Purpose: Audience: Describes steps to setup and use the Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) Authenticated IUP users What is VCL? The IUP Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) is a virtual lab desktop. The virtual desktop allows any student or employee with an internet connection to access all of the applications currently available in our Public Lab desktops. What is required to use the VCL? The software required to access the Virtual Desktop is the VMware View client. The VMWare View Horizon client is supported on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1/RT and all Mac OS, IOS and Android Tablet devices. What Applications are available on the VCL? Standard Lab Applications except Adobe Creative Cloud Apps are available on the VCL. An entire listing can be found at Standard Public Lab Software. Considerations when using the VCL Saving files It is important to note that each session is deleted after you log off or the VCL session is ended. DO NOT save any items to the VCL Desktop as they will be deleted once your session is ended. All data should be saved to the H drive (Home Directory). Your H drive will appear under drives listed in My Computer as shown below.
Printing Printing is available from the VCL desktop. All local and Uniprint pay-per-print printer devices will appear on the VCL. Please locate the appropriate pay-per-print device closest to your location for printing on these printers. The printed document will stay in the payper-print queue for 30 minutes. Session timeouts and limits Sessions will be monitored for keyboard and mouse activity. The session will automatically log you off after 2hrs of no mouse/keyboard activity. Any unsaved data will be lost. You can only be connected to one session at a time. Internet Connectivity A stable Internet connection is required to maintain a session. If you lose Internet connectivity during a session, you can reconnect to the previous disconnected session if you log back into the VCL within 10 minutes. Otherwise you will start a new session and the previous session will be deleted. USB Connections You can access USB devices connected to your local computer by connecting the device to your computer once a VCL session has been fully established. The devices will then show up in the list of drives available to you. (USB 3.0 Ports are currently not supported) How do I access the VCL? Based on the platform you are on, you will need to download one of the Horizon clients to enable your access the VDI desktop. Click on the link that corresponds to your platform to download the Horizon client. Windows Operating System 32 bit to download VMware Horizon Client for 32bit Windows Windows Operating System 64 bit to download VMware Horizon Client for 64bit Windows Mac OS to download VMware-Horizon-View-Client.zip Apple ios (Visit the App Store**) Android Devices (Visit the Google Play Store**) Windows RT/Tablet (Visit the Windows App Store**) **Search the appropriate App Store for VMware Horizon Client.
Once the software is downloaded, launch the installer to complete the installation. Please reference the following screen shots to guide you through this process. Skip to Mac Installation if installing on MacOS. Click Agree & Install to continue. Click Finish
After launching the Horizon Client you will need to add a server, to do so click + New Server at the top of the screen Enter vcl.iup.edu as indicated in the picture below and click Connect
You will be prompted with the following warning, after reading this message click Accept Double click on vcl.iup.edu to connect.
Enter your iupmsd username and password as shown below. Enter the requested information and click on login. If prompted double click on the selection Public Lab Windows Desktop to start the vcl desktop.
Apple MacOS Installation Download the Mac version of vmware-view-client.dmg from the link within the webpage. You will be prompted to enter your IUP Network credentials to download the installation file. The file will be saved to the Downloads folder on your Mac. Double click on the VMware-view-client.dmg located in your Downloads folder to begin the install. Click Agree when prompted.
The screen below will appear. Click and hold onto the VMware View Client icon and drag it to the Applications folder as indicated on the image below. This will copy the software to your applications fiolder. Once the installation is complete, the VMware view Client icon will appear in the Applications folder on your Mac. Double-click on the icon to open View Client.
The window below will appear. Double click Add Server. You will be prompted to enter the VCL session hostname. Enter vcl.iup.edu as shown below, click Continue.
Click Accept when prompted with the disclaimer. Enter your IUP Network credentials to authenticate and click Login.
Double click on Public Lab Windows Desktop to start your VCL Session. Your VCL session will open and you should see the IUP Windows Desktop appear. Success!