To download a console installation package, select the installation package for your host operating system and click Download.
Customizing the Login Download MenuTo modify the download menu on the Login page, edit the file download.js in a text editor. Make sure you make a backup copy of this file before you edit it. The location of download.js depends on which VMware server product you are using and your configuration. The default locations are:
Removing the Download Menu
The download.js file contains the following line:
var dlmenuShow = true;
To remove the download menu from the Login page, change true to false as shown below:
var dlmenuShow = false;
After saving your changes to download.js, reload the Login page.
Removing the Download Menu Help Button
The download.js file contains the following line:
var dlhelpShow = true;
To remove the Help button from the download menu, change true to false as shown below:
var dlhelpShow = false;
After saving your changes to download.js, reload the Login page.
Adding Items to the Download Menu
Each menu item appears as a three-line block in download.js, with a comma between each block. All the menu items appear between the comments:
// Begin Download Menu
and:
// End Download Menu
Each three-line block contains the name of the menu item, the location of the file, and whether the item should be shown in the menu, in the following format:
{name: "Description of file",
url: "/url/of/file",
show: true}
To add a menu item, simply add a block like the one shown above to download.js. Be sure to specify the URL and provide a description.
For instance, the VMware Server Console installers are located in your VMware Management Interface directory:
...\VMware Management Interface\htdocs\vmware\bin\
and can be accessed by directing any Web browser to:
http://<hostname>/vmware/bin/<package>
Where <hostname> is the VMware Management Interface server in question and <package> is the file name of the desired package. The download.js block for such packages looks like:
{name: "VMware Server Console for Windows",
url: "/vmware/bin/VMware-console-<version>.exe",
show: true}
As a further example, the VMware Scripting API installer files are contained in zip files and executables that are available from the server product's download Web page and from the product CD. If you want to distribute the API packages on the Login page, VMware suggests that you put the installers in the "...\vmware\bin\" directory and add blocks to download.js such as:
{name: "VMware COM Scripting API for Windows",
url: "/vmware/bin/VMware-VmCOMAPI-<version>.exe",
show: true}
After saving your changes to download.js, reload the Login page.
Removing Items from the Download Menu
To remove or disable out a menu item, edit download.js. Change the value of the show attribute to false. For example:
{name: "VMware Server Console for Windows",
url: "/vmware/bin/VMware-console-<version>.exe",
show: false}
After saving your changes to download.js, reload the Login page.