VMware Workstation 6.0 User manual

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Workstation User’s Manual
Workstation 6.0
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Workstation Users Manual
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Contents
Preface 15
1 IntroductionandSystemRequirements 20
ProductBenefits 20
OverviewofThisManual 21
AbouttheHostandGuestComputers 22
What’sNewinVersion 6 22
UpgradePathtoWorkstationACEEdition 22
IntegratedVirtualDebuggers 23
VMwarePlayer2.0 23
AutomationThroughExpandedVIX1.1API 24
Record/ReplayofVirtualMachineActivity(Experimental) 24
PhysicaltoVirtualConversionandEnhancedImportFunctionality(Windows
HostsOnly) 24
EasyUpgradeorDowngradeof
VMwareVirtualMachines 25
RunningVirtualMachinesintheBackground 25
SupportforMultipleMonitorDisplays 25
IncreaseinNumberofEthernetAdaptersSupported 25
New64BitSoundDriver 25
SupportforHighSpeedUSB2.0Devices 26
AbilityforaVirtualMachinetoActasaVNCServer 26
IncreasedRAMSupportandAbilitytoRunonServerClass
Systems 26
NewHostOperatingSystemSupport 26
NewGuestOperatingSystemSupport 28
Improved64BitGuestSupport 29
ApplianceViewforVirtualAppliances 29
MonitortheStatusofaBatteryfromtheGuestOperatingSystem 29
EnhancedAbilitytoGatherDebuggingInformation 30
SupportforParavirtualizedLinuxKernels 30
UserInterfaceforMappingaVirtualDisktoaDriveLetter 30
Automatic
UpdatetotheLatestVersionofVMwareTools 30
EnhancedAbilitytoRestrictSharedFolders 31
EnhancedFileSharingandCopyandPasteFunctionality 31
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HostSystemRequirements 32
PCHardware 32
Memory 33
Display 33
DiskDrives 33
LocalAreaNetworking(Optional) 34
HostOperatingSystem 34
VirtualMachineSpecifications 38
Processor 38
ChipSet 38
BIOS 38
Memory 39
Graphics 39
IDEDrives 39
SCSIDevices 39
FloppyDrives 39
Serial(COM)Ports 40
Parallel(LPT)Ports 40
USBports 40
Keyboard 40
MouseandDrawingTablets 40
EthernetCard 40
Sound 41
VirtualNetworking 41
SupportedGuestOperatingSystems41
MicrosoftWindows32Bit 42
MicrosoftWindows64Bit 42
MicrosoftMSDOS 42
Linux32Bit 43
Linux
64Bit 43
NovellNetWare32Bit 44
NovellOpenEnterpriseServer32Bit 44
FreeBSD32Bit 44
FreeBSD64Bit 44
SunSolaris32Bit 44
SunSolaris64Bit 44
Supportfor64BitGuestOperatingSystems 45
2 InstallingVMwareWorkstation 47
InstallationPrerequisites 47
SharingaWorkstationHostwithOtherVMwareProducts 48
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InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 48
InstallingWorkstationSilently 51
UninstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 52
InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 53
ConfiguringWorkstationwithvmwareconfig.pl 54
UninstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 56
WheretoGoNext 56
3 UpgradingVMwareWorkstation 57
PreparingfortheUpgrade 57
RemovingSnapshotsandShuttingDownSuspendedVirtualMachines 57
BackingUpVirtualMachines 58
RemovingWorkstation2or3toInstallWorkstation658
UpgradingonaWindowsHost 59
UpgradingtoaWindowsVistaHost 59
UpgradingonaLinuxHost 60
UsingWorkstation4or5VirtualMachinesinWorkstation 6 61
UsinganOlderVersionVirtual
MachineWithoutUpgrading 61
ChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachine 61
4 LearningWorkstationBasics 65
StartingWorkstation 66
OverviewoftheWorkstationWindow 66
HomePageandViews 68
ToolbarButtons 71
Sidebar 75
CheckingforProductUpdates 78
IntroductiontoCreatingaVirtualMachine 79
IntroductiontoWorkstationPreferences 81
IntroductiontoVirtualMachineSettings83
HardwareTab 83
OptionsTab 84
ClosingVirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstation 86
KeyboardShortcuts 87
5 CreatingaNewVirtualMachine 89
SettingUpaNewVirtualMachine 89
BeforeYouBegin 89
UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard 94
