Esx mount ISO & update without maintenance

mount -o loop xxx.iso mount_folder

esxupdate --bundle=xxx.zip update --maintenancemode --nodep

How to active your USB key on VMware ESX

1.Boot in ESX
2.If  fdisk -l , you can not find out any device about your USB key
key in this command !
chkconfig usbarbitrator off


3.reboot
4. mount  your device

Turn off the firewall in VMWare ESXi5.X

In order to update firmware in VMWare ESXi 5.0, you must turn off the firewall.
To do this:
1. SSH into the ESXi system.
2. Issue this command:esxcli network firewall set -d true

Esx enter maintenance mode cmd

To enter maintenance mode using the command line interface,

vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

To exit maintenance mode use

vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit