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
Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
With virtual symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), you can assign processors and cores per processor to a
virtual machine on any host system that has at least two logical processors.
Player considers multiprocessor hosts that have two or more physical CPUs, single-processor hosts that
have a multicore CPU, and single-processor hosts that have hyperthreading enabled, to have two logical
processors.
NOTE On hyperthreaded uniprocessor hosts, performance of virtual machines that have virtual SMP might
be below normal. Even on multiprocessor hosts, performance is affected if you overcommit by running
multiple workloads that require more total CPU resources than are physically available.
You can power on and run multiple dual-processor virtual machines concurrently. The number of
processors for a given virtual machine appears in the summary view of the virtual machine.
Configure Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
You can configure eight-way virtual symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for an existing virtual machines.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Hardware tab, select Processors.
3 Change the Number of processors setting to 8.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Use a Virtual Machine That Has More Than Eight Virtual Processors
If Player is running on a multiprocessor host system, you can open a virtual machine that has more than
eight virtual processors assigned to it. You must change the number of processors before powering on the
virtual machine.
You can see the number of processors in the virtual machine summary view or by viewing the virtual
machine hardware settings.
Prerequisites
Power off the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Hardware tab, select Processors.
Note that Number of processors is set to Other (x), where x is the number of processors originally
assigned to it. Player preserves this original configuration setting for the number of processors, even
though eight is the maximum number of processors supported.
3 Change the Number of processors setting to 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16.
After you commit a change to this setting, the original setting for the number of processors is discarded
and no longer appears as an option.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Devices
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