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Simple issue. Is it possible in vSphere to view 2 separate terminal windows into the same VM? I know you can switch between terminal instances using ALT+Right/ALT+Left, but I can't find a way to be viewing two separate terminals at the same time.

This is necessary because I need to modify network states in one terminal while watching a log in another. SSH isn't an option because when I bring the network down, the SSH connection would be severed.

EDIT: I should point out I have no desktop environment on the guest. It's a Linux Server OS.

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I don't know if this is possible in VSphere, but maybe the split screen functionality of screen or tmux will help you with this.

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  • How would I go about that? I should point out I have no desktop environment on the guest.
    – ewok
    Dec 15, 2014 at 19:03
  • I assume you have a Linux guest. You just install screen or tmux into it, start it and split the screen as described in the manual page of the tool (I recommend tmux for this, it has better split screen support). Both tools work in the terminal.
    – Sven
    Dec 15, 2014 at 19:05
  • using tmux, it's CTRL+b, " to split the screen horizontally. Thanks!
    – ewok
    Dec 15, 2014 at 19:14
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Do you mean can you have two vsphere client/web-clients viewing the same console/frame-buffer at the same time? if then yes, just open them up, you can have 8 in fact. The only downside is that it does moan about it with a message at the top of each screen if two or more sessions are active.

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  • no, I need 2 windows into 2 different consoles. see Sven's answer and my comment
    – ewok
    Dec 15, 2014 at 19:19

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