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HowTo: Enable SSH on vSphere ESXi 5.0

By admin on February 8, 2012 in General

Back in 2010 and I wrote a quick article on How To: Enable Remote Tech Support mode and SSH on ESXi 4.1. A few people have posted comments asking if I could do the same now that vSphere/ESXi 5.0 has been released. The actual steps haven’t really changed, however Remote Tech Support mode is now just simply called SSH. The steps listed below explain how to enable SSH on an ESXi 5.0 host. Login to vCenter Select your host Click the configuration tab Select Security Profile under Software Click Properties for Services Select SSH and click options Choose the startup policy that you require Click Start Click OK and OK SSH to your host Once enabled you will notice that the host within vCenter has a warning being shown. When selecting that host, and looking under the summary, vCenter alerts you to the fact that SSH is enabled.

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Enable Lockdown Mode ESXi 5.0

By admin on January 13, 2012 in General

This question is asked a lot. How do I enable lock down mode and what does it do. To enable lock down mode, there are two options. From the DCUI (Direct Console User Interface) From within vCenter My preffered option is through vCenter, it is very easy and you dont need to be in front of the host or have remote console access. To enable lock down mode through vCenter follow these steps: Login to vCenter Select the host Select the configuration tab Select Security Profile under software Scroll down to Lockdown mode Click Edit Tick Enable Lockdown Mode Click OK Lockdown mode is now enabled Please Note: Enabling Lockdown mode on an ESXi 5 host will force all users to login via the vCenter Server in order to manage their ESXi hosts. The table below shows what features are enabled and disabled with Lockdown mode (this was taken from Yellow-bricks) […]

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HowTo: Enable SSH on Iomega PX4

By admin on November 7, 2011 in Iomega PX4, Storage

Quick how to on enabling SSH on the Iomega PX4. Open up your web browser and point to http://[IP_of_PX4]/diagnostics.html and login. You will be presented with the page shown below. Click the tick box next to “Allow remote access for support (SSH and SFTP)” and click Apply. Thats it, SSH to your PX4 with your credentials. Works perfectly 🙂 A nice little touch is that you get the following message on the PX4’s display which is a cool reminder. When you SSH to the Imoega PX4, use the following credentials Username: root Password: soho{adminpassword}

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HowTo: Enable SSH and Remote Tech Support mode on ESXi 4.1

By admin on September 13, 2010 in General

A couple of days ago I posted an article that has been produced hundreds of times about Enabling ssh on ESXi – pre 4.1. Today I thought I would post a quick how-to about enabling it via vCenter on ESXi 4.1. This drastically makes life easier, because you neither have to edit config files via the cLI nor do you need access to server consoles either remotely or physically. 1) Log in to vCenter 2) Select your host 3) Click the configuration tab 4) Select Security Profile under Software – You will be shown the services that are available for configuration 5) Click Properties 6) Highlight Remote Tech Support (SSH) and click options 7) Choose the Startup policy and Service Command that you require. 8 ) Click Ok 9) Click Ok 10) Open up a SSH session to your host and login Once enabled you will notice that the host […]

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