VMWare ESX Server

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List of guests on an ESX host

To list all guests on an ESX host, run the following command:

vmware-cmd -l | awk -F/ '{print $5}' | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] | sort


IPTables/Netfilter

In ESX 3.0 the iptables firewall is enabled with some very restrictive rulesets. To disable this firewall, issue the following two commands from the command line as root:

esxcfg-firewall --allowIncoming
esxcfg-firewall --allowOutgoing

Note: it would always be better to configure the firewall to suit your environment rather than disable it.


Script used to configure a fresh install of ESX 3.0

Configure a fresh ESX server

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