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VMWare ESXi Cheat Sheet

These are my notes on how to configure some aspects of VMWare ESXi when operating it on a standalone server with the free license.

Connecting with SSH

ESXi's SSH server must first be enabled via the host client (web interface).

Dealing with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

Actually, on ESXi, it is a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD)

Automatic Reboot After Crash

This command checks whether the system is configured to automatically reboot after a purple-screen failure:

esxcfg-advcfg -g /Misc/BlueScreenTimeout

It tells you the number of seconds it will wait after a crash before rebooting. 0 means no reboot.

To change the value to, for example, 120 seconds:

esxcfg-advcfg -s 120 /Misc/BlueScreenTimeout
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