http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vi/esxi3.5?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:26:13 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-03-25T14:26:13Z en http://communities.vmware.com/message/1208445?tstart=0#1208445 <br /> Hey all,<br /> <p /> I'm in ESXi (Server 3i; v 3.5.0) trying to connect a Win2003server VM to a Unix VM across a virtual serial cable - no physical serial ports involved.<br /> <p /> It's not working.<br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> In Win2003 I'm using TeraTerm and Putty as my serial clients<br /> <p /> I've got the Win2003 VM serial port set up as Near-end:client; Far-end:a virtual machine; named-pipe:\\.\pipe\com1<br /> <p /> I've got the Unix VM serial port set up as Near-end:server; Far-end:a virtual machine; named-pipe:\tmp\com1 (the backslashes were the only syntax that would permit this VM to power-on!)<br /> <p /> I'm not getting any serial-console output at the Windows serial client... In a physical machine I would confirm the Unix BIOS is actually redirecting to it's serial port - but I don't know what the equivalent setting is in a VM Unix box. And, I don't know how to tell the two VM systems to use the same named-pipe within the ESX environment.<br /> <p /> I've read the KB articles and the manuals without much success. <br /> <p /> Any pointers? All help much appreciated!<br /> <p /> Thanks.<br /> Todd Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:26:13 GMT ToddFerwerda http://communities.vmware.com/message/1208445?tstart=0#1208445 2009-03-25T14:26:13Z 8 months, 6 days ago