File transfer from windows host to ESXi Server

[watson4664]

Can alnyone tell me the process for transfering a file from a network share to the ESXi Server?  I need to update the raid controller bios.

the informaiton I have found so far says to use the following command but I can't seem to get it to work.

scp <file name> root@10.10.10.10:/tmp  where  10.10.10.10 is the IP address of the ESXi server.

Thanks!

[TBKing]

What errors are you getting?

Is SSH enabled on both client and server?

Any firewalls in between, blocking ports or protocols?

[sparrowangelste]

you can also use the datastore browser to upload the file

[watson4664]

I was trying to use the SCP command which I found in a VMware Knowledge Base document that is titled 'Using SCP to copy files to or from an ESX host.

I was trying to run this from the Vsphere CLI command prompt but it said the command was not recognized.

From my google snooping it looks like I will need to use Winscp and putty to get this done.  This is not an easy task for a general VMware user and does not seem to be documented anywhere.  I am still trying to figure out these apps since I have never used either one before.

What I need to do is copy the raid driver which is a .vib file from the Vsphere workstation onto the ESXi server /temp directory and then run the command: esxcli software vib install -v <filename> 

It would be nice if this was a documented procedure ( VMware???)  Sooner or later driver updates will be neccessary on almost any ESXi server and this is not an easy task.  Until the driver update is done Vshpere 5.1 will not see the disk drives in my ESXi Server.

Thanks!

[kvmfix]

Hi Watson,

Can you able to do ssh to 10.10.10.10, if ssh doesnt work enable the ssh and try scp

[TBKing]

The Datastore browser is a good suggestion.

Do you use Virtual Update Manager?  You should be able to include the VIB in VUM.

[watson4664]

After trial and error I found that WinSCP will allow access to the file structure on the ESXi server and copying files is as simple as drag and drop.

The application Putty will then allow you to execute the necessary script to update the raid drivers on the ESXi server:

esxcli software vib install -v {VIBFILE}

After doing this Vsphere was then able to access the 2TB of raid 5 disk drives on the SuperMicro server that ESXi was installed on. 

Too bad this is so difficult but I guess it is what it is and requires some trial and error learning curve.  VMware should really document these types of procedures that are somewhat out of the normal realm of everyday use.  A nice library of "how to" references.  I literally spent two days trying to come up with a method.

Also I wasn't familiar with the suggestions of those who replied to my question.  I do appreciate those suggestions and now will spend some time trying to see if they would have worked.