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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Using Administrator Access on the End
User’s Computer
For some troubleshooting tasks, you may find it useful to work at the end user’s
computer with the ability to modify the configuration of the virtual machine. This
might be helpful, for example, if an end user has an unusually configured host
computer and you need to make changes in the way the virtual machine’s devices are
mapped to the host hardware.
The administrator access policy allows you to run the virtual machine in an enhanced
interface that looks similar to VMware ACE Manager and gives you access to the
virtual machine’s configuration settings.
If administrator access is enabled, you can launch the troubleshooting application
with the following command:
vmware -k "<path>\<vmname>.vmx"
Include the full path to the virtual machine’s configuration file.
Enter the administrator password in the password dialog box. You may then make any
needed changes in the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings).
For information on enabling the administrator access policy, see Administrator Access
Policy on page 75.