8.1

importing from OVF or OVA virtual
machines 62
importing from Parallels Desktop 60, 62
importing the Boot Camp partition 60, 62
managing 97
moving and sharing files with the Mac 82
opening 74, 75
opening existing 73
opening applications from the Applications
menu 82
opening applications in Unity view 81
opening recently used 73
operating 73
performance profiling applications 100
powering off 75, 80
powering on 74
preferences for closing 33
preventing deletion of an AutoProtect
snapshot 94
protecting 91
rebooting 76
releasing mouse and keyboard input 85
remote access with VNC 139
removing
a sound adapter 123
CD/DVD drives 118
from the Virtual Machine Library
window 21
hard disks 116
mirrored folders 88
shared folders 89
USB controller 124
removing a network adapter 112
renaming 21
reordering in the Virtual Machine Library
window 21
resetting 77
resizing the display 40
restarting 76
restoring an earlier state 92
resuming 75, 76
reverting to a snapshot 92
running hypervisor applications 100
sending special key commands 78
sending the Ctrl-Alt-Del command 78
setting one always to run at Fusion startup 21
setting the number of virtual processors 99
setting the startup device 129
sharing files with the Mac 87
showing host power supply status 136
shutting down 75
starting 74
suspending 75
switching between hard and soft power
commands 79
switching between virtual machines that are
powered on 84
switching the CD/DVD connection between the
host CD/DVD and a CD or DVD ISO
image 118
uninstalling 77
uploading to remote host 55
uploading to VMware vCloud Air 55
using Mac input devices with 85
using Mac keyboards with 85
using shared folders 87
virtual memory, setting the amount 99
virtual processors 99
virtual disk, optimize behavior 21
Virtual Disk Manager 117
virtual hardware specifications 18
virtual machine
clone 68, 69
expiration date 130
from recovery partition 51
Virtual Machine Library window
adding a virtual machine 21
determining the location of virtual machine
files 21
Home pane 22
removing virtual machines from 21
reordering virtual machines in 21
using 21
virtual machine resolution settings 105
virtual machine window, illustrated 21
virtual machine, shared 50
virtual machine, automatic start 98
Virtual PC, importing into Fusion 60, 62
virtualization engine, setting the preferred 136
VMDK 116
VMware Tools
copying and pasting text between virtual
machines and hosts 64
faster graphics performance with 64
icon with upgrade notification 64, 85
improved mouse performance with 64
installing in a migrated virtual machine 59
required for dragging and dropping files 64
required for synchronization of time between
the virtual machine and the host 64
required for Unity view 26, 64
synchronizing time between a virtual machine
and the host operating system 64
upgrading 64
Index
VMware, Inc. 151