Parallels Desktop User's Guide Copyright © 1999-2009 Parallels Holdings, Ltd.
ISBN: N/A Parallels Holdings, Ltd. c/o Parallels Software, Inc. 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 600 Herndon, VA 20171 USA Tel: +1 (703) 815 5670 Fax: +1 (703) 815 5675 Copyright © 1999-2009 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. Parallels, Coherence, Parallels Transporter, Parallels Compressor, Parallels Desktop, and Parallels Explorer are registered trademarks of Parallels Software International, Inc.
Contents Introduction 7 About Parallels Desktop............................................................................................................................... 8 About This Guide......................................................................................................................................... 9 Organization of this Guide.............................................................................................................. 10 Documentation Conventions.........
Contents Setting Up a Virtual Machine 4 71 Overview.................................................................................................................................................... 72 Supported Guest Operating Systems.......................................................................................................... 73 Typical Configurations...............................................................................................................................
Contents 5 Using Shared Profile ................................................................................................................................ 159 Using Shared Applications....................................................................................................................... 160 Using SmartSelect.................................................................................................................................... 162 Sharing Web Applications .................
Contents Working With Snapshots 6 249 Making Snapshots .................................................................................................................................... 250 Managing Snapshots ................................................................................................................................ 251 Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 255 Overview..................................................................................................
CHAPTER 1 Introduction Parallels Desktop® enables you to use the hardware resources of your Intel-based Mac more efficiently by sharing them between multiple virtual machines running on it. This chapter provides general information about Parallels Desktop for Mac and this guide. In This Chapter About Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................ 8 About This Guide.................................................................
Introduction 8 About Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop® is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on Macintosh computers with Intel® processors (1.66 GHz and faster). You can install a Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, or another operating system in each of your virtual machines and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.
Introduction 9 About This Guide This guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create, configure, and run Parallels virtual machines. Abbreviations used in the text In the present guide, the following abbreviations are used: OS is used instead of operating system in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence. VM is used instead of virtual machine in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence.
Introduction 10 Organization of this Guide This guide consists of the following chapters: Introduction (p. 7) (you are reading it now). Provides basic information about the product and this guide. Virtual Machine Technology Basics (p. 13). Provides information on the specification and technologies of virtual machines. Installing Parallels Desktop (p. 16). Provides instructions on product installation. Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop (p. 30).
Introduction Italics Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command-line placeholder, which is to be replaced with a real name or value. 11 These are the so-called EZ templates. To destroy a Container, type vzctl destroy ctid. Monospace The names of commands, files, and directories. Use vzctl start to start a Container. Preformatted On-screen computer output in your command-line sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages.
Introduction 12 Feedback If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, you can share your comments and suggestions with us by completing the feedback form at the Parallels documentation feedback page (http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/).
CHAPTER 2 Virtual Machine Technology Basics This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines, their specifications, and the underlying technologies. In This Chapter Virtual Machine Technology Overview................................................................................ 13 Parallels Virtual Machine......................................................................................................
Virtual Machine Technology Basics 14 Parallels Virtual Machine Taking the best from the virtual machine and Intel virtualization technologies, Parallels Desktop enables you to create virtual machines with a variety of virtual hardware devices. A Parallels virtual machine works like a stand-alone computer with the following hardware: CPU Up to 8-core Intel Celeron CPU Motherboard Intel i965 chipset based motherboard RAM Up to 8 GB of RAM Video Adapter VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.
Virtual Machine Technology Basics 15 Each virtual machine is stored in Mac OS X as a bundle of files (.pvm) that contains the virtual machine configuration file (.pvs), the virtual hard disk file (.hdd), and other files of the virtual machine. A virtual machine may have the following files: .pvm A bundle that contains the virtual machine files. .pvs A virtual machine configuration file. It defines hardware and resources configuration of a virtual machine.
CHAPTER 3 Installing Parallels Desktop This chapter describes the system requirements and provides the information on how to install Parallels Desktop on your Mac and activate it. In This Chapter System Requirements............................................................................................................ 16 Installing Parallels Desktop................................................................................................... 17 Activating Parallels Desktop....................
Installing Parallels Desktop 17 Installing Parallels Desktop If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels online store, download the latest build from Parallels Download Center (http://www.parallels.com/download/desktop/pdfm5-en_US). When the download is complete, open the Parallels Desktop DMG package file. To start the installation, double-click Install. If you purchased a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop, insert the Parallels Desktop installation disk into the optical drive of your Mac.
Installing Parallels Desktop 18 If you click Install current, Parallels Desktop will be installed from the installation media. If you click Download and install new version, the latest version of Parallels Desktop will be downloaded and installed on your Mac. If there is no update available or your Mac is not connected to the internet, Parallels Desktop will be installed from the current installation source. 2 In the Welcome window, click Continue.
Installing Parallels Desktop 19 In the pop-up dialog, click Agree if you agree with the terms and conditions of the license agreement. 5 In the Customer Experience Program window, read about the Parallels Customer Experience program and click Continue. In the pop-up dialog, click Yes if you want to participate in the program. If you don't want to participate, click No. Note: If you choose not to participate, you may join the program later using the Feedback pane (p. 70) of Parallels Desktop Preferences.
Installing Parallels Desktop 20 Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key. If you purchased a boxed version of the program, you can find the activation key printed on the installation CD sleeve. If you purchased the program online, the activation key was sent to your e-mail. If you downloaded a copy of Parallels Desktop to evaluate it before buying, you can get a trial activation key valid for a certain period of time.
Installing Parallels Desktop 21 Now that your copy of Parallels Desktop is activated, you can create virtual machines, install operating systems in them, and work with the virtual machines' applications side by side with the applications of your Mac. Getting a Trial Activation Key After you download Parallels Desktop from Parallels Download Center and install it, follow the steps below: 1 Choose Activate Product from the Help menu. 2 In the activation dialog, click the Get Trial button.
Installing Parallels Desktop 22 Registering Parallels Desktop After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent activation key, you will be asked to register it. We strongly recommend you to register your copy of Parallels Desktop.
Installing Parallels Desktop 23 3 If you choose At work from the For use list, you will be asked to specify some additional information. Parallels needs this information to know our customers better in order to provide them with the best software and service. 4 To register Parallels Desktop, click OK. If you don't want to register your copy of Parallels Desktop, click Don't register.
