AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Performing Tasks on the VM Local
Console (Volume and Tape Gateways)
To run a configuration or diagnostic command
1. Log in to your gateway's local console.
• VMware ESXi—for more information, see Accessing the Gateway Local Console with VMware
ESXi (p. 273).
• Microsoft Hyper-V—for more information, see Access the Gateway Local Console with Microsoft
Hyper-V (p. 274).
2. On the AWS Storage Gateway Configuration main menu, type option 5 for Gateway Console.
3. On the AWS Storage Gateway console, type h, and then press the Return key.
The console displays the Available Commands menu with the available commands and after the
menu a Gateway Console prompt, as shown in the following screenshot.
4. To learn about a command, type man + command name at the Gateway Console prompt.
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