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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 to Access the
VMware Management Interface
If you intend to run the VMware Management Interface in Internet Explorer 6.0 on a
Windows management workstation, you must take certain steps to configure Internet
Explorer properly.
The configuration steps allow you to perform the following activities:
• Launching the Remote Console from the Management Interface on an
Encrypted Server on page 90
• Connecting to the Management Interface On a Proxy Server on page 91
Launching the Remote Console from the Management
Interface on an Encrypted Server
You can launch the VMware Remote Console from the VMware Management
Interface automatically. In order to do this in an Internet Explorer 6.0 browser on a
Windows system where SSL is encrypting your ESX Server remote connections, you
must ensure that the Do not save encrypted pages to disk option is disabled.
For information on encrypting remote connections, see Configuring Security Settings
on page 229.
When this option is enabled, Internet Explorer does not save any files to disk,
including the files it needs to hand off to helper applications. This prevents the remote
console from launching automatically.
Caution: This option may have been enabled deliberately at your site to prevent the
saving of sensitive files to disk. Disabling it may permit other sensitive information to
be saved to disk.
To disable the option, complete the following steps.
1. In the Internet Explorer 6.0 window, open the Internet Options control panel.
Choose Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll down to the Security section and uncheck Do not save encrypted pages
to disk.
4. Click OK.