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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
VMware Registration Service — The service VMware GSX Server employs for
managing connections to virtual machines and the management interface. This
process is known as vmware-serverd on Linux hosts.
VMware Tools — A suite of utilities and drivers that enhances the performance and
functionality of your guest operating system. Key features of VMware Tools include
some or all of the following, depending on your guest operating system: an SVGA
driver, a mouse driver, the VMware Tools service, the VMware Tools control panel, and
support for such features as the ability to shrink virtual disks, time synchronization
with the host, VMware Tools scripts and the ability to connect and disconnect devices
while the virtual machine is running.
VMware Tools service — One of the components installed with VMware Tools that
performs various duties in the guest operating system, like executing commands in
the virtual machine, gracefully shutting down and resetting a virtual machine,
sending a heartbeat to VMware GSX Server, synchronizing the time of the guest
operating system with the host operating system and passing strings from the host
operating system to the guest operating system.
VMware Virtual Machine Console — An interface to a virtual machine that
provides access to one or more virtual machines on the local host or a remote host
running GSX Server. You can view the virtual machine’s display to run programs within
it or modify guest operating system settings. In addition, you can change the virtual
machine’s configuration, install the guest operating system or run the virtual machine
in full screen mode.