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Using the VMware Remote Console Application
You can use the standalone VMRC to connect to client devices.
With VMRC, you can access the mouse and keyboard connected to remote virtual machines. To perform
administrative tasks, make sure that you log in to the VMRC as an administrator.
Prerequisites
Verify that the VMRC is installed on your local system. You can download the VMRC installer for Windows
from the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/go/download-vmrc.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to a virtual machine in the inventory.
2 Click the Summary tab, and click the Launch Remote Console link.
3 Click Allow to confirm.
The VMRC opens as a standalone application for the selected virtual machine. You can also launch
more than one console to access several remote virtual machines at the same time.
Adding and Removing Virtual Machines
You add virtual machines to the vCenter Server inventory through their managed hosts. You can remove
virtual machines from vCenter Server, from their managed host’s storage, or from both.
Adding Existing Virtual Machines to vCenter Server
When you add a host to vCenter Server, it discovers all the virtual machines on that managed host and adds
them to the vCenter Server inventory.
If a managed host is disconnected, the already discovered virtual machines continue to be listed in the
inventory.
If a managed host is disconnected and reconnected, any changes to the virtual machines on that managed
host are identified, and the vSphere Web Client updates the list of virtual machines. For example, if node3 is
removed and node4 is added, the new list of virtual machines adds node4 and shows node3 as orphaned.
Remove Virtual Machines from vCenter Server
When you remove a virtual machine from the inventory, you unregister it from the host and vCenter Server,
but you do not delete it from the datastore. Virtual machine files remain at the same storage location and
you can re-registered the virtual machine by using the datastore browser at a later time. This capability is
useful if you need to unregister a virtual machine to edit the virtual machine's configuration file. The ability
to remove a virtual machine and maintain its files is useful when you have reached the maximum number
of virtual machines that your license or hardware allows.
Prerequisites
Verify that the virtual machine is turned off.
Procedure
1 Right-click the virtual machine, and select Remove From Inventory.
2 To confirm that you want to remove the virtual machine from the inventory, click OK.
vCenter Server removes references to the virtual machine and no longer tracks its condition.
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