Sometime ago I compiled a post ESX fresh install BASH script using just esxcfg commands (run using root privileges). It’s actually proved to be quite useful for recent projects so I thought it may worth publishing to the community.
The creation of temporary file(s) during the execution prevents another admin re-running in the event the script is left behind. I find copying it to /tmp keeps it out of harms way. It goes without saying you may want to delete the files after execution & reboot.
This will only run on a VMware 3.5.x ESX Host as the syntax of vmware-vim-cmd has changed since 3.0
Areas I’ve focused on:
- Service Console memory
- DNS configuration
- NTP (drift file really only useful for 2 or more time sources)
- Qlogic configuration
- Team NICs
- Configure vMotion (notice the little ‘v’)
- Add vSwitches, port groups & VLAN IDs
- Enable SSH Client
The majority of the content is environmental specific but items such as the Qlogic have been gleaned from http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/07/21/queuedepth-and-whats-next/
Feel free to download, edit, delete and update me. This script is by no means clever but just simply works and can be adapted per installation. I suppose you could say for an ESX 3.5 installation it’s a Manual Host Profile 
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