Free VMware Guest Console

VMware Guest Console (VGC) has the following features :

Task Manager

• List processes running in the Guest
• Start new programs in the Guest
• End running processes in the Guest

Mass Deployment

• Copy programs or scripts to multiple guests and execute them
• Useful for things such as antivirus installation, agent deployment, test deployment etc.
• All of the above operations can be performed on:
• a single VM, or
• all the VMs on a host, or
• all the VMs on all connected hosts

File Explorer

• Provides an interface to access and manage the Guest file system
• Copies files from host to guest and vice-versa
• Copies files between guests running on any machine
• Also supports other basic file system operations like delete, rename, etc.

Snapshot Manager

• Displays a comprehensive TREE and LIST view of snapshots on all VMs on all connected hosts
• Supports snapshot operations like Create, Delete and Revert with a single user action
• on a single VM
• or all the VMs on a host
• or on all the VMs on all connected hosts
• Mass operations like "delete" can be performed on dynamically selected group of snapshots based on criteria like snapshot names, creation time, power state etc.

VM Manager

• Displays vital statistics of GuestOS like OS type/version, IP address, tools build number, guest uptime, logged-in user, etc.
• Displays vital statistics of VM like power state, CPU count, memory, hardware version, storage path, etc.
• Dynamic teaming allows mass power operations, deployment and snapshot operations on VMs from different hosts/products

Inventory

• All the information displayed in the VM Manager, Snapshot Manager and Task Manager can be saved for inventory purposes.