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 Post subject: VMware Hosts and Host Explorer
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:13 pm 

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Sorry If Ive not found the manual yet but is Host Explorer supported on VMware V4.1 ESXi? (and if so how!?)


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 Post subject: Re: VMware Hosts and Host Explorer
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:36 pm 
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Nope, it does not. They don't have version for AIX either.
It's not intended to be run inside the guest, unless maybe you are doing NPIV.


Host Explorer is not required for functionality, or performance. Its a "nicety" for easily collecting information from the hosts used for planning upgrades to the SAN. If you're seeing a SES device on your ESX boxes, you should verify the correct persona is set.

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 Post subject: Re: VMware Hosts and Host Explorer
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:31 am 

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It is very important that you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system.

With the VMware Tools SVGA driver installed, Workstation supports significantly faster graphics performance.

The VMware Tools package provides support required for shared folders and for drag and drop operations.

Other tools in the package support synchronization of time in the guest operating system with time on the host, automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor, copying and pasting between guest and host, and improved mouse performance in some guest operating systems.

The installers for VMware Tools for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and NetWare guest operating systems are built into VMware Workstation as ISO image files. (An ISO image file looks like a CD-ROM to your guest operating system and even appears as a CD-ROM in Windows Explorer. You do not use an actual CD-ROM to install VMware Tools, nor do you need to download the CD-ROM image or burn a physical CD-ROM of this image file.)

VMware Tools for Windows supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 guest operating systems.

When you choose VM > Install VMware Tools from the VMware Workstation menu, VMware Workstation temporarily connects the virtual machine's first virtual CD-ROM drive to the ISO image file that contains the VMware Tools installer for your guest operating system and you are ready to begin the installation process.

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