Thank you both for this information. If you've found a particularly usable client, I'd appreciate knowing how to locate it. Chris On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:37:13AM +0300, Can K??rca wrote:

Hello,

Some versions are not, but VSphere client 6 is mostly accessible to do following tasks: Brows datastores and run all file/folder commands, Create virtual machine, edit/update virtual machine, manage snapshots and related commands, configure remote applications like SSH/SNMP, manage power, read tasks status and so on. If you want, I can share the client that I'm using.

Best.

2019-02-27 2:33 GMT+03:00, kprescott@coolip.net :

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If you manage with VCenter, use powershell with PowerCLI That works wonderfully for me. I use both powershell on Windows, and powershell on my Ubuntu Linux machine. There are good tutorials on PowerCLI. The html5 interface is almost useless.

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Nestrud Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:44 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] VMware ESXi administration

Hello all,

I'd appreciate any information on accessible administration of VMware ESXi servers. Creating and destroying VMs, monitoring status, etc. I understand that accessing VM consoles is probably not accessible. The ESXi VPAT suggests that the HTML5 client is not accessible, so I'm hoping that someone has found an alternative. I do not need to be able to install the ESXi server; another team will be responsible for that piece. Thanks in advance for any information.

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Hi: Do you know what version of ESXI/VCenter you'll be managing? Its been years since I was a VMWare administrator, but when I was the VSphere client would automatically upgrade itself when it connected to a newer VCenter server or ESXI host than it was designed for, and I know VMWare is really pushing the HTML5 client. Just being honest here, VMWare has a long way to go as far as being accessible goes. Their Workstation product is really good, but their server products leave a lot to be desired. I never had really good luck working with them on accessibility either, they were not very responsive, that was a long time ago though so it may be worth trying to reengage them. I definitely recommend looking at Powershell and the PowerCLI as you can do many things with that. However, if you need to use a lot of other VMWare products such as site recovery manager, you'll be out of luck. I can't really recommend a blind person build a career on VMWare administration for this reason, beyond the basics you won't be able to do much as a lot of the power of VMWare comes with their supporting products beyond ESXI/Vcenter. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Can Kırca Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:32 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: VMware ESXi administration Sure, you can download from the following link that I mentioned: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvsphereclie... Best. 2019-02-27 16:27 GMT+03:00, Chris Nestrud :

Thank you both for this information.

If you've found a particularly usable client, I'd appreciate knowing how to locate it.

Chris

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 08:37:13AM +0300, Can K??rca wrote:

...

Hello,

Some versions are not, but VSphere client 6 is mostly accessible to do following tasks: Brows datastores and run all file/folder commands, Create virtual machine, edit/update virtual machine, manage snapshots and related commands, configure remote applications like SSH/SNMP, manage power, read tasks status and so on. If you want, I can share the client that I'm using.

Best.

2019-02-27 2:33 GMT+03:00, kprescott@coolip.net :

...

If you manage with VCenter, use powershell with PowerCLI That works wonderfully for me. I use both powershell on Windows, and powershell on my Ubuntu Linux machine. There are good tutorials on PowerCLI. The html5 interface is almost useless.

-----Original Message----- From: Chris Nestrud Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:44 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] VMware ESXi administration

Hello all,

I'd appreciate any information on accessible administration of VMware ESXi servers. Creating and destroying VMs, monitoring status, etc. I understand that accessing VM consoles is probably not accessible. The ESXi VPAT suggests that the HTML5 client is not accessible, so I'm hoping that someone has found an alternative. I do not need to be able to install the ESXi server; another team will be responsible for that piece. Thanks in advance for any information.

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