VMware ESX Manual

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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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Verifying Your Device Driver Mappings

Duringtheupgrade,theESX Serverinstallerrenamesthe

/etc/vmware/vmware-device.map.localfileto

/etc/vmware/vmware-device.map.local.orig.

Aftertheupgrade,comparethevmware-device.map.local.origfilewiththenewly

createdvmware-device.map.localfileandmakeanynecessarychanges.The

locationsofsomedrivershavechangedinESX Server 3.5.Withtheadditionofnew

driversinESX Server 3.5,furthercustomizationofvmware-device.map.local

might

notbenecessary.

Downloading the VI Client

TheVI ClientisaWindowsprogramthatyoucanusetoconfiguretheESX Serverhost

andtooperateitsvirtualmachines.YoucandownloadVI ClientfromanyESX Server 3

host.

YoumustobtaintheURLofanESX Serverhost.ThisistheIPaddressormachinename.

To download the client

1FromaWindowsmachine,open

aWebbrowser.

2EntertheURLfortheESX Serverhost.

For example,enterhttp://testserver.vmware.com/

TheVMwareESX Serverwelcomepageappears.

3ClicktheDownloadtheVI ClientlinkunderGettingStarted.

Asecuritywarningdialogboxappears.

4ClickYes.

5Installtheclient.

See“ToinstallVMwareInfrastructureManagement”onpage 74.

Installing a Language Pack on the ESX Server Host

ForGerman,Japanese,orSimplifiedChineselanguagesupportwhenyouuseVirtual

InfrastructureWebAccessortheVIClientwithyourESXServerhost,youmustinstall

thelanguagepack.