VMware Workstation 6.0 User manual

Workstation User’s Manual

Workstation 6.0

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Workstation User’s Manual

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Preface 15

1 IntroductionandSystemRequirements 20

ProductBenefits 20

OverviewofThisManual 21

AbouttheHostandGuestComputers 22

What’sNewinVersion 6 22

UpgradePathtoWorkstationACEEdition 22

IntegratedVirtualDebuggers 23

VMwarePlayer2.0 23

AutomationThroughExpandedVIX1.1API 24

Record/ReplayofVirtualMachineActivity(Experimental) 24

Physical‐to‐VirtualConversionandEnhancedImportFunctionality(Windows

HostsOnly) 24

EasyUpgradeorDowngradeof

VMwareVirtualMachines 25

RunningVirtualMachinesintheBackground 25

SupportforMultiple‐MonitorDisplays 25

IncreaseinNumberofEthernetAdaptersSupported 25

New64‐BitSoundDriver 25

SupportforHigh‐SpeedUSB2.0Devices 26

AbilityforaVirtualMachinetoActasaVNCServer 26

IncreasedRAMSupportandAbilitytoRunonServer‐Class

Systems 26

NewHostOperatingSystemSupport 26

NewGuestOperatingSystemSupport 28

Improved64‐BitGuestSupport 29

ApplianceViewforVirtualAppliances 29

MonitortheStatusofaBatteryfromtheGuestOperatingSystem 29

EnhancedAbilitytoGatherDebuggingInformation 30

SupportforParavirtualizedLinuxKernels 30

UserInterfaceforMappingaVirtualDisktoaDriveLetter 30

Automatic

UpdatetotheLatestVersionofVMwareTools 30

EnhancedAbilitytoRestrictSharedFolders 31

EnhancedFileSharingandCopyandPasteFunctionality 31

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HostSystemRequirements 32

PCHardware 32

Memory 33

Display 33

DiskDrives 33

LocalAreaNetworking(Optional) 34

HostOperatingSystem 34

VirtualMachineSpecifications 38

Processor 38

ChipSet 38

BIOS 38

Memory 39

Graphics 39

IDEDrives 39

SCSIDevices 39

FloppyDrives 39

Serial(COM)Ports 40

Parallel(LPT)Ports 40

USBports 40

Keyboard 40

MouseandDrawingTablets 40

EthernetCard 40

Sound 41

VirtualNetworking 41

SupportedGuestOperatingSystems 41

MicrosoftWindows32‐Bit 42

MicrosoftWindows64‐Bit 42

MicrosoftMS‐DOS 42

Linux32‐Bit 43

Linux

64‐Bit 43

NovellNetWare32‐Bit 44

NovellOpenEnterpriseServer32‐Bit 44

FreeBSD32‐Bit 44

FreeBSD64‐Bit 44

SunSolaris32‐Bit 44

SunSolaris64‐Bit 44

Supportfor64‐BitGuestOperatingSystems 45

2 InstallingVMwareWorkstation 47

InstallationPrerequisites 47

SharingaWorkstationHostwithOtherVMwareProducts 48

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InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 48

InstallingWorkstationSilently 51

UninstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 52

InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 53

ConfiguringWorkstationwithvmware‐config.pl 54

UninstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 56

WheretoGoNext 56

3 UpgradingVMwareWorkstation 57

PreparingfortheUpgrade 57

RemovingSnapshotsandShuttingDownSuspendedVirtualMachines 57

BackingUpVirtualMachines 58

RemovingWorkstation2or3toInstallWorkstation658

UpgradingonaWindowsHost 59

UpgradingtoaWindowsVistaHost 59

UpgradingonaLinuxHost 60

UsingWorkstation4or5VirtualMachinesinWorkstation 6 61

UsinganOlder‐VersionVirtual

MachineWithoutUpgrading 61

ChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachine 61

4 LearningWorkstationBasics 65

StartingWorkstation 66

OverviewoftheWorkstationWindow 66

HomePageandViews 68

ToolbarButtons 71

Sidebar 75

CheckingforProductUpdates 78

IntroductiontoCreatingaVirtualMachine 79

IntroductiontoWorkstationPreferences 81

IntroductiontoVirtualMachineSettings 83

HardwareTab 83

OptionsTab 84

ClosingVirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstation 86

KeyboardShortcuts 87

5 CreatingaNewVirtualMachine 89

SettingUpaNewVirtualMachine 89

BeforeYouBegin 89

UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard 94

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InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem 97

