Had to look up how to change the Service Console IP via command line today… here is a good article:
“Once in the service console runt the command “esxcfg-vswif -d vswif0″. This command deletes the existing vswif0. Don’t worry if you get a message about nothing to flush. Then you need to run the command to [...]
To set the VLAN ID of your service console (if you entered the wrong ID, forgot to enter an ID, etc.), you can use the esxcfg-vswitch command!
esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch0 -v XX -p “Service Console” (where XX is your VLAN ID and Service Console is the name of the Service Console). To remove any VLAN ID from [...]
First, let me say that in my dealings with ESX, a snapshot deletion process will rarely timeout if your snapshots are properly managed. Snapshots are meant to be taken before modifying the guest OS, and then removed within 2 or 3 days. Forgotten snapshots can cause a multitude of problems ranging from filling up your [...]