Installing Parallels Desktop 24 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 5 To upgrade Parallels Desktop 3 or 4 to version 5, you should purchase the Parallels Desktop upgrade from Parallels Online Store (http://www.parallels.com/en/buyonline). An upgrade activation key will be sent immediately to the e-mail address you provided. Note: Parallels Desktop 2 cannot be upgraded to Parallels Desktop 5. You can upgrade Parallels Desktop 3 or 4 to any localized version of Parallels Desktop 5.
Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Updating Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop includes an updating feature that helps you keep your Parallels Desktop installation up-to-date. You can use the update feature only if your computer is connected to the Internet. Update checks can be performed either automatically or manually. We recommend that you turn on automatic updating to be notified when an update is available. Parallels Desktop will regularly check for updates available and inform you about them.
Installing Parallels Desktop 26 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature, your Mac computer should have a stable Internet connection. Parallels Desktop enables you to set up an automatic check for updates and determine the frequency for this checking. Note: To set up an automatic check for updates, you should register your copy of Parallels Desktop (p. 22) first. To set up automatic update checking: 1 Launch Parallels Desktop.
Installing Parallels Desktop 27 Manual Updating Parallels Desktop also enables you to check for updates manually whenever you want. Note: To check for updates, you should register your copy of Parallels Desktop (p. 22) first. To check for updates manually: 1 Launch Parallels Desktop. 2 From the Help menu, choose Check for Updates. The program will immediately start the search for updates.
Installing Parallels Desktop 28 4 Specify your user name and password to start the installation and click OK. 5 Follow the Parallels Desktop installer's instructions to install the update. Note: If the installer displays a list of conflicting applications, quit these applications to be able to proceed with the installation. 6 When the update is installed, click Close to quit the installer.
Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Removing Parallels Desktop Without Installation Disc Parallels Desktop can be removed without the installation disc using the Terminal. To remove Parallels Desktop using the Terminal: 1 Open the Terminal (it is usually available in the /Applications/Utilities folder) and enter the following command: # /Library/Parallels/Parallels\ Service.app/Contents/Resources/uninstaller.sh desktop Note: If the Password: line appears, you will need to enter an administrator's password.
CHAPTER 4 Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop Before you start to work with Parallels Desktop and create virtual machines, you can learn the basic information about using it. This chapter provides essential information about starting Parallels Desktop, using its interface elements, and configuring its preferences. In This Chapter Starting Parallels Desktop ..................................................................................................... 30 Interface Basics ................
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 31 The Welcome Window When you start Parallels Desktop for the first time, the Welcome window appears. This window provides you with a fast access to the most common Parallels Desktop dialogs and assistants, which is especially useful when making your first steps in Parallels Desktop. When Parallels Desktop is running, you can open the Welcome window by selecting Welcome to Parallels Desktop from the Help menu.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 32 From the Welcome window, you can navigate between the following options: New Windows installation. This option allows you to launch New Virtual Machine Assistant (p. 76, p. 33) to create a virtual machine with a Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X operating system. Import virtual machines. This option opens a Finder window that allows you to locate the virtual machine you want to add.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 33 New Virtual Machine Assistant If you have no virtual machines, you can start your work in Parallels Desktop with creating a new virtual machine in New Virtual Machine Assistant. The assistant offers several installation modes. You can choose the mode that better fits your needs or your experience with Parallels Desktop.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 34 2 Insert the operating system installation disc or connect the installation source to your Mac. In the Operating System Detection window, specify the source of installation files, and click Continue. The operating system will be automatically detected and you will be asked to provide a user name and a Windows product key (if you are installing Windows) or password (if you are installing Linux).
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 35 If you have the Boot Camp partition in your Mac and select the Boot Camp Partition option in this window, the assistant will proceed with the Boot Camp virtual machine creation. For detailed information, see Creating a Virtual Machine for the Boot Camp Partition (p. 258) in Parallels Desktop User's Guide. If you don't want the operating system to be detected automatically, click Skip Detection.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 36 Parallels Virtual Machines List The Parallels Virtual Machines list shows the virtual machines and virtual machines templates that are already registered in Parallels Desktop. Note: If you have no virtual machines registered in Parallels Desktop, the Parallels Virtual Machines list doesn't open. To open the Parallels Virtual Machines list: Choose Virtual Machine List from the Window menu.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 37 The List The Parallels Virtual Machines list contains the registered virtual machines, virtual machine templates, third-party virtual machines stored on your Mac, and the menu for managing this list. The Parallels Virtual Machines list allows you to manage the registered Parallels virtual machines as follows: Open virtual machines: Click the virtual machine name in the list to open the virtual machine window.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 38 With the help of this menu, you can: Create a new virtual machine: Click the (p. 76, p. 33). You can also click the button to start New Virtual Machine Assistant button and select New from the menu. Add an existing virtual machine to the list: Click the button and select Open from the menu to add an existing virtual machine stored on your Mac, on an external USB storage, or on the network.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 39 Virtual Machine Window When you choose a virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 36), the virtual machine window appears. If you start this virtual machine, the virtual machine window changes to the guest OS window that acts as the virtual machine's display. You can resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 40 The virtual machine window consists of three parts: Toolbar - comprises buttons that can be used to manage the virtual machine and its appearance. Screen - acts as the virtual machine's screen. Status bar - contains items for managing the virtual machine's devices and changing the view mode and state. For more information, see Status Bar (p. 44).
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 41 The default toolbar buttons: Start. Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped, paused or suspended. Shut Down. Use this button to shut down your guest OS correctly. Suspend. Use this button to put your virtual machine into the sleep mode for a certain period of time. If you need to restart the host computer, you may temporarily suspend your virtual machines and easily resume them after the restart. Configure.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 42 Safe Mode. Use this button to run the virtual machine in Safe Mode (p. 126). If you often work with snapshots, you can drag any of the three snapshot buttons to the toolbar as well: Take Snapshot. Use this button to create a snapshot (p. 250) for the virtual machine. Revert to Snapshot. Use this button to roll back the changes made to the virtual machine since the moment the last snapshot was made. Manage Snapshots.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 43 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines. The menus are displayed on the Mac OS X menu bar. There are the following menus: The Parallels Desktop menu displays the About Parallels Desktop dialog and lets you set Preferences (p. 47). The File menu lets you create a new virtual machine or remove one of the already existing virtual machines from the virtual machines list.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 44 Status Bar The status bar consists of three parts: the virtual machine devices the view mode menu the virtual machine state menu The Virtual Machine Devices In the virtual machine status bar, you can find the list of devices connected to the virtual machine. This list is available only when the virtual machine is running. By default, the virtual machine devices list is hidden. To see the list, click the left arrow button button .
