ESXi 4 not saving config

ESXi 4 not saving config

Hi, I am new to the community - so not sure if this the correct way of  getting help, if not please point me in the right direction.

I am booting ESXi 4 (Dell Customised) from a Sandisk 2GB USB stick on a  Dell PowerEddge 1950, all seems to work fine except that config info  doesn't get saved.

Loose all info including password, license and static IP details when reboot.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Many thanks


How are you rebooting?
From the console with F2, or from the client utility?

Certainly, it shouldn't matter. But I would recommend shutting down your  VMs manually, placing the server in maintenance mode, and doing a  reboot from the client utility.

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As ESXi is embedded, it monitors for any configuration changes every 10 minutes and applies them from memory to the to the USB drive.

If the host had rebooted right after making changes and within the 10 minute span, the changes applied are lost.

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