ESX Console Manger released by ESXGuide

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Features:

List Virtual Machines and Virtual Disk information with the location and size of the files and directories. Also for unregistered Virtual Machines.

Rename Virtual Disks of registered Virtual Machines

Kill Virtual Machine Process (if the VM can't be powered off)

List All Virtual Disk Flatfiles on a Datastore with size and modificationdate.

View Logfiles on the ESX Host.

And a lot more to come, if I receive positive feedbacks.

How to work in the ESX Linux console

vmware-cmd (commandline tool from VMware)
Manage Virtual Machines (start, stop, register, Snapshots, Configuration ... and more)
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vmkfstools (commandline tool from VMware)
Mange virtual disks and vmfs Datastores
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esxcfg (commandline tool from VMware, new in ESX 3.x )
Mange virtual disks and vmfs Datastores
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Linux Commands and Configuration Files

Commands (the most important commands which you might need in the console)
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Configuration Files (the most important Configuration Files)
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Tips and Tricks

Extending a Cloned Windows VM's root partition
without using any third party tools
from Jase McCarty
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Path from the VMFS Datastore to the SAN
Sample how to identify which LUN is used by a Datastore
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More Tips and Infos are in the Articles, Tips Soltions Menue 
Or find them with the search on the top

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