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Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion for Mac OS X
Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion for Mac OS X
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If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to -date technical documentation on our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. Getting Started with VMware Fusion Revision: 20071025 Item: VMF-ENG-Q407-295 You can find the most up-to : docfeedback@vmware.com
If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to -date technical documentation on our Web site at http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/support.html The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. Getting Started with VMware Fusion Revision: 20071025 Item: VMF-ENG-Q407-295 You can find the most up-to : docfeedback@vmware.com
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... more processors, memory, a CD/DVD drive, a network adapter, and a USB controller-all created by -side with VMware Fusion Introduction VMware Fusion™ allows you to run your favorite PC applications on your Mac. Getting Started y 3 Getting Started with Mac OS X. A virtual machine is , these elements of virtual machines to run a virtual machine on your Intel-based...
... more processors, memory, a CD/DVD drive, a network adapter, and a USB controller-all created by -side with VMware Fusion Introduction VMware Fusion™ allows you to run your favorite PC applications on your Mac. Getting Started y 3 Getting Started with Mac OS X. A virtual machine is , these elements of virtual machines to run a virtual machine on your Intel-based...
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..., without rebooting. Create virtual machines - See the Virtual Appliance Marketplace at http://vam.vmware.com/. With VMware Fusion you can download and try preconfigured business appliances with applications from the Mac by side with popular open source software. VMware Fusion lets you through the process of creating a virtual machine. Run multiple operating systems while...
..., without rebooting. Create virtual machines - See the Virtual Appliance Marketplace at http://vam.vmware.com/. With VMware Fusion you can download and try preconfigured business appliances with applications from the Mac by side with popular open source software. VMware Fusion lets you through the process of creating a virtual machine. Run multiple operating systems while...
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...either one processor core, you can use on the Mac. Experimental support for your Windows operating system, see the VMware Fusion release notes at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/fusion_pubs.html. VMware Fusion's New Virtual Machine Assistant guides you through the ...machine. As the world moves to work like Mac applications and gives you the seamless Mac experience you expect. Getting Started y 5 Features of VMware Fusion VMware Fusion provides the following features: With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion transforms your Windows applications to 64-bit with...
...either one processor core, you can use on the Mac. Experimental support for your Windows operating system, see the VMware Fusion release notes at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/fusion_pubs.html. VMware Fusion's New Virtual Machine Assistant guides you through the ...machine. As the world moves to work like Mac applications and gives you the seamless Mac experience you expect. Getting Started y 5 Features of VMware Fusion VMware Fusion provides the following features: With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion transforms your Windows applications to 64-bit with...
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... installed. Or, you can connect and disconnect any preconfigured devices in a virtual machine. Network with your Mac seamlessly. Networking options are: bridged, NAT, and host-only. VMware Fusion supports up shared folders on using these features, you can set up to ten virtual network interfaces. You can easily share files and...
... installed. Or, you can connect and disconnect any preconfigured devices in a virtual machine. Network with your Mac seamlessly. Networking options are: bridged, NAT, and host-only. VMware Fusion supports up shared folders on using these features, you can set up to ten virtual network interfaces. You can easily share files and...
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... 275MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 1GB of free disk space for each guest operating system and for applications on the Mac and in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are : Any Mac with notes on installing the most common guest operating... systems, see the VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide: http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/. Getting Started y 7 System Requirements for VMware Fusion The minimum system...
... 275MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 1GB of free disk space for each guest operating system and for applications on the Mac and in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are : Any Mac with notes on installing the most common guest operating... systems, see the VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide: http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/. Getting Started y 7 System Requirements for VMware Fusion The minimum system...
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... 8 Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Windows XP Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2 Windows ...
... 8 Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Windows XP Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2 Windows ...
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Getting Started y 9 FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Turbolinux Desktop 10 Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 SP1 ...
Getting Started y 9 FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Turbolinux Desktop 10 Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 SP1 ...
