When taking Vmware ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode, I used to see this all the time. You can ignore if you know that you have the shell enabled, but found this method to suppress the warning...
Reference:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2003637
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Friday, June 29, 2012
Vmware ESXi Unsupported mode
On the console:
- Press ALT-F1.
- Type "unsupported" and press ENTER. No characters will show on screen.
- Enter ROOT password when prompted should get you into # prompt.
- Be careful, you are in unsupported admin mode.
To Exit:
- At #, type CLEAR and press ENTER to clear screen.
- Type EXIT and press ENTER to exit unsupported mode.
- Press ALT-F2 to switch back to ESXi console page.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003677
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Enabling SSH on ESXi Hosts
- Open vSphere client
- Select ESXi host, then the Configuration tab.
- Select Security Profile
- Click on Properties
- In the Services popup dialog, select SSH and press the Options button
- Change settings, then click OK when done.
Reference:
http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/enable-ssh-on-esxi-5-via-vsphere-client/
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