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Chapter 1 Managing vSphere with Command-Line Interfaces

Setting Timeouts for the ESXi Shell

TheESXiShellsupportsavailabilitytimeoutandidletimeouts.Bydefault,eachtimeoutisdisabled.

 Availabilitytimeout.TheamountoftimethatcanelapsebeforeyoumustloginaftertheESXiShellis

enabled.Afterthetimeoutperiod,theserviceisdisabledandusersarenotallowedtologin.

 Idletimeout.Theamountoftimethatcanelapsebeforetheuserisloggedoutofanidleinteractive

sessions.ChangestotheidletimeoutapplythenexttimeauserlogsintotheESXiShellanddonotaffect

existingsessions.

To set ESXi Shell timeouts from the Direct Console

1FromtheTroubleshootingModeOptionsmenu,select

ModifyESXiShellandSSHtimeoutsandpress

Enter.

2Entertheavailabilitytimeout,inseconds,andpressEnter.

3Entertheidletimeout,inseconds,andpressEnter.

4PressEscuntilyoureturntothemainmenuoftheDirectConsoleInterface.

To set ESXi Shell timeouts from the vSphere Web Client

1 Selectthehostintheinventory,clicktheManagetab,

andclickSettings.

2UnderSystem,selectAdvancedSystemSettings.

3Intheleftpanel,clickUserVars.

4 SelectUserVars.ESXiShellTimeOutandclicktheEditicon

5Entertheavailabilitytimeoutinminutes.

YoumustrestarttheSSHserviceandtheESXiShellserviceforthetimeouttotakeeffect.

6 SelectUserVars.ESXiShellInteractiveTimeOutandclicktheEditicon

7Entertheavailabilitytimeoutinminutes.

YoumustrestarttheSSHserviceandtheESXiShellserviceforthetimeouttotakeeffect.

8ClickOK.

Using the Local ESXi Shell

AfteryouenabletheESXiShellinthedirectconsole,youcanuseitfrommaindirectconsolescreenorremotely

throughaserialport.

To use the local ESXi Shell

1Atthemaindirectconsolescreen,pressAlt‐F1toopenavirtualconsolewindowtothehost.

2Providecredentialswhenprompted.

Whenyoutypethe

password,charactersarenotdisplayedontheconsole.

3Entershellcommandstoperformmanagementtasks.

4Tologout,typeexitintheshell.

5Toreturntothedirectconsole,typeAlt‐F2.

SeevSphereInstallationandSetupdocumentationforinformationonserialportsetup.

Remote ESXi Shell Access with SSH

IfSecureShellisenabledfortheESXiShell,youcanrunshellcommandsbyusingaSecureShellclientsuch

asSSHorPuTTY.

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