Example:InstallingWindowsXPasaGuestOperatingSystem 99

UpgradingaGuestOperatingSystem 99

ConfiguringtheGuestOperatingSystem 100

ImportingVirtualMachinesfromOtherFormats(WindowsHostsOnly) 100

SummaryoftheConversionProcess 101

VMwareConverterVersustheImporterWizardinWorkstation 102

ConverterImportWizard:OverviewandSupportedSourceMachines 102

Supported

Destinations 105

HowConvertingAffectsSettings 107

OpeningandImportingaVirtualMachineorSystemImage 108

FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 110

6 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 113

AboutVMwareTools 113

InstallingandUpgradingVMwareTools 115

UpgradingVMwareTools 116

InstallingVMwareToolsonaWindowsGuest 118

InstallingVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuest 125

InstallingVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuest 129

InstallingVMwareToolsinaFreeBSDGuest 130

InstallingVMwareToolsinaNetWareVirtualMachine 132

StartingVMwareToolsIfYouDoNotUse

aSessionManager 133

UninstallingVMwareToolsorChangingWhichModulesAreInstalled 134

VMwareToolsConfigurationOptions 134

UsingtheVMwareToolsControlPaneltoConfigureTools 135

UsingtheSystemConsoletoConfigureVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuest

OperatingSystem 139

CustomizationstoVMwareTools 141

UsingCustomScriptsWhenthePowerStateChanges 141

ExecutingCommandsAfter

YouPowerOfforResetaVirtualMachine 143

PassingaStringfromtheHosttotheGuest 143

PassingInformationBetweentheGuestandAnotherProgram 146

UsingtheVMwareToolsCommand‐LineInterface 146

OptionsfortheVMwareTools‐‐cmdCommand 147

7 RunningaVirtualMachine 149

StartingaVirtualMachine 150

VirtualMachineLocation 152

RunningVMwareTools 152

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ShuttingDownaVirtualMachine 154

PoweringOffVersusShuttingDownandResettingVersusRestarting 154

DeletingaVirtualMachine 156

ControllingtheDisplay 156

SimplifyingtheScreenDisplay 157

UsingFullScreenMode 158

UsingQuickSwitchMode 159

ReportingBatteryInformationintheGuestOperatingSystem 160

UsingExclusiveMode 160

UsingMultipleMonitors 162

FittingtheWorkstationConsoletotheVirtualMachineDisplay 165

WorkingwithNonstandardResolutions 167

InstallingNewSoftware 168

DisablingAccelerationIfaProgramWon’tRun 168

RunningVirtualMachinesfromWithinanIDE 169

DisplayingtheVirtualMachineasanAppliance 170

TransferringFilesandTextBetweentheHostandGuest 171

UsingDragandDrop 171

UsingCopyandPaste 172

UsingSharedFolders 173

UsingaMappedDrive(WindowsOnly) 180

UsingDevices

inaVirtualMachine 181

Adding,Configuring,andRemovingDevicesinaVirtualMachine 181

ConnectingandDisconnectingRemovableDevices 182

CreatingaScreenShotofaVirtualMachine 183

CreatingaMovieofaVirtualMachine 183

UsingaVNCClientforRemoteConnectionstoaVirtualMachine 184

AboutVNCPortNumbers 185

EnsuringProperDisplayontheClient 185

8 MovingandSharingVirtual Machines 187

VirtualMachineIdentifier:UUID 187

UUIDOptionsWhenYouMoveaVirtualMachine 188

SpecifyingaUUIDforaVirtualMachine 189

MovingaVirtualMachine 190

HostswithDifferentHardware 190

MovingaVirtualMachinetoaNewHostorontheSameHost 191

MovinganOlderVirtualMachine 193

MovingLinkedClones 193

SharingVirtualMachineswithOtherUsers 193

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SharingVirtualMachineswithVMwarePlayer 194

