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Just a simple script to back up ESXi configs to a file on a remote Windows Server:
Set ESXiPassword=[put your password here]
perl “C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin\vicfg-cfgbackup.pl” –server [hostname of server] –username root –password %ESXiPassword% -s [path to .cfg file for backup]
Yes, it’s simple for a single server, but you can enter all of your servers in one [...]

I learned the hard way that even if you can install a 64-bit OS on a computer, it doesn’t not necessarily mean that you can run guests in ESXi in 64-bit.
Essentially on an Intel Platform, it has to support EMT64 and VT(and the motherboard has to support it).  For AMD, you need Rev D AMD64 [...]