You can download installation packages for the VMware Virtual Machine Console from the VMware Management Interface. Packages are available for Linux and Windows hosts; download the package appropriate to the host machine on which the console is to be installed.

Downloading the console and installing it allows you to quickly launch the console from the management interface and manage virtual machines.

Downloading the installer from the Status Monitor page allows you to quickly download the console you need without logging out of the management interface.

To download and install a console package from the Login or Status Monitor page, complete the following steps.

1. Connect to the GSX Server host with the VMware Management Interface. For information on connecting to the management interface, see Logging In to the VMware Management Interface.

2. On the Status Monitor page, download the installer by clicking the link for the package appropriate to the operating system on which the console is to be installed.

On the Login page, select the installer appropriate to the operating system of the computer where you are installing the console, then click Download.

If you are installing the console on a Linux host, you can further choose between tar and RPM installation packages.

3. Run the installation package.

To install the console on a Windows system, see Installing the VMware Virtual Machine Console on a Windows Host.

To install the console on a Linux system, see Installing the VMware Virtual Machine Console on a Linux Host.

You can customize the download menu on the Login page to suit your users' needs. For example, if your site uses the VMware Scripting APIs, you can add the API installers to the download menu. Client packages containing the VMware Virtual Machine Console and the VMware Scripting APIs are available on your GSX Server CD-ROM or in the packages you downloaded from the VMware Web site. The client packages are:

You can expand these archives and place the API installer files in a readily available area, then modify the download menu on the Login page to point to them.

You can add more files to the download menu, hide items already listed and even hide the link or the menu itself. Click Help on the Login page and follow the instructions there.