Enabling SSH Access In ESX4i

Enabling SSH access to an ESXi server doesn't seem like remote support to me, it seems like a necessity. To turn this on you can either log onto the console, or follow these steps through Virtual Center.

• Select the Host you want and click the Configuration tab
• Select 'security profile' from the box labeled software
• Click 'properties' on the right hand side
• Select 'Remote Tech Support (SSH)' and then 'options'
• From the window that pops up click the 'start' button and then the 'Start automatically' radio button as shown below

However, enabling ssh will prompt a 'configuration issue' that just won't go away.
Fortunately there is a way to clear it.  With your newly acquired ssh abilities, log into the server and restart the services like this:

# /sbin/services.sh restart

Give it a minute and you'll have easy access to your ESXi servers, able to survive a reboot without a pesky warning.