What's in the Release Notes

The release notes cover the following topics:

What's New
Compatibility and Installation
Documentation
Resolved Issues
Known Issues

What's New

This release of VMware Remote Console includes the following changes:

Updated versions of Python 2.7 (2.7.16), OpenSSL (1.0.2r), and other open-source components
Full notarization for macOS
Additional fixes as described in Resolved Issues

Compatibility and Installation

You can install this release on the following host operating systems:

64-bit and 32-bit Windows

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7

Mac

macOS 10.14
macOS 10.13
macOS 10.12

Linux

VMware Remote Console generally runs on the same Linux offerings as VMware Workstation versions that are released around the same time. For more information, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.

Documentation

See the following guides for information about installing and using VMware Remote Console.

Resolved Issues

Changing the DPI setting of a screen displaying VMware Remote Console causes a discrepancy between the mouse cursor position on the virtual machine and host.
In scenarios where the DPI is changed, such as moving the VMware Remote Console window from a screen with lower DPI to a screen with higher DPI, the position of the mouse cursor is incorrectly offset.

This issue has been resolved in this release.
VMware Remote Console logs do not include session connection and disconnection information.
When a remote session is established or terminated, relevant logs are not recorded.

This issue has been resolved in this release.
Smartcards cannot be used in shared mode on virtual machines.
Certain smartcards were not recognized properly by virtual machines.

This issue has been resolved in this release.

Known Issues

The known issues are grouped as follows.

Mac
Linux

Mac

The following Mac issues are known to affect this release.

VMware Remote Console does not launch on macOS 10.13 or later.
The Mac displays a System Extension Blocked message when you attempt to launch VMware Remote Console on macOS 10.13 or later versions.

Workaround: As a user with administrator privileges, go to System Preferences > Security > Privacy. Under the General tab, near the bottom, you see a message about VMware software being blocked. Click Allow. For more information, see Knowledge Base Article 2151770.
Device options
There are device-related options that are not available when running VMware Remote Console on a Mac. For example, you cannot add new devices, or display sound card settings. Unavailable Mac options are noted where applicable in the documentation.

Linux

The following Linux issues are known to affect this release.

On newer Linux distributions, terminal-based installation or online upgrade may fail.
Version 5 of the ncurses library is required to install VMware Remote Console. However, newer versions of some Linux distributions, such as Fedora 28 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, include only version 6 by default. This may cause the online upgrade process and terminal-based installation process to fail.

Workaround: Manually install ncurses 5 on your machine.
- For Fedora 28 or 29, run the dnf install ncurses-compat-libs.x86_64 command.
- For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, use YaST to install the ncurses 5 package.
VMware Remote Console and VMware Workstation cannot be installed on the same computer.
Because certain components are shared between VMware Remote Console and VMware Workstation, these products cannot both be installed on the same Linux machine.

Workaround: None.
Wayland protocol is not supported
VMware Remote Console requires Xorg and does not install or run under Wayland sessions. Installation errors occur on newer operating systems that use Wayland, such as Fedora 25.

Workaround: None
Help link does not resolve
You click the Help option from within VMware Remote Console and receive a file not found error.

Workaround: Open a browser directly to https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Remote-Console/index.html
Virtual machines automatically power on
VMware Remote Console automatically powers on virtual machines when connecting to virtual machines that are powered off.

Workaround: None
VMware Remote Console automatically closes
VMware Remote Console automatically closes when the remote virtual machine shuts down.

Workaround: None