Using VMWARE Console ESXi
Hello,
I use the vmsphere client to view my different consoles. My VMWARE server is ESXi and I am running version 4.1.0. Quite often, if I minimize a console I can never restore it in order to view the image I want to view. It stays minimized. So, I have to close the vmsphere client completely in order to make it work correctly again. This has happened on multiple machines. Why does this happen and how can I correct it from happening?
Thanks,
John
I use the vmsphere client to view my different consoles. My VMWARE server is ESXi and I am running version 4.1.0. Quite often, if I minimize a console I can never restore it in order to view the image I want to view. It stays minimized. So, I have to close the vmsphere client completely in order to make it work correctly again. This has happened on multiple machines. Why does this happen and how can I correct it from happening?
Thanks,
John
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
Does this happen with all your open consoles?
do you connect directly to the ESXi server or vSphere vCenter?
If you right-click on vSphere from the taskbar, can you get Maximize or Restore options that way?
Also you could try (when this happens) to right-click on vSphere from the taskbar, select Move (if available) and then click the Up key on your keyboard. Then move your mouse around to see if vSphere is minimizing off the screen for some reason.
Also you could try (when this happens) to right-click on vSphere from the taskbar, select Move (if available) and then click the Up key on your keyboard. Then move your mouse around to see if vSphere is minimizing off the screen for some reason.
ASKER
This happens randomly with different consoles. Currently, I have three consoles open and it just happened to one console.
I am at a Windows 7 workstation and I have one ESXi server. When I start the vmware vSphere client I point the IP address directly to the ESXi server.
I am at a Windows 7 workstation and I have one ESXi server. When I start the vmware vSphere client I point the IP address directly to the ESXi server.
ASKER
I mean that I put in the IP address of the ESXi server when I want to connect to ESXi. I only have one VMWARE server.
What build of vSphere client are you using?
Yes, I understand that.
ASKER
vSphere Client
Version 4.1.0
Build 345043
VMware ESXi
Version 4.1.0
Build 348481
Version 4.1.0
Build 345043
VMware ESXi
Version 4.1.0
Build 348481
Just try this version and see if it's any difference, it's a Thin Apped version of the Client (pocket client install on USB stick etc)
It will run, and not install anything, and use the same settings on your PC from registry.
It will run, and not install anything, and use the same settings on your PC from registry.
I thought I had heard someone else post a question in this zone with similar issues??? I found this but I thought the poster was more specific about minimizing the client.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26877459/Is-This-a-Bug.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26877459/Is-This-a-Bug.html
ah, forgot that, this version is older than you are using and will not connect.
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