Can I automatically connect to an ESXi server when I start vmware workstation?
I use Workstation as my main client for managing the VM's on my ESXi server, which I do by connecting to it as a remote server.
To save me from having to do this every time I start up Workstation, can I autoconnect to my server whenever I start up Workstation?
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I use Workstation as my main client for managing the VM's on my ESXi server, which I do by connecting to it as a remote server.
To save me from having to do this every time I start up Workstation, can I autoconnect to my server whenever I start up Workstation?
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I use Workstation as my main client for managing the VM's on my ESXi server, which I do by connecting to it as a remote server.
To save me from having to do this every time I start up Workstation, can I autoconnect to my server whenever I start up Workstation?
vmware vmware-workstation esxi
asked Feb 12 at 21:45
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I use Workstation as my main client for managing the VM's on my ESXi server, which I do by connecting to it as a remote server.
To save me from having to do this every time I start up Workstation, can I autoconnect to my server whenever I start up Workstation?
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Sort of. If I remember correctly, VMware Workstation (Pro) for Linux might allow specifying a -H command-line option to specify a host to connect to (along with -U to specify a username). Due to different implementations of handling command-line options, I don't think this works in the Windows version of VMware Workstation where I believe it requires a VM to be specified.
So on Windows, while you generally can't make VMware Workstation automatically connect to just a server, you can make it connect to a specific VM on that server, which might be almost as good.
The easiest way to do this would be to connect to the server, show the Library, and drag a VM from the library onto your Desktop or other folder. Double-clicking on the created shortcut will launch Workstation (if not already running) and connect to the specified VM.
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Sort of. If I remember correctly, VMware Workstation (Pro) for Linux might allow specifying a -H command-line option to specify a host to connect to (along with -U to specify a username). Due to different implementations of handling command-line options, I don't think this works in the Windows version of VMware Workstation where I believe it requires a VM to be specified.
So on Windows, while you generally can't make VMware Workstation automatically connect to just a server, you can make it connect to a specific VM on that server, which might be almost as good.
The easiest way to do this would be to connect to the server, show the Library, and drag a VM from the library onto your Desktop or other folder. Double-clicking on the created shortcut will launch Workstation (if not already running) and connect to the specified VM.
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Sort of. If I remember correctly, VMware Workstation (Pro) for Linux might allow specifying a -H command-line option to specify a host to connect to (along with -U to specify a username). Due to different implementations of handling command-line options, I don't think this works in the Windows version of VMware Workstation where I believe it requires a VM to be specified.
So on Windows, while you generally can't make VMware Workstation automatically connect to just a server, you can make it connect to a specific VM on that server, which might be almost as good.
The easiest way to do this would be to connect to the server, show the Library, and drag a VM from the library onto your Desktop or other folder. Double-clicking on the created shortcut will launch Workstation (if not already running) and connect to the specified VM.
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Sort of. If I remember correctly, VMware Workstation (Pro) for Linux might allow specifying a -H command-line option to specify a host to connect to (along with -U to specify a username). Due to different implementations of handling command-line options, I don't think this works in the Windows version of VMware Workstation where I believe it requires a VM to be specified.
So on Windows, while you generally can't make VMware Workstation automatically connect to just a server, you can make it connect to a specific VM on that server, which might be almost as good.
The easiest way to do this would be to connect to the server, show the Library, and drag a VM from the library onto your Desktop or other folder. Double-clicking on the created shortcut will launch Workstation (if not already running) and connect to the specified VM.
answered Feb 13 at 16:33
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Sort of. If I remember correctly, VMware Workstation (Pro) for Linux might allow specifying a -H command-line option to specify a host to connect to (along with -U to specify a username). Due to different implementations of handling command-line options, I don't think this works in the Windows version of VMware Workstation where I believe it requires a VM to be specified.
So on Windows, while you generally can't make VMware Workstation automatically connect to just a server, you can make it connect to a specific VM on that server, which might be almost as good.
The easiest way to do this would be to connect to the server, show the Library, and drag a VM from the library onto your Desktop or other folder. Double-clicking on the created shortcut will launch Workstation (if not already running) and connect to the specified VM.
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