Specifications

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Powering Virtual Machines On and Off When the Host Starts
and Shuts Down ____________________________________________122
Controlling the Virtual Machine Display _____________________________125
Using Full Screen Mode _______________________________________125
Using Quick Switch Mode _____________________________________125
Taking Advantage of Multiple Monitors ___________________________126
Fitting the Console Window to the Virtual Machine _________________127
Fitting a Windows Guest Operating System’s Display
to the VMware Virtual Machine Console Window ___________________127
Simplifying the Screen Display __________________________________128
Taking and Reverting to a Snapshot ________________________________129
Running Virtual Machines from DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Discs _____________130
Using PXE with Virtual Machines __________________________________132
Sharing Files Between Guest and Host Operating Systems ______________134
Sharing Files Between Two Windows Systems ______________________135
Sharing Files by Connecting to a Windows System
from a Linux System __________________________________________135
Sharing Files by Connecting to a Linux System
from a Windows System ______________________________________136
Sharing Files Between Two Linux Systems _________________________138
Installing Software in a Virtual Machine _____________________________139
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text _________________________________140
Using Devices in a Virtual Machine _________________________________141
Adding, Configuring and Removing Devices in a Virtual Machine _______141
Connecting and Disconnecting Removable Devices _________________144
Command Reference ___________________________________________145
Startup Options on a Linux Host ________________________________145
Startup Options on a Windows Host _____________________________146
Using Keyboard Shortcuts _____________________________________147
Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine ________________________ 149
Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines _________________________150
Setting the Suspended State File Directory ________________________151
Taking Snapshots ______________________________________________153
What Is Captured by a Snapshot? _______________________________154
Ways of Using Snapshots ______________________________________155
Snapshots and a Virtual Machine’s Hard Disks ______________________156
Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine _________________156