Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
Substituting a Port Number with the VMware Scripting APIs
With the VMware Scripting APIs, you can supply a different port number when you
create a new virtual machine object. This port number must match the port number
set on the GSX Server host, which is set by the authd.port variable in the
config.ini file (Windows host) or vmware-authd file (Linux host).
If you specify 0 as the port number, the console connects with the port number
specified by authd.client.port instead. If authd.client.port is not
specified, the console connects with the default port 902.
For more information about the VMware Scripting APIs, visit the VMware Web site at
www.vmware.com/support/developer.
Downloading the VMware Virtual Machine Console
You can download installation packages for the VMware Virtual Machine Console
from the VMware Management Interface. Packages are available for Linux and
Windows hosts; download the package appropriate to the host machine on which
the console is to be installed.
Downloading the console and installing it allows you to quickly launch the console
from the management interface and manage virtual machines.
Downloading the installer from the Status Monitor page allows you to quickly
download the console you need without logging out of the management interface.
Caution: Do not install a console from a client installer package onto the GSX Server 3
host. Do not download and install a console from an older version of GSX Server or
ESX Server onto any client.
To download and install a console package from the Login or Status Monitor page,
complete the following steps.
1. Connect to the GSX Server host with the VMware Management Interface. For
information on connecting to the management interface, see Logging In to the
VMware Management Interface on page 122.
2. On the Status Monitor page, download the installer by clicking the link for the
package appropriate to the operating system on which the console is to be
installed.
On the Login page, select the installer appropriate to the operating system of
the computer where you are installing the console, then click Download.
If you are installing the console on a Linux host, you can further choose between
tar and RPM installation packages.
3. Run the installation package.