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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Installing and Using Player
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Understanding Virtual Machines
- Preparing to Create a Virtual Machine
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Use Easy Install to Install a Guest Operating System
- Install a Guest Operating System Manually
- Importing Virtual Machines
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Configure Software Update Preferences
- Configure VMware Tools Updates for a Specific Virtual Machine
- Manually Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Start the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
- Uninstall VMware Tools
- Virtual Machine Files
- Using Virtual Machines
- Starting Virtual Machines in Player
- Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
- Transferring Files and Text
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
- Using the Copy and Paste Feature
- Using Shared Folders
- Mapping a Virtual Disk to the Host System
- Add a Host Printer to a Virtual Machine
- Using Removable Devices in Virtual Machines
- Install New Software in a Virtual Machine
- Changing the Virtual Machine Display
- Download a Virtual Appliance in Player
- Remove a Virtual Machine from the Library in Player
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Change the Name of a Virtual Machine
- Change the Guest Operating System for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Working Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Virtual Machine Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Memory Allocation for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Moving Virtual Machines
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- View the Message Log for a Virtual Machine
- Using the VIX API
- Configuring and Managing Devices
- Configuring DVD, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drives
- Configuring a USB Controller
- Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks
- Configuring Virtual Ports
- Add a Virtual Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Configure a Virtual Parallel Port on a Linux 2.6.x Kernel Host
- Configure Permissions for a Parallel Port Device on a Linux Host
- Troubleshoot ECR Errors for Parallel Ports
- Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Change the Input Speed of a Serial Connection
- Configuring Generic SCSI Devices
- Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Configuring Keyboard Features
- Modify Hardware Settings for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Network Connections
- Index
Using the Virtual Machine UUID
Each virtual machine has a universal unique identifier (UUID). The UUID is generated when you initially
power on the virtual machine.
You can use the UUID of a virtual machine for system management in the same way that you use the UUID
of a physical computer. The UUID is stored in the SMBIOS system information descriptor, and you can access
it by using standard SMBIOS scanning software, including SiSoftware Sandra or IBM smbios2.
If you do not move or copy the virtual machine to another location, the UUID remains constant. When you
power on a virtual machine that was moved or copied to a new location, you are prompted to specify whether
you moved or copied the virtual machine. If you indicate that you copied the virtual machine, the virtual
machine receives a new UUID.
Suspending and resuming a virtual machine does not trigger the process that generates a UUID. The UUID in
use at the time the virtual machine was suspended remains in use when the virtual machine is resumed, even
if it was copied or moved. You are not prompted to specify whether you moved or copied the virtual machine
until the next time you reboot the virtual machine.
Configure a Virtual Machine to Keep the Same UUID
You can configure a virtual machine to always keep the same UUID, even when it is moved or copied. When
a virtual machine is set to always keep the same UUID, you are not prompted when a virtual machine is moved
or copied.
Prerequisites
Power off the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Open the virtual machine configuration (.vmx) file in a text editor.
2 Add the uuid.action property and set it to keep.
For example: uuid.action = "keep"
Delete a Virtual Machine
You can delete a virtual machine and all of its files from the host file system.
IMPORTANT Deleting a virtual machine is irreversible.
Prerequisites
Power off the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Right-click the virtual machine in the library and select Delete VM from Disk.
2 Click Yes to delete the virtual machine.
The virtual machine and all of its files are removed from the host file system.
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