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Table Of Contents
VMware Server User’s Guide
280 VMware, Inc.
Installing VMware Tools
AlwaysinstallVMwareToolsinanyguestoperatingsystemforwhichaVMwareTools
packageexists.VMwareToolssetsuptheVMwareToolsservicetorunautomatically
whenthesystemstarts.
VMwareToolsprovidesimprovedvideoandmouseperformanceandgreatly
improvestheusabilityofthevirtualmachine.VMwareToolsalso
allowsyouto
synchronizethevirtualmachine’sclockwiththehostcomputersclock,whichcan
improveperformanceforsomefunctions.Formoreinformation,seeChapter 5,
“InstallingandUsingVMwareTools,”onpage 73.
Temporarily Disabling Acceleration in the Guest Operating
System
Itissometimesnecessarytotemporarilydisableaccelerationinavirtualmachineto
resolveproblemswithaguestoperatingsystemapplicationthatcrashesorseemsto
hangorreportsthatitisrunningunderadebugger.Usuallyitispossibletoreenable
accelerationafterinstallingorstartingtheapplication.
Disabling
accelerationdegradesvirtualmachineperformance.Iftheproblemoccurs
onlyduringapplicationinstallationorstartup,youcanimproveperformanceby
resumingacceleratedoperationaftertheapplicationthatwasencounteringproblems
isinstalledorrunning.Forinformationabouthowtoenableanddisableacceleration,
see“ChangingVirtualMachineAdvancedSettings”on
page 127.
Avoiding Remote Disk Access
Avoidconfiguringvirtualdisksthatareaccessedoverthenetworkunlessyouhavea
veryfastnetwork.
Managing Snapshots and Virtual Disks
Ifyoudonotneedsnapshots,runyourvirtualmachinewithoutthemforbest
performance.Forinformationabouthowtoremoveanexistingsnapshot,see
“RemovingaSnapshot”onpage 199.
Whennosnapshotexists,accessperformancetotheflatfilesthatmakeupa
preallocatedvirtualdiskiscomparabletothe
sequentialandrandomaccess
performanceoftheunderlyingphysicaldisk.