Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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Setting a MIME Type to Launch the
VMware Remote Console
From a browser, you can connect to a virtual machine from a remote console by
clicking the terminal icon ( ) for that virtual machine. Before doing so, Netscape and
Mozilla users need to define a MIME type of x-vmware-console and associate it
with the remote console program file. Internet Explorer is automatically configured
when you install the console.
Setting the MIME Type in Netscape 7.0 and Mozilla 1.x
If you are using Netscape 7.0 or Mozilla 1.x and want to launch the VMware Remote
Console from the VMware Management Interface, you must first set a MIME type for
the remote console program.
The procedure is similar for Windows and Linux hosts. Both involve writing a short
script that provides the command to launch the remote console.
In Netscape or Mozilla, follow these steps to set the MIME type.
1. Open a text editor and do one of the following.
On a Windows host, write a short batch file called
vmwareConsole-helper.bat.
The batch file must contain the following line:
“<path_to_vmwareConsole>” -o “%1”
where the default <path_to_vmwareConsole> is
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Remote
Console\vmwareConsole.exe
• On a Linux host, write a short shell script called
vmware-console-helper.sh.
The shell script must contain the following two lines:
#!/bin/sh
“<path_to_vmware-console>” -o $1 > /dev/null 2>&1;
where the default <path_to_vmware-console> is
/usr/bin/vmware-console.
2. Save the file in a location of your choice.
Note: On a Linux host, change to the directory where you saved the file and
give yourself permission to execute the file.