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EsxDiag for ESX Server 3.x

A post-installation script for ESX Server that checks service console configuration, the TCP and DNS settings, and checks which scheduled services failed to launch. It also checks the NTP settings (including firewall) and shows you the time difference between the public NTP server and the host.

EsxDiag is a part of the Veeam Configurator product that helps you to manage and control the configuration of your entire Virtual Infrastructure from a single Windows interface. Veeam Configurator handles multiple ESX Servers simultaneously to report on and configure settings and subsystems otherwise accessible only through the command line, scripts or manual editing of configuration files. Learn more...

1. Сopy the file to ESX Server
2. Login via ssh as user, but eventually script needs to be executed with root privileges (using su or sudo)
3. Verify the integrity of the downloaded file:
   
   
   1. To check MD5 digest execute:
      $ md5sum <filename>
      
   2. To check SHA1 digest execute:
      $ sha1sum <filename>
      
   
   
4. Extract the contents by running:
   $ tar xjf <filename>
5. Switch to the extracted directory
   $ cd <filename>
6. Then follow the instructions from the README file.
   $ less README