12.3.6. Starting a Remote Desktop Session

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### 12.3.6. Starting a Remote Desktop Session

The Start Remote Desktop action enables you to start a desktop session on a remote host. During the session you can launch remotely installed applications and perform computations in real time. In order to use this action you must have a remote visualization client installed on your computer or device, as described in Running an Interactive Job.

Note that the Start Remote Desktop action is only available if EnginFrame is installed and correctly configured to work with EKM. See Installing and Configuring EnginFrame in the Installation Guide for details.

1. In the Jobs section, click Start Remote Desktop.

2. In the Start Remote Desktop dialog box, select the remote visualization queue that you would like to use, then click OK. The queue determines which execution nodes you can access.

   A job is created on the Job Monitor page, and a working directory is created for the job.

   A file is downloaded that contains information about the session. You will be prompted to open this file with a visualization tool, as shown in Figure 12.8: Opening a Remote Connection Information File. The remote visualization client then opens, enabling you to interact with the remote desktop session.

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