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Chapter 1 Introduction and System Requirements
VMware Remote Console
VMwareRemoteConsoleenablesyoutointeractwiththeguestoperatingsystem
runninginavirtualmachine.
YoucanrunVMwareRemoteConsoleonthehostoraremoteclientsystem.Afteryou
installitasaWebbrowseraddonfromVI Web Access,VMware Remote Consolecan
runindependentlyfromVI Web Access.
VMware Remote Consolealso
allowsyoutoconnectanddisconnectclientCD/DVD
andfloppydevices.
See“UsingVMwareRemoteConsole”onpage 130.
Increased Memory Support
Themaximumamountofmemorythatcanbeallocatedpervirtualmachineis
increasedfrom3.6GBto8GB.Theamountofmemorythatcanbeusedbyallvirtual
machinescombinedislimitedonlybytheamountofmemoryonthehostcomputer.
Increase in Number of Network Adapters Supported
Youcannowhaveatotalof10networkadaptersforavirtualmachine.
Quiesced Backups of Virtual Machines on Windows
OnWindowshosts,youcanenabletheVMwareVSSWriter,whichusessnapshotsto
maintainthedataintegrityofapplicationsrunninginsidethevirtualmachinewhen
youtakebackups.See“EnablingQuiescedBackupsofVirtualMachinesonWindows
onpage 118.
Support for High-Speed USB 2.0 Devices
IftheguestoperatingsystemhastheappropriateUSB2.0devicedrivers,youcanuse
peripheralsthatrequirehighspeedperformance,suchasspeakers,webcams,
nextgenerationprintersandscanners,faststoragedevices,MP3players,DVDRW
drives,andhighcapacityCDROMjukeboxes.YoucanalsoconnecttoUSB1.1
devices.
See“ConfiguringUSBControllersandDevices”onpage 159.
USB2.0supportisavailableonlyforVMwareproductsthatsupportvirtualmachine
hardwareversions6and7,suchasVMwareServer2andWorkstation6.ForUSB2.0
support,yourhostmachinemustalsosupportUSB2.0.