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InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem 97
Example:InstallingWindowsXPasaGuestOperatingSystem 99
UpgradingaGuestOperatingSystem 99
ConfiguringtheGuestOperatingSystem 100
ImportingVirtualMachinesfromOtherFormats(WindowsHostsOnly) 100
SummaryoftheConversionProcess 101
VMwareConverterVersustheImporterWizardinWorkstation 102
ConverterImportWizard:OverviewandSupportedSourceMachines 102
Supported
Destinations 105
HowConvertingAffectsSettings 107
OpeningandImportingaVirtualMachineorSystemImage 108
FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 110
6 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 113
AboutVMwareTools 113
InstallingandUpgradingVMwareTools 115
UpgradingVMwareTools 116
InstallingVMwareToolsonaWindowsGuest 118
InstallingVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuest 125
InstallingVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuest 129
InstallingVMwareToolsinaFreeBSDGuest 130
InstallingVMwareToolsinaNetWareVirtualMachine 132
StartingVMwareToolsIfYouDoNotUse
aSessionManager 133
UninstallingVMwareToolsorChangingWhichModulesAreInstalled 134
VMwareToolsConfigurationOptions 134
UsingtheVMwareToolsControlPaneltoConfigureTools 135
UsingtheSystemConsoletoConfigureVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuest
OperatingSystem 139
CustomizationstoVMwareTools 141
UsingCustomScriptsWhenthePowerStateChanges 141
ExecutingCommandsAfter
YouPowerOfforResetaVirtualMachine 143
PassingaStringfromtheHosttotheGuest143
PassingInformationBetweentheGuestandAnotherProgram 146
UsingtheVMwareToolsCommandLineInterface 146
OptionsfortheVMwareTools‐‐cmdCommand 147
7 RunningaVirtualMachine 149
StartingaVirtualMachine 150
VirtualMachineLocation 152
RunningVMwareTools 152
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ShuttingDownaVirtualMachine 154
PoweringOffVersusShuttingDownandResettingVersusRestarting 154
DeletingaVirtualMachine 156
ControllingtheDisplay 156
SimplifyingtheScreenDisplay 157
UsingFullScreenMode 158
UsingQuickSwitchMode 159
ReportingBatteryInformationintheGuestOperatingSystem 160
UsingExclusiveMode 160
UsingMultipleMonitors 162
FittingtheWorkstationConsoletotheVirtualMachineDisplay 165
WorkingwithNonstandardResolutions 167
InstallingNewSoftware 168
DisablingAccelerationIfaProgramWon’tRun 168
RunningVirtualMachinesfromWithinanIDE 169
DisplayingtheVirtualMachineasanAppliance 170
TransferringFilesandTextBetweentheHostandGuest 171
UsingDragandDrop 171
UsingCopyandPaste 172
UsingSharedFolders 173
UsingaMappedDrive(WindowsOnly) 180
UsingDevices
inaVirtualMachine 181
Adding,Configuring,andRemovingDevicesinaVirtualMachine 181
ConnectingandDisconnectingRemovableDevices 182
CreatingaScreenShotofaVirtualMachine 183
CreatingaMovieofaVirtualMachine 183
UsingaVNCClientforRemoteConnectionstoaVirtualMachine 184
AboutVNCPortNumbers 185
EnsuringProperDisplayontheClient 185
8 MovingandSharingVirtual Machines 187
VirtualMachineIdentifier:UUID 187
UUIDOptionsWhenYouMoveaVirtualMachine 188
SpecifyingaUUIDforaVirtualMachine 189
MovingaVirtualMachine 190
HostswithDifferentHardware 190
MovingaVirtualMachinetoaNewHostorontheSameHost 191
MovinganOlderVirtualMachine 193
MovingLinkedClones 193
SharingVirtualMachineswithOtherUsers 193
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SharingVirtualMachineswithVMwarePlayer 194
RunningVMwarePlayer 194
SettingUpVirtualMachinesforUsewithVMwarePlayer 195
9 UsingDisks 197
OverviewofDiskStorageinaVirtualMachine 197
VirtualDisks 198
PhysicalDisks 200
MaintenanceTasksforVirtualDisks 201
DefragmentingVirtualDisks 201
ShrinkingVirtualDisks 202
AddingVirtualandPhysicalDiskstoaVirtualMachine 204
AddingaNewVirtualDisktoaVirtualMachine 204
AddinganExistingVirtualDisktoaVirtual Machine 206
