There is a persistent problem in a VMWare virtual machine I'm using - whether it's PCoIP
, VMWare BLAST
, or Microsoft RDP
- I get some error relating to the display protocol. Currently, I have to open a service request each time and have them restart the VM.
I'd like to stop pestering them while they try to fix this issue (it's been going on for weeks).
I tried running TeamViewer on the VM, but that hasn't helped (the partner doesn't respond - but it seems that, at least, it does recognize that TeamViewer is running on the computer)
I'm hoping to connect without displaying the desktop, since that seemed to be the problem, and issue a restart command via some command line tool.
I can't download the VMWare CLI (since they need to confirm my identity first, that will take a few days, and it's the weekend).
I can't seem to find a way to use the RDP protocol through a command line interface, and I wouldn't know how to connect to a VM from a pool within the host server - Only times I ever used RDP, It was pretty straightforward - connect directly to the relevant computer.
TeamViewer doesn't seem to have any kind of CLI.
The errors I get:
- Using PCoIP: "Unable to connect to desktop: there is no available gateway for the display protocol"
- Using VMWare Blast: "The display protocol for this desktop is currently not available"
- Using Microsoft RDP: "There was an unexpected RDP disconnection. Microsoft RDP error code = 2825"
When trying to connect using Powershell, my VMware credentials aren't accepted for the server, even when specifying same domain, username, and password. Trying to connect directly to the VM (using the IP I got from the TeamViewer logs) returns an error:
Remote desktop can't connect to the remote desktop for one of these reasons:
1. Remote access to the server is not enabled
2. The remote computer is turned off
3. The remote computer is not available on the network
I tried ports 9997
and 4172
as per these instructions, assuming the whole thing is already configured. Using other ports gives me another error without even attempting to connect ("This computer can't connect to the remote desktop")
Is there any way for me to issue a remote command to restart without having to use a display protocol?
Thank you!