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 45 The following devices have the icons on the status bar: keyboard floppy disk drive CD/DVD drive hard disk network adapter sound card USB controller shared folders serial port parallel port If you see the machine.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 46 You can also connect CD/DVD discs or images of discs to the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive or connect a floppy image to its floppy drive in the following way: drag the required image file over the CD/DVD drive icon on the Parallels Desktop status bar. For more information, please refer to the Changing Configuration at Runtime section (p. 145).
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 47 Customizing Toolbar To change the appearance of the toolbar items, right-click the toolbar and use the shortcut menu commands: Icon & Text. Use this command if you want the toolbar to display both the button icons and their names. Icon only. Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the button icons. Text only. Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the button names. Use Small Size.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 48 General Preferences In the General pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can: change the default location for storing the folders with the virtual machine files enable verbose logging restore hidden messages Note: The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of the physical computer.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 49 Changing the Default Folder for Virtual Machines The Default folder for virtual machines field displays the default location where Parallels Desktop stores the files and folders of all virtual machines you create on your Mac. You can change the default location by typing the path to another folder in this field or clicking the Choose button and navigating to the necessary folder.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 50 Appearance Preferences In the Appearance pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can choose the appearance of the Parallels Desktop icon and define the animation for actions you perform in Parallels Desktop. Note: The options on this tab can be configured individually for each user of your Mac.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 51 Dock icon This option defines what type of icon will appear in the Dock when Parallels Desktop is open. The following types of icons are available: Parallels Desktop. The standard Parallels Desktop icon appears in the Dock Live Screenshot. If you choose this type, the Dock icon will appear as a live screenshot of the virtual machine window.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 52 Select the Bounce on notifications option if you want the Parallels Desktop icon to bounce in the Dock each time a notification appears in the virtual machine. Transition to full screen This option allows you to set the desired type of animation effect (or none) on switching a Parallels virtual machine to full screen and back. You can choose one of the following effects: Disabled, Fade, Zoom, Reveal, Slide, Warp, Cube, Switch, or Flip.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 53 Keyboard and Mouse Preferences In the Keyboard & Mouse pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set keyboard shortcuts for certain commands. Note: The keyboard shortcuts can be configured individually for each user of your Mac.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 54 The Switch Language option enabled by default allows you to use one and the same shortcut to change the keyboard layout in your Mac and Windows-based virtual machines. For example, if you use Cmd+Space to change the keyboard layout in your Mac, you will be able to use the same key combination in Windows-based virtual machines. Note: This unified keyboard layout switch is available only for Windows-based virtual machines with Parallels Tools (p.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 55 To configure a shortcut remapping rule, double-click it and edit by entering the new key combination. Important: There are Mac shortcuts that do not have similar shortcuts in Windows, for example, you can use the F11 key or Fn+F11 combination to see your Mac OS desktop with Expose, but in Windows there's no keys or key combinations that enable you to to perform the same action, because there is no Expose in Windows.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 56 To add a new profile, click the Add button . In the Choose base profile window, specify the new profile name and select the base profile from the list. After the profile is created, you can submit the changes by clicking OK, return to the Keyboard and Mouse pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, select this new profile in the Profile list, and configure its shortcuts.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 57 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can specify how to handle USB devices that are plugged into your Mac.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 58 General Behavior You can choose a general action to perform when a new USB device is plugged into your Mac by choosing one of these options: Connect it to your Mac. If you select this option, the USB device plugged into your Mac will be connected to your Mac. Connect it to the active virtual machine.
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Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 60 Network Preferences The Network pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to configure a number of network-related settings for Parallels Desktop and your virtual machines. You can configure the range of IP addresses to be assigned to your virtual machines when they are operating in the shared (p. 228) and host-only (p. 231) networking modes. To edit the host-only networking settings: 1 Select Host-only networking in the Connection type list.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 61 2 Select Show in System Preferences if you want the Parallels shared networking adapter to appear in the network preferences of your Mac. 3 Select the Enable DHCP Server option to enable the Parallels DHCP server. This server will automatically assign IP addresses to your virtual machines operating in the shared networking mode from the IP addresses range defined in the appropriate fields below this option.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 62 3 Click OK to add the rule. When the rule is added, use the following IP address combination for external connections to your virtual machine: :. To edit an existing port forwarding rule, select it in the Port forwarding list table, click the Edit button , and modify the necessary parameters in the displayed window.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 63 Memory Preferences The Memory pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to adjust the maximum amount of physical memory (RAM) that the system will reserve for all virtual machines running on your Mac. By default, the Automatically option is selected.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 64 Security Preferences In the Security pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set restrictions on some Parallels Desktop operations for non-administrator users. You can set restrictions on the following operations: Create a new virtual machine. You will have to provide your administrator password to create a new virtual machine (p. 76). Add an existing virtual machine.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 65 Speech Preferences The Speech pane allows you to use spoken commands for managing the virtual machine behavior. The following spoken commands are available: Commands Description Start Starts a virtual machine. Suspend Suspends a virtual machine. Shut Down Shuts down a virtual machine. Pause Pauses a virtual machine. Stop Stops a virtual machine. Reset Resets a virtual machine. Snapshot Opens the Snapshot Manager window.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 66 To successfully operate your virtual machine by using the speech commands, please make sure that: the virtual machine window is active, and the speech settings are properly tuned on the corresponding tab of the Mac OS X System Preferences If the speech settings are not tuned, you will see the 'To enable this option, you should turn on speakable items in System Preferences' warning message. To tune the speech settings, click Open System Preferences.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 67 iPhone Preferences In the iPhone pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can allow external connections to Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from iPhone. If you want the Parallels Mobile application to display a list of accounts available on your Mac, select Send a list of your Mac's accounts to Parallels Mobile.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 68 Update Preferences In the Update pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set preferences for the frequency of the update checks. Note: The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of the physical computer.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 69 The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software. By default, Parallels Desktop is set to automatically check for available updates once a week, provided that the Parallels Desktop application is launched and your physical computer is connected to the Internet. You can specify another interval for updates checking by selecting the necessary value in the Check for updates list.
Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 70 Feedback Preferences Using the Feedback pane, you can join the Parallels Customer Experience Program. If you choose to participate in the program, Parallels will collect information about your host computer and virtual machines configuration. The collected information will help us to make the product better fit your needs.
CHAPTER 5 Setting Up a Virtual Machine This chapter describes how to create a new virtual machine and install a guest operating system in it. The chapter includes an overview of the process and complete how-to instructions. In This Chapter Overview .............................................................................................................................. 72 Supported Guest Operating Systems.....................................................................................
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Overview Generally, the process of creating a virtual machine includes the following steps: 1 Creating a virtual machine configuration. It's like building a real computer from different hardware components. This step is performed with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant (p. 77). In the Express, Typical, or Custom mode, New Virtual Machine Assistant creates a virtual machine with the configuration typical for the selected guest OS.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine Supported Guest Operating Systems Parallels Desktop officially supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Mac OS X Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6 Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x Windows Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista® Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise SP0, SP1 Windows Server® 2003 SP2, R2 Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3, Home Edition SP2, SP3 Windows 2000 Server SP4, Advanced Server SP4 Windows NT 4.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 OS/2 OS/2® Warp 4.5 eComStation™ 1.2 This version of Parallels Desktop also supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 SP2, R2 Windows XP Professional SP2 Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x CentOS Linux 5.0 Fedora Linux 10, 9, 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, 9 SP3 OpenSUSE Linux 11.x, 10.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 75 Typical Configurations The amount of memory and the size of hard disks vary for different guest OSs. Refer to the table below to learn the memory and hard disk values that are allocated to a virtual machine depending on the guest operating system that will be installed in it. Virtual hard disks for typical virtual machines are always created in the expanding format (p. 218).
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 76 Creating a Virtual Machine Virtual machines are created with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant. To start New Virtual Machine Assistant, do one of the following: Choose New Virtual Machine from the File menu. Choose Virtual Machines List from the Window menu and, in the displayed window, click the New button .
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 New Virtual Machine Assistant The assistant offers several installation modes. You can choose the mode that better fits your needs or your experience with Parallels Desktop. Regardless of what method you select, you will be able to change the virtual machine configuration later using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog (p. 168).
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 To specify another default destination for saving virtual machines, do the following: 1 Choose Preferences from the Parallels Desktop menu. 2 In the Preferences window, open the General pane (p. 48) and specify the default destination for new virtual machines in the Default folder for virtual machines field. Note: You can also specify a folder for a virtual machine during its creation.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Express Windows Mode Before creating a virtual machine in the Express Windows mode, make sure that you have an operating system installation disc or its image. Note: Parallels Desktop doesn't provide you with the operating system installation discs and their images. You should purchase the installation disc or its image if you do not have any. To start New Virtual Machine Assistant, click the New button Machines list.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 2 If you clicked Skip Detection on the previous step, select the type and version of the operating system you would like to install in the virtual machine in the Select Operating System Type and Version window. To proceed with the Express Windows mode, select the Windows type and one of the following versions: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003. Click Continue. 3 In the Virtual Machine Type window, select the Express Windows mode.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 81 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of your future virtual machine. Click Continue. 5 In this step, you should define the main parameters for your virtual machine: 6 In this step, define the main parameters for your virtual machine: Name. Indicate the name to be assigned to the virtual machine. By default, the virtual machine gets the name of the operating system that you selected to be installed in this virtual machine.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 82 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 7 In the Boot Options section of the Prepare to Install Operating System window, provide the Windows installation disc or CD/DVD image if you have not done it yet. You can specify the following types of installation media: A real CD/DVD drive. Click the CD/DVD field and select the real CD/DVD drive name from the list if you inserted the installation disc into the optical drive of your Mac.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 83 New Virtual Machine Assistant will install the guest operating system and Parallels Tools in your new virtual machine. Note: If your copy of Parallels Desktop is not activated, you will be prompted to activate it when you click Start. For more information about the activation, see Activating Parallels Desktop (p. 20). The newly created virtual machine will be accessible through the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 84 Express Linux Mode Before creating a virtual machine in the Express Linux mode, make sure that you have an operating system installation disc or its image. Note: Parallels Desktop doesn't provide you with the operating system installation discs and their images. You should purchase or get anyhow the Linux installation disk or its image if you do not have any. To start New Virtual Machine Assistant, click the New button Machines list.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 85 2 If you clicked Skip Detection on the previous step, select the type and version of the operating system you would like to install in the virtual machine in the Select Operating System Type and Version window. To proceed with the Express Linux mode, select the Linux type and version. In the Express Linux mode, the following versions are supported: Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, Fedora Core 5 Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. When finished, click Continue.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 86 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of your future virtual machine. Click Continue. 5 If you have not provided the guest operating system installation files on the second step of the assistant, the Insert the installation CD ... window will appear. In this window you should provide the guest operating system installation files. You can specify the following types of installation media: A real CD/DVD drive.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 87 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 7 In the Boot Options section of the Prepare to Install Operating System window, you can change the OS installation files source if you want. When finished, click Start. New Virtual Machine Assistant will install the guest operating system in your new virtual machine. When the installation is complete, install Parallels Tools if they are available for the guest OS you just installed.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 88 Typical Installation Mode 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by choosing New Virtual Machine from the File menu. 2 In the Operating System Detection window, click Skip Detection. 3 In the Select Operating System Type and Version window, select the guest OS you plan to install inside your virtual machine and click Continue. 4 In the Virtual Machine Type window, select Typical and click Continue.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 89 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine 6 After the virtual machine is created, in the Prepare to Install Operating System window, specify the source of installation files, and click Start. You can specify the following types of installation media: A real CD/DVD drive. Click the CD/DVD field, and select the real CD/DVD drive name from the list if you inserted the installation disc into the optical drive of your Mac.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 90 Custom Installation Mode 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by clicking New Virtual Machine from the File menu. 2 In the Operating System Detection window, click Skip Detection. 3 In the Select Operating System Type and Version window, select the type and version of the guest OS you want to install in this virtual machine and click Continue.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 91 6 In the Hard Disk Options window, select the type of virtual hard disk you want to use and click Continue. You can create a new hard disk image, use an existing one or a Boot Camp partition, or create a virtual machine without any hard disk at all. In the current version of Parallels Desktop, you can use your Boot Camp Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows XP (SP2 or SP3) partition as a bootable disk or as a data disk in virtual machines.