User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
40 VMware, Inc.
 WorkstationorVMwareACEserialnumber–Yourserialnumberisonthe
registrationcardinyourpackage.IfyoupurchasedWorkstationorVMwareACE
online,theserialnumberissentbyemail.
YourserialnumberallowsyoutouseWorkstationonlyonthehostoperating
systemforwhichyoulicensedthesoftw
are.Forexample,ifyo
uhaveaserial
numberforaWindowshost,youcannotrunthesoftwareonaLinuxhost.
Youneedonelicenseforeachuser.
TouseWorkstationonadifferenthostoperatingsystem,purchasealicenseonthe
VMwareWebsite.Youcanalsoobtainanev
aluationlic
enseatnochargefora
30‐dayevaluationofthesoftware.Formoreinformation,gototheVMwareWeb
site.
IfyoudonotentertheWorkstationserialnumberatinstallationtime(anoption
availableonaWindowshost),youarepromptedtoenteritthefirsttimeyou
att
empttopoweronavirtualmachine.
 Aguestoperatingsystem–AfterWorkstationisinstalled,youneedtheoperating
systeminstallationCDs,DVDs,orISOimagefilestosetupaguestinavirtual
machine.
 (Optional)EclipseorMicrosoftVisualStudio–ToinstalltheIntegratedVirtual
DebuggerforEclipseorVisualStudioplug‐insincludedwithWorkstation,Eclipse
orVisualStudiomustbeinstalledonthehostbeforeyouruntheWorkstation
installer.IfyouinstalloneorbothoftheseprogramsafteryouinstallWo
rkstation,
runtheWorkstationinstaller againandselecttheModifyoptiontoinstallthe
plug‐insatthattime.
FormoreinformationaboutsupportedversionsofVisualStudioandEclipse,see
thefollowingguidesontheVMwareWebsite:
 IntegratedVirtualDebuggerforEclipseDeveloper’sGuide
 IntegratedVirtualDebuggerforVisualStudioDeveloper’sGuide
Sharing a Workstation Host with Other VMware Products
YoucannothaveVMwareWorkstationinstalledonthesamehostmachinewithanother
VMwareproduct,suchasVMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,ortheVMwareVirtual
MachineConsole.TheonlyVMwareproductsthatcanshareahostmachinewith
WorkstationaretheVMwareVirtualCenterclientsoftwareandVMwareConverter. If
youplantoinst
allVMwa
reWorkstationonahostmachinethatalreadycontains
anotherVMwareproduct,youmustuninstallthatproductfirst.