Use VMware VMRC Viewer Outside of Browser

This article was posted more than 1 year ago. Please keep in mind that the information on this page may be outdated, insecure, or just plain wrong today.

I was trying to find a way to configure the vSphere Web Console plugin port it connects to since I run a non-standard port for SSL on the vCenter server. This is what I came up with after doing some research.
First thing’s first, download and install the console plugin.
Windows
https://[IP]/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-win32-x86.exe
Linux (more info for linux: http://www.geeklab.info/2010/02/running-vmware-remote-console-outside-the-browser/)
https://[IP]/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-linux-x86.xpi
This allows me to change the port that VMware VMRC web console plugin uses to connect because I can create a shortcut to the vmware-vmrc executable and pass the needed arguments.
I can run the following command to access my virtual machine (given that I know the MOID):

c:program files (x86)common filesvmwarevmware remote console plug-invmware-vmrc.exe -h 1.2.3.4:11443 -M vm-1234

#vmware