RunningVMwarePlayer 194

SettingUpVirtualMachinesforUsewithVMwarePlayer 195

9 UsingDisks 197

OverviewofDiskStorageinaVirtualMachine 197

VirtualDisks 198

PhysicalDisks 200

MaintenanceTasksforVirtualDisks 201

DefragmentingVirtualDisks 201

ShrinkingVirtualDisks 202

AddingVirtualandPhysicalDiskstoaVirtualMachine 204

AddingaNewVirtualDisktoaVirtualMachine 204

AddinganExistingVirtualDisktoaVirtual Machine 206

RemovingaVirtualDiskfrom

aVirtualMachine 206

UsingPhysicalDisksinaVirtualMachine 207

AddingDVD/CD‐ROMandFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 212

AddingDVDorCDDrivestoaVirtualMachine 213

AddingFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 214

ConnectingaCD‐ROM/DVDorFloppyDrivetoanImageFile 215

UsingVMwareVirtualDiskManager 216

Runningthe

VMwareVirtualDiskManagerUtility 217

ShrinkingVirtualDiskswithVirtualDiskManager(Windows Only) 219

ExamplesUsingtheVMwareVirtualDiskManager 220

UsingDual‐BootComputerswithVirtualMachines 222

LegacyVirtualDisks 222

10 PreservingtheStateofaVirtualMachine 225

UsingtheSuspendandResumeFeatures 225

UsingSnapshots 227

SnapshotProcesses:LinearVersusProcessTree 227

WhattoUseSnapshotsFor 229

WhatIsCapturedbyaSnapshot 230

WhentoTakeSnapshots 230

EnablingSnapshotActionsasaBackgroundActivity 231

ExcludingVirtualDisksfromSnapshots 232

WorkingwithSnapshotsintheSnapshotManager 233

TakingaSnapshot 235

RestoringaSnapshot 236

DisablingSnapshots 237

Snapshot

OptionsWhenYouPowerOffaVirtualMachine 238

SnapshotsandWorkstation4VirtualMachines 239

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RecordingActivityofaVirtualMachine(Experimental) 239

HardwareandVirtualHardwareRequirements 240

RecordingandPlayingBackVirtualMachineActivity 242

11 CloningaVirtualMachine 247

UnderstandingClones 247

WhyMakeaClone? 248

FullandLinkedClones 248

FullClonesandSnapshotsoftheParent 249

CreatingClones 249

WorkingwithClones 251

MakingaLinkedCloneofaLinkedClone 251

MakingaFullCloneofaLinkedClone 251

NetworkIdentityforaClone 251

LinkedCloneSnapshot 252

LinkedClonesandAccesstotheParentVirtualMachine 252

12 ConfiguringTeams 255

BenefitsofUsingTeams 255

CreatingaTeam 257

OpeningandClosingaTeam 258

ChangingtheNameofaTeam 259

DeletingaTeam 259

ViewingTeamsandTheirVirtualMachines 260

AddingandRemovingTeamVirtualMachines 262

SettingtheStartupSequenceforaTeam 263

StartingandStoppingTeams 264

PoweringaTeamOnandOff 264

SuspendingandResumingaTeam 265

Power

OperationsforIndividualMembersofaTeam 266

WorkingwithTeamNetworks 266

LANSegmentRequirements 266

CreatingaTeamLANSegment 267

AddingandRemovingEthernetAdapters 268

ConfiguringConnectionsforaLANSegment 269

ConfiguringLANSegments 269

DeletingaLANSegment 270

CloningandTakingSnapshotsofTeamMembers 271

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13 ConfiguringaVirtualNetwork 273

