First thing you need to know about ESXi is that it rolls its log after a reboot, meaning if your ESXi server crashes there will be no logs to review and no way of knowing what when to hell and where. For this reason it is imperative that you setup a remote syslog server and … Continue reading Configuring Remote Syslog in ESXi 4.1 via the Linux RCLI
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Patching ESXi 4.1 via the Linux RCLI
Great Balls of Frustration... could the documentation be anymore confusing and convoluted regarding the process of patching an ESX server via the Linux remote cli. No, I am not running windows, and no I am not on the local ESX console, and no I am not running the Vmware Management Appliance, and most of all, no I do not want outdated instructions from 2008. I just want to download some patches to my local linux destop and patch my ESX servers. Specifically I want to install the latest and greatest Qlogic drivers to troubleshoot a SAN connectivity issue that I will probably blog about at a later date. Anyway here is how I did what I needed to do without resorting to using a windows box.
Enabling SNMP in ESXi 4.1 using the Remote CLI
Based on the fact that ESX 4.1 is the last major release of ESX, I decided that I would make myself familiar with managing ESXi hosts. Since I monitor all my hosts via Zenoss, I figured that I needed to get snmp up and running first