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Problems getting to the console of my VMWare server

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Anybody know anything about VMWare ??

I have a Proliant Linux Server that runs happily in my garage 24/7. It has a text only (no GUI) install of SUSE Linux 10.0. Amongst all the various bits and pieces that this does for me, it also runs VMWare Server for test/learning machines. I have only recently started to migrate my virtual machines onto this server. I have setup and moved a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition VM onto this box, and registered it. I can access the controls for this machine via by browser on the network, and start it up. I can then ping it, and join other servers to it (it's a DC). However, from the VMWare browser, the "Attach Console" does not work. It just tries to save a file to my PC. When I run this file, it does not work. Also, I unfortunately forgot to enable Remote Desktop on the server before I moved it over to the Linux server. How can I get to the console of this server via the VMWare browser based console?

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I have kind of answered my own question. Whilst my question about how to get VMWare's connect to console feature to work from the browser still stands, I have managed to remotely enable my Remote Desktop on my server, and can now RDP to it. The following VBSCRIPT does the job nicely :thumbup:

' Enable TS Remote Admin for administrator

' Set strComputer to the name or IP of the target machine

'

strComputer = "my.server.ip.goes.here"

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _

&"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colTSSettings = objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSetting")

For Each colTS in colTSSettings

colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)

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Hope others may find this of use at some similar time ;)

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