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Do you install VNC into your VMWare images?

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You probably do, but if you're using VMServer there really is no need. VMServer, includes native support for VNC clients, you just have to switch it on, sadly this isn't exposed through the UI, so most people don't know it exists. Here are the simple instructions for setting up VNC support for your VM image.

To access a VMware image that is running on VMServer with a VNC client, you need to modify the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx), this needs to be done while virtual machine isn't powered on. Open the .vmx file with your friendly text editor and add the following line:

RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled= TRUE

Setting this to TRUE enables standard VNC support for the VMware image. Obviously, you can only hit the virtual machine with this setting if it is powered on.

Some more good news, the next version of VMWare Workstation will also support this capability.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 02/08/2007 | Permalink |

Comments

1 - Its odd, but I do prefer just installing the Vmware remote server viewing software - I find it slightly faster, and of course I can do funky stuff like recycle the vmware partitions, etc...

---* Bill

Posted by Wild Bill At 03:40:42 PM On 02/08/2007 | - Website - |

2 - @Bill - Faster???? I found it allways faster to use RemoteDesktop (if it is a windows box), or, in some cases the UltraVNC Server. Ok, I assume it is not matters, if you are on the same LAN, but if you have to access your VM's via a dsl line you will certainly notice.

Grégory

Posted by Gregory Engels At 08:27:52 AM On 02/09/2007 | - Website - |