How to edit the hosts file of a VMware agent

How to edit the "hosts" file of a VMware agent

Task

Edit the "hosts" file of a VMware agent.

Solution

The "hosts" file of the VMware agent is mounted into the agent system and can be edited from its console.

Perform the following steps:
  1. Go to the agent command line by pressing the "To console" button in TUI.
  2. Edit /etc/hosts file as required.
  3. Restart services for the changes to take effect by pressing the "Restart services" button in TUI.

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