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samuk
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎06-07-2013 07:37 AM

Nano Command not working?

Hi,

i need to enable SNMP on the host...

I have a link that i need to follow to do this, however after i putty the host, it does not recognize the nano (text editor) command?

nano /etc/vmware/snmp.xml

Any idea's?

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Troy_Clavell
Immortal
Immortal
‎06-07-2013 07:42 AM

nano won't work in ESXi

the below KB may help

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008065

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continuum
Immortal
Immortal
‎06-14-2013 08:18 AM

use WinSCP instead of Putty - then you can edit files by a simple doubleclick in WinSCP


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nielse
Expert
Expert
‎06-17-2013 04:55 AM

You can only use vi on an ESXi host.

@nielsengelen - http://foonet.be - VCP4/5
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mrneutron42
Contributor
Contributor
‎12-12-2021 01:14 PM

Is there a package manager running or is there some other way to get nano loaded into the ESXi host?

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depping
Leadership
Leadership
‎12-13-2021 01:01 AM

No. That is not how ESXi has been designed or is intended to be used.

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