Re: Virtualization in CentOS 6

["Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> how do you install a windows guest on ESXi without the console provided
> by the GUI vSphere Client ?

Painfully:) Actually its not that bad,

1. Setup a firewall rule for a port range to utilize multiple vnc consoles.
2. Take a copy of an existing platform compatible guests vmx, edit and create
    the new vmdk, give it a unique vnc port, name, max boot wait etc.
3. Register it:
      vim-cmd solo/registervm <path_to_vmx>
4. Boot it:
      vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on <id>
5. Get the waiting message:
      vim-cmd vmsvc/message <id>
6. Answer the message:
      vim-cmd vmsvc/message <id> _vmx1 <#>
6. Connect via vnc.

Works for me:)
jlc
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