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Utility Spotlight: Virtual Machine Remote Control Plus

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Virtual Server 2005 enables you to virtualize many server workloads. Unlike Virtual PC, the Virtual Server interface is a Web app. This is fine for some tasks, but there's a new Windows application that makes day-to-day administration of virtualized servers easier.

In the October issue of TechNet Magazine, Matthijs ten Seldam introduces you to Virtual Machine Remote Control Plus (VMRCplus), an alternative UI for Virtual Server 2005 that offers both configuration management and remote control of virtual machines from within a single application.

Using VMRCPlus

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Enjoy!

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    We're sorry to hear you're having problems with the VMRCPlus tool. The good news is, there's probably an easy solution. VMRCPlus uses the same network path as the VMRC client that ships with Virtual Server. That means you must have access to the following ports: • Port 5900, which is the default port for the VMRC server • Port 1024, which is the default port for the Administration Website • Ports 137 and 138, the TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports, for the Kerberos V5 ticket-granting authority You can read more here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/virtualserver/2005/proddocs/vs_operate_using_VMRC_manageVMs.mspx Let us know how it goes! -JoshHoff

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    you also needed port 135 open too.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2007
    Well, I downloaded it and tried it. I can't wait for it to work properly. If I try to connect to a remote machine I get various RPC errors. Considering the fact that the std admin interface is web-based, then one would have assumed that this app would also use the web-interface, simply adding a richer client experience on existing web technology. Alas, it appears that it uses the COM API to do it's work and hence I get RPC errors. IMHO this is entirely the incorrect approach when connecting to remote servers.