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Manage your Virtual Server Machines with VMRC Plus

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One of my colleagues developed a tool called VMRC Plus which is an improved version of the VMRC client that is deployed together with Virtual Server 2005.

As soon as I got the link I downloaded this tool, installed it on my machine. Unfortunately I didn't have Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 running. So I downloaded and installed it without IIS and I didn't installed the Web Administration tools. Why? Because you don't need them :)

What does VMRCplus offer?

  • Direct control of local or remote instances of the Virtual Server service. IIS and IE browser are no longer required!
  • Tabbed interface to quickly jump between Virtual Server hosts and guest VMRC sessions.
  • Reusable saved states: this feature allows users to preserve a particular saved state and return to that state at any time.
  • Multiple guest selection supported for startup/shutdown/save/display.
  • Browse button navigation for media, hard disk images, ISO images, .VMC files, etc.
  • Drag and Drop support for .VMC files, ISO's images, VHD and VFD files.
  • Resizable desktop support for guests running Virtual Machine Additions (maximize VMRC window supported).
  • Limited cut and paste of text from host to guest (only).
  • A built-in utility to take JPG screenshots of running guests. Useful when filing bugs.
  • Built-in error notification with Virtual Server event log viewer.
  • A Virtual Networks Manager and Virtual Disks Manager that cover all features.
  • Keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl-S to save state a guest).
  • Create multiple guests at once.
  • Create guest from parent (or multiple guests)!
  • Automatic reconnect to a designated Virtual Server host.
  • Toolbars in both Guest and Console Manager for quick access.
  • Unlimited number of guests.
  • Maximum of 32 Virtual Server hosts.
  • Sorting on columns of guests so you can sort based on status and multi-select.
  • Automatic detection of Virtual Machine Additions and notification.
  • Detection of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.

Some screen shots:

Main VMRCplus window (Guest Manager)

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Create a new Guest

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Hardware Settings page

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Remote control sessions through the Console Manager

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This is yet another tool the Admin's should have in their toolbox it is definitively in mine now. Managing my Virtual Server will be so much easier now but.
The VMRCplus tool is not an Enterprise tool neither is it supported by Microsoft, for Enterprise management I suggest you to have a look at System Center Virtual Machine Manager

This tool Rocks!!

Note: I updated the download location to the Microsoft download center 

Download

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80adc08c-bfc6-4c3a-b4f1-772f550ae

 

 

Technorati tags: Virtual server, Virtual server 2005 R2 SP1, VMRCPlus, VMRC

Comments

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2007
    Myślę, że będzie to ważna i ciekawa wiadomość dla tych wszystkich, którzy używają na codzień Microsoft

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2007
    Hola En algunas ocasiones, durante los eventos nos han preguntado acerca de la herramienta con la que

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2007
    Manage your Virtual Server Machines with VMRC Plus One of the Microsoft's guys has developed a tool

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2007
    Another wish: Possibility to add several host to the "reconnect" list at startup.

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2007
    I think most people will agree that the Microsoft Virtual Server Web console is not the easist tool to

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2007
    Nice tool! Might be handy to notice that the tool requires the .NET 2.0 framework installed, otherwise the application will crash. When will full clipboard mapping be added to the feature list? :)

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2007
    I got questions in my courses on How to install Virtual Server 2005 on Windows VISTA.it is just a question

  • Anonymous
    July 10, 2007
    Great tool! Don't forget it needs Run as Administrator on Vista (with UAC enabled). Say thanx from me to Paul and Matthijs.

  • Anonymous
    July 10, 2007
    Like I mentioned in a previous post I would be playing around with Server Core and Virtual Server 2005

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2007
    VMRCplus is a tool for both configuration management of Virtual Server and remote control of virtual machines. It allows for local and remote management of Virtual Server and supports simultaneous management of up to 32 Virtual Server hosts. This tool

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Hi, I could not switch to full screen mode using vrmcplus. this tool is so great I believe this feature is somewhere else where and I couldn't find it, dont think it as a missing feature. could you help? regards

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    September 05, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2008
    Great post, explained really well and I could really understand. Thank you.