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Chapter 4 Using the VMware Remote Console
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Make!sure!you!installed!and!started!VMware!Tools!in!your!virtual!machine.!In!a!
Windows!guest!operating!system,!a!VMware!Tools!icon!appears!in!the!system!tray!
when!VMware!Tools!is!running.!
When!VMware!Tools!is!running,!you!can!copy!and!paste!text!between!applications!in!
the!virtual!machine!and!on
!your!management!workstation!or!between!two!virtual!
machines.!Use!the!normal!hot!keys!or!menu!choices!to!cut,!copy,!and!paste.
Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines
You!can!save!the!current!state!of!your!virtual!machine.!The!resume!feature!lets!you!
quickly!pick!up!work!where!you!stopped—with!all!running!applications!in!the!same!
state!they!were!at!the!time!you!suspended!the!virtual!machine.!
You!can!suspend!a!virtual!machine!two!ways:!
! With!a!remote!console!connected!to!that!virtual!machine,!click!Suspend!on!the!
toolbar.!
! With!the!VMware!Management!Interface!connected!to!the!virtual!machine’s !server,!
click!the!pause!button!(!!)!on!the!row!for!that!virtual!machine.!See!Figure 4‐8.