Remotely Control a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine using a VNC connection

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Remotely Control a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine using a VNC connection

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2 жыл бұрын

If you don't want to remotely control your VMs using the VMware Workstation console or a Remote Desktop connection for Windows VMs then you can connect to your VMs using a VNC connection instead. All you need to do is enable the setting on each VM and make sure to use different port numbers if you are configuring this on more than one virtual machine.
You can use any VNC client you like such as RealVNC or Tight VNC for example. You can also password protect the connection. If you use this for more than one VM you will get a socket bind already in use error meaning you need to use a different port number for your other VMs. You can also view the VNC connections for each VM from the settings menu.
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@davidcarracedo6036 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, First thank you so much for your videos, are very well explained. Do you knwo if its possible connect throught VNC Viewer from other computer not in the same network? For example one computer with VM Ware in one location and other computer with VNC in other intertnet network?

@Carnyzzle 2 жыл бұрын

amazing tutorial

@mr63249 Жыл бұрын

Would like to see the comparison of vm players. Eg vnc vs VMware Remote Console, VMWorkstation, Remote Desktop etc. If any situation one player trumps another etc. For example, all the VMs are hosted on a server, what is the best way for a user to access that VM, and what player may be better if you work remotely. Cheers

@YuvaRaj11 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to take control of the guest which is hosted on VMware workstation from google meet or zoom? Only Display is visible but key hits are not working ? Is there any settings to enable remote access ?

@ashvindonda4575 8 ай бұрын

It there possible to remotely access it during traveling via internet while server or desktop at office ?

@atraxotoxin3840 6 ай бұрын

This may be a little late reply but there's an episode on hak5 and reverse ssh and port forwarding. You should take a look at

@aressto 2 жыл бұрын

How can I close console on the VMware itself? I want to login remotely using vnc, I don't need to see what is going on at host and spend resources on rendering, etc.

@OnlineComputerTips 2 жыл бұрын

After you get your VNC connection going, you can close the VMware Workstation console and just choose "run in background" for the VM from the available choices. The VM will stay running but the console will close. And if you close the VNC connection, you can connect to the VM again without opening VMware Workstation.

@aressto 2 жыл бұрын

@@OnlineComputerTips thank, will try today

@Helkost Жыл бұрын

what about if I'm running VMWare Player (the free version)? I can't find the "enable vnc connections" option there

@OnlineComputerTips Жыл бұрын

It's only a feature of Workstation Pro

@Helkost Жыл бұрын

@@OnlineComputerTips so uhm, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have two hosts, and a third host in a VM - a Debian 11. Host1 (me) and host2 (the host holding the VM) are connected via Private network and are off the internet. I assigned to the VM the "bridged connection" setting, and checked the box to tell it to inherit physical connection from network adapter (I actually also tried to uncheck this). VM has manual IP .6, host1 is .15, host3 is .3. I want to vnc from host 1 to host VM. Real vnc times out, tightvnc says "host VM actively refused connection" I even tried putty and it didn't work. still all hosts ping each other. what am I doing wrong?

@phystech_ir 2 жыл бұрын

How I can use my VMWare Windows in a Workgroup?

@OnlineComputerTips 2 жыл бұрын

You can have all of your VMs in the same workgroup as if they were physical computers. They should be in the default Windows workgroup as is.

@phystech_ir 2 жыл бұрын

@@OnlineComputerTips Thanks a lot, I have two VM Windows that can find each other on the network, BUT my physical computer that have them cannot find non of them! also the VMs can not find physical computer in the Network!

@OnlineComputerTips 2 жыл бұрын

@@phystech_ir Have you compared the subnet of the VMs to the subnet of your VMnet virtual adapters on your host to make sure one matches?

@OnlineComputerTips 2 жыл бұрын

@@phystech_ir This new video might help you out as well. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9uHbKtjtZOXmI0.html

@juanpablogallardov Жыл бұрын

You are missing the most important thing which is which way you are using the vm to connect, bridged, nat, host, custom?

@OnlineComputerTips Жыл бұрын

It's using the default NAT setting.

@DEA1HYT Жыл бұрын

Timed out waiting a Response from the Computer.

@gertwallen Жыл бұрын

0:47 Data sent over VNC is NOT encrypted as you can see in the Vmware Settings, so this is a very insecure way of remote connection, useless

@gdalex7132 Жыл бұрын

its a vm its not like people can get your info

@gertwallen Жыл бұрын

@@gdalex7132 Unless you have info in a vm

@gdalex7132 Жыл бұрын

@@gertwallen why would you have info in a vm? general use case is to mess around not store data on it??

@gertwallen Жыл бұрын

@@gdalex7132 testing software is just one use of vm, but vm's are also used as if they were the primary os with their own data. For example, you can convert your main (host) OS into a VM and run it from another pc (host). There are many more use cases where the vm has important info

@gdalex7132 Жыл бұрын

@@gertwallen ok sure stuff like that but probably the better way is to just install a remote desktop program on the vm and the host so you can connect whenever