Specifications

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Essentially, the console allows you to manage virtual machines locally and remotely,
while the management interface allows you to remotely manage the server host and
all the virtual machines on the host.
The VmPerl and VmCOM Scripting APIs can connect to Linux and Windows hosts.
However, the VmCOM API can run only on a Windows client. You can use the APIs to
create scripts to automate management of virtual machines and the host.
Default Directories
By default, the GSX Server components are installed into the following directories:
• The server components are installed in
/usr/bin
• The VMware Management Interface components are installed in
/usr/lib/vmware-mui
• The VMware Virtual Machine Console components are installed in
/usr/bin
• The Apache server components are installed in
/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/bin
(so they do not conflict with existing Apache software on your server)
• The VmPerl API executable files are installed in
/usr/bin
• The VmPerl API library files are installed in
/usr/lib/vmware-api
If you installed the software from a tar installer, you can change these paths 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 Linux Host
The steps below describe an installation on a Red Hat Linux host from a CD-ROM. If
you downloaded the software, the steps are the same except that you start from the
directory where you saved the downloaded installer file, not from the CD. If you are
using a different Linux distribution, some of the commands may be different.
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, the Workstation application is automatically upgraded to GSX Server.