RemovingaVirtualDiskfrom
aVirtualMachine 206
UsingPhysicalDisksinaVirtualMachine 207
AddingDVD/CDROMandFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 212
AddingDVDorCDDrivestoaVirtualMachine 213
AddingFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 214
ConnectingaCDROM/DVDorFloppyDrivetoanImageFile 215
UsingVMwareVirtualDiskManager 216
Runningthe
VMwareVirtualDiskManagerUtility 217
ShrinkingVirtualDiskswithVirtualDiskManager(Windows Only) 219
ExamplesUsingtheVMwareVirtualDiskManager 220
UsingDualBootComputerswithVirtualMachines 222
LegacyVirtualDisks 222
10 PreservingtheStateofaVirtualMachine 225
UsingtheSuspendandResumeFeatures 225
UsingSnapshots 227
SnapshotProcesses:LinearVersusProcessTree 227
WhattoUseSnapshotsFor 229
WhatIsCapturedbyaSnapshot 230
WhentoTakeSnapshots 230
EnablingSnapshotActionsasaBackgroundActivity 231
ExcludingVirtualDisksfromSnapshots 232
WorkingwithSnapshotsintheSnapshotManager 233
TakingaSnapshot 235
RestoringaSnapshot 236
DisablingSnapshots 237
Snapshot
OptionsWhenYouPowerOffaVirtualMachine 238
SnapshotsandWorkstation4VirtualMachines 239
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RecordingActivityofaVirtualMachine(Experimental) 239
HardwareandVirtualHardwareRequirements 240
RecordingandPlayingBackVirtualMachineActivity 242
11 CloningaVirtualMachine 247
UnderstandingClones247
WhyMakeaClone? 248
FullandLinkedClones 248
FullClonesandSnapshotsoftheParent 249
CreatingClones 249
WorkingwithClones 251
MakingaLinkedCloneofaLinkedClone 251
MakingaFullCloneofaLinkedClone 251
NetworkIdentityforaClone 251
LinkedCloneSnapshot 252
LinkedClonesandAccesstotheParentVirtualMachine 252
12 ConfiguringTeams 255
BenefitsofUsingTeams 255
CreatingaTeam 257
OpeningandClosingaTeam 258
ChangingtheNameofaTeam 259
DeletingaTeam 259
ViewingTeamsandTheirVirtualMachines 260
AddingandRemovingTeamVirtualMachines 262
SettingtheStartupSequenceforaTeam 263
StartingandStoppingTeams 264
PoweringaTeamOnandOff 264
SuspendingandResumingaTeam 265
Power
OperationsforIndividualMembersofaTeam 266
WorkingwithTeamNetworks 266
LANSegmentRequirements 266
CreatingaTeamLANSegment 267
AddingandRemovingEthernetAdapters 268
ConfiguringConnectionsforaLANSegment 269
ConfiguringLANSegments 269
DeletingaLANSegment 270
CloningandTakingSnapshotsofTeamMembers 271
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13 ConfiguringaVirtualNetwork 273
NetworkBasics 274
ComponentsoftheVirtualNetwork 275
VirtualSwitch 275
DHCPServer 275
NetworkAdapter 276
CommonNetworkingConfigurations 276
BridgedNetworking 276
NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT) 278
HostOnlyNetworking 279
ExampleofaCustomNetworkingConfiguration 280
ChangingaNetworkingConfiguration 284
AddingandModifyingVirtualNetworkAdapters 284
ConfiguringBridgedNetworkingOptionsonaWindowsHost 285
Enabling,Disabling,Adding,andRemovingHostVirtualAdapters 289
Advanced
NetworkingTopics 291
SelectingIPAddressesonaHostOnlyNetworkorNATConfiguration 291
AvoidingIPPacketLeakageinaHostOnlyNetwork 293
MaintainingandChangingtheMACAddressofaVirtualMachine296
ControllingRoutingInformationforaHostOnlyNetworkonLinux 297
PotentialIssueswithHostOnlyNetworkingonLinux 298
SettingUp
aSecondBridgedNetworkInterfaceonaLinuxHost 299
SettingUpTwoSeparateHostOnlyNetworks 300
RoutingBetweenTwoHostOnlyNetworks 304
UsingVirtualEthernetAdaptersinPromiscuousModeonaLinuxHost 305
UsingNAT306
HowtheNATDeviceUsestheVMnet8VirtualSwitch 306
TheHostComputerandtheNATNetwork 307
DHCPon
theNATNetwork 307
DNSontheNATNetwork 307
ExternalAccessfromtheNATNetwork 308
AdvancedNATConfiguration 309
ConsiderationsforUsingNAT 314
UsingNATwithNetLogon 314
SampleLinuxvmnetnat.confFile 317
UsingSambawithWorkstation 318
UsingaSambaServerforBridgedandHostOnlyNetworks 319
