Specifications

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To install the console on a Windows system, see Installing the VMware Virtual
Machine Console on a Windows Host on page 64.
To install the console on a Linux system, see Installing the VMware Virtual
Machine Console on a Linux Host on page 67.
Customizing the Download Menu
You can customize the download menu on the Login page to suit your users’ needs.
For example, if your site uses the VMware Scripting APIs, you can add the API installers
to the download menu. Client packages containing the VMware Virtual Machine
Console and the VMware Scripting APIs are available on your GSX Server CD-ROM or
in the packages you downloaded from the VMware Web site. The client packages are:
• VMware-gsx-server-win32-client-<xxxx>.zip
• VMware-gsx-server-linux-client-<xxxx>.zip
You can expand these archives and place the API installer files in a readily available
area, then modify the download menu on the Login page to point to them.
You can add more files to the download menu, hide items already listed and even
hide the link or the menu itself. Click Help on the Login page and follow the
instructions there.
Note: On a Windows host with the VMware Management Interface installed, you can
find the installers for the console and scripting APIs in C:\Program
Files\VMware\VMware Management
Interface\htdocs\vmware\bin. This folder contains:
• VMware-console-<xxxx>.exe — the installer for the VMware Virtual
Machine Console to run on Windows clients.
• VMware-console-<xxxx>.i386.rpm — the RPM installer for the
VMware Virtual Machine Console to run on Linux clients.
• VMware-console-<xxxx>.tar.gz — the tar installer for the VMware
Virtual Machine Console to run on Linux clients.
• VMware-VmCOMAPI-<xxxx>.exe — the installer for the VmCOM API for
Windows hosts only.
• VMware-VmPERLAPI-<xxxx>.exe — the installer for the VmPerl API for
Windows hosts.