You would then use the VMware Server console to manage a remote server using a username & password. Also, you can choose to install only the VMware server console on another machine (and not install VMware Server). The Server console can, optionally, NOT be installed on a VMware server if you only plan on managing it remotely. This is the application you usually think of when you think of VMware Server. The VMware Server Console is installed, by default with VMware Server.

With VI, you would very likely use Virtual Center for centralized management.With the FREE version of VMware Server, you have a number of options for remote management. This is not to be confused with VMware ESX and the Virtual Infrastructure (VI) system. In this article, we are talking about the FREE version of VMware, VMware Server. Which VMware Server platform are we talking about?

In this article, we’ll discuss and demonstrate the remote management options for VMware Servers. As the number of servers grows, the need will grow for a remote management application to administer those servers from your desk or from home.

Sure you could use remote desktop or something but there are much better tools. As soon as you begin using VMware Servers in a production environment you will have a need for remotely managing those VMware servers.

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