Specifications

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Activities you can perform include:

• Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console on

page 125

• Using the Virtual Machine Menu on page 126

• Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine on page 127

• Monitoring the Virtual Machine’s Heartbeat on page 128

• Viewing Information about a Virtual Machine on page 129

• Downloading the VMware Virtual Machine Console on page 104 (Login and

Status Monitor pages)

• Creating a New Virtual Machine from the VMware Management Interface in the

VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide (Status Monitor page only)

• Deleting a Virtual Machine Using the VMware Management Interface on

page 142

• Configuring the GSX Server Host on page 143 (Options page only)

• Using Common Controls on page 129

Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console

If you need to view a particular virtual machine’s desktop, you can attach the VMware

Virtual Machine Console and connect to the virtual machine. Click the terminal icon

( ) to launch the console. For more information on connecting the console, see

Connecting to a Virtual Machine on a Windows Host and Connecting to a Virtual

Machine on a Linux Host in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide.

Note: If you are connecting an older version of a console to the server, you need to

select the virtual machine after you connect to the server host. VMware recommends

you update the console on this client. Download the appropriate installer on the

on page 104.

Netscape and Mozilla users must define a MIME type for the console first; Internet

Explorer is automatically configured when the console is installed. For more

information, see Setting a MIME Type to Launch the VMware Virtual Machine Console

on page 157.

The terminal icon appears slightly different, depending upon the guest operating

system selected for the virtual machine when it was created. This visual cue helps to

identify the virtual machine (for example, the display name may not indicate the

guest operating system). The variations in the terminal icon are shown here.