Use VMware Workstation in Command Line
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I'm as lost as Scott is.
You have a Ubuntu 14.04 machine - where is this machine? Is it installed as a VM in ESXi? Is it installed directly on hardware that is a workstation? Is it installed on directly on the hardware of the HP Proliant server?If you have a VM installed inside the Ubuntu machine, this implies (though not confirmed) that your Ubuntu is installed directly on the hardware, and you have a type 2 hypervisor (VMWare workstation perhaps?) installed inside Ubuntu.
After writing that out, It appears that you have a VM hosted on a Ubuntu workstation, that you want to access from a server.
If I had to guess, I'd guess that your VM on the Ubuntu workstation does not have network access. You need to update the VM so that it does have network access through the Ubuntu machine. Then you could access it from any device on the network.
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What is your end goal?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller I am having Ubuntu machine 14.04.The vmware is installed in the ubuntu machine.
ESXi cannot be installed this way. Why did you start talking about ESXi then?
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@Lakshmana said:
The machine can only be accessed from the VMware Workstation.So I used to take the machine in the GUI of the workstation.
I don't understand this statement. VMware Workstation is running on Ubuntu. You just open it up and look at it. It is a desktop application.
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@Lakshmana said:
For a change I tried to access the machine in the command prompt.
So only i asked regarding this?And the answer was provided. Why are you still asking? What about the provided documentation did not work?
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@Dashrender said:
After writing that out, It appears that you have a VM hosted on a Ubuntu workstation, that you want to access from a server.
Except that he mentioned ESXi, which cannot be used this way, and said that he definitely knew the difference between ESXi and Workstation. Yet hasn't explained where ESXi, how it relates to the question or why he mentioned it.
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I am very lost. What is it you want to access, Ubuntu, ESXi or Workstation? If Workstation, where is it running? And from what do you want to do the access? And, of course, why?
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I'm going to take a random guess, but are you trying to access ESXi through VMware Workstation?
Except this:
I am having Ubuntu machine 14.04.The vmware is installed in the ubuntu machine.I am in need to access the machine from the server.The machine can only be accessed from the VMware Workstation.So I used to take the machine in the GUI of the workstation.
Is not doing that. So are you trying to go from the server to the ubuntu machine?
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Yeah, there is enough different info that I just can't determine what the intent might actually be.
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Apparently he is not the only one with confusion around this...
What perfect timing!
