If firefox fails to display the web interface correctly and the logs show ssl exception errors, you may need to enable sslv2 in firefox about:config:-
security.enable.ssl2 from false into true
Chrome does not seem to have this problem.
To make it easier to access the BIOS setup screen edit the virtual machines configuration (.vmx ) and append one of the following options:
vmrun is a command line application for controlling various VM operations. Type the following commands:-
[vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password list Total running VMs: 2 [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx [standard] larch/larch.vmx [vmware@vm1 ]#
[vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password listRegisteredVM Total registered VMs: 3 [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx [standard] quince/quince.vmx [standard] larch/larch.vmx [vmware@vm1 ]#
[vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password start "[standard] quince/quince.vmx" [vmware@vm1 ]#
Check it is running:-
[vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password list Total running VMs: 3 [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx [standard] quince/quince.vmx [standard] larch/larch.vmx [vmware@vm1 ]#
Target os is w2k3 server, need to add extra 2GB to root filesystem.
cd to directory containing disk file.
[root@optiplex w2k3-1]# pwd /data/vmware/VirtualMachines/w2k3-1 [root@optiplex w2k3-1]# [root@optiplex w2k3-1]# vmware-vdiskmanager -x 8GB w2k3-1.vmdk Grow: 100% done. Disk expansion completed successfully. WARNING: If the virtual disk is partitioned, you must use a third-party utility in the virtual machine to expand the size of the partitions. For more information, see: http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1647 [root@optiplex w2k3-1]#