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CHAPTER 5 Setting Policies and Customizing VMware ACE
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Running the Completed Virtual Machine
Before you create a package for deployment, you may wish to run the virtual
machines in your project.
There are two ways to run a virtual machine from VMware ACE Manager. You can
power on the virtual machine directly in the VMware ACE Manager interface. Or you
can click Run in VMware ACE to view a virtual machine as your end users will see it,
running in the VMware ACE interface.
When you run the virtual machine in the VMware ACE interface from within VMware
ACE Manager, authentication policies are not applied.
Click Run in VMware ACE on the VMware ACE Manager display for the virtual
machine. This launches the VMware ACE interface and runs the virtual machine in it.
For a more thorough test of the virtual machine as your end users will see it, you
should create a package and install it on another computer.
Note: You can run any virtual machine directly in VMware ACE Manager to be sure
the guest operating system and applications perform as expected. However, a virtual
machine running in VMware ACE Manager does not respect any policies that restrict
its functionality.
Checking the Configuration before Creating a Package
When you run a virtual machine in the VMware ACE interface, the virtual machine is
affected by any changes you make while you are running it. In addition, when you
quit the VMware ACE interface, the virtual machine is suspended, not shut down and
powered off.
If a virtual machine is suspended on one host computer, it cannot be resumed reliably
on a host computer with different hardware.
Use the VMware ACE Manager to check the virtual machine’s configuration and to be
sure that the virtual machine is powered off, not just suspended, before you create a
package including the virtual machine.