Uploading files to an ESXi datastore ist terrible slow using the build-in upload mechanism. However if you add FTP to your ESXi server, and use an ftp client to upload/download files, the upload/download will be much faster.
ProFTPD runs good in ESXi 5.x and offers high transfer rate over normal transfers.
To add ProFTPD Service, do the following.
Enable SSH in ESXi.
- Connect to your ESXi host
- Goto Configuration
- Goto Security Profiles
- Click on Properties
- Select SSH from the list of services
- Click Options end start the service
Connect to your ESXi host using any ssh client like putty.
Navigate to your datastore folder cd /vmfs/volumes/datastore/
[Replace “datastore” to match your datastore name]
Create any folder where your FTP Service files can be downloaded from the internet or any other source.
mkdir install cd install
Now download ProFTPD using wget
wget http://esxi-customizer.googlecode.com/files/ProFTPD-1.3.3-8-offline_bundle.zip
install ProFTPD using esxcli
esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/install/ProFTPD-1.3.3-8-offline_bundle.zip
I needed to restart the ESXi system to activate ProFTPD in the Security Profiles.