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 92 8 In the Networking Type window, select the type of networking you want to use in the virtual machine and click Continue. Shared Networking. If you select this option, the virtual machine will use the host computer's network connections and will be visible only for the host computer and other virtual machines registered on this server. Bridged Networking. If you select this option, the virtual machine will be visible on the network as a separate computer.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 93 Sharing (for Windows virtual machines only). Use this field to configure access to the disks and folders on the physical computer from inside the virtual machine. After the virtual machine creation, you can edit these settings in the Shared Folders pane (p. 180) of the Virtual Machine Configuration.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 94 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 11 In the Boot Options section of the Prepare to Install Operating System window, provide the Windows installation disc or CD/DVD image. You can specify the following types of installation media: A real CD/DVD drive. Click the CD/DVD field, and select the real CD/DVD drive name from the list if you inserted the installation disc into the optical drive of your Mac. A CD/DVD image file.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 95 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system in a virtual machine from a CD or DVD disc, or from an image file of such a disc. Some operating systems are available on CD/DVD disc images only. In some cases, the installation cannot be performed from a real CD/DVD disc because of disc reading problems. In such cases, it is recommended that you try to install the operating system from a CD/DVD disc image of this disc.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 96 Note: When installing a Windows guest OS, you may need to press F8 or other function keys in a virtual machine. If you use MacBook or MacBook Pro keyboard, click inside the virtual machine window to capture the keyboard and mouse input and press Fn+F8 combination instead. You can configure Parallels Desktop to use any other key for performing the same action as F8 does. To release the keyboard and mouse input back to Mac OS X, press Ctrl+Alt.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 97 Note: You can reinstall the guest OS of the same type only. However, you are free to choose the guest OS version. Keep in mind that in some cases, it is easier just to create a new virtual machine, install the guest OS, and delete the old machine after moving all the necessary data to the new one. Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Desktop includes a set of specially developed utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 98 Parallels Tools Overview Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 99 Coherence Tool Windows The Coherence tool hides your Windows virtual machine's window leaving only the virtual machine's applications windows visible side-by-side with your Mac OS X applications. This tool enables you to work in Windows applications coherently with your Mac OS X applications.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 100 kernel sources or development package Note: Some of Parallels Tools, like Shared Folders Tool and Time Synchronization Tool, may also work in those of the Linux operating systems that do not comply with the requirements listed above. Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Mac OS X guest operating systems: Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 101 In a Windows guest OS If you created your virtual machine using the Express Windows mode, Parallels Tools were installed automatically after the installation of the Windows guest operating system. If your virtual machine was created in the Typical or Custom mode, do the following to install Parallels Tools in it: 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest operating system.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 102 If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed, you can easily check this. Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window: if the tip "Press Ctrl + Alt to release the mouse and keyboard" appears in the status bar of the virtual machine's window, this means that Parallels Tools are not installed. When Parallels Tools are installed, you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard - they are released automatically.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 103 In a Linux guest OS Before installing Parallels Tools in a Linux guest OS, perform the following actions: Close all applications in the guest operating system. Disable the 3D accelerated window manager if you use any. Make sure that you have the gcc package and kernel sources installed. If these packages are not installed, the Parallels Tools installer will inform you about this you.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 104 Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs To install Parallels Tools in the older versions of Linux OSs, you have to mount the prltools-lin.iso image file manually. Do the following: 1 Start the virtual machine. 2 When the guest OS boots up, click the Virtual Machine menu and choose Install Parallels Tools. Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 105 To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine, use the Services pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. Reinstalling Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools, remove them (p. 111) first, and then install them again using the above procedure. How to check if Parallels Tools are installed If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed, you can easily check this.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 106 In Mac OS X To install Parallels Tools in Mac OS X Server Leopard: 1 Start the virtual machine, and log in to the guest OS. 2 When the guest OS boots up, connect and mount the Parallels Tools ISO image file by choosing the Install Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu. Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is greyed out, make sure that Parallels Tools support your guest operating system.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 107 In OS/2 and eComStation Guest OSs All of the OS/2 and eComStation tools can be installed from the prl-tools-other.iso CD image. Network drivers can also be installed from the prl-tools-os2.fdd floppy disk image file during the operating system installation. The latter is easier in most cases. Before starting the installation you should connect the CD image with Parallels Tools to your virtual machine's CD/DVD drive.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 108 3 In the IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 - Installation window choose the CD/DVD drive, then the \Drivers\Sound\OS2 directory. Select the ALC Codec feature and click the Install button. 4 Restart the OS/2 guest operating system. Network Driver Installation To install Realtek RTL8029 driver inside the OS/2 Warp version 4.5: 1 Click the System Setup icon on the system panel.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 109 Updating Parallels Tools The procedure of updating Parallels Tools depends on the guest operating system they are installed in. In a Windows guest OS Parallels Desktop automatically checks for new Parallels Tools updates when you start your virtual machine. If a newer version of Parallels Tools is available, you will see the corresponding message offering you to download and update the tools.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 1 110 Start the virtual machine. 2 When the guest OS boots up, choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu of Parallels Desktop. 3 This will connect the prl-tools-mac.iso image to your virtual machine's CD/DVDROM. 4 Open the Parallels Tools CD-ROM mounted on the virtual machine's desktop and doubleclick the Install icon. 5 In the Welcome window, click Continue.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 111 Removing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from the operating system installed in your virtual machine. Removing from a Windows guest OS 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS. 2 From the Windows Start menu, choose Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. In Windows Vista, choose Control Panel > Programs and Features. 3 Select Parallels Tools in the list and click Remove.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 112 Adding an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine stored on your Mac, but it is missing from the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 36), you can easily add it by opening its PVM file in Parallels Desktop. Parallels Desktop 5 enables you to work with your virtual machines created in Parallels Desktop and other virtualization products, including VMware Fusion, Microsoft Virtual PC, and VirtualBox.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 113 2 In the Finder window, locate the virtual machine bundle or configuration file, select it, and click Open. Parallels Desktop virtual machine bundle has the .pvm extension. Parallels Desktop 3 and earlier configuration file has the .pvs extension. VMware configuration file has the .vmx extension. Virtual PC configuration file has the .vmc extension. VirtualBox configuration file has the .xml extension.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 114 Importing Physical Computers and Virtual Machines Apart from creating a new virtual machine from scratch with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant (p. 77, p. 33), you can create it through migration using Parallels Transporter. Parallels Transporter enables you to migrate selected volumes or the whole of a physical computer or a VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, and VirtualBox virtual machine into a Parallels virtual machine or Parallels virtual disk.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 115 Downloading Virtual Appliances If you do not have enough time to create a new virtual machine with the required configuration, you can download a ready-to-use virtual machine with a predefined configuration. Besides the basic configuration, pre-built virtual machines also may have a set of applications installed in the guest OS, so that you do not have to spend time on installing and setting up the required software.
