli network vswitch standard list
Show default route
#> esxcfg-route -l
List VMs and their network
#> esxcli network vm list
List portgroups
#> esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list
Show ARP table
#> esxcli network ip neighbor list
Show active TCP/IP connections
#> esxcli network ip connection list
Storage Adapters
List storage adapters
#> esxcli storage core adapter list
List fiber channel adapters
#> esxcli storage san fc list
Volumes
List volumes (VMFS, NAS, VFAT)
#> esxcli storage filesystem list
Show the number of volumes
#> ls -F /vmfs/volumes | grep \@$ | wc -l
Show snapshots, if any
#> esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list (show SNAPSHOTS, if any)
Misc
Show Dell OpenManage info, if installed
#> esxcli software vib list | grep -i openmanage