NetworkBasics 274

ComponentsoftheVirtualNetwork 275

VirtualSwitch 275

DHCPServer 275

NetworkAdapter 276

CommonNetworkingConfigurations 276

BridgedNetworking 276

NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT) 278

Host‐OnlyNetworking 279

ExampleofaCustomNetworkingConfiguration 280

ChangingaNetworkingConfiguration 284

AddingandModifyingVirtualNetworkAdapters 284

ConfiguringBridgedNetworkingOptionsonaWindowsHost 285

Enabling,Disabling,Adding,andRemovingHostVirtualAdapters 289

Advanced

NetworkingTopics 291

SelectingIPAddressesonaHost‐OnlyNetworkorNATConfiguration 291

AvoidingIPPacketLeakageinaHost‐OnlyNetwork 293

MaintainingandChangingtheMACAddressofaVirtualMachine 296

ControllingRoutingInformationforaHost‐OnlyNetworkonLinux 297

PotentialIssueswithHost‐OnlyNetworkingonLinux 298

SettingUp

aSecondBridgedNetworkInterfaceonaLinuxHost 299

SettingUpTwoSeparateHost‐OnlyNetworks 300

RoutingBetweenTwoHost‐OnlyNetworks 304

UsingVirtualEthernetAdaptersinPromiscuousModeonaLinuxHost 305

UsingNAT 306

HowtheNATDeviceUsestheVMnet8VirtualSwitch 306

TheHostComputerandtheNATNetwork 307

DHCPon

theNATNetwork 307

DNSontheNATNetwork 307

ExternalAccessfromtheNATNetwork 308

AdvancedNATConfiguration 309

ConsiderationsforUsingNAT 314

UsingNATwithNetLogon 314

SampleLinuxvmnetnat.confFile 317

UsingSambawithWorkstation 318

UsingaSambaServerforBridgedandHost‐OnlyNetworks 319

UsingSambaWithoutNetworkAccess 319

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14 ConfiguringVideoandSound 321

SettingScreenColorDepth 321

ChangingScreenColorDepthontheHost 322

ChangingScreenColorDepthintheVirtualMachine 322

ExperimentalSupportforDirect3D 322

AudienceforDirect3DExperimentalSupport 323

Accelerated3‐DLimitations 323

EnablingAccelerated3‐D 323

KnownIssues 326

HelpingVMwarewithExperimentalSupport 326

ConfiguringSound 327

InstallingSoundDriversinWindows9xandNTGuests 327

15 ConnectingDevices 329

UsingParallelPorts 329

InstallationinGuestOperatingSystems 329

ConfiguringaParallelPortonaLinuxHost 330

SpecialNotesfortheIomegaZipDrive 334

UsingSerialPorts 335

UsingaSerialPortoraFileontheHostComputer 335

ConnectinganApplicationontheHosttoaVirtualMachine 336

ConnectingTwoVirtualMachines 337

ConfigurationOptionsforAdvanced

Users 340

Examples:DebuggingoveraVirtualSerialPort 341

ConfiguringKeyboardFeatures 343

EnhancedVirtualKeyboardforWindowsHosts 343

HotKeys 344

SpecifyingaLanguageKeymapforVNCClients 345

KeyboardMappingonaLinuxHost 346

UsingUSBDevicesinaVirtualMachine 353

EnablingandDisablingtheUSB2.0Controller 354

ConnectingUSBDevices 355

UsingUSBwithaWindowsHost 356

Replacing

USB2.0DriversonaWindows2000Host 356

UsingUSBwithaLinuxHost 357

HowDeviceControlIsSharedBetweenHostandGuest 357

DisconnectingUSBDevicesfromaVirtualMachine 358

HumanInterfaceDevices 359

ConnectingtoaGenericSCSIDevice 359

GenericSCSIonaWindowsHostOperatingSystem 359

GenericSCSIonaLinuxHostOperating

System 365

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UsingTwo‐WayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing(Experimental) 367

