vCenter Diagnostic Commands

hostname -f && /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-pnid --server-name localhost && ifconfig && date && uptime && vpxd -vl && chage -l root && df -h
 
service-control --status --all
 
for i in $(/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli store list); do echo STORE $i; /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli entry list --store $i --text | egrep "Alias|Not After"; done

/usr/lib/vmware-vmdir/bin/vdcrepadmin -f showpartners -h localhost -u administrator
 
/usr/lib/vmware-vmdir/bin/vdcrepadmin -f showservers -h localhost -u administrator

/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/dir-cli state get

/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-domain-name --server-name localhost

ESXi - SecureBoot

You can verify if ESXi host is Secure Boot ready by following command

/usr/lib/vmware/secureboot/bin/secureBoot.py -c 

[Source: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/79790]

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