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Chapter 5 Creating and Configuring ACE Masters
Iftheoperatingsystemyouplantouseisnotlisted,selectOtherforbothguest
operatingsystemandversion.ClickNext.
TheremainingstepsassumeyouplantoinstallaWindowsXPProfessionalguest
operatingsystem.Youcanfinddetailedinstallationnotesforthisandotherguest
operatingsystemsintheVMwareGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuide,
availableontheVMwareWebsiteorfromtheHelpmenu.
6EnteranameandfolderfortheACEmasterontheNametheVirtualMachine
page.
EachACEmastershouldhaveitsownfolder.Allassociatedfiles,suchasthe
configurationfileandthediskfile,areplacedinthisfolder.
ThedefaultfolderforthisWindowsXPProfessionalACEmasterisC:\Documents
andSettings\<username>\MyDocuments\MyVirtualMachines\WindowsXP
Professional.
IfyouarecreatinganACEmasteroptimizedforPocketACE,skiptoStep14.
Ifyousel ectedTypicalasyourconfigurationpath,skiptoStep9.
7Ifyousel ectedCustomasyourconfigurationpath,selectthenumberofvirtual
processorstouse,oneortwo.ThenclickNext.
8ContinuingwithCustomconfiguration,adjustthememorysettingsoracceptthe
defaults.
WhenchoosingtheACEmastermemorysettings,youneedtoconsiderthe
amountofmemoryrequiredbytheguestoperatingsystemandapplications.You
alsoneedtoconsidertheamountofRAMinstalledonyourusersʹcomputersand
theamountofRAMrequiredbythehostoperatingsystem.Donotset
theACE
mastermemorybelowtheamountrecommendedfortheguestoperatingsystem.
IfyousetACEmastermemoryhigherthanthatminimum,youshouldnotsetitso
highthatthehostoperatingsystemcannotruncomfortably.Forcommon
configurations,settheACEmastermemorynohigherthanhalf
theamountof
RAMyouexpecttofindonusersʹhostcomputers.
Youcannotallocatemorethan2GBofmemorytoanACEmasteriftheACE
mastersfilesarestoredonafilesystemsuchasFAT32thatdoesnotsupportfiles
greaterthan2GB.
ClickNexttocontinue.
9ConfigurethenetworkingcapabilitiesoftheACEmaster.
Ifthepackageistobeinstalledonahostcomputerthatisonanetworkanda
separateIPaddressisavailablefortheACEinstancedeployedfromtheACE