Specifications

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• The VMware Management Interface components are installed in
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Management Interface
• The VmCOM API components are installed in
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VmCOM Scripting API
• The VmPerl API components are installed in
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VmPerl Scripting API
You can change the directory that contains all the components if you wish, but make
note of the new paths you intend to use. The instructions in this manual make use of
the default paths.
Installing the GSX Server Software on a Windows Host
You cannot have both VMware GSX Server and VMware Workstation on the same host
machine. If you plan to install GSX Server on a host machine that already contains
Workstation, you must uninstall the Workstation application first. You cannot install
GSX Server on a server that already contains the VMware Virtual Machine Console.
Similarly, you cannot have multiple versions of GSX Server installed on the same host.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of GSX Server, see Upgrading VMware
GSX Server on page 79.
1. Log on to your Microsoft Windows host as the Administrator user or as a user
who is a member of the Windows Administrators group.
Caution: Do not install GSX Server on a Windows 2000 Server Active Directory
domain controller.
Note: On a Windows Server 2003 host, you must be logged on as a local
administrator (that is, not logged on to the domain) in order to install GSX Server.
Although you must be logged in as an administrator to install GSX Server, you
can run the program after it is installed as a user with normal user privileges.
2. Start the GSX Server master installer.
If you are installing from a CD, from the Start menu, choose Run and enter
D:\Windows\VMware-gsx-server-installer-<xxxx>.exe,
where D: is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive and <xxxx> is a series of
numbers representing the version and build numbers.
If you are installing from a downloaded file, from the Start menu, choose Run,
browse to the directory where you saved the downloaded installer file (the
name is similar to VMware-gsx-server-installer-<xxxx>.exe,