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2 Replies Last post: Sep 1, 2008 7:25 PM by Dave.Mishchenko
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ESX 3i update 2 missing 'shell' ??

Sep 1, 2008 3:29 PM

Click to view brugh's profile Expert brugh 484 posts since
Aug 17, 2005
previously you could hit 'shift-O' at boottime and type 'shell' to logon on alt-F1. did they remove that in update 2? i get the advanced options prompt but typing shell doesn't give me a logon prompt.. what happened?
Tags: 3i, esx3i, shell
Reply Re: ESX 3i update 2 missing 'shell' ?? Sep 1, 2008 3:34 PM
Click to view nick.couchman's profile Champion nick.couchman 4,969 posts since
Jan 13, 2006
If it was there before, then, yes, they have removed that feature. Instead, press Alt+F1, then type "unsupported" and you'll get the password prompt. Type the password, or leave it blank if you haven't set one, hit enter, and you'll be at the shell.
Reply Re: ESX 3i update 2 missing 'shell' ?? Sep 1, 2008 7:25 PM
Click to view Dave.Mishchenko's profile Guru Dave.Mishchenko 8,867 posts since
Nov 15, 2005 Moderator
The shell option was removed quite a while back (I think after the beta). The option mentioned above is what works now and you can enable SSH as well (unsupported though) http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_SSH.php
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