frankdenneman Frank Denneman is a Chief Technologist at VMware, primarily focusing on Machine Learning technology. He is an author of the vSphere host and clustering deep dive series, podcast host for the Unexplored Territory podcast, and you can follow him on Twitter @frankdenneman.

Adjust timeout value ESXi Embedded Host Client

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I love to use the ESXi Embedded Host Client next to vCenter in my lab. It’s quick, it provide most of the functionality and best of it all it has a functioning VM console when accessing it from a MAC. The ESXi Embedded Host Client time-out default is set to 15 minutes, but you can adjust this setting.
Time-out ESXI embedded client
On the right side of the menu bar there is a drop down menu next to the IP-address or DNS name of your ESXi server. Open it and go to:

  1. Settings
  2. Application timeout
  3. Select the appropriate timeout value

As I use it in my lab, I select the option off, but if you use this in other environments I can expect you use a different value.

frankdenneman Frank Denneman is a Chief Technologist at VMware, primarily focusing on Machine Learning technology. He is an author of the vSphere host and clustering deep dive series, podcast host for the Unexplored Territory podcast, and you can follow him on Twitter @frankdenneman.