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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Setting Up Your Administrative
Workstation
As an administrator, you need to install the VMware ACE Manager software on your
workstation, referred to in this manual as your host computer. You can then run the
VMware ACE Manager, your tool for creating and managing the virtual machines you
distribute to your end users.
For details on how to install the VMware ACE Manager software, see Installing and
Configuring VMware ACE Manager on page 29.
If your company already has a library of standard virtual machines, you need network
access to that library from your host computer.
If you are creating new virtual machines, you need access to installers for the guest
operating systems and application software you plan to install in the virtual machines.
You can install operating systems from CD, from ISO image files on a local drive or on
the network, or from a PXE server. If you need to connect to an ISO file on a network
drive, you use the networking capabilities of your host computer to make that
connection.
You can install application software from CDs or from installers on a local drive or on
the network. If you need to connect to an installer on the network, you use the
networking capabilities of the virtual machine to make that connection. For details on
networking in a virtual machine, see Networking Virtual Machines on page 187. If you
need to use an installer on a local drive, you can use the virtual machine’s networking
capabilities or use shared folders in the virtual machine to gain access to the installer.
For details on using shared folders, see Using Shared Folders in VMware ACE Manager
on page 40.
You need to provide adequate disk space for three types of files:
• Project files — The files that define projects take up relatively little disk space.
The default location for these files is C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Projects. To change
the default location, go to Edit > Preferences > Workspace. When you create a
new project, you may specify a location for that project’s files that is different
from the default.
• Virtual machine files — The files for each virtual machine can be quite large,
sometimes as large as several gigabytes. The default location for these files is
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My