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Workstation Users Manual

Workstation Users ManualRevision: 20070920Item: WS6-ENG-Q207-296

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Contents

Preface 15

1 IntroductionandSystemRequirements 20ProductBenefits 20OverviewofThisManual 21AbouttheHostandGuestComputers 22WhatsNewinVersion 6 22

UpgradePathtoWorkstationACEEdition 22IntegratedVirtualDebuggers 23VMwarePlayer2.0 23AutomationThroughExpandedVIX1.1API 24Record/ReplayofVirtualMachineActivity(Experimental) 24PhysicaltoVirtualConversionandEnhancedImportFunctionality(Windows

HostsOnly) 24EasyUpgradeorDowngradeofVMwareVirtualMachines 25RunningVirtualMachinesintheBackground 25SupportforMultipleMonitorDisplays 25IncreaseinNumberofEthernetAdaptersSupported 25New64BitSoundDriver 25SupportforHighSpeedUSB2.0Devices 26AbilityforaVirtualMachinetoActasaVNCServer 26IncreasedRAMSupportandAbilitytoRunonServerClassSystems 26NewHostOperatingSystemSupport 26NewGuestOperatingSystemSupport 28Improved64BitGuestSupport 29ApplianceViewforVirtualAppliances 29MonitortheStatusofaBatteryfromtheGuestOperatingSystem 29EnhancedAbilitytoGatherDebuggingInformation 30SupportforParavirtualizedLinuxKernels 30UserInterfaceforMappingaVirtualDisktoaDriveLetter 30AutomaticUpdatetotheLatestVersionofVMwareTools 30EnhancedAbilitytoRestrictSharedFolders 31EnhancedFileSharingandCopyandPasteFunctionality 31


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HostSystemRequirements 32PCHardware 32Memory 33Display 33DiskDrives 33LocalAreaNetworking(Optional) 34HostOperatingSystem 34

VirtualMachineSpecifications 38Processor 38ChipSet 38BIOS 38Memory 39Graphics 39IDEDrives 39SCSIDevices 39FloppyDrives 39Serial(COM)Ports 40Parallel(LPT)Ports 40USBports 40Keyboard 40MouseandDrawingTablets 40EthernetCard 40Sound 41VirtualNetworking 41

SupportedGuestOperatingSystems 41MicrosoftWindows32Bit 42MicrosoftWindows64Bit 42MicrosoftMSDOS 42Linux32Bit 43Linux64Bit 43NovellNetWare32Bit 44NovellOpenEnterpriseServer32Bit 44FreeBSD32Bit 44FreeBSD64Bit 44SunSolaris32Bit 44SunSolaris64Bit 44Supportfor64BitGuestOperatingSystems 45

2 InstallingVMwareWorkstation 47InstallationPrerequisites 47SharingaWorkstationHostwithOtherVMwareProducts 48

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InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 48InstallingWorkstationSilently 51UninstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHost 52

InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 53ConfiguringWorkstationwithvmwareconfig.pl 54UninstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHost 56

WheretoGoNext 56

3 UpgradingVMwareWorkstation 57PreparingfortheUpgrade 57

RemovingSnapshotsandShuttingDownSuspendedVirtualMachines 57BackingUpVirtualMachines 58RemovingWorkstation2or3toInstallWorkstation6 58

UpgradingonaWindowsHost 59UpgradingtoaWindowsVistaHost 59

UpgradingonaLinuxHost 60UsingWorkstation4or5VirtualMachinesinWorkstation 6 61

UsinganOlderVersionVirtualMachineWithoutUpgrading 61ChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachine 61

4 LearningWorkstationBasics 65StartingWorkstation 66OverviewoftheWorkstationWindow 66

HomePageandViews 68ToolbarButtons 71Sidebar 75

CheckingforProductUpdates 78IntroductiontoCreatingaVirtualMachine 79IntroductiontoWorkstationPreferences 81IntroductiontoVirtualMachineSettings 83

HardwareTab 83OptionsTab 84

ClosingVirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstation 86KeyboardShortcuts 87

5 CreatingaNewVirtualMachine 89SettingUpaNewVirtualMachine 89

BeforeYouBegin 89UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard 94


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InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem 97Example:InstallingWindowsXPasaGuestOperatingSystem 99UpgradingaGuestOperatingSystem 99ConfiguringtheGuestOperatingSystem 100

ImportingVirtualMachinesfromOtherFormats(WindowsHostsOnly) 100SummaryoftheConversionProcess 101VMwareConverterVersustheImporterWizardinWorkstation 102ConverterImportWizard:OverviewandSupportedSourceMachines 102SupportedDestinations 105HowConvertingAffectsSettings 107OpeningandImportingaVirtualMachineorSystemImage 108

FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 110

6 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 113AboutVMwareTools 113InstallingandUpgradingVMwareTools 115

UpgradingVMwareTools 116InstallingVMwareToolsonaWindowsGuest 118InstallingVMwareToolsonaLinuxGuest 125InstallingVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuest 129InstallingVMwareToolsinaFreeBSDGuest 130InstallingVMwareToolsinaNetWareVirtualMachine 132StartingVMwareToolsIfYouDoNotUseaSessionManager 133

UninstallingVMwareToolsorChangingWhichModulesAreInstalled 134VMwareToolsConfigurationOptions 134

UsingtheVMwareToolsControlPaneltoConfigureTools 135UsingtheSystemConsoletoConfigureVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuest

OperatingSystem 139CustomizationstoVMwareTools 141

UsingCustomScriptsWhenthePowerStateChanges 141ExecutingCommandsAfterYouPowerOfforResetaVirtualMachine 143PassingaStringfromtheHosttotheGuest 143PassingInformationBetweentheGuestandAnotherProgram 146

UsingtheVMwareToolsCommandLineInterface 146OptionsfortheVMwareToolscmdCommand 147

7 RunningaVirtualMachine 149StartingaVirtualMachine 150

VirtualMachineLocation 152RunningVMwareTools 152

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ShuttingDownaVirtualMachine 154PoweringOffVersusShuttingDownandResettingVersusRestarting 154

DeletingaVirtualMachine 156ControllingtheDisplay 156

SimplifyingtheScreenDisplay 157UsingFullScreenMode 158UsingQuickSwitchMode 159ReportingBatteryInformationintheGuestOperatingSystem 160UsingExclusiveMode 160UsingMultipleMonitors 162FittingtheWorkstationConsoletotheVirtualMachineDisplay 165WorkingwithNonstandardResolutions 167

InstallingNewSoftware 168DisablingAccelerationIfaProgramWontRun 168

RunningVirtualMachinesfromWithinanIDE 169DisplayingtheVirtualMachineasanAppliance 170TransferringFilesandTextBetweentheHostandGuest 171

UsingDragandDrop 171UsingCopyandPaste 172UsingSharedFolders 173UsingaMappedDrive(WindowsOnly) 180

UsingDevicesinaVirtualMachine 181Adding,Configuring,andRemovingDevicesinaVirtualMachine 181ConnectingandDisconnectingRemovableDevices 182

CreatingaScreenShotofaVirtualMachine 183CreatingaMovieofaVirtualMachine 183UsingaVNCClientforRemoteConnectionstoaVirtualMachine 184

AboutVNCPortNumbers 185EnsuringProperDisplayontheClient 185

8 MovingandSharingVirtualMachines 187VirtualMachineIdentifier:UUID 187

UUIDOptionsWhenYouMoveaVirtualMachine 188SpecifyingaUUIDforaVirtualMachine 189

MovingaVirtualMachine 190HostswithDifferentHardware 190MovingaVirtualMachinetoaNewHostorontheSameHost 191

MovinganOlderVirtualMachine 193MovingLinkedClones 193SharingVirtualMachineswithOtherUsers 193


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SharingVirtualMachineswithVMwarePlayer 194RunningVMwarePlayer 194SettingUpVirtualMachinesforUsewithVMwarePlayer 195

9 UsingDisks 197OverviewofDiskStorageinaVirtualMachine 197

VirtualDisks 198PhysicalDisks 200

MaintenanceTasksforVirtualDisks 201DefragmentingVirtualDisks 201ShrinkingVirtualDisks 202

AddingVirtualandPhysicalDiskstoaVirtualMachine 204AddingaNewVirtualDisktoaVirtualMachine 204AddinganExistingVirtualDisktoaVirtualMachine 206RemovingaVirtualDiskfromaVirtualMachine 206UsingPhysicalDisksinaVirtualMachine 207

AddingDVD/CDROMandFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 212AddingDVDorCDDrivestoaVirtualMachine 213AddingFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine 214ConnectingaCDROM/DVDorFloppyDrivetoanImageFile 215

UsingVMwareVirtualDiskManager 216RunningtheVMwareVirtualDiskManagerUtility 217ShrinkingVirtualDiskswithVirtualDiskManager(Windows Only) 219ExamplesUsingtheVMwareVirtualDiskManager 220

UsingDualBootComputerswithVirtualMachines 222LegacyVirtualDisks 222

10 PreservingtheStateofaVirtualMachine 225UsingtheSuspendandResumeFeatures 225UsingSnapshots 227

SnapshotProcesses:LinearVersusProcessTree 227WhattoUseSnapshotsFor 229WhatIsCapturedbyaSnapshot 230WhentoTakeSnapshots 230EnablingSnapshotActionsasaBackgroundActivity 231ExcludingVirtualDisksfromSnapshots 232WorkingwithSnapshotsintheSnapshotManager 233TakingaSnapshot 235RestoringaSnapshot 236DisablingSnapshots 237SnapshotOptionsWhenYouPowerOffaVirtualMachine 238SnapshotsandWorkstation4VirtualMachines 239

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RecordingActivityofaVirtualMachine(Experimental) 239HardwareandVirtualHardwareRequirements 240RecordingandPlayingBackVirtualMachineActivity 242

11 CloningaVirtualMachine 247UnderstandingClones 247

WhyMakeaClone? 248FullandLinkedClones 248FullClonesandSnapshotsoftheParent 249

CreatingClones 249WorkingwithClones 251

MakingaLinkedCloneofaLinkedClone 251MakingaFullCloneofaLinkedClone 251NetworkIdentityforaClone 251LinkedCloneSnapshot 252LinkedClonesandAccesstotheParentVirtualMachine 252

12 ConfiguringTeams 255BenefitsofUsingTeams 255CreatingaTeam 257OpeningandClosingaTeam 258ChangingtheNameofaTeam 259DeletingaTeam 259ViewingTeamsandTheirVirtualMachines 260AddingandRemovingTeamVirtualMachines 262SettingtheStartupSequenceforaTeam 263StartingandStoppingTeams 264

PoweringaTeamOnandOff 264SuspendingandResumingaTeam 265PowerOperationsforIndividualMembersofaTeam 266

WorkingwithTeamNetworks 266LANSegmentRequirements 266CreatingaTeamLANSegment 267AddingandRemovingEthernetAdapters 268ConfiguringConnectionsforaLANSegment 269ConfiguringLANSegments 269DeletingaLANSegment 270

CloningandTakingSnapshotsofTeamMembers 271


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13 ConfiguringaVirtualNetwork 273NetworkBasics 274ComponentsoftheVirtualNetwork 275

VirtualSwitch 275DHCPServer 275NetworkAdapter 276

CommonNetworkingConfigurations 276BridgedNetworking 276NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT) 278HostOnlyNetworking 279

ExampleofaCustomNetworkingConfiguration 280ChangingaNetworkingConfiguration 284

AddingandModifyingVirtualNetworkAdapters 284ConfiguringBridgedNetworkingOptionsonaWindowsHost 285Enabling,Disabling,Adding,andRemovingHostVirtualAdapters 289

AdvancedNetworkingTopics 291SelectingIPAddressesonaHostOnlyNetworkorNATConfiguration 291AvoidingIPPacketLeakageinaHostOnlyNetwork 293MaintainingandChangingtheMACAddressofaVirtualMachine 296ControllingRoutingInformationforaHostOnlyNetworkonLinux 297PotentialIssueswithHostOnlyNetworkingonLinux 298SettingUpaSecondBridgedNetworkInterfaceonaLinuxHost 299SettingUpTwoSeparateHostOnlyNetworks 300RoutingBetweenTwoHostOnlyNetworks 304UsingVirtualEthernetAdaptersinPromiscuousModeonaLinuxHost 305

UsingNAT 306HowtheNATDeviceUsestheVMnet8VirtualSwitch 306TheHostComputerandtheNATNetwork 307DHCPontheNATNetwork 307DNSontheNATNetwork 307ExternalAccessfromtheNATNetwork 308AdvancedNATConfiguration 309ConsiderationsforUsingNAT 314UsingNATwithNetLogon 314SampleLinuxvmnetnat.confFile 317

UsingSambawithWorkstation 318UsingaSambaServerforBridgedandHostOnlyNetworks 319UsingSambaWithoutNetworkAccess 319

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14 ConfiguringVideoandSound 321SettingScreenColorDepth 321

ChangingScreenColorDepthontheHost 322ChangingScreenColorDepthintheVirtualMachine 322

ExperimentalSupportforDirect3D 322AudienceforDirect3DExperimentalSupport 323Accelerated3DLimitations 323EnablingAccelerated3D 323KnownIssues 326HelpingVMwarewithExperimentalSupport 326

ConfiguringSound 327InstallingSoundDriversinWindows9xandNTGuests 327

15 ConnectingDevices 329UsingParallelPorts 329

InstallationinGuestOperatingSystems 329ConfiguringaParallelPortonaLinuxHost 330SpecialNotesfortheIomegaZipDrive 334

UsingSerialPorts 335UsingaSerialPortoraFileontheHostComputer 335ConnectinganApplicationontheHosttoaVirtualMachine 336ConnectingTwoVirtualMachines 337ConfigurationOptionsforAdvancedUsers 340Examples:DebuggingoveraVirtualSerialPort 341

ConfiguringKeyboardFeatures 343EnhancedVirtualKeyboardforWindowsHosts 343HotKeys 344SpecifyingaLanguageKeymapforVNCClients 345KeyboardMappingonaLinuxHost 346

UsingUSBDevicesinaVirtualMachine 353EnablingandDisablingtheUSB2.0Controller 354ConnectingUSBDevices 355UsingUSBwithaWindowsHost 356ReplacingUSB2.0DriversonaWindows2000Host 356UsingUSBwithaLinuxHost 357HowDeviceControlIsSharedBetweenHostandGuest 357DisconnectingUSBDevicesfromaVirtualMachine 358HumanInterfaceDevices 359

ConnectingtoaGenericSCSIDevice 359GenericSCSIonaWindowsHostOperatingSystem 359GenericSCSIonaLinuxHostOperatingSystem 365


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UsingTwoWayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing(Experimental) 367MovingSMPVirtualMachinesBetweenWorkstationandESXServer 368

16 PerformanceTuning 369ConfiguringandMaintainingtheHostComputer 369

CPU 369Memory 369Disks 371Networking 372

ConfiguringVMwareWorkstationandVirtualMachines 372CPU 373Memory 374Disks 377Networking 379AdditionalSuggestionsforImprovingPerformance 379

ConfiguringGuestOperatingSystems 381CPU 381Disks 382Networking 385VisualEffects(WindowsOnly) 385EnhancedPerformancewithParavirtualizedKernelsinLinuxGuests 386

UsingtheMicrosoftPerformanceConsoletoMonitorVirtualMachinePerformance 388

17 SpecialPurposeConfigurationOptionsforWindowsHosts 391LockingOutInterfaceFeatures(WindowsHostsOnly) 391

RemovingaForgottenPassword 392RestrictingtheUserInterface 392

AutomaticallyReturningtoaSnapshotwithaRestrictedUserInterface 393UsingFullScreenSwitchMode(WindowsHostsOnly) 395

CreatingaVirtualMachineforUseinFullScreenSwitchMode 395MovingaVirtualMachinetotheUsersComputer 396ConfiguringFullScreenSwitchMode 396StartingandStoppingVirtualMachinesontheUsersComputer 402

GuestACPIS1Sleep 405

A WorkstationCommandLineReference 407StartupOptionsforWorkstationandVirtualMachines 407

UsingStartupOptionsinaWindowsShortcut 409CommandLineApplicationforOperatingVirtualMachines 409

Examplesforvmrun 412

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B UsingtheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415OverviewoftheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger 415SettingUptheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 417

HostSystemRequirements 417EclipseRequirements 419VirtualMachineRequirements 419

ManagingVirtualMachineLaunchConfigurations 421UsingApplicationConfigurationstoStartApplicationsinaVirtual

Machine 422UsingApplicationConfigurationstoAttachtoApplicationsRunningina

VirtualMachine 424DeletingConfigurations 425

RunningandDebuggingApplicationsinVirtualMachines 425StartinganApplicationDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 425StartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachineWithoutDebugging 426AttachingtheDebuggertoanApplicationRunninginaVirtualMachine 426

C UsingtheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427OverviewoftheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger 427

ConfigurationOptionsWhenStartinganApplicationinaVirtualMachine 428ConfigurationOptionsWhenAttachingtoaProcessRunninginaVirtual

Machine 429SettingUptheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebuggerEnvironment 430

MicrosoftVisualStudioRequirementsandRecommendations 431HostSystemRequirements 432VirtualMachineRequirementsandRecommendations 432TroubleshootingTips 436

ManagingVirtualMachineConfigurations 437CreatingConfigurations 437RenamingConfigurations 438RemovingConfigurations 438SettingConfigurationProperties 439

RunningandDebuggingApplicationsinVirtualMachines 442StartingaDebuggingSessioninaVirtualMachine 442StartingaSessionWithoutDebugginginaVirtualMachine 442AttachingtheDebuggertoaProcessRunninginaVirtualMachine 443

Glossary 445

Index 453


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ThisprefaceprovidesinformationabouttheWorkstationUsersManualandlinkstoVMwaretechnicalsupportandeducationalresources.

Thisprefacecontainsthefollowingtopics:

AboutThisBookonpage 15

TechnicalSupportandEducationResourcesonpage 16

About This BookThismanual,theWorkstationUsersManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusingVMwareWorkstation6.

Toviewthemostcurrentversionofthemanual,seetheVMwareWebsite:

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

Intended AudienceThisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMwareWorkstation.Workstationuserstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkwithmultipleoperatingsystemsorcomputingenvironments:softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorundemos,andanyonewhowantstocreatevirtualmachines.

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Document FeedbackIfyouhavecommentsaboutthisdocumentation,submityourfeedbackto:

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ConventionsThefollowingtypographicconventionsareusedinthismanual.

Technical Support and Education ResourcesThefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.

Self-Service SupportUsetheVMwareTechnologyNetwork(VMTN)forselfhelptoolsandtechnicalinformation:

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,gotohttp://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

Variableandparameternames

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Online and Telephone SupportUseonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductandcontractinformation,andregisteryourproducts.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support.

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthefastestresponseonpriority1issues.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.

Support OfferingsFindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/services.

Reporting Problems IfyouhaveproblemswhilerunningVMwareWorkstation,pleasereportthemtotheVMwaresupportteam.First,besuretoregisteryourserialnumber.FromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseHelp>VMwareontheWeb>RegisterNow!Youcanthenreportyourproblemsbysubmittingasupportrequestatwww.vmware.com/requestsupport.

TheVMwaresupportteammightaskyoutorunasupportscriptinordertogathertheinformationneededtodiagnosetheproblem.Forexample,ifavirtualmachineexitsabnormallyorcrashes,runthesupportscripttocollecttheappropriatelogfilesandsysteminformation.

AsofWorkstationversion6.0.1,youcanrunthesupportscriptbyclickingabuttonintheHelp>AboutVMwareWorkstationbox.Youcanalso,asinpreviousreleases,runthescriptfromthecommandline.

To run the support script from the Workstation user interface

1 StartVMwareWorkstation.

Forinstructions,seeStartingWorkstationonpage 66.

2 ChooseHelp>About.

3 IntheAboutVMwareWorkstationdialogboxthatappears,clickCollectSupportData.


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4 Intheconfirmationboxthatappears,confirmthatyouwanttocollectsupportdata.

OnWindowshosts,afterthescriptfinishesrunning,itcreatesa.zipfileanddisplaysthepathtothefile.

OnLinuxhosts,thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfileintheusershomedirectory.Becausethescriptisnotrunasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicatingthatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupportteamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorunthescriptfromthecommandlineasroot.Forinstructions,seeTorunthesupportscriptonaLinuxhostonpage 19.

5 SubmitasupportrequesttotheVMwaresupportteamandincludethedatafile.

TheURLiswww.vmware.com/requestsupport.

To run the support script on a Windows host

1 Openacommandprompt.

2 ChangetotheVMwareWorkstationprogramdirectory:

C:cd \Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation

Ifyoudidnotinstalltheprograminthedefaultdirectory,usetheappropriatedriveletterandpathinthecdcommandabove.

3 Runthesupportscript:

cscript vm-support.vbs

Afterthescriptruns,itdisplaysthenameofthedirectorywhereithasstoreditsoutput.

4 UseafilecompressionutilitysuchasWinZiporPKZIPtozipthescriptoutputdirectory,andincludethezipfilewithyoursupportrequest.

IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingVMwareWorkstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.

OnaWindowshost,thefileisVMInst.log.ItissavedinyourTempfolder.OnaWindows2000,WindowsXP,orWindowsServer2003host,thedefaultlocationisC:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp.

Youcanusethecommandcd %temp%tolocatetheLocal Settingsfolder,whichishiddenbydefault.Toseeitscontents,openMyComputer,gotoTools>FolderOptions,clicktheViewtabandselectShowHiddenFilesandFolders.

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To run the support script on a Linux host

1 Openaterminalwindow.

2 Runthesupportscriptastheuserwhoisrunningthevirtualmachine:

vm-support

Ifyouarenotrunningthescriptasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicatingthatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupportteamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorunthescriptagainasroot.

Thescriptcreatesacompressed.tgzfileintheusershomedirectory.

3 Includethatoutputfilewithyoursupportrequest.

IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingVMwareWorkstation,youshouldalsoincludeyourinstallationlogfile.

VMware Education ServicesVMwarecoursesofferextensivehandsonlabs,casestudyexamples,andcoursematerialsdesignedtobeusedasonthejobreferencetools.FormoreinformationaboutVMwareEducationServices,gotohttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.

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ThischapterprovidesanintroductiontoWorkstationanddescribesthesystemrequirementsforoperatingWorkstation.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

ProductBenefitsonpage 20 OverviewofThisManualonpage 21 AbouttheHostandGuestComputersonpage 22 WhatsNewinVersion 6onpage 22 HostSystemRequirementsonpage 32 VirtualMachineSpecificationsonpage 38 SupportedGuestOperatingSystemsonpage 41

Product BenefitsWorkstationisdesktopsoftwarethatallowsyoutorunmultiplex86compatibledesktopandserveroperatingsystemssimultaneouslyonasinglePC,infullynetworked,portablevirtualmachineswithnorebootingorharddrivepartitioningrequired.

WithWorkstation,youspendlesstimeprocuringandconfiguring,andmoretimetesting,deploying,teaching,orrunningdemos.Overthreemillionsoftwaredevelopment,qualityassurance,training,sales,andITprofessionalsworldwidefindWorkstationanindispensabletool.

Tostreamlinesoftwaredevelopmentandtesting:

DevelopandtestmultipleoperatingsystemsandapplicationsonasinglePC. Connectvirtualmachinestosimulateandtestmultitierconfigurations.

Introduction and System Requirements 1

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Chapter 1 Introduction and System Requirements

Usemultiplesnapshotsanddebuggingsupporttofacilitatetesting. Archivetestenvironmentsonfileserverswheretheycanbeeasilyrestoredor

shared.

ToenhanceproductivityofITprofessionals:

Configureandtestdesktopsandserversasvirtualmachinesbeforedeployingthemtoproduction.

Testnewmultitierapplications,applicationupdates,andOSpatchesonasinglePC.

Hostlegacyapplicationswithinvirtualmachines,facilitatingOSmigrationsandeliminatingtheneedtoportlegacyapplications.

Createavirtuallibraryofenduserconfigurationsonashareddrive.

Tofacilitatecomputerbasedtrainingandsoftwaredemos:

Packageanddeployclassroommaterialinvirtualmachines.

Allowstudentstoexperimentwithmultipleoperatingsystems,applications,andtoolsinsecure,isolatedvirtualmachines.

Configurevirtualmachinestoundoallchangesatshutdown.

Democomplexormultitierconfigurationsonasinglelaptop.

Overview of This ManualIfyoureaveteranuserofVMwareproducts,seeWhatsNewinVersion 6onpage 22andseeChapter 3,UpgradingVMwareWorkstation,onpage 57.

IfyourenewtoVMwareWorkstation,thefirstchaptersofthismanualthroughChapter 7,RunningaVirtualMachine,onpage 149introduceyoutosomeofthethingsyoucandowithVMwareWorkstationandguideyouthroughthekeystepsforinstallingthesoftwareandputtingittowork.

LaterchaptersprovideindepthreferencematerialforgettingthemostoutofthesophisticatedfeaturesofWorkstation.


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About the Host and Guest ComputersThetermshostandguestdescribeyourphysicalandvirtualmachines:

ThephysicalcomputeronwhichyouinstalltheVMwareWorkstationsoftwareiscalledthehostcomputer,anditsoperatingsystemiscalledthehostoperatingsystem.

Theoperatingsystemrunninginsideavirtualmachineiscalledaguestoperatingsystem.

Fordefinitionsoftheseandotherspecialterms,seeGlossaryonpage 445.

Whats New in Version 6ThesectionsthatfollowdescribethefeaturesthathavebeenaddedtotheWorkstation 6.0release.

Upgrade Path to Workstation ACE EditionVMwareACE2.0isasolutionfordeployingassuredcomputingenvironmentsandsecuringremotedesktops.VMwareACEVirtualRightsManagement(VRM)centralizesmanagementofsecuritypoliciesandaccessrightsappliedtovirtualmachines.ACEisusedprimarilytoensuremoresecureguestworker,partner,andremotePCaccess.

AddingACEcapabilitiesintoWorkstationACEEditionmeansthatACEadministratorscannowtakemultiplesnapshots,createlinkedandfullclones,andsoon.TheseWorkstationfeatureswillallowdesktopsecurityadministratorstoeasilytestpatchesandnewapplicationsbeforedeployingvirtualmachinestoenduserPCs.

TheVRMcapabilitiesofACE,suchasexpirationandencryption,areimportantforWorkstationuserswhowanttocreatevirtualappliances.ExpirationcapabilitiesenableISVstoeasilydistributeevaluationcopiesofvirtualappliances.

IfyoupurchasealicensefortheACEfunctionality,youwillsee,inadditiontoWorkstationwindowelements,ACEspecificmenuitems,toolbarbuttons,andotherinterfaceelements.Theseelementsenableyoutowritesecuritypoliciesthatcontrolencryption,authentication,expiration,copyprotection,networkaccess,anddeviceaccessforthevirtualmachine.YoucanthencreateMSIcompliantdeploymentpackagesthatincludethesepoliciesalongwiththevirtualmachine.

DocumentationfortheACEfunctionalityisprovidedintheVMwareACEAdministratorsManual,availablefromtheVMwarewebsiteat:

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

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Integrated Virtual DebuggersWiththenewWorkstationIDE(integrateddevelopmentenvironment)plugins,softwaredevelopersareprovidedwithaconfigurableinterfacebetweentheirvirtualmachinesandVisualStudio(Windowsonly)orEclipse(WindowsorLinux)thatletsthemeasilytest,run,anddebugprogramsinvirtualmachines.

Youcanspecifysettingssuchasthelocationofthevirtualmachine,whichsetuporcleanupscriptstoexecute,thelocationofsharedfolders,and(inVisualStudio)directoriestobecopiedbetweenthehostandguest.

Whenconfigured,theintegratedvirtualdebuggerfindsthevirtualmachine,powersitonifnecessary,setsuptheenvironmentbasedonyourconfigurationsettings,andlaunchesorattachestotheapplication.Allbreakpoints,watchpoints,andsoonthatyousetinyourIDEwillfunctionasifyouwererunningyourapplicationonthehostcomputer.

Dependingontheconfigurationsettingyouspecify,whentheapplicationfinishesrunning,thevirtualmachineispoweredoff,suspended,revertedtoasnapshot,orleftinitscurrentstate.

ForinformationaboutusingtheWorkstationIDEplugins,seeAppendix B,UsingtheEclipseIntegratedVirtualDebugger,onpage 415andAppendix C,UsingtheVisualStudioIntegratedVirtualDebugger,onpage 427.

VMware Player 2.0WhenyouinstallWorkstation,VMwarePlayer2.0isalsoinstalled.ThisnewversionofPlayerprovidesauserfriendlyWelcomepagethatgivesyoutheoptionofbrowsingtoavirtualmachinefile,downloadingavirtualappliancefromtheVMTN(VMwareTechnologyNetwork)website,oropeningarecentlyusedvirtualmachine.Ifyoudownloadanappliance,youcanthenusePlayersnewapplianceviewwhenrunningavirtualappliance.

Player2.0alsoenablesyoutosharefoldersbetweenthehostandguestoperatingsystems.

FormoreinformationaboutthebuiltinVMwarePlayer,seeSharingVirtualMachineswithVMwarePlayeronpage 194.


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Automation Through Expanded VIX 1.1 APITheVIXAPI(formerlyknownastheProgrammingAPI)allowsyoutowritescriptsandprogramstoautomatevirtualmachineoperations.TheAPIishighlevel,easytouse,andpracticalforbothscriptwritersandapplicationprogrammers.

ThisreleaseoftheAPIisavailableintheClanguage.APIfunctionsallowyoutoregister,poweronoroffvirtualmachines,andrunprogramsintheguestoperatingsystems.ThereareadditionallanguagebindingsforPerl,COM,andshellscripts(vmrun).Formoreinformation,seetheVMwareVIXAPI1.1ReleaseNotes.

Record/Replay of Virtual Machine Activity (Experimental)ThisfeatureletsyourecordallofaWorkstation5or6virtualmachinesactivityoveraperiodoftime.UnlikeWorkstationsmoviecapturefeature,therecord/replayfeatureletsyouexactlyduplicatetheoperationsandstateofthevirtualmachinethroughoutthetimeoftherecording.SeeRecordingActivityofaVirtualMachine(Experimental)onpage 239.

Physical-to-Virtual Conversion and Enhanced Import Functionality (Windows Hosts Only)

Workstation6.0incorporatestheImporterwizardfromtheVMwareConverterproduct.UsingtheConverterImportwizardenablesyoutoconvertaphysicalWindowsmachineintoavirtualmachineandconvertavirtualmachinefromoneVMwarevirtualmachineformattoanother.YoucanalsoconvertvirtualmachinesorsystemimagesfromthefollowingthirdpartyvendorsintoaVMwarevirtualmachine:

StorageCraftimages(.spffiles)

MicrosoftVirtualPC7.xandhigher(.vmcfiles)

AnyversionofMicrosoftVirtualServer(.vmcfiles)

SymantecBackupExecSystemRecoveryformerlyLiveStateRecovery(.sv2i files)

NortonGhostimages9.xandhigher(.sv2ifiles)

Formoreinformation,seeImportingVirtualMachinesfromOtherFormats(WindowsHostsOnly)onpage 100.

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Easy Upgrade or Downgrade of VMware Virtual MachinesAnewChangeVersionwizardstepsyouthroughtheprocessofupgradingordowngradingvirtualmachinesbetweenWorkstationversions4,5,and6.

ThewizardhelpsyoudeterminewhichvirtualhardwareversiontouseforvariousVMwareproducts.Youhavethechoiceofeitherchangingtheversionoftheoriginalvirtualmachineorcreatingafullclone.Formoreinformation,seeChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachineonpage 61.

Running Virtual Machines in the BackgroundYounolongerneedtopoweroffvirtualmachineswhenyouexitWorkstation.Youcanleavevirtualmachinesrunninginthebackground,evenwhenWorkstationisnotrunning.Onthehost,aniconinthenotificationareaofthetaskbarindicateshowmanyvirtualmachinesarerunninginthebackground.Clicktheicontodisplayalistofthepoweredonvirtualmachines.SeeClosingVirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstationonpage 86.

YoucantheninteractwithvirtualmachinesoutsideofWorkstationbyusingaVNC(virtualnetworkcomputing)connection.SeeUsingaVNCClientforRemoteConnectionstoaVirtualMachineonpage 184.

YoucanalsolaunchavirtualmachineinthebackgroundbyusingtheVMwareProgrammingAPI(knownasVIX),andlaterconnecttothepoweredonvirtualmachinewithWorkstation.

Support for Multiple-Monitor DisplaysYoucanspecifyhowmanymonitorsavirtualmachinecandetect,regardlessofhowmanymonitorsareattachedtothehost.Thisfeatureisespeciallyusefulifyouplantodeploythevirtualmachinetoadifferenthostafteryoucreateit.

Youcanalsospecifywhichscreenresolutiontouse.Formoreinformation,seeUsingMultipleMonitorsonpage 162.

Increase in Number of Ethernet Adapters SupportedYoucannowhaveatotalof10Ethernetadaptersforavirtualmachine.

New 64-Bit Sound DriverVMwareToolsinstallsasounddriverin64bitWindowsguestoperatingsystems.Newlycreated64bitWindowsvirtualmachinesarenowconfiguredwithaudiohardwarebydefault.SeeSoundonpage 41.


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Support for High-Speed USB 2.0 DevicesIftheguestoperatingsystemhasappropriateUSB2.0devicedrivers,youcanuseperipheralsthatrequirehighspeedperformance,suchasspeakers,webcams,nextgenerationprintersandscanners,faststoragedevices,MP3players,DVDRWdrives,andhighcapacityCDROMjukeboxes.YoucanconnecttosixUSB2.0devices.SeeUsingUSBDevicesinaVirtualMachineonpage 353.

ForUSB1.1devices,avirtualUSBhubhasbeenaddedsothatyoucanconnecttomorethantwoUSB1.1devices.

Ability for a Virtual Machine to Act as a VNC ServerVNC(VirtualNetworkComputing)softwaremakesitpossibletoviewandinteractwithacomputerfromanyremotecomputerormobiledeviceconnectedtotheInternet.YoucansetavirtualmachinetoactasaVNCserverwithoutinstallinganythirdpartyVNCsoftwareintheguest.UsersonremotecomputerscaninstallaVNCclient(alsocalledaVNCviewer)toconnecttothevirtualmachineandinteractwithit.SeeUsingaVNCClientforRemoteConnectionstoaVirtualMachineonpage 184.

Increased RAM Support and Ability to Run on Server-Class Systems

Thepreviouslimitof4GBtotalRAMthatcouldbeusedforallvirtualmachinescombinedhasbeenremoved.Asofthisrelease,theamountofmemoryusedbyallvirtualmachinescombinedislimitedonlybytheamountofthehostcomputersRAM.Themaximumamountofmemorythatcanbeallocatedpervirtualmachinehasbeenraisedfrom4GBto8GB.

YoucanalsoinstallWorkstationonserverclasshardwareandhostoperatingsystems.

New Host Operating System SupportSupportforthefollowing32bithostshasbeenadded:

WindowsVistaEnterprise

WindowsVistaBusiness

WindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremium

WindowsVistaUltimate

WindowsServer2008

RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5(formerlycalled4.0Update5)

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RedHatEnterpriseLinux5.0

SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP4


openSUSE10.2(formerlyknownasSUSELinux10.2)

openSUSE10.3

UbuntuLinux6.10

UbuntuLinux7.04

MandrivaLinux2007

MandrivaCorporateDesktop4.0

Supportforthefollowing64bithostshasbeenadded:

WindowsVistaEnterprise

WindowsVistaBusiness

WindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremium

WindowsVistaUltimate

WindowsServer2008

RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5(formerlycalled4.0Update5)





openSUSE10.3

UbuntuLinux6.10

UbuntuLinux7.04

MandrivaLinux2007



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New Guest Operating System SupportSupportforthefollowing32bitguestshasbeenadded:

WindowsVistaEnterprise(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaBusiness(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremium(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaUltimate(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsServer2008






openSUSE10.3

Turbolinux10Server

Solaris10Update3

NovellNetware6.5SP5

UbuntuLinux6.10

UbuntuLinux7.04

MandrivaLinux2007


FreeBSD6.2

Supportforthefollowing64bitguestshasbeenadded:

WindowsVistaEnterprise(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaBusiness(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremium(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsVistaUltimate(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsServer2008


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openSUSE10.3

Turbolinux10Server

Solarisx8610Update3

UbuntuLinux6.10

UbuntuLinux7.04

MandrivaLinux2007


FreeBSD6.2

Improved 64-Bit Guest SupportInadditiontoother64bitguestoperatingsystemssupportedonIntelandAMDsystems,64bitguestoperatingsystemsthatrunonIntelEM64TVTcapableprocessorsarefullysupported.

Appliance View for Virtual AppliancesIfyousetupavirtualmachinetoactasanappliance,suchasaWebserverwithabrowserbasedinterface,specifythedefaultviewasthenewapplianceview,ratherthantheoperatingsystemconsole.Theapplianceviewgivesyouabriefdescriptionofthetypeofserverorapplianceandprovidesalinkthatopensabrowseronthehostsystemandconnectstoappliancesmanagementconsole.TheapplianceviewisavailableforWorkstation6virtualmachines.SeeDisplayingtheVirtualMachineasanApplianceonpage 170.

Monitor the Status of a Battery from the Guest Operating System

Ifyouarerunningavirtualmachineonalaptop,youcanconfigurethevirtualmachinetomonitorthestateofthehostsphysicalbattery.Ifyourguestoperatingsystemisconfiguredtorespondtolowbatterysituations,itcandosoeffectively.SeeReportingBatteryInformationintheGuestOperatingSystemonpage 160.


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Enhanced Ability to Gather Debugging InformationYounolongerneedtopowerofforsuspendavirtualmachinebeforesettingittogeneratedebugginginformation.Inaddition,anewmodehasbeenaddedthatallowsextensivestatisticstobegatheredaboutthevirtualmachine.Thesestatisticsareoftenvaluableindeterminingwhyavirtualmachinerunsslowlyundersomeworkloads.SeeTurningOffDebuggingModeonpage 380.

Support for Paravirtualized Linux KernelsIfyouhaveaVMwareVMI(VirtualMachineInterface)3.0enabledkernelinaLinuxguestoperatingsystem,youcanenableparavirtualsupportinthevirtualmachine.Thissupportresultsinimprovedperformance.SeeEnhancedPerformancewithParavirtualizedKernelsinLinuxGuestsonpage 386.

User Interface for Mapping a Virtual Disk to a Drive LetterWorkstationmenucommandsareavailabletoenableyoutouseamappeddrivetoconnecttoavirtualdiskwithouthavingtogointoavirtualmachine.Previously,thisfunctionalitywasavailableonlybyusingacommandlineutility.Alternatively,youcanmapadrivebyrightclickingavirtualdisk(.vmdk)fileinWindowsExplorer.Thisfeaturegivesyouanotherwayoftransferringfilesbetweenhostandguests.SeeUsingaMappedDrive(WindowsOnly)onpage 180.

Automatic Update to the Latest Version of VMware ToolsEverytimeyoupoweronavirtualmachine,theguestoperatingsystemcomparesitsversionofVMwareToolsagainsttheversionthatiscurrentlyinstalledonthehost.Ifanupdateisavailable,youseeamessageinthestatusbarofthewindow.Toupgradetothenewversion,youpreviouslyneededtouseamenuitemtoinstallthenewversion.

WithWorkstation6,onWindowsandLinuxguests,youhavetheoptionofsettingVMwareToolstoautomaticallyupgradeitselfwhenthevirtualmachineispoweredon.OnWindowshosts,ifyoudontchoosetoautomaticallyupgrade,youcanalternativelyrightclicktheToolsiconinthenotificationareaofthegueststaskbartoopentheVMwareToolsControlPanelandclicktheUpgradebutton.SeeUpgradingVMwareToolsonpage 116.

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Enhanced Ability to Restrict Shared FoldersAsasecurityprecaution,afeaturehasbeenaddedthatdisablessharedfoldersforvirtualmachinesthatyoudownloadorcopyfromanotherlocation.Thischangeprotectsyoufrompoweringonamaliciousvirtualmachinethatmightusesharedfolderstogainaccesstodataonyourhostmachine.Youcan,however,changethisdefaultbehavior.

IfyouhaveapreviousversionofWorkstationandyouusedsharedfolders,youwillfind,afterupgradingtoWorkstation 6.0,thatyouwillneedtoreenablefoldersharing.Youhavevariouslevelsofsecuritywhensharingfolders:

Enablesomeorallsharedfoldersforaparticularvirtualmachine.

Setsharedfolderstobedisabledatthenextpoweron.

Setadefaulttoenableallsharedfoldersthatmightbepresentinvirtualmachinesthatyoudidnotcreateyourself.

SeeUsingSharedFoldersonpage 173.

VMwarePlayer2.0nowallowsyoutousesharedfolders.SeeSharingVirtualMachineswithVMwarePlayeronpage 194.

Enhanced File Sharing and Copy and Paste FunctionalityFollowingisalistofenhancementsfortheWorkstation6.0release:

UsesharedfoldersonaSolarisguest.(Previously,sharedfolderswereavailableonlyforLinuxandWindowsguests.)SeeUsingSharedFoldersonpage 173.

DraganddropfilesbetweenaLinuxorWindowshostandaLinux,Windows,orSolarisguest.(LinuxhostsandLinuxandSolarisguestsmustberunningXWindows.)SeeUsingDragandDroponpage 171.

CopyandpastetextbetweenaWindowsorLinuxhostandaWindows,Linux,orSolarisguest.SeeUsingCopyandPasteonpage 172.

Copyandpastefiles,notjusttext,betweenaWindowsorLinuxhostandaWindows,Linux,orSolarisguest.SeeUsingCopyandPasteonpage 172.

OnLinuxhostsandguests,manyimprovementshavebeenmadetoperformance,permissionshandling,andsharemounting,asdescribedinSharedFoldersonLinuxGuests:PermissionsandFolderMountingonpage 178.


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Host System RequirementsLikephysicalcomputers,thevirtualmachinesrunningunderWorkstationperformbetteriftheyhavefasterprocessorsandmorememory.

PC Hardware Standardx86compatibleorx8664compatiblepersonalcomputer

733MHzorfasterCPUminimum

Compatibleprocessorsinclude:

Intel:Celeron,PentiumII,PentiumIII,Pentium4,PentiumM(includingcomputerswithCentrinomobiletechnology),Xeon(includingPrestonia),andCore2processors

AMD:Athlon,AthlonMP,AthlonXP,Athlon64,Duron,Opteron,Turion 64

AMDSempron

Foradditionalinformation,includingnotesonprocessorsthatarenotcompatible,seetheVMwareknowledgebaseatwww.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=967.

Multiprocessorsystemssupported

64bitsystemssupported:AMDOpteron,AMDAthlon64,AMDTurion64,AMDSempron,IntelEM64T.Supportfor64bitguestoperatingsystemsisavailableonlyonthefollowingversionsoftheseprocessors:

AMDAthlon64,revisionDorlater

AMDOpteron,revisionEorlater

AMDTurion64,revisionEorlater

AMDSempron,64bitcapablerevisionDorlater

IntelPentium4andCore2processorswithEM64TandIntelVirtualizationTechnology

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Memory512MBminimum(2GBisrecommended).

Youmusthaveenoughmemorytorunthehostoperatingsystem,plusthememoryrequiredforeachguestoperatingsystemandforapplicationsonthehostandguest.Seeyourguestoperatingsystemandapplicationdocumentationfortheirmemoryrequirements.

Asofversion6.0ofWorkstation,thetotalamountofmemoryyoucanassigntoallvirtualmachinesrunningonasinglehostisunlimited.Themaximumamountofmemorypervirtualmachineis8GB.

Display16bitor32bitdisplayadapterisrecommended.

Disk DrivesGuestoperatingsystemscanresideonphysicaldiskpartitionsorinvirtualdiskfiles.

Hard Disk

IDEandSCSIharddrivessupported.

Atleast1GBfreediskspacerecommendedforeachguestoperatingsystemandtheapplicationsoftwareusedwithit.Ifyouuseadefaultsetup,theactualdiskspaceneedsareapproximatelythesameasthoseforinstallingandrunningtheguestoperatingsystemandapplicationsonaphysicalcomputer.

Forinstallation200MB(Linux)or900MB(Windows)freediskspacerequiredforbasicinstallation.Youcandeletetheinstallerafterwardstoreclaimdiskspace.

Optical CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive

IDEandSCSIopticaldrivessupported.

CDROMandDVDROMdrivessupported.

ISOdiskimagefilessupported.

Floppy Drives

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Local Area Networking (Optional) AnyEthernetcontrollersupportedbythehostoperatingsystem.

NonEthernetnetworkssupportedusingbuiltinnetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)orusingacombinationofhostonlynetworkingplusroutingsoftwareonthehostoperatingsystem.

Host Operating SystemVMwareWorkstationisavailableforbothWindowsandLinuxhostoperatingsystems.

Windows Host Operating Systems (32-Bit)

WorkstationsupportsthefollowingWindows32bithostoperatingsystems:

WindowsVistaEnterpriseEditionWindowsVistaBusinessEditionWindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremiumEditionsWindowsVistaUltimateEdition

WindowsServer2008,SP1

WindowsServer2003StandardEdition,SP1,SP2WindowsServer2003WebEdition,SP1WindowsServer2003SmallBusinessEdition,SP1,SP2WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEdition,SP1,SP2WindowsServer2003R2(Listedversionsarealsosupportedwithnoservicepack.)

WindowsXPHomeEdition,SP1,SP2WindowsXPProfessional,SP1,SP2

Windows2000ServerSP3,SP4Windows2000Professional,SP3,SP4Windows2000AdvancedServer,SP3,SP4

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Windows Host Operating Systems (64-Bit)

WindowsVistaEnterpriseEditionWindowsVistaBusinessEditionWindowsVistaHomeBasicandPremiumEditionsWindowsVistaUltimateEdition

WindowsServer2008x64EditionSP1

WindowsServer2003x64EditionSP1WindowsServer2003x64EditionR2

WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition

AWebbrowserisrequiredfortheHelpsystem.

Linux Host Operating Systems (32-Bit)

Supporteddistributionsandkernelsarelistedbelow.Workstationmightnotrunonsystemsthatdonotmeettheserequirements.

MandrivaLinux2006and2007MandrivaCorporateDesktop4.0MandrivaCorporateServer4.0MandrakeLinux10.1MandrakeLinux9.0stock2.4.19


RedHatEnterpriseLinuxWS4.5(formerlycalled4.0Update5)RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS4.0,updates1,2,3,4RedHatEnterpriseLinuxES4.0,updates1,2,3,4RedHatEnterpriseLinuxWS4.0,updates1,2,3,4

RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS3.0,updates1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8RedHatEnterpriseLinuxES3.0,updates1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8RedHatEnterpriseLinuxWS3.0,updates1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

NOTEAsnewerLinuxkernelsanddistributionsarereleased,VMwaremodifiesandtestsitsproductsforstabilityandreliabilityonthosehostplatforms.VMwaremakeseveryefforttoaddsupportfornewkernelsanddistributionsinatimelymanner,butuntilakernelordistributionisaddedtothelistbelow,itsusewithVMwareproductsisnotsupported.LookfornewerprebuiltmodulesinthedownloadareaoftheVMwareWebsite.Gotowww.vmware.com/download/.


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RedHatEnterpriseLinux2.1stock2.4.9e3

RedHatLinux9.0stock2.4.208,upgrade2.4.2020.9RedHatLinux8.0stock2.4.18RedHatLinux7.3stock2.4.18RedHatLinux7.2stock2.4.710,upgrade2.4.97,upgrade2.4.913,upgrade2.4.921,upgrade2.4.931RedHatLinux7.1stock2.4.22,upgrade2.4.312RedHatLinux7.0stock2.2.1622,upgrade2.2.1714

SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10SP1SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP4SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9,9SP1,9SP2,9SP3(Listedversionsarealsosupportedwithnoservicepack.)SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer8,stock2.4.19

openSUSE10.3openSUSE10.2(formerlyknownasSUSELinux10.2)SUSELinux10.1SUSELinux10SUSELinux9.3SUSELinux9.2,SP1)SUSELinux9.1stock2.6.452SUSELinux9.0stock2.4.2199SUSELinux8.2stock2.4.20

UbuntuLinux7.04UbuntuLinux6.10UbuntuLinux6.06UbuntuLinux5.10UbuntuLinux5.04

AWebbrowserisrequiredfortheHelpsystem.

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Linux Host Operating Systems (64-Bit)

Supporteddistributionsandkernelsarelistedbelow.Workstationmightnotrunonsystemsthatdonotmeettheserequirements.

MandrivaLinux2006and2007MandrivaCorporateDesktop4.0MandrivaCorporateServer4.0

Important:On64bitMandrivahosts,some32bitcompatibilitylibrariesarerequired.Specifically,32bitglibc,X11,andlibXtst.soarerequired.


RedHatEnterpriseLinux4.5(formerlycalled4.0Update5)RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS4.0,updates3,4RedHatEnterpriseLinuxES4.0,updates3,4RedHatEnterpriseLinuxWS4.0,updates3,4

RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS3.0,stock2.4.21,updates2.4.2115,6,7,8RedHatEnterpriseLinuxES3.0,stock2.4.21,updates2.4.2115,6,7,8RedHatEnterpriseLinuxWS3.0,stock2.4.21,updates2.4.2115,6,7,8

SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10SP1SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP4SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9,SP1,SP2,SP3(Listedversionsarealsosupportedwithnoservicepack.)

openSUSE10.3openSUSE10.2(formerlyknownasSUSELinux10.2)SUSELinux10.1SUSELinux10SUSELinux9.3SUSELinux9.2,SP1SUSELinux9.1stock2.6.452

NOTEAsnewerLinuxkernelsanddistributionsarereleased,VMwaremodifiesandtestsitsproductsforstabilityandreliabilityonthosehostplatforms.VMwaremakeseveryefforttoaddsupportfornewkernelsanddistributionsinatimelymanner,butuntilakernelordistributionisaddedtothelistbelow,itsusewithVMwareproductsisnotsupported.LookfornewerprebuiltmodulesinthedownloadareaoftheVMwareWebsite.Gotowww.vmware.com/download/.


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UbuntuLinux7.04UbuntuLinux6.10UbuntuLinux6.06UbuntuLinux5.10UbuntuLinux5.04

Important:On64bitUbuntu6.xhosts,some32bitcompatibilitylibrariesarerequired.Specifically,32bitglibcandX11arerequired.

SeetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforversiondetailsabouttheseoperatingsystems.AWebbrowserisrequiredfortheHelpsystem.

Virtual Machine SpecificationsThefollowingsectionsdescribethedevicessupportedbyWorkstationvirtualmachines.

Processor Sameprocessorasthatonhostcomputer.

Onevirtualprocessoronahostwithoneormorelogicalprocessors.

Twovirtualprocessors(twowayvirtualsymmetricmultiprocessing,orVirtual SMP)onahostwithatleasttwologicalprocessors.

Thefollowingareallconsideredtohavetwologicalprocessors:

AmultiprocessorhostwithtwoormorephysicalCPUs

AsingleprocessorhostwithamulticoreCPU

Asingleprocessorhostwithhyperthreadingenabled

SeeUsingTwoWayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing(Experimental)onpage 367.

Chip Set Intel440BXbasedmotherboard

NS338SIO

82093AAIOAPIC

BIOSPhoenixBIOS4.0Release6withVESABIOS

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MemoryUpto8GB,dependingonhostmemory.

Nomaximumlimitforthetotalavailableforallvirtualmachines.

GraphicsVGAandSVGAsupport

IDE Drives Uptofourdevicesdisks,CDROMorDVDROM(DVDdrivescanbeusedto

readdataDVDROMdiscs;DVDvideoisnotsupported).

Harddiskscanbevirtualdisksorphysicaldisks.

IDEvirtualdisksupto950GB.

CDROMcanbeaphysicaldeviceoranISOimagefile.

SCSI Devices Upto60devices.

SCSIvirtualdisksupto950GB.

Harddiskscanbevirtualdisksorphysicaldisks.

GenericSCSIsupportallowsdevicestobeusedwithoutneedfordriversinthehostoperatingsystem.Workswithscanners,CDROM,DVDROM,tapedrivesandotherSCSIdevices.

LSILogicLSI53C10xxUltra320SCSII/Ocontroller.

Mylex(BusLogic)BT958compatiblehostbusadapter(requiresaddondriverfromVMwareforWindowsXPandWindowsServer2003).

Floppy Drives Uptotwo1.44MBfloppydevices.

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Serial (COM) Ports Uptofourserial(COM)ports.

Outputtoserialports,WindowsorLinuxfiles,ornamedpipes.

Parallel (LPT) Ports Uptothreebidirectionalparallel(LPT)ports.

Outputtoparallelportsorhostoperatingsystemfiles.

USB ports USB1.1UHCIcontroller,witha(transparent)virtualhubsothatmorethantwo

devicescanbeconnected.

USB2.0EHCIcontrollerthatsupportsuptosixdevices.(YouneedusethevirtualmachinesettingseditortoenableUSB2.0support.SeeEnablingandDisablingtheUSB2.0Controlleronpage 354.)

Supportsmostdevices,includingUSBprinters,scanners,PDAs,harddiskdrives,memorycardreadersanddigitalcameras,aswellasstreamingdevicessuchaswebcams,speakers,andmicrophones.

Keyboard104keyWindows95/98enhanced

Mouse and Drawing Tablets PS/2mouse

Serialtabletssupported

Ethernet Card Upto10virtualEthernetcards.

AMDPCnetPCIIIcompatible.

For64bitguests:IntelPro/1000MTServerAdaptercompatible.

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Sound Soundoutputandinput.

EmulatesCreativeLabsSoundBlasterAudioPCI.(MIDIinput,gamecontrollersandjoysticksarenotsupported,exceptforUSBdevices.)

Virtual Networking Supportfor10virtualEthernetswitchesonMicrosoftWindowshostoperating

systems.Supportfor100virtualEthernetswitchesonLinuxhosts.Threeswitchesareconfiguredbydefaultforbridged,hostonly,andNATnetworking.

SupportformostEthernetbasedprotocols,includingTCP/IP,NetBEUI,MicrosoftNetworking,Samba,NovellNetware,andNetworkFileSystem.

BuiltinNATsupportsclientsoftwareusingTCP/IP,FTP,DNS,HTTP,andTelnet,includingVPNsupportforPPTPoverNAT.

Supported Guest Operating Systems ThissectionprovidesasimplifiedlistofguestoperatingsystemssupportedforvirtualmachinesrunninginVMwareWorkstation.Forthemostrecentlistofsupportedguestoperatingsystems,includingdetailedinformationaboutthespecificoperatingsystemversions,servicepacks,andupdatessupported,seetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide,athttp://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.Thisguidealsoprovidesnotesoninstallingthemostcommonguestoperatingsystems.

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Microsoft Windows 32-Bit WindowsVista(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsServer2008

WindowsServer2003,SmallBusinessServer2003WindowsServer2003WebEdition

WindowsXPProfessionalandHomeEdition

Windows2000ProfessionalWindows2000ServerWindows2000AdvancedServer

WindowsNTWorkstationandServer4.0WindowsNT4.0TerminalServerEdition

WindowsMe

Windows98

Windows95

WindowsforWorkgroups

Windows3.1

SeetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforservicepackandversiondetailsabouttheseoperatingsystems.

Microsoft Windows 64-Bit WindowsVistax64Edition(3Deffectsnotyetsupported)

WindowsServer2008x64Edition

WindowsServer2003x64Edition

WindowsXPProfessionalx64

SeetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforservicepackandversiondetailsabouttheseoperatingsystems,athttp://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.

Microsoft MS-DOSMSDOS

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Linux 32-Bit MandrivaLinux2006and2007

MandrakeLinux

RedHatLinux

RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedServer,EnterpriseServer,andWorkstation

SUSELinux

SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer

openSUSELinux

TurbolinuxServer,EnterpriseServer,Workstation,Desktop

NovellLinuxDesktop

SunJavaDesktopSystem(JDS)

UbuntuLinux

Turbolinux10Server

SeetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforversiondetailsabouttheseoperatingsystems,athttp://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.

Linux 64-Bit MandrivaLinux2006and2007

RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedServer,EnterpriseServer,andWorkstation

SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer

SUSELinux

openSUSELinux

UbuntuLinux

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Novell NetWare 32-BitNetWare

SeetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforversiondetailsaboutthisoperatingsystem,athttp://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.

Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-BitOpenEnterpriseServer32bit


FreeBSD 32-BitFreeBSD32bit

IfyouuseSCSIvirtualdiskslargerthan2GBwithFreeBSD4.04.3,theguestoperatingsystemdoesnotboot.Toworkaroundthisissue,seetheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide,athttp://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.

FreeBSD 64-BitFreeBSD64bit


Sun Solaris 32-BitSolarisx8632bit


Sun Solaris 64-BitSolarisx8664bit


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Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating SystemsWorkstationsupportsvirtualmachineswith64bitguestoperatingsystems,runningonhostmachineswiththefollowingprocessors:

AMDAthlon64,revisionDorlater

AMDOpteron,revisionEorlater

AMDTurion64,revisionEorlater

AMDSempron,64bitcapablerevisionDorlater

IntelEM64TVTcapableprocessors

Workstationsupportsvirtualmachineswith64bitguestoperatingsystemsonlyonhostmachinesthathaveoneofthesupported64bitprocessors.Whenyoupoweronavirtualmachinewitha64bitguestoperatingsystem,Workstationperformsaninternalcheck:ifthehostCPUisnotasupported64bitprocessor,youcannotpoweronthevirtualmachine.

VMwarealsoprovidesastandaloneutilitythatyoucanusewithoutWorkstationtoperformthesamecheckanddeterminewhetheryourCPUissupportedforWorkstationvirtualmachineswith64bitguestoperatingsystems.Youcandownloadthe64bitprocessorcheckutilityfromwww.vmware.com/download.

Workstationsupportsvirtualmachineswith64bitguestoperatingsystemsonlyinversions5.5andlater.IfyourversionofWorkstationis5.0orearlier,upgradetoversion6.0orlaterfor64bitguestoperatingsystemsupport.AvirtualmachinecreatedinWorkstationversion5.5witha64bitoperatingsystemcannotbepoweredonorresumedinWorkstationversions5.0andearlier.


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ThischapterdiscusseshowtoinstallWorkstationonyourLinuxorWindowshostsystem.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

InstallationPrerequisitesonpage 47 InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48 InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHostonpage 53 WheretoGoNextonpage 56

Ifyouareupgradingratherthanperformingafreshinstallation,seeChapter 3,UpgradingVMwareWorkstation,onpage 57.

Installation PrerequisitesInstallingVMwareWorkstationisusuallyasimpleprocessofrunningastandardinstallationwizard.Thissectionoutlinesthetasksyouneedtoperformbeforestartinganinstallation,anditcontainsanimportantnoteaboutthecompatibilityofhavingmultipleVMwareproductsinstalledonthesamecomputerasWorkstation.

Beforeyoubegininstallation,besureyouhave:

CompatiblehostVerifythatthecomputerandhostoperatingsystemmeetthesystemrequirementsforrunningWorkstation,asdescribedinHostSystemRequirementsonpage 32.

WorkstationinstallationsoftwareIfyouboughtthepackageddistributionofWorkstation,theinstallationsoftwareisontheCDinyourpackage.Ifyouboughttheelectronicdistribution,theinstallationsoftwareisinthefileyoudownloaded.

VMwareWorkstationisavailableforbothWindowsandLinuxhostcomputers.TheinstallationfilesforbothhostplatformsareincludedonthesameCDROM.

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WorkstationserialnumberYourserialnumberisontheregistrationcardinyourpackage.IfyoupurchasedWorkstationonline,theserialnumberissentbyemail.

YourserialnumberallowsyoutouseWorkstationonlyonthehostoperatingsystemforwhichyoulicensedthesoftware.Forexample,ifyouhaveaserialnumberforaWindowshost,youcannotrunthesoftwareonaLinuxhost.Makesureyouentertheserialnumberforthecorrectoperatingsystem.

TouseWorkstationonadifferenthostoperatingsystem,purchasealicenseontheVMwareWebsite.Youcanalsogetanevaluationlicenseatnochargefora30dayevaluationofthesoftware.Formoreinformation,gotowww.vmware.com/download/.

AguestoperatingsystemAfterWorkstationisinstalled,youwillneedtheoperatingsysteminstallationCDsorOSimagestosetupyourguest.

Sharing a Workstation Host with Other VMware ProductsYoucannothaveVMwareWorkstationinstalledonthesamehostmachinewithanotherVMwareproduct,suchasVMwareServerortheVMwareVirtualMachineConsole.TheonlyVMwareproductsthatcanshareahostmachinewithWorkstationaretheVMwareVirtualCenterclientsoftwareandtheVMwareConverter.IfyouplantoinstallVMwareWorkstationonahostmachinethatalreadycontainsanotherVMwareproduct,youmustuninstallthatproductfirst.

AfteryouhavecompletedtheprerequisitesanddeterminedwhichcomputeryouwanttouseforhostingWorkstation,seetheappropriateinstallationsection:

InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48 InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHostonpage 53

Installing Workstation on a Windows HostBeforeyouperformtheinstallationprocedure,makesureyouhavetheWorkstation6serialnumberready.Althoughyoucanenterthenumberafterinstallation,itisrecommendedatyouenteritatinstallationtime.

ThefollowingproceduredescribeshowtoruntheWorkstationinstallationwizard.Ifinsteadofrunningthewizard,youwanttousethecommandlineinterfacetoperformasilentinstallationonmanycomputers,seeInstallingWorkstationSilentlyonpage 51.

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Chapter 2 Installing VMware Workstation

To install Workstation on a Windows host

1 LogintoyourMicrosoftWindowshostastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministratorsgroup.

Loginaslocaladministrator(thatis,donotlogontothedomain,unlessyourdomainaccountisalsoalocaladministrator).

AlthoughanadministratormustinstallWorkstation,anormaluserwithoutadministrativeprivilegescanruntheprogramafteritisinstalled.

2 FromtheStartmenu,chooseRun,andspecifythepathtoeithertheCDROMdriveorthedownloadedinstallerfile:

IfyouareinstallingfromaCD,enterD:\setup.exe,whereD:isthedriveletterforyourCDROMdrive.

Ifyouareinstallingfromadownloadedfile,browsetothedirectorywhereyousavedthedownloadedinstallerfile,andruntheinstaller.(ThefilenameissimilartoVMware-workstation-.exe,whereisaseriesofnumbersrepresentingtheversionandbuildnumbers.)

OnWindowsVista,whentheUserAccountControldialogboxappears,promptingyouforpermissiontoruntheinstaller,clickContinue.

3 Whenthewizardopensandfinishescomputingspacerequirements,clickNexttodismisstheWelcomepage.

4 OntheSetupTypepage,selectTypicalunlessyoudonotwanttoinstalltheapplicableWorkstationIDEplugins,orifyouhaveEclipseinstalledinanonstandardlocation:

IfyouhaveVisualStudio2005orEclipseinstalled,theinstallerinstallsanintegratedvirtualdebugger(IDEplugin).Ifyoudontwantaplugininstalled,selecttheCustomsetup,andselectnottoinstallthatcomponent.

IfyouhaveEclipseinstalledinadifferentdirectorythanC:\EclipseorC:\Program Files\Eclipseandyouwanttoinstalltheintegratedvirtualdebuggerforit,selecttheCustomsetup,andselecttoinstallthatcomponent.

NOTEYouneedonelicenseforeachuser.

NOTEIfyouhaveanearlierversionofWorkstationinstalledonyoursystem,theinstallerremovesthatversionbeforeinstallingthenewversion.Aftertheuninstallationiscomplete,youmightbepromptedtorestartyourcomputerbeforetheinstallercaninstallthenewversion.


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IfyouselectCustom,youcanusetheSpacebuttontofindouthowmuchdiskspaceisrequiredforeachcomponentoftheinstallation.ClicktheHelpbuttonforadescriptionofwhateachtypeoficoninthelistmeans.

5 OntheDestinationFolderpage(fortypicalsetups)ortheCustomSetuppage(forcustomsetups),ifyoudonotwantWorkstationinstalledinthedirectorythatisshown,clickChangeandspecifythedirectoryyouwant.

Ifyouspecifyadirectorythatdoesnotexist,theinstallercreatesitforyou.

6 ClickNext.

WindowsandtheMicrosoftInstallerlimitthelengthofapathtoafolderonalocaldriveto255characters.Forapathtoafolderonamappedorshareddrive,thelimitis240characters.Ifthepathexceedsthislimit,anerrormessageappears.Youmustselectorenterashorterpath.

7 OntheConfigureShortcutspage,deselectanyshortcutsyoudonotwanttheinstallertocreate.

8 OntheReadytoInstalltheProgrampage,eitherclickInstallorclickBacktomakechanges.

9 (Optional)AfteryouclickInstall,ontheRegistrationInformationpage,enteryourname,companyname,andserialnumberandclickNext.

YourserialnumberiseitherontheregistrationcardinyourpackageorinanemailfromVMwareifyoupurchasedWorkstationonline.TheuserandcompanyinformationyouenterhereisthenmadeavailableintheAboutbox(Help>AboutVMwareWorkstation).

Ifyouskipthisstep,youmustenteryourserialnumberlater,beforeyoucanpoweronavirtualmachine.

10 WhenthewizarddisplaystheInstallationWizardCompletedpage,clickFinish.

NOTEIfyoudonothaveEclipseorVisualStudioinstalled,thepluginswillnotbeinstalled.IfyouinstalloneorbothoftheseprogramsafteryouinstallWorkstation,runtheWorkstationinstalleragainandselecttheModifyoptiontoinstallthepluginsatthattime.

Also,donotattempttoinstalltheEclipseVirtualDebuggeron64bitWindowshosts.

CAUTIONDonotinstallVMwareWorkstationonanetworkdrive.

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Someinstallationsmightrequirethatyourebootyourcomputer.Whenyourestart,youdontneedtologinasauserwithAdministratorprivileges.

Installing Workstation SilentlyIfyouareinstallingWorkstationonseveralWindowshostcomputers,youmightwanttousethesilentinstallationfeatureoftheMicrosoftWindowsInstaller.Thisfeatureisconvenient,forexample,inalargeenterprise.

BeforeinstallingWorkstationsilently,ensurethatthehostcomputerhasversion2.0orhigheroftheMSIruntimeengine.ThisversionoftheinstallerisavailableinversionsofWindowsbeginningwithWindowsXPandisavailableseparatelyfromMicrosoft.ForadditionaldetailsonusingtheMicrosoftWindowsInstaller,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.

To install Workstation silently

1 SilentlyextracttheadministrativeinstallationimagefromtheVMwareWorkstationinstaller:

setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR="

setup.exeisthenameoftheinstallerontheCDdistribution.Ifyouareusingadownloadedinstaller,thefilenameissimilartoVMwareWorkstation-.exe,whereisaseriesofnumbersrepresentingtheversionandbuildnumbers.

isthefullpathtothefolderwhereyouwanttostoretheadministrativeinstallationimage.

2 Runasilentinstallationusingmsiexecandtheadministrativeinstallationimageyouextractedinthepreviousstep:

msiexec -i "\VMware Workstation.msi" [INSTALLDIR=""] ADDLOCAL=ALL [REMOVE=] /qn

Enterthecommandononeline.ToinstallWorkstationinalocationotherthanthedefault,changethepaththatfollowsINSTALLDIR=tospecifythelocation.

UsetheoptionalREMOVE=toskipinstallationofcertainfeatures.TheREMOVE=settingcantakeoneormoreofthevalueslistedinTable 21.


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Ifyouspecifymorethanonevalue,useacommatoseparatethevalues.Forexample,REMOVE=Authd,NAT.

Youcancustomizetheinstallationfurtherbyaddinganyofthefollowinginstallationpropertiestothecommandusingtheformat="".Avalueof1meanstrue.Avalueof0meansfalse.Ifyouusetheserialnumberproperty,entertheserialnumberwithhyphens(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

Uninstalling Workstation on a Windows HostTouninstallWorkstation,usetheAdd/RemoveProgramscontrolpanel.SelecttheentryforVMwareWorkstationandclickRemove.Followtheonscreeninstructions.

OnWindowsVista,gotoStart>ControlPanel>Programs>Programs and Features>Uninstallaprogram.SelectVMwareWorkstationandclickUninstall.

Table 2-1. Values for the REMOVE Property

Value Description

Authd VMwareauthorizationservice,whichisusedtoperformtaskswhenyouarenotrunningWorkstationasanAdministrator.

Network NetworkingcomponentsincludingthevirtualbridgeandthehostadaptersforhostonlynetworkingandNATnetworking.DonotremovethiscomponentifyouwanttouseNATorDHCP.

DHCP VirtualDHCPserver.

NAT VirtualNATdevice.

NOTEIfyouspecifyREMOVE=Network,theinstallerskipsinstallationofcertainnetworkingcomponents,includingNATandDHCP.ThereisnoneedtospecifyDHCPorNATseparately.

Table 2-2. PROPERTY Values

Property Effect of the Property Default

DESKTOP_SHORTCUT Installsashortcutonthedesktop. 1

DISABLE_AUTORUN DisablesCDautorunonthehost. 1

REMOVE_LICENSE (Uninstallonly)Removesallstoredlicensesatuninstall.

0

SERIALNUMBER Enterstheserialnumber.

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Installing Workstation on a Linux HostBeforeyoubegin,readthefollowingnotesandmakeadjustmentstoyourhostsystem:

Ifyouhaveaprevioustarinstallation,deletethepreviousvmware-distribdirectorybeforeinstallingfromatarfileagain.Thelocationofthisdirectorydependsonwhereyouplaceditwhenyoudidthepreviousinstallation.Oftenitisplacedin:

/tmp/vmware-distrib

TherealtimeclockfunctionmustbecompiledintoyourLinuxkernel.

WorkstationforLinuxrequiresthattheparallelportPCstylehardwareoption(CONFIG_PARPORT_PC)bebuiltandloadedasakernelmodule(thatis,itmustbesettomwhenthekerneliscompiled).

TousetheWorkstationHelpsystem,youmusthaveaWebbrowserinstalledonyourhostcomputer.

To install Workstation on a Linux host

1 LogontoyourLinuxhostwiththeusernameyouplantousewhenrunningWorkstation.

2 Inaterminalwindow,usethefollowingcommandtobecomerootsoyoucanperformtheinitialinstallationsteps:

su -

3 MounttheWorkstationCDROM.

4 Changetothe LinuxdirectoryontheCD.

5 Continueinstallationwiththeappropriatesectionforyourdesiredinstaller:

UsingthetarInstalleronpage 54 UsingtheRPMInstalleronpage 54

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UsingthetarInstaller

Youcanskipthestepsforcopyingandunpackingthearchiveandinstalldirectlyfromthe vmware-distrib directoryontheCD:

a Copythetararchivetoatemporarydirectoryonyourharddrive(forexample,/tmp):

cp VMware-.tar.gz /tmp

b Changetothistemporarydirectory:

cd /tmp

c Unpackthearchive:

tar zxpf VMware-.tar.gz

d Changetotheinstallationdirectory:

cd vmware-distrib

e Runtheinstallationprogram:

./vmware-install.pl

f Acceptthedefaultdirectoriesforthebinaryfiles,libraryfiles,manualfiles,documentationfiles,andinitscript.

g EnterYeswhenpromptedtorunvmware-config.pl.

h Respondtotheprompts,asdescribedinRunningvmwareconfig.plonpage 55.

UsingtheRPMInstaller

a RunRPMspecifyingtheinstallationfile:

rpm -Uhv VMware-.rpm

VMware-.rpm istheinstallationfileontheCD.Inplaceofthefilenamecontainsnumbersthatcorrespondtotheversionandbuild.

b Runtheconfigurationprogram:

vmware-config.pl

c Respondtotheprompts,asdescribedinRunningvmwareconfig.plonpage 55.

Configuring Workstation with vmware-config.plThissectiondescribeshowtouse vmware-config.pl toconfigureyourinstallationofVMwareWorkstation.

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Required Configuration Changes

Configurationwithvmware-config.pl isrequiredinthefollowingcircumstances:

WhenyouinstallVMwareWorkstationthefirsttime.

WhenyouupgradeyourversionofWorkstation.

Whenyouupgradeyourhostoperatingsystemkernel.(ItisnotnecessarytoreinstallWorkstationafteryouupgradeyourkernel.)

ToreconfigurethenetworkingoptionsforWorkstationforexample,toaddorremovehostonlynetworking.

Location of vmware-config.pl

Theinstallerplacesvmware-config.plin/usr/bin.If/usr/binisnotinyourdefaultpath,runtheprogramwiththefollowingcommand:

/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

Running vmware-config.pl

Afteryouruntheinstallertoperformafreshinstallationoranupgrade,youneedtorunvmware-config.pl.Ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,openaterminalwindowandbecomerootbeforeperformingthefollowingprocedure.

To use vmware-config.pl

1 Usethefollowingcommandtostarttheprogramifnecessary:

vmware-config.pl

2 Respondtotheprompts.Inmostcases,thedefaultresponseisappropriate.

Takethefollowingconsiderationsintoaccount:

IfyouhaveEclipseinstalledandwanttoinstallWorkstationsIntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipse,enterYes,whenprompted.(ThedefaultisNo.)

IfyouwanttoinstalltheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipse,whenyouarepromptedtoinstalltheVIXAPIandacceptitslicenseagreement,doso.ThedebuggercannotrunwithouttheVIXAPI.

Iftheconfigurationprogramdoesnotdisplayamessagesayingtheconfigurationcompletedsuccessfully,runtheconfigurationprogramagain.

NOTEIfyouruntheRPMinstaller,youneedtorunthisprogramseparatelyfromthecommandline.Ifyouinstallfromthetararchive,theinstallerofferstolaunchtheconfigurationprogramforyou.AnswerYeswhenyouseetheprompt.


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3 Whendone,exitfromtherootaccount:

exit

Thefirsttimeyouattempttopoweronavirtualmachine,youarepromptedtoentertheWorkstation6serialnumber.

Uninstalling Workstation on a Linux HostThissectiondescribesuninstallinganRPMinstallationandatarinstallation.

Uninstalling an RPM Installation of Workstation

IfyouusedtheRPMinstallertoinstallWorkstation,removethesoftwarefromyoursystembyusingthefollowingcommand:

rpm -e VMwareWorkstation

Whereisaseriesofnumbersrepresentingtheversionandbuild.IfyouhaveWorkstationproperlyinstalled,youcanfindtheWorkstationbuildnumberbyrunning:

rpm -qa | grep VM

Uninstalling a tar Installation of Workstation

IfyouusedthetarinstallertoinstallWorkstation,removethesoftwarefromyoursystembyusingthefollowingcommand:

vmware-uninstall.pl

Where to Go NextAfterWorkstationisinstalled,youwill:

1 Createavirtualmachine.

SeeChapter 5,CreatingaNewVirtualMachine,onpage 89.

2 Installaguestoperatingsysteminthenewvirtualmachine.

SeeInstallingaGuestOperatingSystemonpage 97ortheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide,availablefromtheHelpmenu.

3 InstalltheVMwareToolspackageinthevirtualmachine.

SeeChapter 6,InstallingandUsingVMwareTools,onpage 113.

4 Startusingthevirtualmachine.

SeeChapter 4,LearningWorkstationBasics,onpage 65andChapter 7,RunningaVirtualMachine,onpage 149.

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ThischapterdiscusseshowtoupgradeVMwareWorkstation4or5onyourLinuxorWindowshostsystem,andhowtouseexistingvirtualmachinesunderWorkstation 6.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

PreparingfortheUpgradeonpage 57 UpgradingonaWindowsHostonpage 59 UpgradingonaLinuxHostonpage 60 UsingWorkstation4or5VirtualMachinesinWorkstation 6onpage 61

DirectupgradesfromaWorkstation3virtualmachinearenotsupportedinWorkstation6.

Preparing for the UpgradeThissectionliststhetasksyouneedtoperformtoensurethebestpossibleupgradeexperience.

Removing Snapshots and Shutting Down Suspended Virtual Machines

TousevirtualmachinescreatedinanearlierversionofWorkstation,youcanupgradethevirtualmachineafteryouupgradetothenewreleaseofWorkstation.IfthevirtualmachinewascreatedwithaversionofWorkstationearlierthanWorkstation5.5andithasasnapshot,removethesnapshotbeforeupgrading,asdescribedinWorkingwithSnapshotsintheSnapshotManageronpage 233.

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ShutdownvirtualmachinescompletelybeforeyouremovetheversionofWorkstationthatyouusedtocreatethem.Ifavirtualmachineissuspended,resumeit,shutdowntheguestoperatingsystem,andpoweroffthevirtualmachine.

Backing Up Virtual MachinesBackupallthefilesinyourvirtualmachinedirectoriesforanyexistingWorkstation4or5virtualmachinesyouplantomigratetoWorkstation6.Thisincludes.vmdkor.dsk,.vmxor.cfg,and.nvram files.Dependingonyourupgradepath,youmightnotbeabletorunyourvirtualmachinesunderbothWorkstation6andyourpreviousversionofWorkstation.

DirectupgradesfromaWorkstation2or3virtualmachinearenotsupportedinWorkstation6.

Removing Workstation 2 or 3 to Install Workstation 6ToinstallWorkstation6onacomputerwhereWorkstation2or3isalreadyinstalled,uninstalltheoldversionbeforeinstallingthenewone.

OnaWindowshost,theuninstallermightasktoremovelicensesfromyourregistry.Ifthereisanypossibilitythatyoumightwanttoreinstalltheoldversion,donotallowtheuninstallertoremovethelicenses.YoucansafelykeeplicensesformultipleVMwareproductsonthecomputeratthesametime.

OnaLinuxhost,thelicenseremainsinplace.Youcansafelyleavethelicensewhereitis.

Whentheoldversionhasbeenuninstalled,youcaninstallWorkstation6,asdescribedinthefollowingsections:

InstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48 InstallingWorkstationonaLinuxHostonpage 53

NOTEIfyouattempttoresumeavirtualmachinethatwassuspendedunderadifferentVMwareproductoradifferentversionofWorkstation,adialogboxgivesyouthechoiceofdiscardingorkeepingthefilethatstoresthesuspendedstate.Torecoverthesuspendedstate,clickKeep,andresumethevirtualmachineunderthecorrectVMwareproductorversion.IfyouclickDiscard,youcanpoweronnormally,butthesuspendedstateislost.

NOTEIfyouhaveWorkstationversion2or3virtualmachinesthatyouwanttousewithWorkstation6,upgradethevirtualmachinestoatleastWorkstationversion4beforeyouinstallWorkstation6.

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Chapter 3 Upgrading VMware Workstation

Upgrading on a Windows Host YoucanupgradefromWorkstationversion4or5toversion6byrunningtheVMwareWorkstation6installationprogram,asdescribedinthissection.MakesurethatyouhaveaWorkstation6serialnumberbeforeyoustart.UpgradesfromearlierversionsofWorkstationarenotsupported.Formoreinformation,seeRemovingWorkstation2or3toInstallWorkstation6onpage 58.

To upgrade from Workstation version 4 or 5

1 LogintoyourMicrosoftWindowshostastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministratorsgroup.

2 LaunchtheWorkstation6installerfromyourdownloaddirectoryorCDROM.

Workstationautomaticallyuninstallsthepreviousversion.

3 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso,andloginagainastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministratorsgroup.

4 Completetheinstallationwizard.

Fordetailedinstructionsonrunningtheinstaller,seeInstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48.

