In the short period of time since I mentioned the Virtual Machine MKS Client in my post on assorted VMware tools, the client has gone from version 1.1 to version 1.8 and has added tons of functionality. Some of the features include:
- The ability to logon to either VirtualCenter or the ESX Server directly
- Multiple view options, including full screen and borderless
- Ability to send Ctrl-Alt-Del signal to VM
- Warning/alarm feedback from VirtualCenter into the MKS client
- Full power off/suspend/power on/reset functionality
I’m sure there’s more, but that should definitely get you started. It looks like an absolutely fantastic application, but unfortunately I can’t use it because it’s designed to run on Windows and I primarily use a Mac. Any enterprising MKS programmers out there (per Mike Laverick, apparently there’s quite the MKS programming contest going on) want to create an MKS client for Mac OS X?
Tags: ESX, Virtualization, VMware
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 8:07 am
Eric Sloof
I have been on vacation to the lovely Island of Rhodes (Greece) the past tree weeks. I didn’t take my laptop with me so besides from a few posts there has been little activity regarding the Virtual Machine MKS Client. I had the opportunity to read your suggestions and think about all the new features in the new version. But first of all since nobody sponsored the development I created a commercial version. The trial version shows a maximum of 16 virtual machines and the registered version has no limit. I added a combo box where you can type in the name of the virtual machine with an alphabetic list. You can also customize the menu bar by enabling or disable menu items from the registry. The last feature I added is the PreSelectVM registry key. After logging on to the server this VM is automatically connected. You can find all the keys involved at the hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\NTPRO.NL\Virtual Machine MKS Client. You can find the download link for the Virtual Machine MKS Client v1.9 in the software menu item of my blog.
Regards,
Eric Sloof
http://www.ntpro.nl
Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 11:58 am
slowe
Eric,
Great work on the MKS Client. I can’t offer any personal feedback on how well it works (doesn’t run on Mac OS X), but it looks like a great piece of software.
Keep up the good work!