MiraCosta College now offers two ways to access your student virtual desktop. We now feature the new VMware Horizon View HTML access option available from https://view.miracosta.edu. MiraCosta recommends that you use the standard view client whenever possible, but in those few instances where you are unable to install the client or your installed client displays a black screen, you may now use the VMware Horizon View HTML Access option. If you choose to use the HTML access option verses the standard client you will lose the ability to use USB drives with your virtual desktop.
To load the VMware Horizon View client on a PC 1. Make sure you have an internet connection (if you are on campus, you must authenticate your SURF ID and SURF Password on the login screen using any browser) 2. You need to determine if you have a 32- or 64-bit operating system. Follow the instructions below to determine this: a. Left click on your start button b. Right click on Computer on the right hand side of the start menu c. Left click on properties d. Under system properties you will see your version 3. After determining your operating system, from any browser type in https://view.miracosta.edu 4. Click on the Icon Install VMware Horizon View Client 5. Click either VMware Horizon View Client for 32-bit or VMware Horizon View Client for 64-bit. (Do not select any link with local mode in the link name). 6. Click on the Download button at the bottom of the page. 7. Click on Run or Save to save the file, (if you saved the file, find and launch the downloaded file) 8. Click yes, if you receive a pop-up asking to allow VMware, Inc. control of the computer. 9. Follow the prompts to install the VMware client software, accept default settings. At the Default Server Window, in the Default View Connection Server type: view.miracosta.edu then hit next.
10. Continue to accept the default settings by hitting next until you get to the Ready to Install the Program window, then hit install. 11. When the installation is complete, click the finish button. 12. Click YES to restart your computer 13. Find the VMware icon on your desktop or in your All Programs area of the start menu. 14. Double click on the VMware View Client Icon. In the VMware View window, in the area to the right of Connection Server you should see view.mircosta.edu if not type: view.miracosta.edu in the box to the right of Connection Server. 15. Click connect. 16. Click OK after reading the MiraCosta College compliance statement. 17. Login with your SURF ID and SURF Password and then click Login. 18. On the next window you should see Student with the words log on to desktop below it, this desktop should be selected. 19. Click connect again You can save your work to the Virtual Lab Desktop as you are working. When you are done email your work to yourself or copy your files to your Google Drive. When you disconnect from the VMware desktop any work saved to the desktop will be lost.
VMware Horizon View Client for Windows 7 and Windows 8 USB Instructions 1. Make sure your USB drive is inserted in the PC 2. Log into the virtual desktop 3. At the top of the Virtual desktop click on the button Connect USB Device 4. This will display a list of USB devices plugged into the computer. 5. Click on your USB drive. (shown here; my USB drive is called Lexar Media JUMPDRIVE SPORT.) Disconnecting your USB drive when you are done. 1. When you are ready to disconnect your USB drive, find the up arrow in the lower right hand corner of the virtual desktop and click on it. 2. You will see more icons available to you Click on this icon.
3. After the menu pops up, you want to click on the name of your USB drive to disconnect your USB from the virtual desktop. (in this example, I will click on Eject JUMPDRIVE SPORT) Click on this icon. 4. After disconnecting (or ejecting) your USB drive from the Virtual desktop, before removing your USB drive from the physical computer, from within windows 7 or Windows 8 make sure to correctly disconnect (or eject) the USB.
To load the VMware Horizon View client on a MAC 1. Open any browser and navigate to: https://view.miracosta.edu 2. Click on the Icon Install VMware Horizon View Client 3. Click the Go to Downloads button for VMware View Client for MAC 4. Click the Download button at the bottom of the page 5. You can now close your browser 6. Navigate to your downloads folder 7. Find and install the VMware View Client program 8. After installation, launch the VMware View Client program Click on the add server cloud For the Hostname type: view.miracosta.edu 9. Click continue 10.Type in your SURF ID and SURF Password 11.Click on the computer above the title Student You can save your work to the Virtual Lab Desktop as you are working. When you are done email your work to yourself or copy your files to your Google Drive. When you disconnect from the VMware desktop any work saved to the desktop will be lost.
VMware Horizon View Client MAC USB Instructions How to setup the Virtual Desktop on a MAC to connect to your USB 1) Make sure your USB drive is inserted into the MAC. 2) Log into the virtual desktop and click on the USB symbol shown here. 3) Click Start remote desktop USB services 4) Click Continue 5) Type in your MAC username and password, not your MiraCosta password 6) After typing in your MAC user name and password click on the USB symbol, this will show you that it is trying to connect to your USB devices.
7) After connecting, the computer will give you a list of USB components to choose from. Click on the name of your USB drive. Here the USB is called LEXAR. 8) Click on the USB device you would like to connect to. Then click Continue 9) You will see some pop ups on the windows desktop. 10) After you see the message Your device is ready to use you will see your drive.
Disconnecting your USB drive when you are done. 1) On the windows desktop in the lower right hand side click on the little arrow. Click on this Icon. Click on this Icon. DO NOT Click this Icon. 2) On the virtual desktop client, click on the USB symbol shown here, then click on your USB drive. Click on your USB drive.
3) Click the continue button 4) On the MAC desktop drag the USB drive (here our USB drive is called Lexar Media) icon over the trashcan icon and wait for the trashcan icon to change into the eject icon.