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VMware vSphere ESXi Enable TSM-SSH Access

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How to Enable SSH Access to VMware vSpehre ESXi TSM-SSH Console

This post shows how to establish SSH access to the VMware vSphere ESXi TSM-SSH console in order to be able to access the ESXi Hypervisor from an SSH terminal such as PuTTY or OpenSSH.

  1. On the ESXi console press F2 and enter password.
  2. Scroll to Troubleshooting Options and press Enter.
  3. Press Enable SSH and Enter.
  4. Go back to the main screen with the Esc key.
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Enable Access via TSM-SSH in vSphere

  1. Select the host and click on the tap configuration.
  2. Click on security profiles in the software panel.
  3. In the Services section, click Properties.
  4. SSH and click options at the bottom.
  5. Click Start and Stop with the host.
  6. For service commands, click Start.
  7. Click OK.
vSphere Security Profile TSM-SSH

Enable Access via SSH from the vSphere Web Client

  1. Select the host, go to Manage Tab and click Settings.
  2. Go to Security Profile under System.
  3. Go to Editing in the Services Panel.
  4. Select SSH from the list.
  5. Click Start and Stop with the host.
  6. Select Start to activate the service.
  7. Click OK.

VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere is a virtualization platform for cloud infrastructure, data center and server virtualization. The VMware vSphere consists of a collection of software products from the US company VMware Inc. Central components of these software products are the type 1 hypervisor VMware vSphere ESXi, which provides virtual machines for x64-based hardware and their operating systems, and VMware vCenter for the graphical management of the entire structure of data center, cluster, network, data store, CPUs and virtual machines in the form of a dynamic and seamless operating environment.

Conclusion

As shown in this article, it is possible to establish SSH access to the VMware vSphere ESXi TSM-SSH console in order to be able to access the ESXi hypervisor from an SSH terminal such as PuTTY or OpenSSH.

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Create Windows Quick Launch Toolbar

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How to create new Windows Quick Launch Toolbar

The Quick Launch toolbar that Microsoft introduced with Windows XP is still available on Windows 10 and 11, but it takes a little tweak.

Create the Quick Launch toolbar

Here’s how to create the Quick Launch toolbar by right-clicking in the Taskbar then on the top select Toolbars > New Toolbar, choose Quick Launch.

Under the following path, the New Toolbar opens as Quick Launch.

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

  You can also use the system environment variable %APPDATA%

cd "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

After adding the Quick Launch, links with Drag & Drop can be dragged in, best if you have deactivated the taskbar fixer.

What still needs to be set with a right-click over the new Quick Launch in the taskbar is to activate the Show Text and Show title so that the symbols become visible.

The Quick Launch Toolbar Story

The Quick Launch bar was introduced in Windows XP, and sat on the far left side of the Taskbar next to the Start button. It provided a quick and easy way to access programs and your desktop.

In Windows 7, the Quick Launch toolbar was removed from the Taskbar. But it’s still available in Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11. If you know how to add it back. Why would you want the Quick Launch toolbar back when you can pin programs to the Taskbar? The Quick Launch bar also contains the Show Desktop feature. Which is a more obvious place than that small rectangle on the far right side of the Taskbar (especially in Windows 8 and 10). Maybe you prefer to use a more old-school, ungrouped taskbar with shortcuts on the side. In any case, we’ll show you how to add the Quick Launch toolbar to the Taskbar in Windows 11.