User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
148 VMware, Inc.
4MovethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchooseUndeploy‐Save
StateorUndeploy‐DiscardStatefromthemenu.Forvirtualmachinesthatare
poweredoff,youcanonlychooseUndeploybecausenostateinformationis
availabletosaveordiscard.
Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections
(Notapplicabletovirtualmachinetemplates)Fromavirtualmachineconsolepage,
youcanremotelyconnecttoavirtualmachineconfiguration.UsetheRemoteDesktop
optiontoconnecttothevirtualmachinefromanylocation.Thefollowingrequirements
apply:
 ThevirtualmachinemustberunningtheWindowsoperatingsystem.
 Youmusthavenetworkaccess.
 YoumusthaveaccesspermissionasaStage Manageradministratororan
authorizedremote‐accessuser.
 ThevirtualmachinemusthaveastaticIPaddress.
To set up a remote desktop connection to a virtual machine
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3IntheStagecolumnoftheLifecycletab,clickthethumbnailiconofthedeployed
virtualmachine.
4Frominsidethevirtualmachineconsole,open
theControlPanel.
5DependingontheWindowsoperatingsystem,enabletheremotedesktopby
installingTerminalServicesorbynavigatingtotheRemotetaboftheSystem
Propertiesdialogbox.
6FromtheStageManagerpagewiththevirtualmachineconsole,selectRemote
DesktopfromtheRemotingToolslistandcompletethe
instructions.
Executing the Ctrl+Alt+Del Operation
Fromavirtualmachineconsolepage,youcanperformaCtrl+Alt+Deloperationonthe
virtualmachine.
To execute the Ctrl+Alt+Del operation
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.