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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Installing Guest Operating Systems
InstallingaguestoperatingsystemrequiresenteringthepathnameofanISOimage
file.ForinformationaboutaddingISOfilestotheStageManagermedialibrary,see
“ManagingMedia”onpage 63.
To install a guest operating system on a template
1Intheleftpane,clickVMTemplates.
Atemplatemustbedeployedtoinstallanoperatingsystemonit.
See“Deploying
Templates”onpage 37.
2ClickthethumbnailiconintheConsolecolumnfortheappropriatetemplate.
3MovethepointeroverthetabwiththetemplatenameandchooseInsertCDfrom
themenu.
4 SelectanISOfilefromtheStage ManagermedialibraryandclickOK.
5Fromthetab,movethepointer
overthetemplatenameandchooseResetfromthe
menutostarttheinstallation.
Resettingthemachinerestartsthevirtualmachineandclearsthemachinestate.
Thisoperationdoesnotshutdowntheguestoperatingsystem.
6Inthevirtualmachineconsoleofthetemplate,enteranyrequiredinformationfor
theinstallation
process.
Theinstallationoftheoperatingsystemresemblestheinstallationonaphysical
machineandtakesasimilaramountoftime.
Installing VMware Tools
InstalltheVMware Toolsutilityintheguestoperatingsystem.Thisutilitysupports
sharedfoldersandcutandpasteoperationsbetweentheguestoperatingsystemand
themachinefromwhichyoulaunchtheStage ManagerWebconsole.VMware Tools
improvesmouseperformanceinsomeguestoperatingsystemsandgraphic
performance.Stage Managerdependsonthe
VMware Toolsutilityforcustomizingthe
guestoperatingsystem.
InstallingVMware Toolsallowsyoutomovethepointerintoandoutofthevirtual
machineconsolewindow.PriortoinstallingVMware Tools,youcan“losethemouse”
whennavigatingintoandoutoftheconsolewindow.PressCtrl+Alttofixtheproblem.