Scripting Advanced Network Configuration with vimsh

Gavin Jolliffe over at Xtravirt released a new whitepaper which shows those of you interested in scripting and automated build deployment how to configure some of the more advanced networking functions such as nic teaming, security, traffic shaping, and more. This paper outlines some of the advanced network configuration options using the VMware ESX ‘vimsh’ command. This paper assumes the reader has good technical knowledge of VMWare Virtual Infrastructure 3 together with some basic scripting experience although we have endeavoured to write this avoiding unnecessary technical jargon. Note that as this command is currently undocumented by VMware some assumptions about its use and function have been made. The command is to be used at your own risk.