Help ! service console lost !

[OlivierTremolie]

Hi all !

After a new installation (esx 3.0.1), my collegue find very funny to delete Service console (esxcfg-vswif -d vswif0).

Now, I can't comunicate with my esx server and my service console disapear.

I check witch esxcfg-vswitch -l and esxcfg-vswif -l . The esxcfg-vswitch is ok, I've got my vSwitch0 link to vmnic0. But the esxcfg-vswif show me nothing.

I found a pdf from vmware site with tell me to to this : esxcfg-vswif -a vswif0 -p "Service Console" -i=10.xxx.xxx.xxx -n=255.255.255.0

The result of this command is : "Invalid IP Adress".

Someone got an idea ?

Thank,

Olivier

[rpartmann · Accepted solution]

Hi,

good document:

http://www.rtfm-ed.eu/docs/vmwdocs/esx3.x-vc2.x-serviceconsole-guide.pdf

try for example : esxcfg-vswif –i 192.168.2.203 –n 255.255.255.0 vswif0

esxcfg-vswif -l

Name Port Group IP Address Netmask Broadcast Enabled DHCP

vswif0 Service Console 10.0.0.32 255.255.255.0 10.64.63.255 true false

hope that helps,

reinhard-

[rpartmann]

Hi,

sorry i forgot to add the -a parameter, because your deleted vswif0.

esxcfg-vswif -a -i -p COS vswif0

COS is the Serviceconsole portgroup.

esxcfg-vswif without any parameter prints the help page.

reinhard.