Ssh/Scp from one ESX host to another ESX

A few months ago I was troubleshooting a problem with the copying some files from one ESX host to another. I was able to connect from Linux/windows machine to ESX server thru ssh but not from ESX to ESX host.

Solution:

The firewall was blocking the outgoing of ssh on all the servers. I have opened the outgoing ports on the server using the following commands.

#  esxcfg-firewall -e sshClient
# esxcfg-firewall -e sshServer

Now i am able to copy the files from one ESX host to another ESX host.

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