For security, by default ESXi 5 stops the SSH service after 1800 seconds since starting it. If user logins in within the 30 minutes windows, the session will be kept. To change the default value to meet your needs, you have to change the value of 'UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut' in the Advanced Settings.Here is my example of … Continue reading ESXi 5 SSH Service Auto Stop
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Check Virtual Machine UUID
Each virtual machine is automatically assigned a universally unique identifier (UUID), which is stored in the SMBIOS system information descriptor. It can be accessed by standard SMBIOS scanning software (for example, SiSoftware Sandra or the IBM utility smbios2) and is used for system management in the same way you use the UUID of a physical … Continue reading Check Virtual Machine UUID
be2net 4.1.334.0 on IBM HX5
While doing the health check, we found that the 10G NIC on one IBM HX5 ESXi host is hardcoded as ‘10000 Mb, Full Duplex’. And there is no ‘Auto negotiate’ in the dropdown list when I tried to change it to auto-negotiation. I compared the Emulex driver to other host’s which can be set as … Continue reading be2net 4.1.334.0 on IBM HX5
Failed to power on suspended virtual machine
Normally if you can not power on a suspended virtual machine, you need to empty the sched.swap.derivedName and checkpoint.vmState values in the .vmx file (according to VMware KB). This will change the power state of the VM to off, and lose everything in the memory. But this did not work when I troubleshot a VM … Continue reading Failed to power on suspended virtual machine
esxcli plugin to run arbitrary shell commands (remotely)
A fancy vCenter plugin allowing user to run esxcli command remotely without DCUI or SSH. http://www.v-front.de/2013/01/release-esxcli-plugin-to-run-arbitrary.html
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