Learning PowerCLI - Second Edition

Opening the console of virtual machines

The Open-VMConsoleWindow cmdlet opens the console of a virtual machine in a web browser. It will open the console in the browser configured in the VMConsoleWindowBrowser setting in Set-PowerCLIConfiguration, or in the default browser if the setting is not configured. The browser must be a 32-bit browser. You can open the console in a new window or full screen. This cmdlet uses the VMware Remote Console (VMRC) browser plugin.

The syntax of the Open-VMConsoleWindow cmdlet is as follows:

Open-VMConsoleWindow [-VM] <RemoteConsoleVM[]> [-FullScreen]
    [-UrlOnly] [-Server <VIConnection[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] 
    [<CommonParameters>]

The -VM parameter is required. The -FullScreen parameter will open the console in full ...