MovingSMPVirtualMachinesBetweenWorkstationandESXServer 368

16 PerformanceTuning 369

ConfiguringandMaintainingtheHostComputer 369

CPU 369

Memory 369

Disks 371

Networking 372

ConfiguringVMwareWorkstationandVirtualMachines 372

CPU 373

Memory 374

Disks 377

Networking 379

AdditionalSuggestionsforImprovingPerformance 379

ConfiguringGuestOperatingSystems 381

CPU 381

Disks 382

Networking 385

VisualEffects(WindowsOnly) 385

EnhancedPerformancewithParavirtualizedKernelsinLinuxGuests 386

UsingtheMicrosoftPerformanceConsoletoMonitorVirtualMachine

Performance 388

17 Special‐PurposeConfigurationOptionsforWindowsHosts 391

LockingOutInterfaceFeatures(WindowsHostsOnly) 391

RemovingaForgottenPassword 392

RestrictingtheUserInterface 392

AutomaticallyReturningtoaSnapshotwithaRestrictedUserInterface 393

UsingFullScreenSwitchMode(WindowsHostsOnly) 395

CreatingaVirtualMachineforUseinFullScreenSwitchMode 395

MovingaVirtualMachinetotheUser’sComputer 396

ConfiguringFull

ScreenSwitchMode 396

StartingandStoppingVirtualMachinesontheUser’sComputer 402

GuestACPIS1Sleep 405

A WorkstationCommand‐LineReference 407

StartupOptionsforWorkstationandVirtualMachines 407

UsingStartupOptionsinaWindowsShortcut 409

Command‐LineApplicationforOperatingVirtualMachines 409

Examplesforvmrun 412

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Contents

B UsingtheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415

OverviewoftheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415

SettingUptheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 417

HostSystemRequirements 417

EclipseRequirements 419

VirtualMachineRequirements 419

ManagingVirtualMachineLaunchConfigurations 421

UsingApplicationConfigurationstoStartApplicationsinaVirtual

Machine 422

UsingApplicationConfigurationstoAttachtoApplicationsRunningina

VirtualMachine 424

DeletingConfigurations 425

RunningandDebugging

ApplicationsinVirtualMachines 425

StartinganApplicationDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 425

StartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachineWithoutDebugging 426

AttachingtheDebuggertoanApplicationRunninginaVirtualMachine 426

C UsingtheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427

OverviewoftheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427

ConfigurationOptionsWhenStartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachine 428

ConfigurationOptionsWhenAttachingtoaProcessRunninginaVirtual

Machine 429

SettingUptheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 430

MicrosoftVisualStudioRequirementsandRecommendations 431

HostSystemRequirements 432

VirtualMachineRequirementsandRecommendations 432

Troubleshooting

Tips 436

ManagingVirtualMachineConfigurations 437

CreatingConfigurations 437

RenamingConfigurations 438

RemovingConfigurations 438

SettingConfigurationProperties 439

RunningandDebuggingApplicationsinVirtualMachines 442

StartingaDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 442

StartingaSessionWithoutDebugginginaVirtualMachine 442

AttachingtheDebuggertoaProcessRunninginaVirtualMachine 443

Glossary 445

Index 453

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ThisprefaceprovidesinformationabouttheWorkstationUser’sManualandlinksto

VMware

®

technicalsupportandeducationalresources.

Thisprefacecontainsthefollowingtopics:

 “A b o u t ThisBook”onpage 15

 “TechnicalSupportandEducationResources”onpage 16

About This Book

Thismanual,theWorkstationUser’sManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingand

usingVMwareWorkstation6.

Toviewthemostcurrentversionofthemanual,seetheVMwareWebsite:

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html

Intended Audience

Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMware

Workstation.Workstationuserstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopment

andtestingorworkwithmultipleoperatingsystemsorcomputingenvironments:

softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorundemos,andanyone

whowantstocreatevirtual

machines.

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Document Feedback

Ifyouhavecommentsaboutthisdocumentation,submityourfeedbackto:

[email protected]

Conventions

Thefollowingtypographicconventionsareusedinthismanual.

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.

Self-Service Support

UsetheVMwareTechnologyNetwork(VMTN)forself‐helptoolsandtechnical

information:

 Productinformation–http://www.vmware.com/products/

 Technologyinformation–http://www.vmware.com/communities/content/

 Documentation–http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs

 VMTNKnowledgeBase–http://kb.vmware.com

 Discussionforums–http://www.vmware.com/community

 Usergroups–http://www.vmware.com/communities/content/vmug/

FormoreinformationabouttheVMwareTechnologyNetwork,goto

http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa.

Table P-1. Conventions Used in This Manual

Style Elements

Blueboldface(onlineonly) Cross‐referencesandlinks

Blackboldface Userinterfaceelementssuchasbuttonnamesandmenuitems

Monospace Commands,filenames,directories,andpaths

Monospace bold Userinput

Italic Documenttitles,glossaryterms,andoccasionalemphasis

<Name> Variableandparameternames

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Online and Telephone Support

Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductand

contractinformation,andregisteryourproducts.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support.

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthe

fastestresponseonpriority1issues.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.

Support Offerings

FindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/services.

Reporting Problems

IfyouhaveproblemswhilerunningVMwareWorkstation,pleasereportthemtothe

VMwaresupportteam.First,besuretoregisteryourserialnumber.Fromthe

Workstationmenubar,chooseHelp>VMwareontheWeb>RegisterNow!Youcan

thenreportyourproblemsbysubmittingasupportrequestat

www.vmware.com/requestsupport.

