[gentoo-user] vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[gentoo-user] vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[Xi Shen]

Hi,

i have vmware-server 2.0 running on gentoo amd64, the guest os is
windows xp. on another gentoo amd64 machine, i emerged
vmware-server-console, and tried to connect to the guest os, but
without luck. a vmware-server-console window popup, but with nothing
in it.

i am using awesome 3.


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David Shen

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[gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[Xi Shen]

btw, the 'vmware-server-console' program requires a -P (port)
argument, but i do not understand what kind of port number should i
give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by
default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program
expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck.


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Xi Shen<davidshen84@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have vmware-server 2.0 running on gentoo amd64, the guest os is
> windows xp. on another gentoo amd64 machine, i emerged
> vmware-server-console, and tried to connect to the guest os, but
> without luck. a vmware-server-console window popup, but with nothing
> in it.
>
> i am using awesome 3.
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> David Shen
>
> http://twitter.com/davidshen84
>



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Best Regards,
David Shen

http://twitter.com/davidshen84

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[David Snider]

On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote:

> give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by
> default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program
> expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck.

VMWare Server 2 did away with the console.  Try connecting your web  
browser to https://localhost:8333

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 07 September 2009 15:20:50 David Snider wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote:
> > give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by
> > default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program
> > expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck.
> 
> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console.

Oh no. Please tell me it isn't so.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[David Snider]

On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:

>> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console.
>
> Oh no. Please tell me it isn't so.
>
> --  
It's so, buuuuuut.... you can "vnc" in to all your machines to watch  
them boot, yadda yadd by adding the below text to the .vmx files...

RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = TRUE
RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5911"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = "<your awesome password here>"

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[Xi Shen]

yeah, i can connect to the web; but if i cannot connect to the vms
through the console, i cannot see how they boot.


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, David Snider<dsnider@thesniderpad.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote:
>
>> give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by
>> default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program
>> expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck.
>
> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console.  Try connecting your web browser
> to https://localhost:8333
>
>



-- 
Best Regards,
David Shen

http://twitter.com/davidshen84

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

[Xi Shen]

i was just thinking that if i cannot get the console work, i will turn
to use vnc.
thanks for your tips ;)


On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:36 AM, David Snider<dsnider@thesniderpad.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>>> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console.
>>
>> Oh no. Please tell me it isn't so.
>>
>> --
>
> It's so, buuuuuut.... you can "vnc" in to all your machines to watch them
> boot, yadda yadd by adding the below text to the .vmx files...
>
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = TRUE
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5911"
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = "<your awesome password here>"
>
>
>



-- 
Best Regards,
David Shen

http://twitter.com/davidshen84