UsingSambaWithoutNetworkAccess 319
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14 ConfiguringVideoandSound 321
SettingScreenColorDepth 321
ChangingScreenColorDepthontheHost 322
ChangingScreenColorDepthintheVirtualMachine 322
ExperimentalSupportforDirect3D 322
AudienceforDirect3DExperimentalSupport 323
Accelerated3DLimitations 323
EnablingAccelerated3D 323
KnownIssues 326
HelpingVMwarewithExperimentalSupport 326
ConfiguringSound327
InstallingSoundDriversinWindows9xandNTGuests 327
15 ConnectingDevices 329
UsingParallelPorts 329
InstallationinGuestOperatingSystems 329
ConfiguringaParallelPortonaLinuxHost 330
SpecialNotesfortheIomegaZipDrive 334
UsingSerialPorts 335
UsingaSerialPortoraFileontheHostComputer 335
ConnectinganApplicationontheHosttoaVirtualMachine 336
ConnectingTwoVirtualMachines 337
ConfigurationOptionsforAdvanced
Users 340
Examples:DebuggingoveraVirtualSerialPort 341
ConfiguringKeyboardFeatures 343
EnhancedVirtualKeyboardforWindowsHosts 343
HotKeys 344
SpecifyingaLanguageKeymapforVNCClients 345
KeyboardMappingonaLinuxHost 346
UsingUSBDevicesinaVirtualMachine 353
EnablingandDisablingtheUSB2.0Controller 354
ConnectingUSBDevices 355
UsingUSBwithaWindowsHost 356
Replacing
USB2.0DriversonaWindows2000Host 356
UsingUSBwithaLinuxHost 357
HowDeviceControlIsSharedBetweenHostandGuest 357
DisconnectingUSBDevicesfromaVirtualMachine 358
HumanInterfaceDevices 359
ConnectingtoaGenericSCSIDevice 359
GenericSCSIonaWindowsHostOperatingSystem 359
GenericSCSIonaLinuxHostOperating
System 365
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UsingTwoWayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing(Experimental) 367
MovingSMPVirtualMachinesBetweenWorkstationandESXServer 368
16 PerformanceTuning 369
ConfiguringandMaintainingtheHostComputer 369
CPU 369
Memory 369
Disks 371
Networking 372
ConfiguringVMwareWorkstationandVirtualMachines 372
CPU 373
Memory 374
Disks 377
Networking 379
AdditionalSuggestionsforImprovingPerformance 379
ConfiguringGuestOperatingSystems 381
CPU 381
Disks 382
Networking 385
VisualEffects(WindowsOnly) 385
EnhancedPerformancewithParavirtualizedKernelsinLinuxGuests 386
UsingtheMicrosoftPerformanceConsoletoMonitorVirtualMachine
Performance 388
17 SpecialPurposeConfigurationOptionsforWindowsHosts 391
LockingOutInterfaceFeatures(WindowsHostsOnly) 391
RemovingaForgottenPassword 392
RestrictingtheUserInterface 392
AutomaticallyReturningtoaSnapshotwithaRestrictedUserInterface 393
UsingFullScreenSwitchMode(WindowsHostsOnly) 395
CreatingaVirtualMachineforUseinFullScreenSwitchMode 395
MovingaVirtualMachinetotheUser’sComputer 396
ConfiguringFull
ScreenSwitchMode 396
StartingandStoppingVirtualMachinesontheUser’sComputer 402
GuestACPIS1Sleep405
A WorkstationCommandLineReference 407
StartupOptionsforWorkstationandVirtualMachines 407
UsingStartupOptionsinaWindowsShortcut 409
CommandLineApplicationforOperatingVirtualMachines 409
Examplesforvmrun 412
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B UsingtheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415
OverviewoftheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415
SettingUptheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 417
HostSystemRequirements 417
EclipseRequirements 419
VirtualMachineRequirements 419
ManagingVirtualMachineLaunchConfigurations 421
UsingApplicationConfigurationstoStartApplicationsinaVirtual
Machine 422
UsingApplicationConfigurationstoAttachtoApplicationsRunningina
VirtualMachine 424
DeletingConfigurations 425
RunningandDebugging
ApplicationsinVirtualMachines 425
StartinganApplicationDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 425
StartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachineWithoutDebugging 426
AttachingtheDebuggertoanApplicationRunninginaVirtualMachine 426
C UsingtheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427
OverviewoftheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427
ConfigurationOptionsWhenStartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachine 428
ConfigurationOptionsWhenAttachingtoaProcessRunninginaVirtual
Machine 429
SettingUptheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 430
MicrosoftVisualStudioRequirementsandRecommendations 431
HostSystemRequirements 432
VirtualMachineRequirementsandRecommendations 432
Troubleshooting
Tips 436
ManagingVirtualMachineConfigurations 437
CreatingConfigurations 437
RenamingConfigurations 438
RemovingConfigurations 438
SettingConfigurationProperties 439
RunningandDebuggingApplicationsinVirtualMachines 442
StartingaDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 442
StartingaSessionWithoutDebugginginaVirtualMachine 442
AttachingtheDebuggertoaProcessRunninginaVirtualMachine 443
Glossary 445
Index 453
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ThisprefaceprovidesinformationabouttheWorkstationUser’sManualandlinksto
VMware
®
technicalsupportandeducationalresources.
Thisprefacecontainsthefollowingtopics:
“A b o u t ThisBook”onpage 15
“TechnicalSupportandEducationResources”onpage 16
About This Book
Thismanual,theWorkstationUser’sManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingand
usingVMwareWorkstation6.
Toviewthemostcurrentversionofthemanual,seetheVMwareWebsite:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html
Intended Audience
Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMware
Workstation.Workstationuserstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopment
andtestingorworkwithmultipleoperatingsystemsorcomputingenvironments:
softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorundemos,andanyone
whowantstocreatevirtual
machines.
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Conventions
Thefollowingtypographicconventionsareusedinthismanual.
Technical Support and Education Resources
Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.
Self-Service Support
UsetheVMwareTechnologyNetwork(VMTN)forselfhelptoolsandtechnical
information:
Productinformationhttp://www.vmware.com/products/
Technologyinformationhttp://www.vmware.com/communities/content/
Documentationhttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs
VMTNKnowledgeBasehttp://kb.vmware.com
Discussionforumshttp://www.vmware.com/community
Usergroupshttp://www.vmware.com/communities/content/vmug/
FormoreinformationabouttheVMwareTechnologyNetwork,goto
http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa.
Table P-1. Conventions Used in This Manual
Style Elements
Blueboldface(onlineonly) Crossreferencesandlinks
Blackboldface Userinterfaceelementssuchasbuttonnamesandmenuitems
Monospace Commands,filenames,directories,andpaths
Monospace bold Userinput
Italic Documenttitles,glossaryterms,andoccasionalemphasis
<Name> Variableandparameternames
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Online and Telephone Support
Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductand
contractinformation,andregisteryourproducts.Goto
http://www.vmware.com/support.
Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthe
fastestresponseonpriority1issues.Goto
http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.
Support Offerings
FindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto
http://www.vmware.com/support/services.
Reporting Problems
IfyouhaveproblemswhilerunningVMwareWorkstation,pleasereportthemtothe
VMwaresupportteam.First,besuretoregisteryourserialnumber.Fromthe
Workstationmenubar,chooseHelp>VMwareontheWeb>RegisterNow!Youcan
thenreportyourproblemsbysubmittingasupportrequestat
www.vmware.com/requestsupport.
