Some cool esxcli system commands

1. How to view your vSphere version

# esxcli system version get
   Product: VMware ESXi
   Version: 6.7.0
   Build: Releasebuild-8169922
   Update: 0
   Patch: 0

2. To view hostname and domain name

# esxcli system hostname get

   Domain Name: vclass.local

   Fully Qualified Domain Name: sa-esxi-02.vclass.local

   Host Name: sa-esxi-02

3. To view local users

# esxcli system account list

User ID  Description

-------  -------------------------------------------

root     Administrator

dcui     DCUI User

vpxuser  VMware VirtualCenter administration account

4. To view permissions for local users

# esxcli system permission list

Principal  Is Group  Role   Role Description

---------  --------  -----  ------------------

dcui          false  Admin  Full access rights

root          false  Admin  Full access rights

vpxuser       false  Admin  Full access rights

5. To view specific advanced settings

# esxcli system settings advanced list -t UserVars | more

   Path: /UserVars/ActiveDirectoryPreferredDomainControllers

   Type: string

   Int Value: 0

   Default Int Value: 0

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 0

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters: *

   Description: Preferred Domain Controllers for Active Directory

   Path: /UserVars/ActiveDirectoryVerifyCAMCertificate

   Type: integer

   Int Value: 1

   Default Int Value: 1

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 1

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters:

   Description: Enable or disable verification of SSL certificate for vSphere Authentication Proxy server

   Path: /UserVars/ESXiShellTimeOut

   Type: integer

   Int Value: 0

   Default Int Value: 0

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 86400

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters:

   Description: Time before automatically disabling local and remote shell access (in seconds, 0 disables).  Takes effect after the services are restarted.

...