topic how to access console when linux is a vmware guest in Operating System - Linux

how to access console when linux is a vmware guest

joseph wholey — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:10:58 GMT

Does anyone know how to access the console of a RHEL server when it is running as a guest OS on a Windows Server? thx.

Re: how to access console when linux is a vmware guest

sandeep_raman — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:17:07 GMT

Hello joseph,

Does this help?

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/26404

SRH

Re: how to access console when linux is a vmware guest

joseph wholey — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:23:30 GMT

No, not what I'm looking for.

Re: how to access console when linux is a vmware guest

Al_56 — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:37:42 GMT

Depends on what version of VMWare the host is running.

If it's "VMWare server" edition or higher, open a browser and go to "https://hostname:8333" and from there you can download the console viewer (their are linux and windows clients).

After installing it, you can connect to the VMWare host server (with vmware user or root user) and toggle to the guest server you wish to access.

Can't get to console of VMWare workstation, except via VNC to the host server.

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Alan