Is it possible to login to a Linux guest VM from the ESXi console

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Is it possible to login to a linux guest from the ESXi console – not via tcp stack, like zlogin in solaris global zone to a non-global zone?

Best Answer

I don't believe so.

VMware always gives guests a graphical console, and I've never seen a menu option for it.

XEN just added VGA passthrough to XEN 4.0, and you could always do this with linux guests using the text console.