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Accessing Ands Working With VMs-1

1. The document provides instructions for accessing and working with a virtual machine (VM) hosted on VMWare vSphere. 2. Students are instructed to log into vSphere using their MCC email and password, then access their individual VM by selecting the appropriate class section and student VM name. 3. Once the VM is powered on, the desktop can be accessed through the vSphere web console using the web browser. Students then log into the Linux VM using the default credentials.

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Accessing Ands Working With VMs-1

1. The document provides instructions for accessing and working with a virtual machine (VM) hosted on VMWare vSphere. 2. Students are instructed to log into vSphere using their MCC email and password, then access their individual VM by selecting the appropriate class section and student VM name. 3. Once the VM is powered on, the desktop can be accessed through the vSphere web console using the web browser. Students then log into the Linux VM using the default credentials.

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INFO-1111: L​INUX​ I 1

ACCESSING AND WORKING WITH YOUR VIRTUAL MACHINE 

Handout

ACCESSING ​V​SPHERE 
NOTE: ​DO NOT US​E Firefox or Edge. They are known to send multiple key entries to VMs for every keypress on the user’s
physical keyboard. When working with your VM, you should use Chrome, which does not send multiple keys to the VM.

1. Using Google Chrome (see note above), browse to ​https://infoadc.mccinfo.net/


2. Click the ​Launch VSHPHERE Client (HTML5)​ link (Figure 1).

3. Log on to the VMWare vSphere Web Client


a. In the User name field enter your MCC student email address, which is in the format
username@mail.mccneb.edu
i. NOTE: MCC staff will have an email address is the format ​username@mccneb.edu
b. In the Password field, enter your MCC network password.
c. Click Login.

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4. On successful login, you will be taken to the vSphere Web Client home screen.
5. To access your virtual machine, click the VMs and Templates button as shown in the image
below.a.Alternatively, you can pull down the Menu and click VMs and Templates.
6. In the Navigation pane on the left-hand side, expandINFOADC.mccinfo.net > INFOADC_Datacenter > INFO1111.
Then expand your class section. (i.e. INFO 1111 SN, WA, WW).

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7. Pick the first available student VM. It will have a name like: stu01-CentOS.
8. Right-click it and select rename. Add a dash then your name to make it yours for the quarter.

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9. Your VM should already be powered on. If not you can turn on or off your VM by right-clicking on it and
selecting ​Power​ then either ​Power on​ or​ Power off.

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10. When your VM is powered on, click on the Summary tab.


11. Click on the image of the computer screen (it may be blank, or it may show a screenshot). This will open a new
tab or window (depending on your browser).
a. Do not​ click on the Launch Remote Console link if present.

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12. Make sure Web Console is selected and press OK.

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13. Your VM will open in a new tab. (Please make sure pop up blockers are turned off)

14. Once your VM is powered on you can access your Linux virtual machine. Use your mouse to swipe up to get to
the log in screen. Log in as Will with the password ​netlab123.​ See your individual projects for further
instructions.

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