In VMware ESXi 4.0 you needed a small a trick to activated SSH on your Host. In VMware ESXi 4.1 its very easy to activate SSH.
- Press F2 to Customize System Settings
Navigate to Troubleshooting Options

- Now you can enable Remote Tech Support (SSH)


And by the way, installing ESXi in VMware Fusion on my Mac is really awesome for presentation and testing.
Here is a link how you do this with VMware ESXi 4.0


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tq….
tq….
It’s also possible via the VI Client, see here.
It’s also possible via the VI Client, see here.
Worked like a charm. Thx
Worked like a charm. Thx
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Cool article. Thanks!
Cool article. Thanks!
Thanks.
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This solved my problem.
Thanks
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