Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide
Connecting to a Virtual Machine from a Linux Host or Client
If you need to view a particular virtual machine’s desktop, you can attach the VMware
Virtual Machine Console and connect to the virtual machine.
You need an X server to run the VMware Virtual Machine Console. If an X server is not
installed, you must install libxpm.so.4, located on your Linux distribution disk.
1. Start the VMware Virtual Machine Console. Open a terminal window, and do one
of the following:
• To connect a console to a virtual machine on the local host, type
vmware &
Then press Enter.
• To connect a console from a client to a virtual machine on a remote host, type
vmware-console &
Then press Enter. The Connect to Host dialog box appears.
Specify the host name, user name and password to connect to that host, then
click OK.
2. If this is the first time you have launched the console, a dialog box asks if you
want to rename existing virtual disks using the new .vmdk extension. Click OK
to search all local drives on the host computer and make this change.
The converter also renames the files that store the state of a suspended virtual
machine, if it finds them. It changes the old .std file extension to .vmss.
However, it is best to resume and shut down all suspended virtual machines
before you upgrade GSX Server.
Besides renaming files, the converter updates the corresponding virtual machine
configuration files so they identify the virtual disks using the new filenames.
If you plan to store your virtual disk files or suspended state files on a Windows
Server 2003 host in the future, it is important to convert the filenames to avoid
conflicts with the System Restore feature of Windows Server 2003.
Linux Hosts: One Chance
to Rename Disk Files
• The Rename Virtual Disks
dialog box appears only
once. If you click Cancel,
you do not have another
opportunity to update
the filenames and
configuration files
automatically.