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... the CD-ROM are open and that you from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. This situation can quit unexpectedly in your VMware Fusion Help. VMware Fusion upgrades the existing version automatically. In this problem, you do not need to quit. If you can use the Mac Activity Monitor to force virtual machine processes to uninstall the version...
... the CD-ROM are open and that you from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. This situation can quit unexpectedly in your VMware Fusion Help. VMware Fusion upgrades the existing version automatically. In this problem, you do not need to quit. If you can use the Mac Activity Monitor to force virtual machine processes to uninstall the version...
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... have a serial number, click Get Serial Number to go to your serial number at www.vmware.com/mac/. Click the Buy Now link and follow the subsequent links for the download release. 3 Double-click VMware-Fusion--.dmg to install VMware Fusion. The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your serial number. Getting Started y 11 You can continue...
... have a serial number, click Get Serial Number to go to your serial number at www.vmware.com/mac/. Click the Buy Now link and follow the subsequent links for the download release. 3 Double-click VMware-Fusion--.dmg to install VMware Fusion. The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your serial number. Getting Started y 11 You can continue...
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... and your Mac. You can also choose to download preconfigured virtual machines. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 12 You can continue without entering a serial number, but you cannot power on configuring, running, and closing VMware Fusion, see the VMware Fusion help. You can use VMware Fusion's Windows Easy... Install feature to automatically install Windows and VMware Tools in your home folder available to Windows as a shared folder, so ...
... and your Mac. You can also choose to download preconfigured virtual machines. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 12 You can continue without entering a serial number, but you cannot power on configuring, running, and closing VMware Fusion, see the VMware Fusion help. You can use VMware Fusion's Windows Easy... Install feature to automatically install Windows and VMware Tools in your home folder available to Windows as a shared folder, so ...
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...Windows operating systems in your virtual machine. By default, the virtual machine will not be able to install the operating system manually, see the VMware Fusion Help for the virtual disk. To browse for a different location, select Other from the Where field. 5 In the Virtual Hard Disk panel... as much physical disk space as field. This option gives somewhat better performance for your virtual machine, or you want to use the VMware Tools shrink disk feature later. However, if you allocate all disk space now - Allocating all disk space now is a time-consuming operation...
...Windows operating systems in your virtual machine. By default, the virtual machine will not be able to install the operating system manually, see the VMware Fusion Help for the virtual disk. To browse for a different location, select Other from the Where field. 5 In the Virtual Hard Disk panel... as much physical disk space as field. This option gives somewhat better performance for your virtual machine, or you want to use the VMware Tools shrink disk feature later. However, if you allocate all disk space now - Allocating all disk space now is a time-consuming operation...
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...disc. b Select Make your home folder accessible to the virtual machine to have Windows Easy Install configure your home folder as the name your Mac. c Select whether the virtual machine can share files between the virtual machine and your Windows software is on the sticker attached to the ...packaging for the file. 6 In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 Split disk into 2GB files - It is not provided by VMware. The Product key is not the Windows user name. It is registered to browse for the Windows operating...
...disc. b Select Make your home folder accessible to the virtual machine to have Windows Easy Install configure your home folder as the name your Mac. c Select whether the virtual machine can share files between the virtual machine and your Windows software is on the sticker attached to the ...packaging for the file. 6 In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 Split disk into 2GB files - It is not provided by VMware. The Product key is not the Windows user name. It is registered to browse for the Windows operating...
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... to create a dual-boot environment. After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on your Windows XP or Windows Vista Boot Camp partition as a VMware Fusion virtual machine. If you have VMware Tools installed, you to choose between your Boot Camp virtual machine and your Mac without rebooting and switching between them. Share files...
... to create a dual-boot environment. After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on your Windows XP or Windows Vista Boot Camp partition as a VMware Fusion virtual machine. If you have VMware Tools installed, you to choose between your Boot Camp virtual machine and your Mac without rebooting and switching between them. Share files...
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Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to reactivate Windows. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp partition and starts Windows. 3 After Windows boots from the Boot Camp partition 1 From the Virtual Machine Library...
Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to reactivate Windows. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp partition and starts Windows. 3 After Windows boots from the Boot Camp partition 1 From the Virtual Machine Library...
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...Scroll Lock F15 Pause/Break F16 Backspace delete delete (Forward Delete) delete Insert help Num Lock clear Command (Windows logo key - PC and Mac Keyboards. between Ctrl and Alt keys) Alt alt option MacBook and MacBook Pro Built-In Keyboard delete fn+delete fn+num lock F6 alt option... NOTE On the MacBook and MacBook Pro built-in a Virtual Machine PC and Mac keyboards differ, so you press Fn plus the desired Function key. See Table 1. Getting Started y 17 Using Mac Keyboards in keyboards, the function keys are not accessible unless you will need to press ...
...Scroll Lock F15 Pause/Break F16 Backspace delete delete (Forward Delete) delete Insert help Num Lock clear Command (Windows logo key - PC and Mac Keyboards. between Ctrl and Alt keys) Alt alt option MacBook and MacBook Pro Built-In Keyboard delete fn+delete fn+num lock F6 alt option... NOTE On the MacBook and MacBook Pro built-in a Virtual Machine PC and Mac keyboards differ, so you press Fn plus the desired Function key. See Table 1. Getting Started y 17 Using Mac Keyboards in keyboards, the function keys are not accessible unless you will need to press ...
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...3 When prompted for your permission to search for driver software?, select Search automatically for your Microsoft Vista 32-bit virtual machine. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 18 Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition in... sound card. 6 When you want to continue, click Continue. Sound should now work in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, there is no sound output. To update the sound driver in a VMware Fusion virtual machine running Windows Vista 32-bit edition 1 In the virtual machine, from within Vista.
...3 When prompted for your permission to search for driver software?, select Search automatically for your Microsoft Vista 32-bit virtual machine. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 18 Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition in... sound card. 6 When you want to continue, click Continue. Sound should now work in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, there is no sound output. To update the sound driver in a VMware Fusion virtual machine running Windows Vista 32-bit edition 1 In the virtual machine, from within Vista.
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... the virtual machine instead, use virtual machines created in the following VMware products: ESX Server 2.x and higher Workstation 4.x and higher VMware Server 1.0.x and higher GSX Server 3.2 Quitting Your Virtual Machine VMware Fusion's suspend feature lets you quickly save the entire current state of... Shut Down lets you get back up and running applications, so you can return to virtual machines that you create in VMware Fusion, you can also use the Shut Down command. NOTE Boot Camp virtual machines do not support the suspend and snapshot features ...
... the virtual machine instead, use virtual machines created in the following VMware products: ESX Server 2.x and higher Workstation 4.x and higher VMware Server 1.0.x and higher GSX Server 3.2 Quitting Your Virtual Machine VMware Fusion's suspend feature lets you quickly save the entire current state of... Shut Down lets you get back up and running applications, so you can return to virtual machines that you create in VMware Fusion, you can also use the Shut Down command. NOTE Boot Camp virtual machines do not support the suspend and snapshot features ...
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... completely uninstall VMware Fusion from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. NOTE In rare circumstances, the operating system in a way that you cannot install or uninstall VMware Fusion. In this problem, you can quit unexpectedly in a virtual machine can use the Mac Activity Monitor to... force virtual machine processes to the trash. See the topic Troubleshooting > Forcing VMware Fusion to uninstall the version installed on your computer. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 20 Deleting a Virtual Machine If ...
... completely uninstall VMware Fusion from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion. NOTE In rare circumstances, the operating system in a way that you cannot install or uninstall VMware Fusion. In this problem, you can quit unexpectedly in a virtual machine can use the Mac Activity Monitor to... force virtual machine processes to the trash. See the topic Troubleshooting > Forcing VMware Fusion to uninstall the version installed on your computer. VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 20 Deleting a Virtual Machine If ...