TheVMwaresupport
teammightaskyoutorunasupportscriptinordertogatherthe
informationneededtodiagnosetheproblem.Forexample,ifavirtualmachineexits
abnormallyorcrashes,runthesupportscripttocollecttheappropriatelogfilesand
systeminformation.
AsofWorkstationversion6.0.1,youcanrun
thesupportscriptbyclickingabuttonin
theHelp>AboutVMwareWorkstationbox.Youcanalso,asinpreviousreleases,run
thescriptfromthecommandline.
To run the support script from the Workstation user interface
1StartVMwareWorkstation.
Forinstructions,see“StartingWorkstationonpage 66.
2 ChooseHelp>About.
3IntheAboutVMwareWorkstationdialogboxthatappears,clickCollectSupport
Data.
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4Intheconfirmationboxthatappears,confirmthatyouwanttocollectsupportdata.
OnWindowshosts,afterthescriptfinishesrunning,itcreatesa.zipfileand
displaysthepathtothefile.
OnLinuxhosts,thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfileintheusershome
directory.Becausethescript
isnotrunasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessages
indicatingthatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMware
supportteamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorun
thescriptfromthecommandlineasroot.Forinstructions,see“Torunthesupport
scriptonaLinuxhost”onpage 19.
5SubmitasupportrequesttotheVMwaresupportteamandincludethedatafile.
TheURLiswww.vmware.com/requestsupport.
To run the support script on a Windows host
1Openacommandprompt.
2 ChangetotheVMwareWorkstationprogramdirectory:
C:
cd \Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation
Ifyoudidnotinstalltheprograminthedefaultdirectory,usetheappropriatedrive
letterandpathinthecdcommandabove.
3Runthesupportscript:
cscript vm-support.vbs
Afterthescriptruns,itdisplaysthenameofthedirectorywhereithasstoredits
output.
4UseafilecompressionutilitysuchasWinZiporPKZIPtozipthescriptoutput
directory,andincludethezipfilewithyoursupportrequest.
Ifyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhile
installingVMware
Workstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.
OnaWindowshost,thefileisVMInst.log.ItissavedinyourTempfolder.Ona
Windows2000,WindowsXP,orWindowsServer2003host,thedefaultlocationis
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp.
Youcanusethecommandcd %temp%tolocate
theLocal Settingsfolder,which
ishiddenbydefault.Toseeitscontents,openMyComputer,gotoTools>Folder
Options,clicktheViewtabandselectShowHiddenFilesandFolders.
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To run the support script on a Linux host
1Openaterminalwindow.
2Runthesupportscriptastheuserwhoisrunningthevirtualmachine:
vm-support
Ifyouarenotrunningthescriptasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicating
thatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupport
teamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorunthescript
againasroot.
Thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfile
intheusershomedirectory.
3Includethatoutputfilewithyoursupportrequest.
IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingVMware
Workstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.
VMware Education Services
VMwarecoursesofferextensivehandsonlabs,casestudyexamples,andcourse
materialsdesignedtobeusedasonthejobreferencetools.Formoreinformationabout
VMwareEducationServices,gotohttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.
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1
ThischapterprovidesanintroductiontoWorkstationanddescribesthesystem
requirementsforoperatingWorkstation.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
“ProductBenefits”onpage 20
“OverviewofThisManual”onpage 21
“A b o u t theHostandGuestComputers”onpage 22
“What’sNewinVersion 6onpage 22
“HostSystemRequirements”onpage 32
“VirtualMachineSpecifications”onpage 38
“SupportedGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 41
Product Benefits
Workstationisdesktopsoftwarethatallowsyoutorunmultiplex86compatible
desktopandserveroperatingsystemssimultaneouslyonasinglePC,infully
networked,portablevirtualmachines—withnorebootingorharddrivepartitioning
required.
WithWorkstation,youspendlesstimeprocuringandconfiguring,andmoretime
testing,deploying,teaching,or
runningdemos.Overthreemillionsoftware
development,qualityassurance,training,sales,andITprofessionalsworldwidefind
Workstationanindispensabletool.
Tostreamlinesoftwaredevelopmentandtesting:
DevelopandtestmultipleoperatingsystemsandapplicationsonasinglePC.
Connectvirtualmachinestosimulateandtestmultitierconfigurations.
Introduction and System
Requirements
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VMware Workstation 6.0 User manual

Category
System management software
Type
User manual

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