Installing drivers or Update using vCLI
At time where you need to install update or install drivers on ESXi/ESX servers where new devices like Network cards or HBA drivers are not embedded in the base image. In vSphere 5 you can of cause recompile your own image. However for existing servers, we would need to learn the commands. Here I have attached the screen shots with steps to do the installation using the VMware vCLI. Requirements: VMware vSphere CLI installed on your workstation which can be found here under VMware vSphere 4.0 CLI VMware vSphere 4.1 CLI VMware vSphere 5 CLI Open VMware vSphere CLI Command Prompt on workstation. Check the current Maintenance Mode of the ESXi server by using: vicfg-hostops.pl –operation info –-server –-username e.g. vicfg-hostops.pl –operation info –-server 192.168.1.1 –-username root Enter password when prompted. Put ESXi server into maintenance mode by using: vicfg-hostops.pl –operation enter -–server [server_name_o...