CHAPTER 6 Working in a Virtual Machine This chapter provides the information on the main operations you can perform in a running virtual machine. These operations include: Starting, stopping, and resetting the virtual machine. Pausing or suspending the virtual machine. Using the mouse in the virtual machine (p. 121). Starting the virtual machine in Safe Mode. Switching between different view modes and working in Full Screen (p. 125).
Working in a Virtual Machine 117 Starting, Stopping, and Resetting a Virtual Machine Starting a Virtual Machine To start a virtual machine, do one of the following: near the virtual machine name in the Parallels Virtual Machines Click the Start button dialog. For detailed information on this dialog, see Parallels Virtual Machines Dialog (p. 36). Right-click the virtual machine name in the Parallels Virtual Machines dialog, and choose the Start option.
Working in a Virtual Machine 118 To reset the virtual machine, do one of the following: Choose Reset from the Virtual Machine menu. in the Parallels Desktop toolbar. If this button is absent from Click the Reset button the toolbar, refer to the Customizing Toolbar subsection (p. 47). Warning: If you reset the virtual machine, you may lose all unsaved data. Setting a Restriction on Changing the Virtual Machine State If you select the Change virtual machine state option in the Security pane (p.
Working in a Virtual Machine 119 Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine Starting and shutting down virtual machines may take a considerable amount of time. Instead of performing these operations, you can suspend or pause a virtual machine for the required time and quickly resume it later. Suspending a Virtual Machine Suspending a virtual machine is similar to putting a real computer into the sleep mode.
Working in a Virtual Machine click the Pause button choose Pause from the Virtual Machine menu. 120 in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or When a virtual machine is paused, its window is grayed out. To continue running the virtual machine, click the Start button the Virtual Machine menu. in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Resume from Parallels Desktop is designed to operate like an ordinary computer application.
Working in a Virtual Machine 121 Using Mouse in the Virtual Machine To start working in a virtual machine, you need first to capture the keyboard and mouse input in the virtual machine. To this effect: 1 move the mouse pointer over the virtual machine window 2 click in the window When the keyboard and mouse input is captured in the virtual machine, you cannot move the pointer out of the virtual machine window and all keystrokes and button clicks go to the virtual machine.
Working in a Virtual Machine 122 Changing View Modes Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines more comfortable and efficient: Window mode. In this mode the virtual machine screen is displayed as a separate window. This is the default view mode. Full Screen mode. In this mode the virtual machine screen is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer's screen. Coherence mode.
Working in a Virtual Machine 123 press Ctrl+Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus and choose Window from the View menu. Switching to the Coherence Mode The Coherence mode provides high level of integration between Mac OS X and your guest operating system. In this mode, you can have the Mac OS X Dock, Windows taskbar, and any applications running under these operating systems on one desktop. For more information on the Coherence mode, see Working in the Coherence Mode (p. 148).
Working in a Virtual Machine 124 In the Modality mode, you can: Simply resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner. Resize the virtual machine window and change the ratio of its sides by pressing and holding Alt and dragging the window right corner. Resize the virtual machine window and dynamically adjust the screen resolution by pressing and holding Shift and dragging the window right corner.
Working in a Virtual Machine 125 Working in Full Screen In the Full Screen mode, the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen, and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden. Note: You can change the virtual machine view mode only when the virtual machine is running. To switch to the Full Screen mode, do one of the following: Click the Full Screen button Choose Full Screen from the View menu. Use the appropriate hot key combination (Alt+Cmd+Return by default).
Working in a Virtual Machine 126 Using Safe Mode If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working session, you can start this virtual machine in Safe Mode. To be able to start the virtual machine in Safe Mode, you need to add the Safe Mode button To this effect: 1 to the Parallels Desktop toolbar first. Right-click the toolbar in the virtual machine's window, and choose Customize Toolbar (p. 47). 2 Drag the Safe Mode button to the toolbar and click Done.
Working in a Virtual Machine 127 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop enables you to use Mac keyboard shortcuts in your virtual machine. If you want to press Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination in a virtual machine, do one of the following: Choose Keyboard > Ctrl+Alt+Del from the Devices menu, or press Ctrl+Alt+Del while the keyboard input is captured inside the virtual machine window.
Working in a Virtual Machine 128 Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine You can install software inside your virtual machine in the same way as you would do on any other real computer: using a CD or DVD disc or image file containing the application installation files using a USB drive containing the application installation files by downloading the necessary application from the network.
Working in a Virtual Machine 129 Setting Up Parallels Internet Security Parallels Desktop includes an antivirus application - Parallels Internet Security powered by Kaspersky®. It is available for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed. Parallels Internet Security is provided with a one year free activation key. When the trial period expires, you can purchase a permanent activation key.
Working in a Virtual Machine 130 If you do not need Parallels Internet Security in your Windows virtual machine, you can quit the installer by clicking the Cancel button or, if it is already installed, remove it like any other Windows application using the Add or Remove Programs dialog. The free trial period starts from the moment of the first installation, and won't be restarted if you reinstall Parallels Internet Security later.
