

In VMware Host Client, you can open Web Console as a window in the same tab or open Web Console in a new tab. The HTML5 versions of VMware vSphere Client and VMware Host Client allow you to open VMware Web Console in a web interface to manage a guest OS of a running VM without installing additional applications (see the screenshot below). I will cover VMware Web Console in brief before going to the detailed explanation of VMware Remote Console. VMware console displays the user interface of a guest OS similarly to how you see the interface of the host OS on a physical monitor connected to your computer.

Another option is installing VMware Remote Console on your computer.ĭon’t confuse VMware console, which is a tool to manage guests in the GUI, with the command line (console) interfaces such as ESXCLI and Power CLI. The default option is using VMware Web Console.

Now, in vSphere 6.x and vSphere 7.0, users should use the HTML 5 vSphere Client and VMware Host Client, which provide a web interface for managing vSphere resources including guest operating systems on VMs. The C# vSphere Client for Windows had an option to manage a guest operating system (OS) in the client window. Users of earlier vSphere versions such as vSphere 4.x and vSphere 5.x are familiar with the standalone VMware vSphere Client application (written on C#) that is used to manage ESXi hosts and VMs. Download the white paper about VMware disaster recovery to learn more about data protection methods. By using a data protection solution that is fast, reliable, and provides a convenient user interface, you can restore your VMs faster. However, data loss and downtime remain a risk in virtualization environments. VMware vSphere is a reliable virtualization platform with tools for conveniently managing virtual infrastructure.
