Remote Display Settings Panel (for VNC)

Choose: VM > Settings > Options > Remote Display

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software makes it possible to view and fully interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet.

You can use Workstation to set a virtual machine to act as a VNC server, and users on other computers can install a VNC client (also called a VNC viewer) to connect to the virtual machine. You do not need to install any specialized VNC software in the guest.

•	Enable Remote Display — After you select this check box, the other controls become enabled.

•	Port — VMware suggests you use a port number in the range from 5901 to 6001. If you want to connect to more than one virtual machine on the same host with a VNC client, you must specify a unique port number for each virtual machine.

•	Password — You can optionally specify a password for connecting to the virtual machine from a VNC client. The password can be up to 8 characters long. Because the password is not encrypted when it is sent by the VNC client, do not use a password that you use for other authentication systems.

After remote display is enabled and users connect to the virtual machine with a VNC client, you can use the View Connected Users button on this tab to see a list of the connected users.

 

Note For information about how to use a VNC client to connect to the virtual machine, and for a list of limitations, in the VMware Workstation User’s Manual, see the section on using VNC for remote connections to a virtual machine.