Parallels Mobile. Usage Guidelines. Copyright Parallels Holdings, Ltd.

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1 Parallels Mobile Usage Guidelines Copyright Parallels Holdings, Ltd.

2 ISBN: N/A Parallels Holdings, Ltd. c/o Parallels Software, Inc Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 600 Herndon, VA USA Tel: +1 (703) Fax: +1 (703) Copyright Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. Parallels, Coherence, Parallels Transporter, Parallels Compressor, Parallels Desktop, and Parallels Explorer are registered trademarks of Parallels Software International, Inc. Virtuozzo, Plesk, HSPcomplete, and corresponding logos are trademarks of Parallels Holdings, Ltd. The Parallels logo is a trademark of Parallels Holdings, Ltd. This product is based on a technology that is the subject matter of a number of patent pending applications. Virtuozzo is a patented virtualization technology protected by U.S. patents 7,099,948; 7,076,633; 6,961,868 and having patents pending in the U.S. Plesk and HSPcomplete are patented hosting technologies protected by U.S. patents 7,099,948; 7,076,633 and having patents pending in the U.S. Distribution of this work or derivative of this work in any form is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the copyright holder. Apple, Bonjour, Finder, Mac, Macintosh, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE), and Microsoft Management Console are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Software, Inc. SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. X Window System is a registered trademark of X Consortium, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. IBM DB2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. SSH and Secure Shell are trademarks of SSH Communications Security, Inc. MegaRAID is a registered trademark of American Megatrends, Inc. PowerEdge is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. ecomstation is a trademark of Serenity Systems International. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation. Intel, Pentium, Celeron, and Intel Core are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. OS/2 Warp is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

3 3 Contents Introduction 4 Preparing the Environment 5 Using Parallels Mobile 6 Troubleshooting the Firewall and Network Problems 9 Feedback 10

4 4 C HAPTER 1 Introduction With the Parallels Mobile application, you can start, stop, and suspend your virtual machine, or simply view its desktop right from your iphone when your Mac is out of reach. All you need is to connect your iphone to the Internet, launch the Parallels Mobile application, and establish a connection with your Mac.

5 5 C HAPTER 2 Preparing the Environment Before you try to connect your iphone to Parallels Desktop on your Mac: Enable the Allow connections from iphone option in the General pane of the Parallels Desktop Preferences. Contact your system administrator or Internet provider to learn the external IP address of your Mac. Check your short user name by entering the following command in Terminal: whoami Make sure that the port is not blocked by firewall. (This action is optional, since firewall does not block port as usual.) Port is used by Parallels Desktop for external connections.

6 6 C HAPTER 3 Using Parallels Mobile Installing Parallels Mobile The Parallels Mobile application can be downloaded for free from the App Store and is installed like any other iphone application. Just search for "Parallels Mobile" at the App Store. Starting Parallels Mobile You can start the Parallels Mobile application by clicking its icon on the iphone Home screen. Adding your Mac to the Hosts list 1 Start the Parallels Mobile application and click the add button. 2 Specify the IP address of your Mac, your user name, and the password. Host. In this field, specify the external IP address of your Mac. Note: Parallels Desktop uses port for external connections. This port shouldn't be blocked by firewall. User Name. In this field, specify your short user name. Password. In this field, type your password and specify if you want to save it for future connections. When finished, click the Save button. Note: The computer you are trying to connect to should be turned on and have a stable Internet connection.

7 Using Parallels Mobile 7 3 When the connection to your Mac is established, it will be added to the Hosts list. Viewing and managing your virtual machines 1 Select your Mac in the Hosts list. This will open a list of virtual machines available on your Mac. 2 The list of virtual machines displays the names of the virtual machines available on your Mac and the types of operating systems installed in them. The virtual machines that are currently running are indicated by this sign: Select a virtual machine from the list to see its console window. 3 The appearance of the virtual machine console window depends on its current state: If the virtual machine is running, you will see its live screen shot. To refresh the screen shot, click the refresh button. If the virtual machine is stopped, its screen will be black. If the virtual machine is suspended or paused, its screen will be dimmed. For managing your virtual machine, use the toolbar buttons that correspond to the actions you want to perform with this virtual machine:

8 Using Parallels Mobile 8 - Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped or to shut down it if it is running. - Use this button to reset the virtual machine. - Use this button to suspend your virtual machine. When the virtual machine is suspended, this button changes its appearance to virtual machine.. Click this button to resume the - Use this button to pause the virtual machine. When the virtual machine is paused, this button changes its appearance to machine.. Click this button to resume the virtual - Use this button to refresh the virtual machine live screen shot. When supervising applications and processes running in the virtual machine, you will need to use the Refresh button, since the virtual machine's screen can be refreshed only manually. To go back to the list of virtual machines, click Virtual Machines.

9 9 C HAPTER 4 Troubleshooting the Firewall and Network Problems Editing Firewall Settings The settings you may need to apply to the firewall application depend on the type of firewall you use: Application Firewall (on Mac OS X Leopard). Go to General Preferences > Security > Firewall and allow incoming connections to Parallels Desktop. IPFW. Check the firewall rules list and add a new rule that will allow TCP connections to your port from any locations. Intego NetBarrier. Create a new rule that will allow incoming connections from the Internet (Source) to Parallels Desktop (Service) on your Mac (Destination). Please contact your system administrator before configuring the firewall. Establishing a VPN connection from iphone If your computer is behind NAT and you have a VPN access to your LAN, you can learn how to establish a VPN connection from an iphone using these online resources: ( ( ( Forwarding TCP traffic to your Mac If your computer is behind NAT and you don't have VPN access to your LAN, you should set port forwarding rules on your router to forward TCP traffic from certain port on your router to port on your Mac. If you want to access several Macs, you should create a separate port forwarding rule for each Mac. Please contact your system administrator and read the router configuration guide before configuring the router.

10 Feedback 10 Feedback If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, we would love to hear from you! The ideal place for your comments and suggestions is the Parallels documentation feedback page (