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Hack ESX MOTD by Halr9000 19 months ago (modification of post by Halr9000 view diff)
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Hack your ESXi welcome screen.

Join Clyde the Sysadmin as he battles clueless bosses, defective hardware, and the inescapable feeling that he’s a hamster on life’s giant hamster wheel.

  1. $screen = @"
  2. You see here a virtual switch.            ------------           ------
  3.                                          #...........|           |....|
  4.                      ---------------   ###------------           |...(|
  5.                      |..%...........|##########               ###-@...|
  6.                      |...%...........###    #                 ## |....|
  7.                      +.......<......|       ###              ### |..!.|
  8.                      ---------------          ###          ###   ------
  9.                                              ---.-----   ###
  10.                                              |.......|####
  11.                                              ---------
  12. .
  13. Clyde the Sysadmin    St:7 Dx:9 Co:10 In:18 Wi:18 Ch:6    Chaotic Evil
  14. Dlvl:3  $:120 HP:39(41) Pw:36(36) AC:6  Exp:5 T:1073
  15. "@
  16. Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -name Annotations.WelcomeMessage -value $screen

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