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Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections

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Chapter 3 Working with Virtual Machines For Windows machines: a From the virtual machine console, open the Control Panel. b Navigate to the Local Area Connection (LAN) window through the Network Connections window. c Click Properties. d From the General tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) check box and click Properties. e Click Use the following IP address, and enter the new IP address. f Close all screens. For Linux machines: a Log in as root. b Use the ifconfig -a command to retrieve the IP address of the machine and the name of the Ethernet Card Identifier. c Use the ifconfig command to change the IP address: ifconfig netmask Refer to this example: ifconfig eth0 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.0.0 Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections From the page with a single virtual machine console (rather than the page with all consoles), you can remotely connect to a virtual machine configuration. The Remote Desktop option allows you to connect to the virtual machine from any location with these requirements: „ The virtual machine must be running the Windows operating system. „ You must have network access. „ You must have access permission as a Lab Manager administrator or an authorized remote‐access user. To set up a remote desktop connection to a virtual machine 1 From the virtual machine console window, open the Control Panel. 2 Navigate to the Remote tab of the System Properties dialog box. 3 Click the Allow users to connect remotely to this computer check box. VMware, Inc. 35

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Chapter 3
Working with Virtual Machines
For Windows machines:
a
From the virtual machine console, open the Control Panel.
b
Navigate to the Local Area Connection (LAN) window through the Network
Connections window.
c
Click
Properties
.
d
From the
General
tab, select the I
nternet Protocol (TCP/IP)
check box and
click
Properties
.
e
Click
Use the following IP address
, and enter the new IP address.
f
Close all screens.
For Linux machines:
a
Log in as
root
.
b
Use the
ifconfi
g
-a
command to retrieve the IP address of the machine and
the name of the Ethernet Card Identifier.
c
Use the
ifconfig
command to change the IP address:
ifconfig <interface> <new IP address> netmask <netmask>
Refer to this example:
ifconfig eth0 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.0.0
Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections
From the page with a single virtual machine console (rather than the page with all
consoles), you can remotely connect to a virtual machine configuration. The
Remote
Desktop
option allows you to connect to the virtual machine from any location with
these requirements:
The virtual machine must be running the Windows operating system.
You must have network access.
You must have access permission as a Lab Manager administrator or an authorized
remote
‐
access user.
To set up a remote desktop connection to a virtual machine
1
From the virtual machine console window, open the Control Panel.
2
Navigate to the
Remote
tab of the System Properties dialog box.
3
Click the
Allow users to connect remotely to this computer
check box.