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Installing, Configuring and Upgrading ESX Server

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Preparing to Use the Remote

Management Software

You can manage VMware ESX Server from a remote workstation using the VMware

remote console and the VMware Management Interface.

Remote console software is available for Windows and Linux workstations. The

remote console lets you attach directly to a virtual machine. You can start and stop

programs, change the configuration of the guest operating system and do other tasks

as if you were working at a physical computer.

The management interface can be used from any workstation with a compatible

browser — Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher or Netscape 4.5 or higher. It gives you a

bird’s-eye view of all the registered virtual machines on a server and allows you to

stop, start, suspend, resume and reset a virtual machine.

Note: If you need secure communications between your management workstations

and the server, be sure to choose the appropriate security level when you configure

ESX Server. For additional details, see the Network Security section in Authentication

and Security Features on page 193.

Registering Your Virtual Machines

If you create your virtual machines using the Virtual Machine Configuration Wizard,

they are automatically registered in the file /etc/vmware/vm-list on the

server’s console operating system. The remote management software checks this file

for pointers to the virtual machines you want to manage.

If you want to manage virtual machines that you set up in some other way, without

using the wizard, you must first register them.

To do so, be sure the virtual machine is powered off. Then, on the overview page of

the VMware Management Interface, point to the terminal icon for the virtual machine

you want to register and click Edit Configuration. Select Registered at the top of the

Edit Configuration page.

Note: Registered virtual machines appear in the list only if their configuration files

are stored locally on the ESX Server computer. If the configuration files are stored on

an NFS-mounted drive, the virtual machines are not listed.

You can also register the virtual machines from the console operating system. To do

so, use this command:

vmware-control -s register /<configpath>/<configfile>.cfg

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