VMware Remote Console - Vi3, Vmware Server 2
October 8th, 2008
I read with interest a post by Eric Sloof a couple of weeks back on the VMware remote console that comes with VMware Server 2.0. I had a particular need for something like this to allow developers to connect in to a new windows 2008 domain with SQL Server 2008 that was on an ESX 3.5i server and firmly ring fenced through an internal switch. I wanted to get people on to the box without having to install the VI Client for everyone and this VMware remote console sounded perfect for the job.
So how did I get this all working, well here are the steps I took
- I first set about installing VMware Server 2.0 which can be downloaded here for free.
- I installed it on to a windows XP physical PC (won’t install on a virtual pc / server)
- Navigate to C:Program FilesVmwareVmware Servertomcatwebappsuiplugin
- Locate and run the vmware-vmrx-win32-x86.exe within the folder.
- The application will install to C:Program FilesCommon FilesVMware
- You can now take the entire folder and deploy on different machines or alternatively just install the vmware-vmrx-win32-x86.exe wherever it’s needed.
- You need to run it from the command line as follows, note the case of the VM folder and VMX file as it is case sensitive, additional syntax can be found here
vmware-vmrc -h 192.168.3.101 -m “[Storage1] XP1/XP1.vmx”
- So I’ve batched it and used the -u (user) and -p (password) switches and at some point I’ll try do something funky to allow a user to select the host and machine.
