[CentOS] Help with VMware ESXi manager for CentOS - newbie level

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 09/05/2013 09:31 AM, zGreenfelder wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:59 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:
>
>> On 9/4/2013 11:52 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>>> What should I install on my CentOS 6.x so I can access/manage ESXi
>>> server and manage it? Direct link or nice howto would help me immensely.
>>> When ever I search the net, I get how to install CentOS client (they
>>> mean guest) ON VMware.
>> afaik, the free vServer Manager is MS Windows only.
>>
>> +1; the things I've been hearing make it sound like there are
> plans.movement for vmware to move to 'any generic browser' for management
> in the future, and there are nice perl module tools that you can install to
> get access to some API calls/do things like deploy VMs from the command
> line (http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html), but for general
> management, in my experience you still need the windows based client.    of
> course one way around that is to build a management VM with client software
> and use rdesktop when you need that sort of tool.
I will try instaling client with wine.

Thanks guys.