On 04/23/2011 07:44 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Jerry Feldman >> >>> What I personally do is to run a windows VM for this purpose (and any >> other >>> purpose that requires windows.) >>> >> We're actually running ESX 4 Update 2. This machine was configured by >> our Toronto IT people, and other than physical access I don't yet know >> any of the passwords. > I'm sorry, what I meant was - > Because of expecting the vsphere client is only available to run on windows, > yet I'm not running windows on my laptop... I run windows inside a VM on > the laptop, in order to run vsphere client on the laptop. > > I am running ESXi 4u2, and if I simply browse to http://vmhost then there is > a download link for the windows vsphere client and no others. > > Um... Depending on what you want to do, certain operations including VM > guest startup & shutdown can be done via command line (for which a linux > client certainly does exist) or ssh command line (if you have sshd enabled > on the server), without using the vsphere client. > > 'Course it's best if you are able to get the root password on the server. > Cuz none of those clients are going to work unless you can login to the > server. > > One of our requirements is that everyone in our office be able to start up their VMs. The IT guy in New York told me that he would give me what I need,, but at the present time, Toronto is in charge. I've got about 10 more VMs that need to be migrated, and I'll let the Toronto people move them since I have a couple of development projects.
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