Problem retrieving Tech Support Mode Status in vsphere 4.1

[tekhie]

hi, when running the following on an ESXi4.0 host it retrieves the status of whether tech support mode is enabled or not. When i run the same command against a vsphere 4.1 host it does not. command <Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name VMkernel.Boot.techSupportMode>

Is there a way to extract whether the tech support mode is enabled on an esxi 4.1 host ?

thanks

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

Tech Support mode now runs as two services - local TSM and remote TSM (SSH).

You can query Remote TSM with the following:

 Get-VMhostService -VMhost $VMhost | where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"}  

Local TSM is has a key of "TSM"

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[tekhie]

hi dave

thats awesone - thanks for clarifying