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Chapter 3 Learning Workstation Basics
Figure 3-1. VMware Workstation Window
TheVMwareWorkstationwindowcontainsthefollowingsections:
 Homepage,summary,console,orapplianceview–Mainpartofthewindowthat
showsthevirtualmachines.
 Tabs–Eachopenvirtualmachinehasatab.Clickatabtomakethatvirtual
machineactive.ClicktheClosebuttontoclosethetab.Dependingonhowyou
configureWorkstation,thevirtualmachineistheneitherpoweredofforcontinues
toruninthebackground.
 Sidebar–Bookmarkyourfavoritevirtualmachinesandteamsofvirtualmachines
forquickaccess.Youcanalsoseewhichvirtualmachinesarepoweredon.
Right‐clickcontextmenusenableyoutoperformmanyoperationsonaselected
virtualmachine.AnadditionalsectionofthesidebardisplaysACEManagement
Servers.
 Statusbar–DisplaysWorkstationmessagesandaniconforeachremovable
device.Youcanclickorright‐clickanicontodisconnectitoredititsconfiguration.
 Messagelog—Anoteiconindicateswhetheranyunreadmessagesarepresentin
themessagelogfortheselectedvirtualmachine.Iftheiconisdimmed,all
messageswereread.Toopenthemessagelog,right‐clicktheiconandchoose
OpenMessageLog.Alternatively,fromthemenubar,chooseVM>MessageLog.
Me
ssagesinc
ludewarninginformationaboutthevirtualmachine,suchasCould
not connect to the floppy drive.orNo bootable device was detected.
Selectaniteminthemessagelogtoseeadetaileddescriptionofthemessage.
,
menus
toolbar
sidebar
status
bar
tabs
home page,
summary, or
console view
message
log