So, you have logged in to your vSphere Client and you notice that there is a warning symbol on your host, but not alarms have triggered and no systems seem to have fault. On investigation you see a warning telling you that SSH and/or shell are enabled on your host – but that warning icon annoys you, and you need SSH (just like was the case for me), so how do you get rid of it?
- Log on to vSphere (vCenter or Direct to the Host is fine)
- Select the Host
- Go to Configuration

- Select Advanced Settings under Software

- In the Left Hand pane, scroll down to UserVars and select it

- In the Right Hand pane, Scroll down to the bottom and Set UserVars.SuppressShellWarning to 1

- Click OK
- Magic – The warning has gone!