VMware Hands-on Labs Guidance, Controls, and Keyboard Settings and Text entry
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VMware Hands-on Labs Guidance, Controls, and Keyboard Settings and Text entry

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This document provides general lab guidance and can help you understand the features and functions of the hands-on lab portals and settings. There are many settings an attendee can modify to optimize their experience. In this document we will go over the following:

  • Lab Guidance
  • Main Console
  • Keyboard Options & Settings
  • Lab Controls

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Lab Guidance

The Table of Contents can be accessed in the upper right-hand corner of the Lab Manual. Use the Table of Contents to access any module of your choosing.

All lab manuals can be downloaded from the Hands-on Labs Document site found at http://docs.hol.vmware.com. This lab may be available in other languages. To set your language preference and have a localized manual deployed with your lab, use the http://docs.hol.vmware.com/announcements/nee-default-language.pdf document.

Main Console

  1. The area in the red box is the Main Console. The Lab Manual is available on the tab to the right of the Main Console.
  2. A particular lab may have additional consoles found on separate tabs in the upper right. You will be directed to open another specific console if needed.
  3. Your lab starts with 90 minutes on the timer. The lab cannot be saved. All your work must be done during the lab session. However, you can click the Extend to increase your time. If you are at a VMware event, you can extend your lab time twice, for up to 30 minutes. Each click gives you an additional 15 minutes. Outside of VMware events, you can extend your lab time up to 9 hours and 30 minutes. Each click gives you an additional hour.

Keyboard Options and Settings

Keyboard Entry

During the lab, you may enter text into the Main Console. Besides directly typing it in, there are two very helpful methods of entering data which make it easier to enter complex data.

  1. Click and Drag Lab Manual Content into Console Active Window as demonstrated in https://youtu.be/xS07n6GzGuo.

     

  2. You can also click and drag text and Command Line Interface (CLI) commands directly from the Lab Manual into the active window of the Main Console.

Accessing the Online International Keyboard

You can use the Online International Keyboard found in the Main Console. Click the Keyboard Icon found on the Windows Quick Launch Task Bar.

Modifying the Lab Keyboard Settings

The VMware Lab Platform (the Hands-On Lab portal) automatically detects most settings. However, within the Hands-On Lab portal, additional ansi-keyboard related settings are available, if modifications are required.

To optimize these settings, hover over the gear in the upper right-hand corner and click the gear. The settings window (shown below) is displayed, and you can change the following settings as required:

  • Interception of copy/paste
  • Remapping the macOS Command
  • Manual Keyboard Shortcut support
  • Non-Ansi Keyboard support
  • Mouse Scroll Settings

 

Lab Controls

The following additional controls are available for the lab manual use and placement on the screen. Take a few moments to understand these so that your experience within the VMware Hands on Labs is optimal.

  1. Clicking the arrows on the left of the slide-out (right-hand side of the screen) show or hide the lab manual.
  2. Use of the Lab Manual Controls in the upper right allows you to dock or undock and move the lab manual around to fit your screen.
  3. Using the Table of Contents option menu will allow you to jump to any point in the lab manual.
  4. Using the Split Screen option under the 3 dots menu will allow you to use a tablet as a second screen to view this manual while you work in the Hands On Lab.
  5. Using the Font Sizer buttons in the upper-right corner will change the text size of the lab manual for better viewing.
  6. Dragging the corners or edges of the lab manual display will allow you to decrease or increase the size of your lab manual.
  7. Clicking on images will show larger pop-out versions of the manuals.

Send Text to Console

  • In the unlikely event the local info must be pasted into the Control Center desktop, use the Send Text icon to enable the Send text to Console feature of the VMware Hands on Labs.
  • The Send Text icon is directly above the console.

Switching Console

Within your lab, you may be switching between systems using the VMware Lab Platform (VLP) Consoles tab. By default, this is located on the right side of the browser window.

Click the Consoles tab and select from the various systems displayed.

Ending a Hands-On Lab

For any lab on the VMware Hands on Labs portal (labs.hol.vmware.com), if you wish to end your lab you may do so by using the End button under Finish Lab at the top of the page, then click the CONFIRM button and return to the home page to re-Enroll into a new lab.

To see if your system and browser are compatible, please visit the VMware Hands-On Labs Compatibility Checker.

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