VMware Boomerang Fling Updated

VMware Boomerang has a new release.

The developper, Adam Gross has just released new update which fixes some bug fixes and also support for View Desktops. In this release, you are able to choose between the RDP or PCoIP protocol when launching remote desktop. The remote session using PCoIP does provide the same user experience as with the VMware View client.

I'm actually using boomerang on my laptop, where the VMware Boomerang launches with Windows, and connects directly to my ESXi hosts in my lab, since I saved my credentials.

VMware Boomerang is a radically simple client application that allows you to use multiple vSphere servers simultaneously. Simply select “Add a Server…” to connect and login to an ESXi or VirtualCenter server and you will be presented with a list of all available virtual machines.

With VMware Boomerang you are able to perform power operations on the virtual machine or connect to it using the VMware Remote Console (VMRC), which is provided with vSphere Client. You can also easily add virtual machines as favorites so you can quickly view the subset of virtual machines that you are interested in.

VMware Boomerang – The Features:

–  Supports connecting to multiple ESX and VC servers simultaneously.
–  Supports connecting to multiple View Connection Servers simultaneously.
–  Graphical installer lets you disable support for vSphere or View if you have no use for it.
–  Connect to View desktops using PCoIP or RDP.
–  Automatic redirection of client printers to View desktops with ThinPrint.
–  Allows you to save your credentials for easy login to servers.
–  Favorites pane enables easy browsing through multiple virtual machines on different servers.
–  Simple user interface gives you quick access to connecting to a virtual machine or issuing power operations.
–  Keyboard navigation allows you to type the name of the virtual machine you want to use or to use directional keys to navigate.
–  Servers with large numbers of virtual machines are automatically collapsed into hyperlinks, which you can click to view subsets of
the inventory or the entire thing.
–  Configurable automatic update checking.
–  See virtual machines you have recently connected to in the Recently Used section.
–  Search for virtual machines quickly across all your servers.
–  Users needing access to more than basic virtual machine power operations should use VMware vCenter Server to manage vSphere
hosts and virtual machines.
–  vCenter supports activities like vMotion, High Availability, storage configuration, host provisioning cloning, templates, monitoring,
alerts and more.

VMware Boomerang is a Free Tool provided by VMware Labs website.

Free ESXi are not supported….

See the Boomerang demo video:

Download this free tool from the VMware Labs Website here.

Enjoy… -:)