Specifications

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The!VMware!Remote!Console!gives!you!a!direct!window!from!a!management!
workstation!into!an!individual!virtual!machine!running!under!VMware!ESX!Server.!In!
this!chapter,!the!following!sections!describe!aspects!of!using!the!VMware!Remote!
Console:
! “Starting!the!Remote!Console”!on!page 156
! “Running!a!Virtual!Machine!Using!the!Remote!Console”!on!page 157
! “Special!Power!Options!for!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 157
! “VMware!Tools!Settings”!on!page 159
! “Installing!New!Software!Inside!the!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 164
! “Cutting,!Copying,!and!Pasting”!on!page 165
! “Suspending!and!Resuming!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 165
! “Shutting!Down!a!Virtual!Machine”!on!page 166
Using the Remote Console
VMware!Remote!Console!software!is!available!for!Windows!XP,!Windows!2000,!
Windows!NT,!and!Linux!management!workstations.!For!instructions!on!installing!the!
software,!see!“Installing!the!Remote!Console!Softw are”!on!page 70.!
You!can!connect!up!to!three!remote!consoles!to!a!virtual!machine!at!a!time!and!connect!
up!to!80
!remote!consoles!to!the!server!at!a!time.!
Using the VMware Remote
Console
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