Day: July 3, 2015

Useful commands for modifying port groups and VLAN settings on ESXi. Can be used in scripts of course to do additions / removals / changes in bulk.

List vSwitches:
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esxcli network vswitch standard list

List port groups
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esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list

Add port group named “VLAN-900” to vSwitch0
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esxcfg-vswitch --add-pg=VLAN-900 vSwitch0

Assign VLAN 900 to port group “VLAN-900”
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esxcfg-vswitch -v 900 -p VLAN-900 vSwitch0

Delete port group TEST from vSwitch0
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esxcfg-vswitch --del-pg=TEST vSwitch0