Managing VMware server 2 using Virtual Infrastructure Client
I’d tried VMware server 2 back in beta but found I couldn’t get on with the new management web interface so stuck with my trusted VMware server 1.0.x
A colleague mentioned recently VMware Server 2 could be managed using the familair VI client usually used to manage ESX hosts.
Sure enough after downloading and installing the latest version of VMware server 2 was able to connect to it using VI client by pointing it to the server IP on port 8333 , in my case VI client was running on the same machine as VMware server so pointed the VI client to 127.0.0.1:8333 , used my Windows login name and password and bingo managing VMware server using VI client, I’m finally happy to upgrade to VMware Server 2.
If you don’t already have VI client installed you can download it by pointing your web browser to to the IP of your VMware server host using the URL:
https://127.0.0.1:8333/client/VMware-viclient.exe
Filed under: VMware Server