From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 17:04:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D938B10656C1 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.piggybox@virgin.net) Received: from mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388428FC12 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net ([62.254.123.3]) by mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20110124170438.OUWV19887.mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net>; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:38 +0000 Received: from [82.132.139.242] (helo=[10.124.72.161]) by know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PhPqG-0008Pz-6x; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:38 +0000 From: "Peter Harrison" To: Kevin Wilcox Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:05:40 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: EPOC Email Version 2.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: i-default Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=R50lirqlHffDPPkwUlkuVa99MrvKdVWo//yz83qex8g= c=1 sm=0 a=IfncbQh3aqgA:10 a=tOnwS5-cS8YA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=8RloEfZUAAAA:8 a=JHWqwNXN8Di6H5CoN_4A:9 a=CTNb2jEkTs24RmMl7rh9ygGSxAUA:4 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=O58u2wXj750A:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:10:15 +0000 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Managing ESXi from FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Peter Harrison List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:40 -0000 Kevin, Sorry for top posting - my phone makes it awkward. I hadn't thought of running a Windows vm. Do you think that would work as a = vm on the server with a connection via RDP? Disappointing that the tools are so Windows-centric. Happy to consider Xen = - is that harder to deploy though? Thanks, Peter. -original message- Subject: Re: Managing ESXi from FreeBSD... From: Kevin Wilcox Date: 23/01/2011 22:46 On 23 January 2011 17:41, Peter Harrison = wrote: > I don't want to be stuck using Windows to manage this machine though. = What are my options for managing this machine and the VM's from my FreeBSD = laptop? I've enable ssh access, but can I control all the VM's this way? Is = there a command line or X-Windows option for remotely management? I don't have SSH access to our ESX servers at work but I do have vSphere access. I've found that the easiest thing for me to do is to just keep a Windows VM via VirtualBox. Sadly, it looks like XenServer has the same issue - the really nice GUI is basically Windows only. At least Xen still has a rich CLI option, my understanding is that as VMWare does away with the = console, they're going GUI/Windows-management only. kmw