Let's give Mike Laverick another round of applauds for keeping the sane sane, and allowing current VMware users a place to go and read up on how to stay current with the new version of VMware ESX Server 3.x.
In his latest endevour, Mike has created a 70 page guide filled with goodness called VMware ESX Server 3.x and VirtualCenter 2.x Service Console Guide.
In it, he describes it in the following way:
Purpose of this guide
This guide is designed for people who already know ESX 3.x and VC 2.x quite well. Although it starts as a beginners guide initially, it pretty rapidly starts to assume very good knowledge of the system. I would recommend you get to grips with the GUI first, and feel comfortable with Vi-3 before attempting this guide.
That said – you might be wanting to carry out a discrete procedure from the command-line. So feel free to dip in – find what your looking for and then – dip out again!
It is not a comprehensive guide to ALL the commands – just the primary ones. I hope to make this guide gradually more comprehensive, and cover all new commands that useful. I’ve deliberately not covered every single esxcfg command – because not all of them are terrifically useful…
There are some big topics that I have yet to add to this guide – this includes setting NTP and Active Directory authentication for the Service Console.
Please email at the email address at the beginning of this document if you spot any errors.
Where possible – I don’t use the VI Client. I only use the VI client if there is no other way – even if the VI client is easier. The reasoning behind this force the use of the command-line.
- Perhaps I should state why using the command-line might be useful… Automation of tasks?
- Er, because everything else is broken – and login in at the ESX host at the Service Console is your only option
- Because sometimes its quicker (sometimes it’s quicker using the mouse too…!)
- Because like Everest, it is there!
Go here to read about and download the PDF, and enjoy! Thanks again to Mike Laverick at RTFM!