Specifications

Administration Guide
80 VMware, Inc.
! “Setting!a!MIME!Type!to!Launch!the!VMware!Remote!Console”!on!page 139
! “Editing!a!Virtual!Machine’s!Configuration!File!Directly”!on!page 140
! “Using!the!VMw are!Management!Interface!File!Manager”!on!page 141
! “Registering!and!Unregistering!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 145
! “Running!Many!Virtual!Machines!on!ESX!Server”!on!page 148
! “Backing!Up!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 151
Running the VMware Management Interface
VMware!ESX!Server!provides!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!a!Web‐based!
management!tool!that!allows!you!to:!
! Monitor!the!state!of!virtual!machines!and!the!VMware!ESX!Server!machine!on!
which!they!are!running.!
! Control!(power!on,!suspend,!resume,!reset!and!power!off)!the!virtual!machines!on!
the!server.
! Connect!the!VMware!Remote!Console!to!a!give n!virtual!machine,!for!hands‐on!
management!of!the!guest!operating!system.
! Modify!virtual!machine!configurations.
! Manage!users!and!groups.
! Configure!SANs.
! Create!and!delete!virtual!machines.
! Answer!questions!and!acknowledge!messages!posed!by!the!virtual!machine.
! Configure!ESX!Server!(root!users!only).
Use!the!VMware!Management!Interface!from!a!management!workstation,!not!from!the!
server!machine!where!ESX!Server!is!installed.!VMware!does!not!recommend!running!
the!X!Windows!System!on!your!server’s!service!console.!
To!use!the!management!interface,!when!you!register!each!virtual!machine,!make!
sure!
you!set!read!permissions!for!all!users!for!each!of!the!virtual!machines!you!want!to!
manage!from!a!browser.!
N
OTE If!you!are!connecting!to!the!management!interface!with!Internet!Explorer!6.0,!you!must!
configure!the!browser.!See!“Using!Internet!Explorer!6.0!to!Access!the!VMware!
Management!Interface”!on!page 82.