User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
264 VMware, Inc.
 Replayspeedcontrol–Controlsthereplayspeedofarecording.OnWindows,
clicktherightbuttontoincreasethereplayspeedtothemaximum.Clicktheleft
buttontodecreasethereplayspeedtonormal.OnLinux,clickbuttontotoggle
betweenspeeds.
Create a Recording
Whilecreatingarecordingyoucannotpauseorreverseit.Formoreinformationabout
enablingrecord/replaysee“ConfigureRecord/ReplayforaVirtualMachine”on
page 259.
Beforeyoubegin,verifythescreenresolutionsettings.Theexistingscreenresolutionis
usedinthevirtualmachinewhilereplayingarecording.Theresolutioncannotbe
changeddur
ingreplay.
To create a recording
1Poweronthevirtualmachine.
2TobeginrecordingselectVM>Replay>Record.
Arecording‐specificsnapshotistaken,andtherecordingdialogboxindicatesthat
recordingisinprogress.
IftheRecordcommandisunavailable,thefeaturemightnotbeenabledorthehard
diskmightbesettoindepe
ndentmode
.
3 (Optional)Toaddareplaysnapshotduringrecording,clickAddSnapshotand
labelthereplaysnapshotintheAddReplaySnapshotdialogbox.
Takingasnapshotpausestheexecutionofthevirtualmachineforafewseconds.
Asidefromthereplaysnapshotsyouadd,replaysnapshotsarea
uto
matically
addedaccordingtothefrequencyyousetbyusingthevirtualmachinesettings
editor.
4 (Optional)Toaddamarkerduringrecording,clickAddMarkerandlabelthe
markerintheAddMarkerdialogbox.
Addingmarkersdoesnotpausetheexecutionofthevirtualmachine.
N
OTEThespeedofaplaybackdependsonthehostactivityandworkloadofthe
guest.
NOTEIfyouhotremoveavirtualdevicefromtheguestbyusingtheWindowsSafely
RemoveHardwareoptionwhilecreatingarecording,therecordingterminates
unexpectedly.