from console, after typing in "exit" i am stuck.

[ioio]

anyway to get console CLI back w/o rebooting the host? thanks.

[AndreTheGiant]

I suppose that your have ESXi:

http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/vmware-esx-articles/general/how-to-access-the-...

Andre

[ioio]

thanks for the response. yes, that's exactly what i am trying to do. however, after i typed in exit in the cli i am stuck. i would like to unstuck to do other things in the unsupported cli.

[Kav]

I think you press Alt+F11 to get back to the host front screen..... I'll check tonight!!

[dnetz · Accepted solution]

You should be able to get back into the unsupported console by switching to the correct screen with Alt+F1 and typing "unsupported" again and hitting enter, the console doesn't echo this input so you won't know until you've typed it and hit enter.

[DSTAVERT]

To get back to the regular "yellow" screen type ALT + F2

[ioio]

turns out at what it appears to be a hung session after "exit" typing in "unsupported" and enter brings you back to auth prompt.

interesting to note that at alt-f2 you can't do the "unsupported" trick.

thanks.