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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
4 Change!to!the!directory!where!the!archive!was!unpacked.
cd vmware-console-distrib
5Run!the!installer.
./vmware-install.pl
For!more!information,!see!“Running!a!Virtual!Machine!Using!the!Remote!Console”!on!
page 157.
Third Party Software Compatibility
This!section!includes!instructions!for!using!a!virtual!machine!with!third‐party!
middleware!and!management!software.
Configuring a Virtual Machine for Use with Citrix MetaFrame XP
If!you!are!using!a!Windows!2000!virtual!machine!as!a!MetaFrame!XP!server,!be!sure!you!
are!using!FR1!or!FR2,!and!complete!the!following!steps!to!configure!the!virtual!
machine.!If!you!are!running!MetaFrame!XP!in!a!Windows!NT!virtual!machine,!no!
special!steps!are!needed.!
To configure a Windows 2000 virtual machine as a MetaFrame XP server
1 Apply!
Citrix!hotfix!XE102W014.!
For!a!download!link!and!instructions,!go!to!the!Citrix!Web!site!(www.citrix.com),!
navigate!to!the!support!section!and!search!for!XE102W014.!
2Click!Save!Changes!to!save!the!configuration!file.
For!additional!information!on!performance!tuning,!see!article!869!in!the!VMware!
Knowledge!Base.!
Executing Scripts When the Virtual Machine’s Power
State Changes
You!can!run!scripts!in!the!guest!operating!system!when!you!change!the!power!state!of!
a!virtual!machine;!that!is,!when!you!power!on,!power!off,!suspend!or!resume!the!virtual!
machine.!
Scripts!can!help!automate!guest!operating!system!operations!when!you!change!the!
virtual!machine’s!power!state.
N
OTE There!are!no!scripts!for!FreeBSD!guest!operating!systems.