Missing information in the KB about config restore (set-vmhostfirmware)

[Alexander_A]

Hi.

In the KB about backup/restore of the ESXi configuration (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2042141#In_vSphere_PowerCLI), one detail is missing from the "powercli" section.

Before you can restore the config, using "Set-VMHostFrimware", you need to enable the SSH service. If SSH is disabled, result will be: 401 (Unauthorized)

[FirozeB_za]

Thats a good catch. it could be argued that anyone attempting this should know to enable this.

[Alexander_A]

Maybe, but "401"?

If the powershell command is attempting to connect, the error should be "failed to connect to <ip>:<port>". But it seems that the powershell command aborts at an earlier stage. I would argue that the API/powershell should be able to return "412 SSH service not started" 😉