When you use the native client console invocation option to open a console to a virtual machine, Remote Viewer will automatically use the console.vv file that the Red Hat Virtualization Manager provides to open a console to that virtual machine without prompting you to select the application to use. Once you launch the mstsc program with the correct address and switches as indicated. In the Open with window, select Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and click the Browse button.Ĭlick the C:\Users_\AppData\Local\virt-viewer\bin directory and select remote-viewer.exe. The program launched is also known as Microsoft Terminal Server Connection. In the VM Portal, click the virtual machine name and click the pencil icon beside Console.Ĭhange the console invocation method to Native client and click OK.Īttempt to open a console to the virtual machine, then click Save when prompted to open or save the console.vv file.Ĭlick the location on your local machine where you saved the file.ĭouble-click the console.vv file and select Select a program from a list of installed programs when prompted. In the Administration Portal, click Console → Console Options.
Before you can connect to a Windows virtual machine using RDP, you must set up remote sharing on the virtual machine and configure the firewall to allow remote desktop connections. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) can only be used to open consoles to Windows virtual machines, and is only available when you access a virtual machines from a Windows machine on which Remote Desktop has been installed. To open a console to a virtual machine using VNC, use Remote Viewer or a VNC client. Virtual Network Computing (VNC) can be used to open consoles to both Linux virtual machines and Windows virtual machines. To open a console to a virtual machine using SPICE, use Remote Viewer. The Remote Desktop Connection Manager display consists of the menu, a tree with groups of servers, a splitter bar, and a client area. Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE) is the recommended connection protocol for both Linux virtual machines and Windows virtual machines. Red Hat Virtualization currently supports the following connection protocols: Remote desktop into the VM directly, the VMs should be configured for remote desktop in advance and they should be in a running state.
Use Hyper-V Manager or SCVMM on another computer such as Windows 7, and then manage the remote Hyper-V computer. Connection protocols are the underlying technology used to provide graphical consoles for virtual machines and allow users to work with virtual machines in a similar way as they would with physical machines. If you want to access the VM remotely via console in a LAN, you can the following methods: 1.