AutomatingESXi5.1KickstartTips&Tricks
ThereisnotawholelotofchangesforkickstartconfigurationsbetweenESXi5.1and
ESXi5.0,majorityofthetipsandtricksnotedintheESXi5.0kickstartguidearestill
relevantforESXi5.1.Belowareafewnewtipsandtricks(someold)aswellasa
completeworkingESXi5.1kickstartexamplethatcanbeusedasareference.
Tip#1
Thereare82newESXCLIcommands,numberofwhicharenewaswellas
enhancementstoexistingcommandsandoperations.Thekickstartsamplebelow
convertsmanyofthelegacyesxcfg*andvimcmd/vsishcommandsovertoESXCLIsuch
as,herearejustafew:
esxclinetworkiproute[ipv4|ipv6](VMkernelroutes)
esxclisystemsnmp(SNMP)
esxclisystemmaintenanceMode(maintenancemode)
esxclinetworkipinterfacetag(tagVMkerneltraffictypes)
PleaserefertothevCLI/ESXCLIreleasenotesforallnewESXCLIcommands.
Tip#2
InpreviousreleasesofESXi,youcouldaddcustomcommandsin/etc/rc.localwhichwill
automaticallyexecuteafterallstartupscriptshavefinished.WiththelatestreleaseofESXi
5.1,thisfunctionalityhasbeenmovedto/etc/rc.local.d/local.sh.Ifyoutrytoedittheold
file,youwillfindthatitdoesnotallowyoutowriteanychanges.Thiswillbeimportantas
youmigratetoESXi5.1kickstartifyoumakeuseofthisfileforanycustomstartup
commands.
Tip#3
TorunnestedESXiandotherhypervisorsinESXi5.1,youneedtotospecifynew
vhv.enableparameter,pleasetakealookatthisarticleformoredetails.
Tip#4
ThereisanewESXiAdvancedSettinginESXi5.1thatallowsyoutocontrolwhenan
interactiveESXiShellsessionwillautomaticallylogoutbasedonconfiguredidletime(in
seconds).YoucanfindmoredetailsinthisblogarticlebyKyleGleed.
esxclisystemsettingsadvancedseto/UserVars/ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOut
i3600
Tip#5
Bydefault,anESXihostwillautomaticallygrantrootpermissiontothe"ESXAdmins"
groupforusewhenahostisjoinedtoanActiveDirectorydomain.Youcanalterthe
defaultgroupnameifyoualreadyhaveanADgroupdefinedbyusingthefollowing
command:
vimcmdhostsvc/advopt/update
Config.HostAgent.plugins.hostsvc.esxAdminsGroupstring"GhettoESXi
Admins"
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