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# VMware dashboard

Configure the VMware dashboard entry in Remote Desktop Manager to view, connect to, and manage VMware virtual machines from one dashboard.

The present article details the settings and options available in a VMware dashboard entry in Remote Desktop Manager.

On top of displaying useful information, VMware dashboard entries allow users to create, power on/off, suspend, shut down or restart guests, connect or otherwise interact with VMware virtual machines directly within Remote Desktop Manager. Right-clicking anywhere in the dashboard's content area brings up all the available options for the VMs it contains.

Click ***Show advanced columns*** to display more information regarding, among other things, ***CPU usage***, ***Uptime***, and which ***Datastore*** is being used.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="126"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>SETTINGS</strong></td><td><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td>Enter a name for the VMware dashboard entry.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Folder</strong></td><td>Choose a folder in which to create the entry.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Display</strong></td><td><p>Elect whether to open the dashboard in:</p><ul><li><strong>Default (inherited)</strong> — Uses the display mode of the nearest parent folder that sets one, otherwise the default of the entry type.</li><li><strong>Embedded (tabbed)</strong></li><li><strong>Undocked</strong> — Additional lists let you choose the monitor and the virtual desktop where the window opens.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Host</strong></td><td><p>Determine which host to connect to between:</p><ul><li>Host configured</li><li>Linked</li><li>Inherited</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Credentials</strong></td><td><p>Choose credentials to use for authentication between:</p><ul><li>Username and password</li><li>Linked</li><li>Inherited</li><li>My personal credentials</li><li>None</li><li>Privileged account</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

### General

<table><thead><tr><th width="240.4000244140625">SETTINGS</th><th>DESCRIPTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Host</strong></td><td>Manually enter a host or choose one from the <em><strong>Computer list</strong></em> (ellipsis button). Available when <em><strong>Host</strong></em> is set to <em><strong>Host configured</strong></em>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Username</strong></td><td>Enter the username for the host. Available when the credentials come from the entry itself.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Password</strong></td><td>Enter the password for the host. Available when the credentials come from the entry itself and <em><strong>Always ask for password</strong></em> is cleared. It is unavailable when the <em><strong>Disable password saving in vaults</strong></em> system setting is enabled.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Always ask for password</strong></td><td>By checking this box, you will be prompted for the host's password every time you launch the entry.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Category</strong></td><td><p>Whether the virtual machine consoles opened from the dashboard are embedded or external:</p><ul><li><strong>Embedded</strong></li><li><strong>External</strong></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Console connection mode</strong></td><td><p>Select a display mode for the VMs opened from the dashboard. Available when <em><strong>Category</strong></em> is set to <em><strong>External</strong></em>:</p><ul><li><strong>VMware PowerCLI</strong></li><li><strong>VMware Player</strong></li><li><strong>VMware VMRC 8.0</strong></li></ul><p>An existing entry set to the unsupported <em><strong>VMware VMRC</strong></em> mode also lists it, and the entry cannot be saved until another mode is selected.</p></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ignore certificate errors</strong></td><td>Ignore certificate errors when connecting to the host.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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