John: I've not played with ESXI 5.0 but I don't think so. You need to use the VIC either connected to the host directly or to Virtual Center. Also I don't think a startup script will work to start the VM. ESXI doesn't have the same Linux functionality as ESX does, and there is no ESX 5.0. However, there is a VM startup/shutdown policy that will do this. In the VIC, select the host in the treeview, go to configuration, and use your mouse to find the entry under the software section. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John Heim Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:51 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] vm on console in esxi Can I use a virtual machine at the console on a esxi 5.0 host? I was thinking what I could do is put a command to start the vm in a startup script so that when I powered up the host, it would come up with a virtual machine running on the console. I already know that I can get speech via a USB headset connected to the host. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins