Specifications

Basic System Administration
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6 (Optional)Configuretheguestoperatingsystemtosynchronizetimewiththehost
byselectingtheSynchronizeguesttimewithhostoption.
7ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.
To change power management settings
1ClicktheOptionstab.
2 SelectPowerManagementintheSettingslist.
GuestPowerManagementallowsyoutodeterminehowthe
virtualmachine
respondswhentheguestoperatingsystemisplacedonstandby.
3UnderGuestPowerManagement,selecteitherSuspendthevirtualmachineor
Puttheguestoperatingsysteminstandbymodeandleavethevirtualmachine
poweredon.
4 (Optional)Ifyouchosetoleavethevirtualmachineon,selectWake
onLANfor
virtualmachinetrafficonyourvirtualmachinenetworkbyselectingthecheck
box.
NotallguestoperatingsystemssupportWakeonLAN.Onlythefollowingtypes
ofNICssupportWakeonLAN:
 Flexible(VMwareToolsrequired).
 vmxnet
 Enhancedvmxnet
Optionsaredisablediftheyarenotsupported.
5ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.
To change advanced virtual machine settings
1ClicktheOptionstab.
2 SelectAdvanced>GeneralintheSettingslist.
aTodisableacceleration,selecttheDisableaccelerationcheckbox.
Youcanenableanddisableaccelerationwhilethevirtualmachineis
running.
Inrareinstances,youmightfindthatwhenyouinstallorrunsoftwareinside
avirtualmachine,thevirtualmachineappearstohang.Generally,the
problemoccursearlyintheprogram’sexecution.Inmanycases,youcanget
pasttheproblembytemporarilydisablingaccelerationinthevirtualmachine.
This
settingslowsdownvirtualmachineperformance,souseitonlyfor
gettingpasttheproblemwithrunningtheprogram.Aftertheprogramstops