I have a functioning ESXi 4.0 installation on which I have 5 running guests. I don't have any Windows systems to run vsphere on so I am using a virtualized Windows XP system running on my Mac under VMware Fusion.
So, I installed vSphere client from my ESXi 4.0 installation without any problems. I logged in and can create new guests, monitor performance, etc. No problems.
Next, I open up a console to one of my FreeBSD guests and no problem I am connected to the text console.
Now the problem. I want to exit the FreeBSD guest console by typing CTRL + ALT. I type CTRL + ALT and instead of those key-presses being seen by vSphere Console window; they instead are intercepted by VMware Fusion on the Mac.
Ugg ... I had to restart the Windows guest to get out of it.
Is there some magic incantation I can use to escape from a console window that is running inside a guest windows operating system?
Thanks in advance!