Console resolution of 1600x1200 on a VM in ESX 3.5?

[ServerAdmins]

Does anyone know if there's a proven way to get a console resolution of 1600x1200 on a VM in ESX 3.5?

The main reason I ask is, we have one server that we use Dameware (similar to VNC) to connect to the console.

It needs the one session available to multiple people at the same time - hence the console. The application layout really needs this high res.

By default we can only get console resolution of 1180x885 (even when using VI client).

I have read some people have tried the following settings in the vmx file

svga.maxHeight ="1200"

svga.maxWidth ="3840"

svga.vramSize="18432000"

which seemed to work in previous versions of ESX but no longer work in ESX 3.5.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Texiwill]

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[nabsltd · Accepted solution]

I have had no problems by adding the following settings to the .vmx file in ESX 3.5:

svga.vramSize = 8388608

svga.maxWidth = 1680

svga.maxHeight = 1200

This should give you all the regular resolutions, but if you want something unusual (like some of the 16:9 or 16:10 resolutions), you would need to make changes to either the registry in Windows or your Xconfig file in *nix.

[ServerAdmins]

Yes they work for me too.

I was only reading so many places that people couldn't get it to work, so I thought I would post here for an insight before I tried. But I ended up trying anyway and it worked fine.

Thanks.