VMware KVM Modified on 26 SEP 2017 VMware Workstation Pro 14.0 VMware Workstation Pro 12.
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1 VMware KVM With VMware Workstation Pro, you can run virtual machines with VMware KVM, which allows you to use hot keys to switch among running virtual machines and the host, as if they were attached to a KVM switch. To use VMware KVM, you must create virtual machines with Workstation Pro or Workstation Player, and you must configure keyboard shortcuts to cycle through the virtual machines. VMware KVM is only available with VMware Workstation 10 and later.
VMware KVM Option --reset Description Resets the specified virtual machine. Add =hard to perform a hard reset to the virtual machine. --detach Detaches the specified virtual machine. The virtual machine then runs in the background. --exit Exits vmware-kvm.exe. --preferences Shows the vmware-kvm preferences dialog box, where you set a hot key for switching between virtual machines. For example, type vmware-kvm.exe --power-off=hard MyVM.vmx to hard power off the virtual machine MyVM.vmx.
VMware KVM 5 Select the check boxes next to the other feature to enable or disable. Option Description Allow ungrabbing Allows the mouse cursor to be released using Ctrl+Alt. Stretch guest Allows the virtual machine to change the guest display to fit the full screen. The guest display resolution is not changed. 6 Select an exiting behavior for the virtual machines used with VMware KVM. 7 Click OK. You return to the host system.