TheVMwaresupport

teammightaskyoutorunasupportscriptinordertogatherthe

informationneededtodiagnosetheproblem.Forexample,ifavirtualmachineexits

abnormallyorcrashes,runthesupportscripttocollecttheappropriatelogfilesand

systeminformation.

AsofWorkstationversion6.0.1,youcanrun

thesupportscriptbyclickingabuttonin

theHelp>AboutVMwareWorkstationbox.Youcanalso,asinpreviousreleases,run

thescriptfromthecommandline.

To run the support script from the Workstation user interface

1StartVMwareWorkstation.

Forinstructions,see“StartingWorkstation”onpage 66.

2 ChooseHelp>About.

3IntheAboutVMwareWorkstationdialogboxthatappears,clickCollectSupport



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4Intheconfirmationboxthatappears,confirmthatyouwanttocollectsupportdata.

OnWindowshosts,afterthescriptfinishesrunning,itcreatesa.zipfileand

displaysthepathtothefile.

OnLinuxhosts,thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfileintheuser’shome

directory.Becausethescript

isnotrunasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessages

indicatingthatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMware

supportteamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorun

thescriptfromthecommandlineasroot.Forinstructions,see“Torunthesupport

scriptonaLinuxhost”onpage 19.

5SubmitasupportrequesttotheVMwaresupportteamandincludethedatafile.

TheURLiswww.vmware.com/requestsupport.

To run the support script on a Windows host

1Openacommandprompt.

2 ChangetotheVMwareWorkstationprogramdirectory:

C:

cd \Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation

Ifyoudidnotinstalltheprograminthedefaultdirectory,usetheappropriatedrive

letterandpathinthecdcommandabove.

3Runthesupportscript:

cscript vm-support.vbs

Afterthescriptruns,itdisplaysthenameofthedirectorywhereithasstoredits

output.

4UseafilecompressionutilitysuchasWinZiporPKZIPtozipthescriptoutput

directory,andincludethezipfilewithyoursupportrequest.

Ifyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhile

installingVMware

Workstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.

OnaWindowshost,thefileisVMInst.log.ItissavedinyourTempfolder.Ona

Windows2000,WindowsXP,orWindowsServer2003host,thedefaultlocationis

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp.

Youcanusethecommandcd %temp%tolocate

theLocal Settingsfolder,which

ishiddenbydefault.Toseeitscontents,openMyComputer,gotoTools>Folder

Options,clicktheViewtabandselectShowHiddenFilesandFolders.

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To run the support script on a Linux host

1Openaterminalwindow.

2Runthesupportscriptastheuserwhoisrunningthevirtualmachine:

vm-support

Ifyouarenotrunningthescriptasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicating

thatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupport

teamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorunthescript

againasroot.

Thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfile

intheuser’shomedirectory.

3Includethatoutputfilewithyoursupportrequest.

IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingVMware

Workstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.

VMware Education Services

VMwarecoursesofferextensivehands‐onlabs,casestudyexamples,andcourse

materialsdesignedtobeusedason‐the‐jobreferencetools.Formoreinformationabout

VMwareEducationServices,gotohttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.

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1

ThischapterprovidesanintroductiontoWorkstationanddescribesthesystem

requirementsforoperatingWorkstation.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

 “ProductBenefits”onpage 20

 “OverviewofThisManual”onpage 21

 “A b o u t theHostandGuestComputers”onpage 22

 “What’sNewinVersion 6”onpage 22

 “HostSystemRequirements”onpage 32

 “VirtualMachineSpecifications”onpage 38

 “SupportedGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 41

Product Benefits

Workstationisdesktopsoftwarethatallowsyoutorunmultiplex86‐compatible

desktopandserveroperatingsystemssimultaneouslyonasinglePC,infully

networked,portablevirtualmachines—withnorebootingorharddrivepartitioning

required.

WithWorkstation,youspendlesstimeprocuringandconfiguring,andmoretime

testing,deploying,teaching,or

runningdemos.Overthreemillionsoftware

development,qualityassurance,training,sales,andITprofessionalsworldwidefind

Workstationanindispensabletool.

Tostreamlinesoftwaredevelopmentandtesting:

 DevelopandtestmultipleoperatingsystemsandapplicationsonasinglePC.

 Connectvirtualmachinestosimulateandtestmultitierconfigurations.

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