Tuesday, July 28, 2015

VMware ESXi - vSphere - Can't exit VM console access



I'm running ESXi 4.1 on a Dell T110 Server
I connect to ESXi using vSphere
vSphere is running inside a Windows 7 VM
The Windows 7 VM is running in VMware Fusion on my Mac OS X system



When I'm in vSphere and I've selected a VM and I click the console tab on some systems the VM console won't release me when I press the control + command keys.



pfSense (FreeBSD) and Ubuntu Server behave like this. I can't exit their console screen. I have to shut down these VM's to be released from their VM console access.




Windows, Ubuntu Desktop, etc. all behave like I'd expect; When I press the control + command keys I'm released from the VM console and I'm able to navigate in vSphere.



Does anyone know what might be causing this or a way around this?



Thanks in advance.


Answer



The key combination Control + Alt solves this problem


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