Just a quick one today. I have been using Ubuntu Server as a staple for linux virtual machines on VMware as it is stable, and fast. I don’t like using the VMware based vmware tools, as I find it can break things on occasion. Open-VM Tools is a good substitute as it is based on the opensource [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2011
Patching ESXi through SSH
Sometimes it might be necessary to patch an ESXi host through SSH for various reasons, some of which might include: You are using the free edition of ESXi and don’t want to download the vSphere CLI package You need to update a remote ESXi host and only have access to SSH through VPN The host [...]