Working in a Virtual Machine 131 Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window Parallels Desktop allows you to create images (also called clips) of the whole Mac OS X desktop or any of its parts. When taken, these images are automatically placed over your opened virtual machine window and remain visible irrespective of what applications you run or what window you open in your virtual machine.
Working in a Virtual Machine 132 After the clip has been successfully created, you can manage it as follows: Save the clip to your Mac OS X desktop by right-clicking it and choosing Save on Desktop. Close the clip by clicking the close button in the clip window. If the clip was not saved before, it will be irrevocably removed from your Mac. Copy the clip to the clipboard by right-clicking it and choosing Copy to Clipboard.
Working in a Virtual Machine 133 Making Screenshots If you want to make a screenshot of the guest operating system running in your virtual machine, choose Make Screenshot from the View menu. The first screenshot file will be named Parallels Picture.png and placed on the Mac OS X desktop. The next screenshots will have the same name with an appropriate number added. Note: This option is not available in the Full Screen (p. 125) and Crystal (p. 152) view modes.
Working in a Virtual Machine 134 Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applications. To use this functionality, enable the corresponding options in the Gestures and Apple Remote pane (p. 200) of the Virtual Machine Configuration. Note: This feature is available for the following guest operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.
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Working in a Virtual Machine 136 Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine There are three basic ways to set up printing in a virtual machine. You can: Share any of the printers connected to your Mac computer via a printer port of your virtual machine. Set up a printer via Apple's Bonjour Printer wizard. Note: Apple's Bonjour printer is available in Windows guest OSs only. Use a network printer. You can also connect a USB printer directly to your virtual machine.
Working in a Virtual Machine 137 Sharing a Mac Printer You can share any printer connected to you Mac with your Windows or Linux virtual machine. The printer will be available through the virtual machine's printer port. To share your Mac's printer: 1 Launch Parallels Desktop, and open the virtual machine window. 2 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu. Make sure that the configuration includes a printer port. If necessary, add it.
Working in a Virtual Machine 138 - in the Local or Network Printer dialog, click Local printer attached to this computer. In Windows 98/ME: - click Next in the wizard's first dialog, - for the How is this printer attached to your computer? select the Local printer option. In Windows 95/NT: - click Local printer. 6 Continue with the general installation procedure and install either HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS or Apple Color LW 12/660 PS driver.
Working in a Virtual Machine 139 Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest OS. Before installing a network printer in a guest OS, make sure that: Networking in the primary and guest OSs is configured. The virtual machine network adapter is connected to the corresponding virtual machine and enabled. To do this: Select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu. Click Hardware to see the virtual machine devices.
Working in a Virtual Machine 140 When finished, click Next. 11 Follow the wizard's instructions to complete the installation. In a Linux or FreeBSD Guest Operating System Make sure that the following components are installed in your guest Linux or FreeBSD system: Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Installation instructions can be found at CUPS site; Samba service.
Working in a Virtual Machine 141 Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight USB 2.0 and eight USB 1.1 devices to a single virtual machine. This means that you can plug up to eight USB 2.0 devices and eight USB 1.1 devices into your Mac and use them from the virtual machine. To use this feature, you should add a USB controller to the virtual machine configuration (p. 168).
Working in a Virtual Machine 142 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to display this dialog each time a USB device is plugged into your Mac, configure USB Preferences in the Preferences dialog (p. 47). To be able to use the USB device in the virtual machine, you may need to install the necessary drivers in the guest OS. By default, such drivers can be obtained from the manufacturers of this device. Note: If you plug a USB 1.1 device into the USB 2.0 port, the port will be identified as USB 1.1.
Working in a Virtual Machine 143 3 Start the virtual machine, and install the native driver for the printer in the guest operating system. For detailed information on installing the printer driver, refer to the printer's manufacturer documentation. 4 Then perform one of the following: If the USB printer is already connected to your Mac, click the USB controller icon the virtual machine status bar (p. 44) and select this printer in the list.
Working in a Virtual Machine 144 Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS The process of connecting a USB Palm device to the virtual machine is similar to the process of connecting other USB devices, but for some minor details. 1 When you plug a USB Palm OS device into your Mac, you should click the Synchronize button on the Palm device's screen to make it visible to your Mac.
Working in a Virtual Machine 145 Changing the Configuration at Runtime Parallels Desktop allows you to connect or disconnect certain devices at runtime or switch some of them for using other media.
Working in a Virtual Machine 146 Connecting a USB Device Parallels Desktop automatically detects all USB devices plugged into your Mac computer. The devices that are currently connected to the virtual machine appear in the list from the Device menu. You cannot use a USB device in Mac OS X while it is being used by the virtual machine. Connecting a Shared Folder The Shared Folders options available at runtime are similar to the settings in the Virtual Machine Configuration (p. 168) dialog.
CHAPTER 7 Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides a number of features that ensure better integration between Mac OS X and your virtual machine. The first step in integrating your virtual machine with Mac OS X is the installation of Parallels Tools in your virtual machine. Parallels Tools (p. 97) are a set of utilities that provide basic integration of Mac OS X and the virtual machines.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 148 Coherence Coherence is a visual mode of working with a virtual machine that enables you to: Use your Windows applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications. Use the Windows taskbar side by side with Mac OS X Dock. Move the Windows applications windows from one display to another (if you have more than one display).
