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vmware workstation
 

Hi all,

I have just been using vmware workstation for my accounts absolutely love it, now I can work with different account without having a few computers. or user accounts...

Anyway. In the future, I will hire someone to work on managing accounts for me, and for people who work remotely, I would want them to be able to use the vmware cloud to work remotely. My question is, where do I start?

If someone can shed some light on this then that would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Re: vmware workstation
 

When you say working remotely I can think of TeamViewer...
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Re: vmware workstation
 

Here, I just wrote this for someone else the other day.


Virtual Machine Sharing... (has to be workstation 8 or higher)

When you enable virtual machine sharing, Workstation Pro starts VMware Workstation Server on the host system. You can create shared virtual machines and remote users can connect to the host system.

Configure Virtual Machine Sharing and Remote Access
You can enable or disable virtual machine sharing and remote access, change the HTTPS port that VMware Workstation Server uses on the host system, and change the shared virtual machines directory.

When you enable virtual machine sharing and remote access, Workstation starts VMware Workstation Server and configures the service to start with the host system.

When you disable virtual machine sharing and remote access, Workstation disables virtual machine sharing and stops VMware Workstation Server. You cannot create shared virtual machines and remote users cannot connect to the host system.

You must disable virtual machine sharing and remote access before you can change the HTTPS port that VMware Workstation Server uses.

Prerequisites
■ On a Linux host, verify that you have root access.

■ On a Windows host, verify that you have administrative privileges.

■ If you plan to change the shared virtual machines directory, stop sharing virtual machines on the host system. You cannot change the shared virtual machines directory if there are shared virtual machines on the host system. See Stop Sharing a Virtual Machine.

Procedure to set up host server
1. Select Edit > Preferences > Shared VMs.

2. To enable or disable virtual machine sharing and remote access, click Enable Sharing or Disable Sharing (Windows host), or select or deselect Enable virtual machine sharing and remote access (Linux host).

3. To change the HTTPS port that VMware Workstation Server uses on the host system, select a different port from the drop-down menu.

Note
If you change the port to a non-default value, remote users must specify the port number when they connect to the host system, for example, host : port.

4. To change the shared virtual machines directory, type or browse to the location of the new shared virtual machines directory (Windows host), or type the new directory in the text box and click Apply (Linux host).

5. Click OK to save your changes


To set up guest to be shared on the Workstation server open the VM guest you want to share but don't power it on.

VM > Manage > Share > Next > Move the virtual machine or Make full clone > Finish

To connect to a Remote Server from Workstation client.

Click connect to a Remote Server from home screen
or
File > Connect to server > type the host name or IP address, your user name and password and click Connect


You may need to download and install WSX from the VMware website to use this web based and not just on your local network. I dont have another computer with VMware to try this out. Your on your own after this point.

Re: vmware workstation
 

Thanks a lot of giving me some pointers on this. Appreciate it!

However, looking at it, it looks like It would still require me to turn on my pc and use it as a hosting.

What I am looking for is a cloud service where the Virtual Pc can be accessed regardless the computer being on or not.

ie. to relocate all my vmware files to work online.

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Re: vmware workstation
 

You can do just what you're saying and store/boot your VM files in/from the cloud. Then your helper would just need to have VMWare installed.

You/your helper might have poor VM performance running them directly from the cloud though due to network latency. Might be better to store a copy for download somewhere.

Re: vmware workstation
 

Can we use Teamviewer to remote the host computer? Or not?

Re: vmware workstation
 

You want to use Teamviewer to remote from a VMWare? I've never done it or tested it but it should be possible.

Re: vmware workstation
 

You could but the Host would have to be running and set up for unattended access with teamviewer.

"teamviewer's great for mining rigs. I can change settings or restart my rig from my android phone remotely".