Eject a Floppy
After you have finished using a floppy disk in your virtual machine you can eject it.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, select VMs.
3 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Eject Floppy.
The floppy disk is removed from the virtual machine.
Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a Virtual Machine
You can upgrade the virtual hardware version for a virtual machine. Higher virtual hardware versions support
more features.
vCloud Director supports hardware version 4, hardware version 7, hardware version 8, and hardware version
9 virtual machines depending on the resources backing the organization's virtual datacenters.
You cannot downgrade the hardware version of a virtual machine.
Prerequisites
The virtual machine must be powered off and it must have the latest version of VMware Tools installed.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Upgrade Virtual Hardware Version.
4 Click Yes.
Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine
You can use the Remote Desktop Connection file to connect to a deployed virtual machine from your desktop.
Prerequisites
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The virtual machine must be powered on, running a Windows guest OS, and have Remote Desktop
enabled in the guest OS.
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The virtual machine must have an IP assigned on its network that is accessible by the client.
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The RDP port 3389 must be open on the guest OS.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Download Windows Remote Desktop Shortcut File.
4 In the Download RDP Shortcut File dialog box, click Yes.
5 Navigate to the location where you want to save the file and click Save.
6 Double-click the file and select Connect.
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