VMware GSX Server 2.5.2

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There are three ways to run a console in GSX Server:

• With the VMware Remote Console on a Windows or Linux workstation. This allows you to manage a virtual machine remotely. Remote consoles permit shared access to and control of the same virtual machine; other remote consoles can connect to a virtual machine to which you already are connected. When all remote consoles are disconnected from a virtual machine, the virtual machine continues to run, headless.

  Windows and Linux versions of the VMware Remote Console are available. You can run the remote console on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 or Linux computers. The VMware Remote Console is installed automatically on the GSX Server for Windows host if you chose a complete installation.

• With the VMware Remote Console on the GSX Server host. This can be done when other remote consoles are connected to the virtual machine to which you want to connect.

• With the local console on the GSX Server host. This can be done only when no VMware Remote Consoles or VMware Scripting APIs are connected to the virtual machine to which you want to connect. Before starting the local console, you must gracefully shut down the virtual machine and close all remote console windows, unless it is already powered off.

  You use a local console when you need exclusive access to a virtual machine. You need exclusive access when you want to install the guest operating system inside the virtual machine, if you need better performance than the VMware Remote Console or to run the virtual machine in full screen mode for even better performance. The local console is installed automatically on the server where you installed GSX Server, and you run it locally on the server host.