Is there a download for the console plugin.

[mikemast01]

Does anyone know if there is a download for the web console plugin anywhere? I know you log into vsphere and can install it from there. But I am looking for a separate download to install the plugin without logging into vsphere.

Thanks

[mikemast01]

Other question is using the vmware standalone remote console program for this? Where the standalone console program can be called from the powershell results.

[9whirls]

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VMRC800&productId=491

[mikemast01]

Yes I downloaded that... I have not tried it yet, will webcommander call that instead of the web browser.?

[mikemast01]

Ok so would need to change code some for it to call the VMRC standalone instead of the web browser. Or make a c second command, leave the web browser one and make another that calles the standalone VMRC program.
HMM......

[9whirls]

Do you mean to call VMRC on client machine( where you use browser to access webcommander) ?

[mikemast01]

Yes.

Mike

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-------- Original message --------
From: Jerry Liu notifications@github.com
Date: 03/02/2016 11:40 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: vmware/webcommander webcommander@noreply.github.com
Cc: "Masters, Mike [CORP/US]" Mike.Masters@Emerson.com
Subject: Re: [webcommander] Is there a download for the console plugin. (#137)

Do you mean to call VMRC on client machine( where you use browser to access webcommander) ?

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/137#issuecomment-191344194.

[9whirls]

Well, webcommander is pure html + javascript on client side. So it could not launch any program outside browser.

[mikemast01]

From what I was reading you are suppose to call it from a browser.. when I get back to office I will show you the link I was reading.

Mike

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-------- Original message --------
From: Jerry Liu notifications@github.com
Date: 03/02/2016 12:08 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: vmware/webcommander webcommander@noreply.github.com
Cc: "Masters, Mike [CORP/US]" Mike.Masters@Emerson.com
Subject: Re: [webcommander] Is there a download for the console plugin. (#137)

Well, webcommander is pure html + javascript on client side. So it could not launch any program outside browser.

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/137#issuecomment-191354235.

[mikemast01]

ok you have to download the above link to get the plugin, and it also installs a standalone consol on your client. and if you go to c:\programfiles (x86)\VMware\VMware remote Console\ and run vmrc.exe it gives you this message.

Doing some reading on this site. ( great site btw)
http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2014/10/standalone-vmrc-vm-remote-console-re-introduced-in-vsphere-5-5-update-2b.html

it looks like you can call this in a browser URL...
https://communities.vmware.com/thread/512410?start=0&tstart=0

Granted I have not tried yet, but it sounded like it could be done.

[mikemast01]

He shows you can get the link from the web interface, just thought it might be something webcommander might be able to do also.

[9whirls]

That's not HTML, but Flex I believe.

[mikemast01]

Aww man.. I had my hopes up. So to install the plugin , you have to install the VVMRC installer then.

[vmikemast]

looks like the latest update to webcommander now calls the VMRC console , instead of the web browser console.. so looks like being able to launch the console in webcommander now works... YAY !