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== Accessing the VMware Remote Console ==
Once the VMware Remote Console plug-in has been installed into the browser it may be accessed by logging into the VI Web Access interface, selecting a virtual machine from the ''Inventory'' list and selecting the ''Console'' tab from the virtual machine workspace. If the selected virtual machine is not yet running, the console page will indicate that the virtual machine is power off and display a large ''play'' arrow which, when clicked with the mouse pointer will power on the machine. Once the virtual machine is in the powered on state, the console page appears as shown in the following figure:
[[Image:vmware_remote_console_powered_on.jpg|the VMware Remote Console when VM is powered on]]
In order to access the actual virtual console, simply click with the mouse pointer anywhere within the console workspace page. After a short delay a new window will appear containing the console of the virtual machine. The following figure shows the console of a Windows Server 2008 system running within a VMware Server 2.0 virtual machine:
[[Image:vmware_remote_console.jpg|A VMware Remote Console Displaying a Windows Server 2008 Guest]]
To interact with console simply click anywhere within the console window. If VMware Tools have been installed the all keyboard and mouse events will be passed to the guest operating system when the mouse pointer moves over the console window. To work on the local desktop all that needs to be done is to move the mouse pointer out of the console window. If VMware Tools have not yet been installed, click in the console window to work with the guest operating system. To release the pointer to work within the local desktop once again press Ctrl+G on the keyboard.
== Entering VMware Console Full Screen Mode ==
By default, the VMware Remote Console is displayed in a window along with the other windows on the desktop. The console may be displayed in full screen mode using two different approaches. If the console window is already displayed, simply click on the standard maximize button in the window border. Alternatively, to start a new console in full screen mode, select the desired virtual machine in the ''Inventory'' list and select ''Full Screen'' from the ''Console'' section of the VI Web Access ''Virtual Machine Menu''.
When in full screen mode, the console will fill the entire monitor screen. At the top of the screen a toolbar will appear which contains options to restore the console to ''Window'' mode, exit the console, attach devices and preform trouble shooting activities. By default this toolbar is always visible. To hide the toolbar click on the pushpin button. The toolbar will subsequently withdraw from the screen. To restore it, simply move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen where the toolbar was located (and where it is still partially visible) at which point it will re-appear:
[[Image:vmware_remote_console_fullscreen_toolbar.jpg|The VMWare Remote Console Full Screen Toolbar]]
