Specifications

VMware, Inc. 5
Contents
Registering!Your!Virtual!Machines 69
Installing!the!Remote!Console!Software 70
Third!Party!Software!Compatibility 71
Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine!for!Use!with!Citrix!MetaFrame!XP 71
Executing! Scripts!When!the!Virtual!Machine’s!Power!State!Changes 71
Issues!to!Consider 72
Configuring!Virtual!Machines 73
Recommended!Configuration!Options 74
SleepWhenIdle 74
Optimizing!Disk!Access!Failure!Modes!in!Windows!Virtual!Machines 74
Modifying!the!SMBIOS!UUID 75
Generating!
the!UUID!Automatically 75
Comparing!the!Generated!UUID!to!Configuration!File!Parameters 76
Setting!the!UUID!for!a!Virtual!Machine!That!Is!Not!Being!Moved 77
Setting!the!UUID!for!a!Virtual!Machine!That!Is!Being!Moved 77
Enabling!the!Physical!Hardware’s!OEMID!to!Be!Seen!by!the!Virtual!
Machine 78
3 Using!the!VMware!Management!Interface 79
Running!the!VMware!Management!Interface 80
Configuring!the!Statistics!Period!for!the!VMware!Management!Interface 81
Using!Internet!Explorer!6.0!to!Access!the!VMware!Management!Interface 82
Launching!the!Remote!Console!from!the!Management!Interface!on!an!
Encrypted!Server 82
Connecting!to!the!Management!Interface!On!a!Proxy!Server 83
Connecting!to!the!Management!Interface!Without!a!Proxy!Server 84
Logging!Into!the!VMware!Management!Interface 84
Using!the!Status!Monitor 84
Viewing!Summary!Information!About!VMware!ESX!Server 85
Viewing!Summary!Information!About!Virtual!Machines!on!VMware!ESX!
Server 86
Connecting!to!a!Virtual!Machine!with!the!VMware!Remote!Console 86
Using!the!Virtual!Machine!Menu 86
Changing!the!Power!State!of!a!Virtual!Machine 88
Suspending!and!Resuming!Virtual
!Machines 89
Setting!the!Suspend!Directory 89
Enabling!Repeatable!Resume 90
Viewing!Information!About!a!Virtual!Machine 92
Downloading!Remote!Management!Packages 92
Creating!a!New!Virtual!Machine 93