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CHAPTER 15 Glossary
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host computer and one or more virtual machines. It provides a simple way of sharing
files between host and guest or among virtual machines. In a Windows virtual
machine, shared folders appear in My Network Places (Network Neighborhood in a
Windows NT virtual machine) under VMware Shared Folders. In a Linux virtual
machine, shared folders appear under a specified mount point.
Snapshot — A snapshot preserves the virtual machine just as it was when you took
the snapshot — the state of the data on all the virtual machine’s disks and whether
the virtual machine was powered on, powered off or suspended. VMware ACE
Manager lets you take a snapshot of a virtual machine at any time and revert to that
snapshot at any time. You can take a snapshot when a virtual machine is powered on,
powered off or suspended.
Suspend — Save the current state of a running virtual machine. To return a
suspended virtual machine to operation, use the resume feature.
See also Resume.
Virtual diskA virtual disk is a file or set of files, usually on the host file system, that
appears as a physical disk drive to a guest operating system. These files can be on the
host machine or on a remote file system. When you configure a virtual machine with a
virtual disk, you can install a new operating system into the disk file without the need
to repartition a physical disk or reboot the host.
Virtual machine — A virtualized x86 PC environment in which a guest operating
system and associated application software can run.
Virtual machine configuration — The specification of what virtual devices (disks,
memory size, etc.) are present in a virtual machine and how they are mapped to host
files and devices.
Virtual machine configuration file — A file containing a virtual machine
configuration. It is created by the New Virtual Machine Wizard. It is used by VMware
ACE applications to identify and run a specific virtual machine.
Virtual machine settings editor — A point-and-click editor used to view and
modify the settings of a virtual machine. You can launch it from the VM menu.
See also New Virtual Machine Wizard.
Virtual Network Editor — A point-and-click editor used to view and modify the
networking settings for the virtual networks created by VMware ACE. You can launch
it from the Edit menu.
VMware ACE — A simple application that allows an end user to run a virtual
machine. The end user installs this client software by installing a package that
includes the client.