5 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso.

Youcannowloginasyounormallydo.YoudonotneedtologinasanAdministratornowthatWorkstationisinstalled.

Upgrading to a Windows Vista Host ThissectionprovidesinstructionsforvariousupgradescenariosthatinvolveWindowsVista.InsectionsthatinstructyoutouninstallWorkstation5,youneedonlyuninstalltheVMwareWorkstationapplication,notthevirtualmachinesthatyouhavecreated.AfteryouuninstallWorkstation5andtheninstallWorkstation6,youcanpoweronthevirtualmachinesandupgradethemifyouwantto.ThisprocedureisdescribedinChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachineonpage 61.

DuringtheupgradefromWindowsXPtoWindowsVista,thelocationofvirtualmachinesmightgetchanged.TheWindowsVistaupgradeusestheregistrytomapthepreviouslocationofanyvirtualmachinesstoredin:

C:\Documents and Settings\\My Virtual Machines

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Aftertheupgradeiscomplete,theFavoriteslistinWorkstationshouldworkcorrectly.

Workstation 5 on Windows XP to Workstation 6 on Windows Vista

IfyouhaveWorkstation5installedonaWindowsXPhost,first,uninstallWorkstation 5.UsetheControlPanelsAdd/RemoveProgramsitemtouninstallWorkstation.Next,upgradetheoperatingsystemtoWindowsVista.Finally,installWorkstation6,asdescribedinInstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48.

Workstation 5 on Windows Vista to Workstation 6 on Windows Vista

IfyouhaveWorkstation5installedonaWindowsVistahost,first,uninstallWorkstation5.GotoStart>ControlPanel>Programs>Programs and Features>Uninstallaprogram.SelectVMwareWorkstationandclickUninstall.Next,installWorkstation6,asdescribedinInstallingWorkstationonaWindowsHostonpage 48.Workstation5wasonlyexperimentallysupportedonWindowsVista.

Workstation 6 on Windows XP to Workstation 6 on Windows Vista

TheinstructionsinthissectionassumethatyouhaveWindowsXPwithServicePack2.

To upgrade Workstation 6 from Windows XP to Windows Vista

1 LoginastheAdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministratorsgroup.

2 MakesurethatWorkstationisnotrunningandthatnovirtualmachinesarerunninginthebackground.

3 UpgradethehostoperatingsystemtoWindowsVista,asdescribedintheMicrosoftdocumentation.

4 StartWorkstationandpoweronavirtualmachine.

Upgrading on a Linux HostYoucanupgradefromWorkstationversion4or5toversion6byrunningtheVMwareWorkstation6installationprogram,asdescribedinChapter 2,InstallingVMwareWorkstation,onpage 47.MakesurethatyouhaveaWorkstation6serialnumberbeforeyoustart.Youwillbepromptedtoenterthe serialnumberafterinstallationiscomplete,whenyoufirstattempttostartWorkstation 6.

NOTEStartingwithWorkstation5,Sambaisnolongerautomaticallyconfiguredwhenyourunvmware-config.pl.

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IfyouusedthetarinstallertoinstallWorkstationversion4or5andyouplantousethetarinstallerforversion6,youdonotneedtouninstalltheolderversion.

Similarly,ifyouusedtheRMPinstallertoinstallversion4or5andyouplantousetheRMPinstallerforversion6,youdonotneedtouninstalltheolderversion.

Ifyouusedatarinstallertoinstallversion4or5,andyouwanttousetheRPMinstallerforversion6,orthereverse,youdonotneedtouninstalltheolderversion.

Using Workstation 4 or 5 Virtual Machines in Workstation 6

Useeitheroftheseapproaches:

UsinganOlderVersionVirtualMachineWithoutUpgradingonpage 61 ChangingtheVersionoftheVirtualMachineonpage 61

Using an Older-Version Virtual Machine Without UpgradingYoumightnotwanttoupgradeavirtualmachinebecauseyouwantittoremaincompatiblewithotherVMwareproductsyouareusing.FollowingisabriefsummaryofVMwareproductversioncompatibility:

AvirtualmachinecreatedinWorkstation4.xiscompatiblewithGSXServer3.x,ESXServer2.x,andACE1.0.

AvirtualmachinecreatedinWorkstation5.xiscompatiblewithVMwareServer1.x,ESXServer3.x,andVMwarePlayer1.x.

YoucanrunthesevirtualmachinesinWorkstation6,butyouwillnothavethebenefitsofthenewfeaturesofWorkstation6.

FormoreinformationaboutcompatibilitybetweenVMwareproducts,refertotheVMwareVirtualMachineMobilityPlanningGuide.

Ifyoudecidenottoupgradeavirtualmachine,youstillneedtoupgradeVMwareToolstothenewversion.FollowtheinstructionsforyourguestoperatingsysteminInstallingandUpgradingVMwareToolsonpage 115.DonotremovetheolderversionofVMwareToolsbeforeinstallingthenewversion.

Changing the Version of the Virtual MachineIfyoucreatedvirtualmachineswithanearlierversionofWorkstation,youwillprobablywanttoupgradetothelatestversionsothatyoucanenjoythebenefitsofthenewestfeatures.Formoreinformationaboutnewfeatures,seeWhatsNewinVersion 6onpage 22.


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If,however,youcreatedWorkstation6virtualmachinesbutyounowwanttodeploythosevirtualmachinestorunonadifferentVMwareproduct,youmightneedtodowngradetoaversionthatiscompatiblewiththatproduct.

TheChangeVersionwizardenablesyoutodoeitherofthesetasks.

UsingWorkstation6,youhavethefollowingupgradeanddowngradechoices:

UpgradeaWorkstation4virtualmachinetoeitherversion5orversion6.

UpgradeaWorkstation5virtualmachinetoversion6ordowngradeittoversion4.

DowngradeaWorkstation6virtualmachinetoeitherversion4orversion5.

TheChangeVersionwizardalsohelpsyoudeterminewhichvirtualhardwareversiontouse.

Considerthefollowingwhenchangingthevirtualhardwareversionofavirtualmachine:

Thewizardletsyoueitherchangetheversionoftheoriginalvirtualmachineorcreateafullclone,sothattheoriginalremainsunaltered.

IfyouupgradeaWorkstation4or5virtualmachinethatiscompatiblewithESXServertoWorkstation6,youwillnotbeabletolaterdowngradeitagaintoanESXcompatiblevirtualmachinebyusingtheChangeVersionwizard.

OnWindowshosts,youcan,howeverusetheConverterImportwizard(File>Import)toperformsuchadowngrade.

Ifyouareupgradingavirtualmachinethatrunsfromaphysicaldisk,youmightseethefollowingerrormessagewhileWorkstationisupgradingthevirtualmachine:Unabletoupgrade.Oneofthesuppliedparametersisinvalid.ClickOKtocontinuetheupgradeprocess.

WhenyouupgradeaWindowsXP,WindowsServer2003,orWindowsVistavirtualmachine,theMicrosoftproductactivationfeaturemightrequireyoutoreactivatetheguestoperatingsystem.

Makebackupcopiesofyourvirtualdisksbeforestartingtheupgradeordowngrade.

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To change the virtual hardware version of a virtual machine

1 Intheguestoperatingsystem,makeanoteoftheNICsettings.

Specifically,ifyouhavespecifiedastaticIPaddressforthisvirtualmachine,aftertheupgrade,thatsettingcouldgetchangedtoautomaticassignmentbyDHCP.

TochecktheNICsettings,usethemethodappropriateforyouroperatingsystem.Forexample,onWindowsXP,youcanusetheControlPanelsNetworkConnectionsitemtofindinformationabouttheTCP/IPaddressforthevirtualmachine.

2 Shutdowntheguestoperatingsystemandpoweroffthevirtualmachine.

3 Selectthevirtualmachineand,fromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseVM>Upgrade or Change Version.

4 CompletethepagesoftheChangeVersionwizard.

Whenyouselectahardwarecompatibilityversion,youseealistoftheVMwareproductsthatarecompatiblewiththatversion.IfyouselectWorkstation4or5,youalsoseealistofWorkstation6featuresthatarenotsupportedforthatversion.

5 Poweronthevirtualmachine.

6 Intheguestoperatingsystem,checktheNICsettingsandadjustthemiftheychanged,asdescribedinStep 1.

7 IfthevirtualmachinedoesnothavethelatestversionofVMwareToolsinstalled,upgradeVMwareTools.

Evenif,forexample,youupgradedaversion4virtualmachinetoversion5ratherthanversion6,youshouldstillupgradeVMwareToolstotheversionofToolsincludedwithWorkstation6.RefertoInstallingandUpgradingVMwareToolsonpage 115.DonotremovetheolderversionofVMwareToolsbeforeinstallingthenewversion.

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ThischapterdiscusseslaunchingtheWorkstationprogramandintroducestheVMwareWorkstationwindow.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

StartingWorkstationonpage 66 OverviewoftheWorkstationWindowonpage 66 CheckingforProductUpdatesonpage 78 IntroductiontoCreatingaVirtualMachineonpage 79 IntroductiontoWorkstationPreferencesonpage 81 IntroductiontoVirtualMachineSettingsonpage 83 ClosingVirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstationonpage 86 KeyboardShortcutsonpage 87

TheillustrationsinthesesectionsshowaWindowsXPguestoperatingsystem.

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Starting WorkstationThemethodofstartingtheWorkstationapplicationdependsonyourhostoperatingsystem.

To start Workstation on a Windows host

1 FromtheStartmenu,chooseStart>Programs>VMware>VMwareWorkstation,ordoubleclicktheshortcutonyourdesktop.

2 IfthisisthefirsttimeyouhavelaunchedWorkstation,readandaccepttheenduserlicenseagreement(EULA).

TheVMwareWorkstationwindowopens.

To start Workstation on a Linux host

1 Openaterminalwindow.

2 Typevmware &andpressEnter.

Bydefault,theinstallerplacesthefilein/usr/bin.If/usr/binisnotinyourdefaultpath,runtheprogramwiththefollowingcommand:

/usr/bin/vmware &

3 Readandaccepttheenduserlicenseagreement(EULA).

TheWorkstationwindowopens.

Overview of the Workstation WindowAWorkstationvirtualmachineislikeaseparatecomputerthatrunsinawindowonyourphysicalcomputer.However,Workstationdisplaysmorethanthescreenofanothercomputer.FromtheWorkstationwindow,youcanaccessandrunyourvirtual

NOTEOnLinuxhosts,theWorkstationinstalleraddsanentrytotheStartmenuforVMwareWorkstation.Thismenuentryislocatedindifferentsubmenus,dependingonyourLinuxdistribution.Forexample:

SUSELinux9.1:Start>System>MorePrograms>VMwareWorkstation

RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS/WSRelease3:Start>SystemTools>MoreSystemTools>VMwareWorkstation

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Chapter 4 Learning Workstation Basics

machinesandteamsofvirtualmachines.Youcanalsoswitcheasilyfromonetoanother.

ThissectionshowsyouhowtonavigateandusetheVMwareWorkstationwindow,andhowtosetupalistoffavorites.Favoritesarevirtualmachinesandteamsthatyouuseoftenandwanttoaccessquickly.

Figure 4-1. VMware Workstation Window

TheVMwareWorkstationwindowcontainsthefollowingsections:

Homepage,summary,console,orapplianceviewThismainpartofthewindowshowsyourvirtualmachines.

TabsEachopenvirtualmachinehasitsowntab.Clickatabtomakethatvirtualmachineactive.ClicktheXtoclosethetab.DependingonhowyouconfigureWork