Wednesday, September 17, 2008

VMWare ESX


The following links are to download the pdfs for vmware.

Vmware ESX cheat sheet

ESX Maintenance Mode via Command Line


To enter Maintenance Mode, at the ESX console type:

vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

To exit Maintenance Mode type:

vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

To display whether the ESX Server is currently in maintenance mode or not type:

vimsh -n -e"hostsvc/hostsummary" | grep inMaintenanceMode