Specifications

www.vmware.com

VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.tar.gz, where <xxxx> is a series of numbers

representing the version and build numbers.

Note: The VmPerl API package is installed when you install the server software.

The VmPerl API is a scripting tool that uses Perl to manage virtual machines

remotely; for more information, go to www.vmware.com/support/developer/.

• The VMware Management Interface package (from a tar archive available on the

GSX Server CD-ROM or the VMware Web site). This tar archive is called

VMware-mui-<xxxx>.tar.gz.

• The VMware Virtual Machine Console package (which you download from the

VMware Management Interface; the package is also available as an RPM file or tar

archive in a client GZip file that also contains the VmPerl API, available on the

GSX Server CD-ROM or from the VMware Web site). The RPM file is called

VMware-console-<xxxx>.i386.rpm while the tar archive is called

VMware-console-<xxxx>.tar.gz.

In most cases, you work directly at the server when you install the server software. You

can manage and run virtual machines from the server or from any client.

On a Client Workstation

In addition to a Web browser, you can install the following packages on a client:

• The VMware Virtual Machine Console.

• The VmPerl and VmCOM Scripting APIs (the VmCOM API can be installed only on

a Windows client); for more information, go to www.vmware.com/support/

developer/.

These packages are available in the VMware Management Interface. If you are

installing the VMware Virtual Machine Console on a Windows client, see Installing the

VMware Virtual Machine Console on a Windows Host on page 64.

VMware Virtual Machine Consoles can run on clients and on the server itself. Console

packages are available for Windows (Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP

and Windows Server 2003) and Linux.

Typically, you run the console and browser on a client. The browser allows access to

the VMware Management Interface. The management interface and console let you

• Monitor the operation of virtual machines.

• Start, stop, reset, suspend and resume virtual machines.

• Create and delete virtual machines.

• Configure host and virtual machine settings.