Specifications

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Connecting to Older GSX Server and ESX Server Systems and
Older Virtual Machines
When you connect a VMware Virtual Machine Console from GSX Server 3 to an older
virtual machine or older GSX Server or ESX Server system, the console controls adapt
to the older machine or server. Certain capabilities, such as creating new virtual
machines or configuring the host, are unavailable when you connect to an older
virtual machine or server. Features introduced in GSX Server 3 — such as snapshots —
are not available to virtual machines on older servers.
As discussed in Overview of the VMware Virtual Machine Console Window on
page 97, the Home tab and the status bar in the console window display the type
(whether the server is a GSX Server or ESX Server system) and version of the server to
which you are connecting.
If you are connected to a virtual machine created under an earlier version of GSX
Server, ESX Server or Workstation, the virtual machine’s summary information
indicates that it is a legacy virtual machine; if the virtual machine was created under
GSX Server 3, ESX Server 2 or Workstation 4, the virtual machine is considered to be a