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TheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipseprovidesaconfigurableinterfacebetweenEclipseandvirtual
machinesmakingiteasytodevelopanddebug,onasinglePC,applicationsthatrunonmultipleoperating
systems.Debuggingyourapplicationsinvirtualmachinesenablesyoutoreproduceandrecorderrorswhile
maintainingtheintegrityofthehostmac
hine.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections:
 “DebuggingEnvironmentoftheIntegratedVirtualDebugger”onpage 7
 “InstallationRequirementsoftheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipse”onpage 8
 “InstallingandUninstallingtheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipse”onpage 9
Debugging Environment of the Integrated Virtual Debugger
TheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerletsyoudebugJavaorC++applicationsinavirtualmachine.Itisoften
necessarytodebuganapplicationinmanydifferentenvironments.WiththeIntegratedVirtualDebuggeryou
candebugaJavaorC++applicationondifferentoperatingsystemsanddifferentJVMs.Forexample,youcan
alsode
bugusingdifferentversionsofWindows,servicepacks,DLLsinstalled,andsoon.
Usingvirtualmachinesfordebuggingprovidesaconvenientalternativetodebuggingonphysicalmachines
becauseyoucandebuganapplicationondifferentsetups.TheIntegratedVirtualDebuggerhelpsmanage
yourvirtualmachines.TheIntegratedVirtualDebuggercanpow
erguestvirtualmachinesonandoff,startthe
applicationinitsvirtualmachine,attachthedebuggertotheapplication,andcontroltheapplication.
Thetypicaldebuggingtaskssuchaspausingatbreakpoints,steppingthroughcode,andviewingand
modifyingthestateofyourapplication,canbeperformedwithoutimpactingthehostenvi
ronment.
TheIntegratedVirtualDebuggeralsoenablesyouto:
 Managelaunchconfigurationsettingsforapplicationexecutionanddebugginginvirtualmachines.
 Startanapplicationdebuggingsessioninavirtualmachine.
 Startanapplicationinavirtualmachinewithoutdebugging.
 Startadebuggingsessionthatattachestoaprocessalreadyrunninginavirtualmachine.
UsingEclipselaunchconfigurations,youcanchooseavirtualmachineinwhichtorunyourapplicationand
determinehowtheapplicationisexecuted.Whenconfigured,theIntegratedVirtualDebuggerfindsthe
virtualmachine,powersitonifnece
ssary,setsuptheenvironmentbasedonyourconfigurationsettings,and
startsorattachestotheapplication.
Toconfigurehowanapplicationisstartedinavirtualmachine,youcanspecify:
 Nameofthevirtualmachine(.vmxconfigurationfile).
 Accountcredentialsforguestconsole.
 (Optional)PathtotheJavaVirtualMachine(JVM)ontheguestsystem.
 (Optional)Locationsoffolderstobesharedbetweenthehostandtheguest.
Using the Integrated Virtual Debugger
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