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Table Of Contents
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Learning the Basics of VMware ACE Manager
- Installing and Configuring VMware ACE Manager
- Creating Projects
- Setting Policies and Customizing VMware ACE
- Creating Packages to Deploy to Users
- Deploying and Maintaining Packages
- Installing and Running VMware ACE
- Using Virtual Disks
- Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine
- Networking Virtual Machines
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Connecting Devices to Virtual Machines
- Using Parallel Ports
- Using Serial Ports
- Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine
- Notes on USB Support in VMware ACE
- Enabling and Disabling the USB Controller
- Connecting USB Devices
- Using USB with a Windows Host
- Replacing USB 2.0 Drivers on a Windows 2000 Host
- Installing USB Devices as a Non-Administrator
- Who Has Control over a USB Device?
- Disconnecting USB Devices from a Virtual Machine
- Human Interface Devices
- Understanding Policies
- Glossary
- Index
- File extensions
- .lck 171
- .REDO 184
- .vmdk 169
- .vmhf 151
- .vmpl 220
- .vmprj 150
- .vmss 180
- .wav 204
- A
- Access
- Adapter
- Add
- Address
- Administrator access
- Athlon 12, 14
- Audio
- AudioPCI 204
- Authentication
- Autorun
- B
- BIOS
- Bridge 189
- Bridged networking
- BSD
- BusLogic 16
- C
- CD
- Celeron 12, 14
- Centrino 12, 14
- Checklist
- Clock
- Color
- Comm port
- Configuration
- Configure
- Connect
- Copy protection
- CPU
- Create
- Creative Labs 17, 204
- Ctrl-Alt 38
- D
- Date
- Decrease
- Defragment
- Deploy
- Devices
- DHCP
- Direct memory access
- Disable
- Disconnect
- Disk
- Disk files 169
- Disks
- Display
- Distribute
- DMA
- DNS 197
- Driver
- Drives
- Duron 12, 14
- DVD
- E
- Enable
- Encryption
- Ethernet
- Expiration
- F
- Files
- Firewall 198
- Floppy
- Forums 20
- FreeBSD
- FTP 197
- Full screen
- G
- Grab
- Graphics
- Guest operating system
- H
- Host computer
- Host operating system 260
- Host quarantine 237
- Host virtual adapter 189
- Host-only networking
- Hot fix
- Hot keys
- I
- ICMP 197
- IDE
- Image file
- Input
- Install
- interface
- Iomega
- IP address
- ISO image file 16, 175, 177
- K
- Keyboard
- Knowledge base 20
- L
- Link
- Linux
- Lock files 170
- LSI Logic 16, 58
- M
- Memory
- MIDI 204
- Mode
- Modifier keys
- Mouse
- MP3 204
- MS-DOS
- Mylex 16
- N
- Named pipe 210, 211
- NAT
- NetLogon 198
- NetWare
- Network
- adding and modifying virtual Ethernet adapters 195
- advanced quarantine 234
- advanced quarantine policies for guest 240
- bridge 189
- bridged networking 259
- changing the configuration 195
- common configurations 191
- components 189
- DHCP server 190
- host virtual adapter 189
- host-only 193, 259
- NAT 192, 196, 260
- NAT as firewall 198
- NAT device 189
- quarantine policies for host computer 237
- restricting host computer access 234
- switch 189
- Token Ring 192
- virtual DHCP server 192, 193
- virtual Ethernet adapter 190
- Virtual Network Editor 261
- virtual switch 189
- zones for advanced quarantine 235
- Network address translation
- Network quarantine 85
- New Virtual Machine Wizard 168, 260
- Newsgroups 20
- NIC
- Novell NetWare
- nq-set 146
- O
- Operating system
- Opteron 12, 14
- P
- Package
- Parallel ports
- Password
- Pentium 12, 14
- Ping 197
- Pipe
- Plug-in
- Policies
- advanced network quarantine for guest 240
- authentication 81, 222
- copy protection 84, 225
- encryption 222
- expiration 83, 224
- network quarantine 85, 230, 234
- network quarantine for host 237
- overview 220
- removable devices 85
- setting 71
- setting for a virtual machine 81
- setting for VMware ACE 74
- using scripts 244
- VMware ACE application 226
- Policy
- Power off
- Preferences
- Printer
- Priorities
- Process scheduler 39
- Processor
- Project
- Q
- Quarantine
- Quit
- R
- RAM
- Real Media 204
- Reclaim
- Redo-log file 184
- Registration 21
- Removable devices 85
- Remove
- Reset
- Restore
- Resume
- Return
- Revert
- Run
- S
- Save
- Screen
- Script
- SCSI
- Security
- Serial connection
- Serial port
- Server
- Set
- Set up
- Settings editor
- Shared folder
- Shortcut
- Shrink
- Silent
- Size
- Snapshot
- Software
- Sound
- Sound Blaster 204
- Start
- Stop
- Suspend
- Swapping
- Switch
- T
- Telnet 197
- Time
- Token Ring 192
- Tools
- Troubleshooting
- U
- UI
- Uninstall
- Unplug
- USB
- V
- Version
- Virtual disk
- Virtual machine
- Virtual machine settings editor
- Virtual Network Editor 261
- Virtual switch 189
- VMnet8 196
- VMware ACE
- VMware ACE Manager
- VMware Tools
- W
- Windows
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows NT
- Wizard
- Workspaces
- X
- Xeon 12, 14
- Z
- Zip drives
- Zones
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Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests
on Multiprocessor Hosts
Some users have seen slower than expected disk input and output performance
when running Windows NT guest operating systems. They see the problem in a
virtual machine using IDE virtual disks on a multiprocessor host computer. The I/O
issue is especially noticeable when the virtual machine is booting.
Note: Performance in Windows NT guest operating systems may also be affected by
disk fragmentation on the host computer.
Improving Performance
You may increase performance by enabling DMA (direct memory access) on the
virtual hard disk’s IDE channel in the virtual machine.
If you have a virtual disk and a DVD/CD-ROM attached as master and slave to the
primary IDE controller (channel 0) and you want to enable DMA, power off the virtual
machine and use the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings) to move the
DVD/CD-ROM drive to the secondary IDE controller (channel 1) at IDE 1:0.
You can enable the DMA feature after you finish installing Windows NT. You must
install Service Pack 6a. Download DMACHECK.EXE from the Microsoft Web site
(support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q191/7/74.ASP) and run it.
Click the Enabled option for the IDE controller and channel configured for the virtual
disk. Typically, this is channel 0 only, unless you have the virtual machine configured
with multiple virtual disks and no virtual DVD/CD-ROM drive.
As noted above, you should not enable DMA on an IDE channel with a virtual
DVD/CD-ROM drive attached.