Workstation User’s Manual
Workstation 6.5
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Contents
AboutThisBook 19
1 IntroductionandSystemRequirements 21
ProductBenefits 21
OverviewofThisManual 22
HostSystemRequirements 23
PCHardware 23
Memory 24
Display 24
DiskDrives 24
LocalAreaNetworking 25
HostOperatingSystem 25
VirtualMachineSpecifications 29
Processor 29
ChipSet 29
BIOS 29
Memory 29
Graphics 29
IDEDrives 30
SCSIDevices 30
FloppyDrives 30
Serial(COM)Ports 30
Parallel(LPT)Ports 30
USBPorts 31
Keyboard 31
MouseandDrawingTablets 31
EthernetCard 31
Sound 31
VirtualNetworking 32
SupportedGuestOperatingSystems 32
Supportfor64‐BitGuestOperatingSystems 36
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2 InstallingandUpgradingVMwareWorkstation 37
InstallationPrerequisites 37
SharingaWorkstationHostwithOtherVMwareProducts 38
InstallWorkstationonaWindowsHost 39
InstallWorkstationSilently 40
UninstallWorkstationfromaWindowsHost 42
InstallWorkstationonaLinuxHost 43
InstallWorkstationonaLinuxHostUsingaBundle 43
UsingCommand‐LineInstallationOptionswiththeBundle 44
InstallWorkstationonaLinuxHostUsing
anRPM 45
UninstallWorkstationfromaLinuxHost 45
PreparingforanUpgrade 46
UpgradeWorkstationonaWindowsHost 47
UpgradingtoaWindowsVistaHost 48
UpgradeWorkstationonaLinuxHost 50
3 LearningWorkstationBasics 51
StartWorkstationonaWindowsHost 51
StartWorkstationonaLinuxHost 52
OverviewoftheWorkstationWindow 52
HomePageandViews 54
ToolbarButtons 57
ViewtheSidebar 60
FavoritesListintheSidebar 61
CheckforProductUpdates 63
QuicklyCreateaVirtualMachine 63
IntroductiontoWorkstationPreferences 65
IntroductiontoVirtualMachineSettings 67
HardwareTab 67
OptionsTab 68
ClosingVirtualMachines
andExitingWorkstation 69
SetaVirtualMachinetoRunintheBackground 69
KeyboardShortcuts 70
ChangetheHot‐KeyCombination 71
GatheringInformationforVMwareTechnicalSupport 72
RegisterandCreateaSupportRequest 72
GatherDebuggingInformationforaVirtualMachine 73
RunningtheSupportScript 73
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4 CreatingandUpgradingaVirtualMachine 77
MethodsofCreatingVirtualMachines 78
ConfigurationOptionsfortheNewVirtualMachineWizard 78
EasyInstallFeatureforSomeGuestOperatingSystems 78
TypicalComparedtoCustomConfigurations 80
GuestOperatingSystemSelection 81
VirtualMachineLocation 81
VirtualHardwareCompatibilityLevels 82
NumberofProcessors 82
MemoryAllocation 83
NetworkConnectionType 83
SCSIAdapterTypesandDiskTypes 84
NormalandIndependentDiskModes 84
Virtual
DisksandPhysicalDisks 85
DiskCapacity 85
PocketACEDiskSizeCalculatoronWindowsOnly 85
UsetheNewVirtualMachineWizard 86
InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem 87
RespondtoEasyInstallPrompts 87
InstallaGuestOperatingSystemManually 88
UseaParavirtualizedKernelinLinuxGuests 89
UpgradeaGuestOperatingSystem 90
ChangetheVersionofaVirtual
Machine 91
UsinganOlder‐VersionVirtualMachineWithoutUpgrading 93
FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 93
5 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 97
ComponentsofVMwareTools 97
VMwareToolsService 98
VMwareDeviceDrivers 98
VMwareUserProcess 99
VMwareToolsControlPanel 99
InstallingVMwareTools 100
ManuallyInstallVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuestOperatingSystem 100
ConfiguretheVideoDriveronOlderVersionsofWindows 101
AutomatetheInstallationofVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest 102
InstallVMwareToolsonaLinux
GuestWithinXbyUsingtheRPM
Installer 105
InstallVMwareToolsfromtheCommandLinewiththetarorRPM
Installer 106
InstallVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuest 108
