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How to Enable SSH on VMware ESXi server

Some info Taken from &lt;http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/08/10/howto-esxi-and-ssh/&gt;


Note: if you use the Vmware Remote Command Line tools - you do not need to enable SSH - but its handy to know how to do it anyway.
 1. Go to the ESXi console and press alt+F1
 2. Type: unsupported (No prompt, typing is blind)
 3. Enter the root password
 4. At the prompt type &quot;vi /etc/inetd.conf&quot;
 5. Look for the line that starts with #ssh 
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            <description>Adding a route

esxcfg-route -a 192.168.0.0/16 192.168.16.1

To list current routes

esxcfg-route -l

How to clone a disk

vmkfstools -d thin -i ./blah1/blah1.vmdk ./blah2/blah2.vmdk

Troubleshooting Useful Commands


vmware -vl
esxcfg-scsidevs -a
vmkload_mod -s megaraid_sas
vmkload_mod -s LSI_MR3
vmkload_mod -s igb |grep Version

esxcfg-nics -l
ethtool -i vmnicX
esxcli network nic get -n vmnicX
vmkload_mod -s fnic |grep Version
vmkload_mod -s enic |grep Version</description>
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            <description>VMWare enable copy and paste

Log in to the ESX/ESXi host as a root user and open the /etc/vmware/config file using a text editor.

Add these entries to the file:


isolation.tools.copy.disable=&quot;FALSE&quot;
isolation.tools.paste.disable=&quot;FALSE&quot;</description>
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            <description>How to endtend a primary drive on a Windows VMware Machine

Example: Extend Drive on Windows Machine XP01

Note: Process Requires the use of a separate second XP machine, e.g. XP02, as its only possible to extend a data partition. 

Utilities needed</description>
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            <description>VMware

	* Download Link for ESXi 7.0
	* &lt;https://support.broadcom.com/&gt;

Summary

	* Useful VMware command line commands
	* Cloning a virtual machine using the command line
	* vSphere Client auto username &amp; password Login
	* configuring VLANs through the command line interface
	* Expand Windows Primary Disk
	* Enable SSH from ESXi
	* Enabling Copy and Paste
	* Vmware - windows 7 unidentified network issue
	* vReference
	* &lt;http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=73276&gt;
	* VMWare Technical…</description>
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            <description>VMware SNMP

Enable SSH on the ESXi Host and use the below 3 commands to configure SNMP v2



Sets the community String


esxcli system snmp set --communities publ1c


Starts the SNMP Service


esxcli system snmp set -e true


Retrieves the SNMP Config</description>
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Certification
VMware Certified Professional (VCP4) Home Page

VCP 4 Blueprint

VMware vSphere 4.1 Documentation 


Critical documents which you must know 100% are:

	*  Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 4.1
	*  Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide 
	*  iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide

But you really need to read all the documentation on the</description>
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Nested ESXi 6.5 Servers

Alex&#039;s Tips!

For each nested ESXi, create a new port group with “Promiscuous mode” and “Forged transmits” enabled, otherwise networking doesn’t work for guests within the nested ESXi&#039;s. 


Use one “VMWare vSphere 6 for Platinum Edition with VMware AppDefence Plugin for 1 processor” license for *each* ESXi, then my</description>
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            <description>configuring VLANs through the command line interface

with thanks to Michael Brophy for documenting this.

Create a new switch called GuestVirtualSwitch 


esxcfg-vswitch -a GuestVirtualSwitch 


Link the new switch with a NIC 


esxcfg-vswitch –Lvmnic3 GuestVirtualSwitch</description>
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            <description>vSphere Client auto username &amp; password Login

Edit the vSphere Windows shortcut Target Address with the server address, username and password as outlined in the below example

&quot;C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe&quot; -s &lt;ipaddress&gt; -u &lt;username&gt; -p &lt;password&gt;</description>
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