Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Installing and Using Player
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Understanding Virtual Machines
- Preparing to Create a Virtual Machine
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Use Easy Install to Install a Guest Operating System
- Install a Guest Operating System Manually
- Importing Virtual Machines
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Configure Software Update Preferences
- Configure VMware Tools Updates for a Specific Virtual Machine
- Manually Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Start the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
- Uninstall VMware Tools
- Virtual Machine Files
- Using Virtual Machines
- Starting Virtual Machines in Player
- Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
- Transferring Files and Text
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
- Using the Copy and Paste Feature
- Using Shared Folders
- Mapping a Virtual Disk to the Host System
- Add a Host Printer to a Virtual Machine
- Using Removable Devices in Virtual Machines
- Install New Software in a Virtual Machine
- Changing the Virtual Machine Display
- Download a Virtual Appliance in Player
- Remove a Virtual Machine from the Library in Player
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Change the Name of a Virtual Machine
- Change the Guest Operating System for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Working Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Virtual Machine Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Memory Allocation for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Moving Virtual Machines
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- View the Message Log for a Virtual Machine
- Using the VIX API
- Configuring and Managing Devices
- Configuring DVD, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drives
- Configuring a USB Controller
- Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks
- Configuring Virtual Ports
- Add a Virtual Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Configure a Virtual Parallel Port on a Linux 2.6.x Kernel Host
- Configure Permissions for a Parallel Port Device on a Linux Host
- Troubleshoot ECR Errors for Parallel Ports
- Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Change the Input Speed of a Serial Connection
- Configuring Generic SCSI Devices
- Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Configuring Keyboard Features
- Modify Hardware Settings for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Network Connections
- Index
installing Player
Linux host 14
Windows host 13
installing VMware Tools
FreeBSD (tar installer) 35
Linux (tar installer) 32
Microsoft Windows 31
NetWare (tar installer) 33
process overview 28
Solaris (tar installer) 34
intended audience 5
K
key code mappings, configuring 99
key mappings, changing 98
keyboard features, configuring 96
keysyms
defined 98
mapping 99
L
Linux guest, VMware Tools installation or
upgrade (tar installer) 32
local area networking, host requirements 9
lock files 86
M
managing virtual machines 67
mapped drives 51
memory
host requirements 8
virtual machine allocation 10
memory allocation, changing 69
message log, viewing 76
Microsoft Windows guest operating system,
VMware Tools installation or
upgrade 31
monitors, using multiple 65
moving a virtual machines 73
moving virtual machines, considerations 74
multiple monitors 65
multiple monitors for one virtual machine 65
N
NAT, configuring 108
NetWare guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar installer) 33
network type of a virtual machine, finding 110
networking components, understanding 105
networking configurations
changing 110
common 106
New Virtual Machine wizard 23
O
operating systems, host supported 8
optical drives supported in host 9
OVA format virtual machines 26
OVF format virtual machines 26
P
parallel ports
configuring 87
configuring device permissions 89
configuring on Linux 2.6.x kernels hosts 88
PDAs, installing drivers 56
Player window 16
printers, using host printers in a virtual
machine 52
processors
host requirements 7
supported in virtual machines 10
using a virtual machine that has more than
eight 95
R
RAM, host requirements 8
removable devices, using in virtual machines 52
removing virtual machines 66
repairing VMware Tools installations 36
resetting a virtual machine 43
S
SATA drives 9
screen colors, setting for virtual machines 70
SCSI drives, host requirements 9
serial ports
changing the input speed 91
configuring 87, 90
shared folders
changing 50
changing properties 50
configuring 47
disabling 51
mounting 49
supported guest operating systems 47
using 46
using permissions to restrict access 49
viewing in Windows 48
smart card readers, switching on Linux hosts 59
smart cards
disabling sharing 58
using in virtual machines 57, 58
software update preferences, configuring 29
Solaris guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar installer) 34
solid-state drives 9
sound, configuring 69, 72
sound drivers, installing 72
SSD 9
starting virtual machines, streaming 40
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