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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
Creating a Flagship User
You!might!choose!to!have!a!virtual!machine!owned!by!a!“flagship!user”!instead!of!a!
real!person.!By!using!a!“flagship!user,”!only!one!user!account!owns!the!virtual!
machines!that!are!in!production.!An!advantage!of!using!flagship!accounts!is!that!
flagship!users!never!leave!the!company!or!go
!on!vacation.
By!using!a!flagship!user,!you!avoid!problems!in!access!privileges,!if!multiple!
individuals!in!a!group,!access!the!same!virtual!machine,!through!the!remote!console.!
That!is,!you!can!give!all!group!members!execute!privileges!to!the!flagship!user’s!
directories.!that!contain!the!virtual!machines.!Without!these!execute
!privileges!on!
parent!directories,!other!group!members!won’t!be!able!to!use!the!remote!console.
Registering and Unregistering Virtual Machines
ESX!Server!requires!that!each!virtual!machineʹs!configuration!file!be!registered!before!
it!can!be!accessed!by!VMware!Remote!Consoles!and!the!VMware!Management!
Interface.!When!you!create!a!new!configuration!file!with!the!management!interface,!
whether!for!a!new!or!an!existing!virtual!machine,!the!configuration!file!is!registered
!
automatically!with!ESX!Server.
You!can!have!up!to!80!registered!virtual!machines!on!a!server!at!one!time.!If!you!intend!
to!run!more!than!60,!you!must!modify!some!service!console!settings.!See!“Running!
Many!Virtual!Machines!on!ESX!Server”!on!page 148.
When!you!register!a!virtual!machine,!it!
appears!in!the!management!interface!and!the!
Connect!to!VMware!Virtual!Machine!dialog!box!that!appears!when!you!connect!to!the!
virtual!machine!with!the!remote!console.
If!you!are!using!a!virtual!machine!that!you!migrated!from!another!server!or!VMw are!
product,!you!must!register!the!configuration!file!as!described!
below.!For!more!
information!about!migrating!virtual!disks!and!virtual!machines,!see!“Importing,!
Upgrading,!and!Exporting!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 60.
If!you!do!not !need!a!virtual!machine,!you!can!unregister!it.!This!is!useful!if!you!have!
more!than!80!virtual!machines!on!the!server!and!do!not!want!to!
delete!any!excess!
virtual!machines.!An!unregistered!virtual!machine!no!longer!appears!in!the!
management!interface!and!cannot!be!connected!to!by!a!remote!console.
You!must!have!full!permissions!to!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!(.vmx)!to!
register!or!unregister!it.!
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OTE The!remote!console!still!requires!that!the!user!has!execute!(x)!permission!on!all!parent!
directories.