Comments on: VMware Weak Spot http://blog.scottlowe.org/2006/03/30/vmware-weak-spot/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2006/03/30/vmware-weak-spot/#comment-42359 slowe Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:21:51 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=213#comment-42359 Nigel, thanks for the suggestion--it's been quite some time since I penned this post, and since then the VMX file edits you suggested have come to light. One note, however--with VMware ESX you'll need to SSH to the server in order to connect to the VNC displays and then tunnel the VNC traffic inside the SSH connection. Otherwise, it works well. Thanks again! Nigel, thanks for the suggestion–it’s been quite some time since I penned this post, and since then the VMX file edits you suggested have come to light. One note, however–with VMware ESX you’ll need to SSH to the server in order to connect to the VNC displays and then tunnel the VNC traffic inside the SSH connection.

Otherwise, it works well.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Nigel Pearson http://blog.scottlowe.org/2006/03/30/vmware-weak-spot/#comment-42356 Nigel Pearson Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:56:05 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=213#comment-42356 Add something like this: RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = TRUE RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5903" RemoteDisplay.vnc.password= "testing" to each .vmx file on the server (with unique port numbers), and restart each VM. You can then use a VNC client on the Mac (I use Chicken of the VNC) to connect to that VM (display 3 in the above example). Add something like this:

RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = TRUE
RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = “5903″
RemoteDisplay.vnc.password= “testing”

to each .vmx file on the server (with unique port numbers), and restart each VM. You can then use a VNC client on the Mac (I use Chicken of the VNC) to connect to that VM (display 3 in the above example).

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