VMware GSX 3 - Manual (Page 168)

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
Setting the MIME Type for the Console Installed from the Management
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1. Open a text editor and do one of the following.
• On a Windows host, write a short batch file called
vmwareConsole-helper.bat . The batch file must contain the
following line:
"<path_to_vmwareConsole>" -o "%1"
where the default <path_to_vmwareConsole> is
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Virtual Machine
Console\vmware.exe
• On a Linux host, write a short shell script called
vmware-console-helper.sh . The shell script must contain the
following two lines:
#!/bin/sh
"<path_to_vmware-console>" -o $1 > /dev/null 2>&1;
where the default <path_to_vmware-console> is
/usr/bin/vmware-console .
2. Save the file in a location of your choice.
Note: On a Linux host, change to the directory where you saved the file and
give yourself permission to execute the file.
chmod +x vmware-console-helper.sh
3. Use the browser to connect to the server you want to manage.
4. Click the terminal icon ( ) for the virtual machine you want to view in a
console.
5. A dialog box asks what you want to do with the file. Click Advanced.
6. In the New Type dialog box, in the Description of type field, type VMware
Virtual Machine Console .
7. In the File extension field, type xvm.
8. In the MIME type field, type application/x-vmware-console.
9. In the Application to use field, type the path to
vmwareConsole-helper.bat or vmware-console-helper.sh.
10. Click OK twice. Your browser is now set to launch the console when you click the
terminal icon in the future.