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
7 On the Hardware tab, select the SCSI device identifier to use for the device from the Virtual device
node drop-down menu and click OK.
For example, if you select SCSI 0:2, the guest operating system sees the drive as ID 2 on controller 0.
Install the BusLogic Driver in a Windows NT 4.0 Guest
Generic SCSI devices use the virtual Mylex (BusLogic) BT/KT-958 compatible host bus adapter provided by
the virtual machine. On Windows NT 4.0, you might need to install the driver manually if it is not already
installed for a virtual SCSI disk. Install the driver before you add a generic SCSI device.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Windows NT installation CD is available.
Procedure
1 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > SCSI Adapters to open the SCSI Adapters control panel.
2 On the Drivers tab, click Add.
3 From the list of vendors, select BusLogic.
4 From the list of drivers, select BusLogic MultiMaster PCI SCSI Host Adapters and click OK.
5 Insert the Windows NT CD and click OK.
6 Reboot the virtual machine.
Avoiding Concurrent Access Problems for SCSI Devices on Linux Hosts
Player makes sure that multiple programs do not use the same /dev/sg entry at the same time, but it cannot
always ensure that multiple programs do not use the /dev/sg entry and the traditional /dev entry at the
same time.
The SCSI generic driver sets up a mapping in /dev for each SCSI device. Each entry starts with sg, for the
SCSI generic driver, followed by a number. For example, /dev/sg0 is the first generic SCSI device. Each
entry corresponds to a SCSI device in the order specified in /proc/scsi/scsi, from the lowest device ID on
the lowest adapter to the highest device ID on the lowest adapter, and so on to the highest device ID on the
highest adapter.
Some Linux devices, such as tape drives, disk drives, and CD-ROM drives, already have a designated /dev
entry (st, sd, and sr, respectively). When the SCSI generic driver is installed, Linux identifies these devices
with corresponding sg entries in /dev, in addition to their traditional entries.
To avoid concurrent access problems, do not specify /dev/st0 or /dev/sr0 when you specify which SCSI
device to use in a virtual machine.
IMPORTANT Do not attempt to use the same generic SCSI device in both the host system and guest operating
system. Unexpected behavior and data loss or corruption might occur.
Troubleshoot Problems Detecting Generic SCSI Devices
When you add a generic SCSI device to a virtual machine, the device does not appear in the list of available
SCSI devices.
Problem
The SCSI device does not appear in the list of available SCSI devices after you add it to a virtual machine.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Devices
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