Specifications

Administration Guide
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3Under!the!line!PerlSetEnv vmware_SESSION_LENGTH 60,!do!one!of!the!
following.
! To!set!the!period!to!1!minute,!add!this!line:
PerlSetEnv vmware_STATS_PERIOD 1
!
To!set!the!period!to!15!minutes,!add!this!line:
PerlSetEnv vmware_STATS_PERIOD 15
4 Save!and!close!the!file.
5Restart!Apache!for!the!change!to!take!effect.
/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 to Access the VMware
Management Interface
To!run!the!VMware!Management!Interface!in!Internet!Explorer!6.0!on!a!Windows!
management!workstation,!you!must!take!steps!to!configure!Internet!Explorer.!
The!configuration!steps!allow!you!to!perform!the!following!activities:
! “Launching!the!Remote!Console!from!the!Management!Interface!on!an!Encrypted!
Server,”!next.
! “Connecting!to!the!Management!Interface!On!a!Proxy!Server”!on!page 83
Launching the Remote Console from the Management Interface
on an Encrypted Server
You!can!launch!the!VMware!Remote!Console!from!the!VMware!Management!Interface!
automatically.!To!do!this!in!an!Internet!Explorer!6.0!browser!on!a!Windows!system!
where!SSL!is!encrypting!your!ESX!Server!remote!connections,!ensure!that!the!Do!not!
save!encrypted!pages!to!disk!option!is!disabled.
For!information!on!
encrypting!remote!connections,!see!“Security!Settings”!on!page 194.
When!this!option!is!enabled,!Internet!Explorer!does!not!save!any!files!to!disk,!including!
the!files!it!needs!to!hand!off!to!helper!applications.!This!prevents!the!remote!console!
from!launching!automatically.
CAUTION This!option!might!be!enabled!to!prevent!saving!sensitive!files!to!disk.!
Disabling!it!might!permit!other!sensitive!information!to!be!saved!to!disk.