To be able to open a console on Virtual machine located on an ESX 5.1 using Web interface:
Open the Web client using a web browser:
https://<vcenter>:9443/vsphere-client/ -->All Vcenter Actions --> Guest OS --> Download the Client Integration Plugins
Make the downloaded package executable: VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-5.1.0.i386.bundle
Run the plugin: ./VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-5.1.0.i386.bundle
Into the plugin directory, specify ~/.mozilla/plugins ,create this directory if it's not available
Restart the plugin installation. Before validating to quit, copy from /tmp the temporary folder created by the installer, and start the uninstall:
opensuse-manu:/tmp/vmis.uerxxx.old/install/vmware-installer # . /etc/vmware-installer/bootstrap opensuse-manu:/tmp/vmis.uerxxx.old/install/vmware-installer # ./vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-cip