How to reinventory/register a vm from the CLI.

To re-inventory/register a vm from the CLI, do the following from an ssh prompt.

• vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i <VM Name>  to get the VM ID.
• vim-cmd vmsvc/reload <VM ID>

Tested on ESX 5.0.x - 5.5.x

Reset vmware ESX evaluation license.

VMWare ESXi license expires in 60 days.  You can reset that 60 days by doing the following.

-ssh into the ESXi host.

-rm -f /etc/vmware/vmware.lic /etc/vmware/license.cfg

-reboot

Enable SNMP on ESXi

1. ssh into the esxi host.
2. esxcli system snmp set --communities="string name"
3. esxcli system snmp set --targets="<monitoring server>"@161/"string name","<monitoring server>"@161/"string name"
4. esxcli system snmp set --enable true
5. esxcli system snmp test
6. log into vi client.
7. find the server and go to the configuration tab.
8. select Security Profile under Software
9. select Properties under Firewall
10. find SNMP server and click on the Options button.
11. start the service.

esxcli system snmp set --communities="MRTG"

esxcli system snmp set --targets="fwprd-slw-ape1"@161/"MRTG","fwprd-slw-ape2"@161/"MRTG","fwprd-slw-core"@161/"MRTG"

esxcli system snmp set --enable true

esxcli system snmp test

Reset vmware ESX evaluation license.

VMWare ESXi license expires in 60 days.  You can reset that 60 days by doing the following.

-ssh into the ESXi host.

-rm -f /etc/vmware/vmware.lic /etc/vmware/license.cfg

-reboot

Reset vmware ESX evaluation license.

VMWare ESXi license expires in 60 days.  You can reset that 60 days by doing the following.

-ssh into the ESXi host.

-rm -f /etc/vmware/vmware.lic /etc/vmware/license.cfg

-reboot

Reset vmware ESX evaluation license.

VMWare ESXi license expires in 60 days.  You can reset that 60 days by doing the following.

-ssh into the ESXi host.

-rm -f /etc/vmware/vmware.lic /etc/vmware/license.cfg

-reboot

Reset vmware ESX evaluation license.

VMWare ESXi license expires in 60 days.  You can reset that 60 days by doing the following.

-ssh into the ESXi host.

-rm -f /etc/vmware/vmware.lic /etc/vmware/license.cfg

-reboot