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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- What Is VMware Player?
- Installing and Running VMware Player
- Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems for VMware Player
- Supported Host Operating Systems
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 64-Bit Operating Systems
- Linux 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Linux 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
VMware Player Getting Started Guide
12 VMware, Inc.
Location of vmware-config.pl
The!installer!places!vmware-config.pl!in!/usr/bin. If /usr/bin!is!not!in!your!default!path,!run!the!
program!with!the!following!command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Starting VMware Player
This!section!describes!how!to!start!VMware!Player.
To start VMware Player and run a virtual machine
1To!open!VMware!Player:
! Choose!VMware!Player!from!the!Start>Programs!menu!in!Windows!or!from!the!corresponding!
program!menu!in!a!Linux!X!windows!session.
! On!Windows,!type!vmplayer!from!the!Start>Run!command!menu.!You!can!also!type!
<path>\vmplayer.exe!in!the!command!interpreter,!where!<path>!is!the!appropriate!path!on!your!
system!to!the!VMware!Player!executable!file.
! From!the!Linux!command!line,!type!<path>/vmplayer,!where!<path>!is!the!appropriate!path!on!
your!system!to!the!VMware!Player!executable!file.!If!you!want!to!run!VMw are!Player!in!the!
background,!type!<path>/vmplayer &.
After!you!accept!the!end!user!license!agreement!(EULA),!the!Welcome!page!appears.!
2Browse!for!the!
configuration!file!of!the!virtual!machine!that!you!want!to!play.!
You!can!also!select!a!recently!used!virtual!machine!or!download!a!virtual!appliance!from!the!Virtual!
Appliance!Marketplace.
You!can!use!the!field!Files!of!type!to!filter!the!files!that!are!displayed!when!you!browse.!
VMware!Player!can!
open!.vmx!VMware!configuration!files.!On!Windows,!VMware!Player!can!also!open!
.vmc!Microsoft!Virtual!PC!and!Virtual!Server!files!and!.sv2i!Symantec!Backup!Exec!System!Recovery!
system!images.
3Enter!or!select!a!virtual!machine!configuration!file,!and!click!Open.
VMware!Player!opens!the!virtual!machine!and!powers!it!on.
You!can
!also!open!a!virtual!machine!by!right‐clicking!its!configuration!file!to!display!a!context!menu!from!
which!you!can!open!the!virtual!machine!in!VMware!Player.
Closing VMware Player
This!section!describes!how!to!close!VMware!Player.
To close VMware Player
Take!one!of!the!following!actions:
! Shut!down!the!guest!operating!system!in!the!virtual!machine.!
VMware!Player!closes!after!the!guest!operating!system!shuts!down.
! In!VMware!Player,!choose!VMware!Player>Exit!(Windows)!or!Player>Quit!(Linux).!
VMware!Player!either!suspends!or!powers!off!the!virtual!machine,!depending!on!the!preference!you!have!
set!for!exit!behavior!in!Player>Preferences.