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 149 The current version of Parallels Desktop provides a close integration between guest OS applications and Mac OS X: The Windows file system is accessible from Mac OS X and vice versa. Transparent file associations in both systems let you open Windows files in Mac OS X applications and Mac OS X files in Windows applications. The same default browser and email client can be used in both systems.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 150 By default, both Windows taskbar and Mac OS X Dock are visible. You can use any of the Windows taskbar elements right from Mac OS X Desktop. You can hide the Windows taskbar by choosing View > Hide Windows Taskbar. When the Windows taskbar is hidden, it is convenient to use the Start button icon in the Dock. If you click this icon, the Windows Start menu appears.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 151 Using Expose With Your Windows Applications When working in Coherence, you can use Expose to navigate between the Windows and Mac OS X applications windows opened on your desktop. To activate Expose, press the F9 key (on portable Macintosh computers, use the Fn+F9 key combination instead). If the F9 key doesn't activate Expose, refer to Mac Help for information about changing the Mac OS X shortcuts.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 152 Crystal Mode The Crystal mode is similar to the Coherence mode (p. 148) but provides even higher level of integration between the host and the guest operating systems. In this mode, all Parallels Desktop controls, icons, and menus are hidden, except for the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar and Windows Applications folder in the Dock.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 153 Switching to the Crystal Mode Only a running virtual machine with Parallels Tools (p. 97) installed can be switched to the Coherence mode. To start working in the Crystal mode, do one of the following: Choose Crystal from the virtual machine View menu. Click the Crystal button Click the View Mode menu window, and select Crystal. in the Parallels Desktop toolbar.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 154 Using the MacLook Theme in Windows The MacLook theme for your Windows virtual machine is a predefined set of icons, fonts, colors, and other elements that makes the Windows guest OS look like Mac OS X. Note: This theme is available for Windows XP and later Windows guest operating systems with up to date Parallels Tools (p. 97) installed. To be able to use this theme, you need to log in to Windows as an administrator.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 155 Sharing Folders and Disks A shared folder is a folder on your Mac that can be accessed from your virtual machine. Such folders can be used for exchanging files between the primary OS (Mac OS X) and the virtual machine or between several virtual machines. You can also share the Windows virtual machine disk volumes with Mac OS X - they will be mounted on the Mac OS X Desktop.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 156
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 157 6 The folder appeared in the User-defined Mac OS X folders table. Click OK in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to save the changes, and quit the dialog. 7 Now you can start your virtual machine and view the shared folders in the guest OS. Viewing Shared Folders in Windows Guest OS 1 After you have created a shared folder, start your Windows virtual machine, and you will see the Parallels Shared Folders shortcut on the Windows desktop.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 158 For more information about accessing the virtual machine's disks from Mac OS, see Browsing Virtual Hard Disks In Finder (p. 166). Working With Shared Files and Folders Parallels Desktop allows you to open some files, located in the virtual machine shared folders (p. 180), in Mac OS X applications. It may become useful if, for example, you cannot open a file in the virtual machine applications.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 159 Using Shared Profile Parallels Desktop provides close integration between your Mac OS and Windows guest OS. Now you can access certain Mac Home folders directly from Windows and vice versa. To use this functionality, you should have Parallels Tools (p. 97) installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 160 Using Shared Applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa. Note: To share your Mac OS X and Windows applications, you need to disable the Isolate Mac from Windows option in the Security pane (p. 179) of the virtual machine configuration. Using Mac OS X Applications in Windows Guest OS The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during the Parallels Tools installation.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 161 You can also create aliases for your favorite Windows applications on Mac OS Desktop and add their icons to the Dock. To create an alias for the application and add its icon to the Dock: 1 Start your Windows virtual machine. 2 Start any of your favorite Windows applications in the virtual machine. When the application is started, its icon appears in the Dock.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 162 Using SmartSelect SmartSelect allows you to open files of particular types, stored in Mac OS X, in Windows guest OS applications. Moreover, you can also open files of particular types, stored in Windows guest OSs, in Mac OS X applications. Note: To use SmartSelect, you should install Parallels Tools (p. 97) in the virtual machine and disable the Isolate Mac from Windows option in the Security pane (p. 179) of the virtual machine configuration.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 163 3. A list of SmartSelect file associations will open. You may edit the list by selecting the applications to open files with particular types of extensions. 4. Find the .txt extension, select the Notepad application, and click OK to save the associations. From now on, all .txt files stored in Mac OS X will open in Notepad.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 164 When trying to open a file stored in Mac OS X with the associated Windows guest OS application, mind the following: If the virtual machine containing this application is shut down, suspended, or paused, double-clicking the file will start or resume this virtual machine. When the guest OS boots up, the file will open in the application.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 165 Sharing Web Applications When you work with Mac OS X and Windows applications simultaneously, you may notice that clicking a hyperlink in a Windows application opens the corresponding web page in the browser set as default in the Windows guest OS and clicking a hyperlink in a Mac OS X application opens the web page in the Mac OS X default browser.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 166 Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder For easy access to the files of your virtual machines, you can mount their hard disks in Mac OS X Finder together with other disks and storage devices. If you want your virtual hard disks to be mounted to the Mac OS X desktop when the virtual machine is running, you should perform the following actions: 1 Open the Shared Folders pane (p.
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 167 Working With Objects For closer integration between Mac OS X and your Windows guest OS, Parallels Desktop provides the possibility to copy and paste formatted text and pictures and drag and drop files between Mac OS X and the virtual machine operating system. Note: To use these functionalities, you should have Parallels Tools (p. 97) installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
CHAPTER 8 Configuring a Virtual Machine This chapter explains how you can edit your virtual machine configuration: configure general parameters (p. 169) (the name, amount of memory, number of processors, etc). edit different virtual machine options (p. 171) (the Optimization, Security, Shared Folders preferences, etc). configure the virtual hardware devices (p. 201) currently available inside the virtual machine and add new devices.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 169 General Settings You can view and change the virtual machine name, processors number, amount of memory, and other general parameters. Note: Some of these settings can be changed only when the virtual machine is not running.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 170 General Preferences include the following parameters: The virtual machine name. The Name field displays the name assigned to the virtual machine. The length of the name is limited to 50 characters. The name of the virtual machine is displayed on its guest OS window (p. 39). The guest OS type and version. This field displays the type of the operating system installed in the virtual machine or declared to be installed in future.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 171 Options The virtual machine options include the following settings: Startup and Shutdown (p. 172). In this pane, you can define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine. Optimization (p. 174). These settings relate to the virtual machine performance. Services (p. 177).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 172 Startup and Shutdown Settings Using the Startup and Shutdown Settings, you can define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 173 Starting the Virtual Machine Automatically The Start automatically option defines the cases in which the virtual machine can be started automatically. Select Never if you do not want your virtual machine to be started automatically in any case. Select When window opens if you want your virtual machine to start automatically when you open it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 36).
Configuring a Virtual Machine Optimization Settings Using the Optimization Settings, you can optimize your virtual machine performance.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 175 Using Adaptive Hypervisor Select the Enable Adaptive Hypervisor option to automatically allocate the host computer CPU resources between the virtual machine and Mac OS X applications depending on what application you are working with at the moment.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 176 Optimizing Power Consumption This option allows you to control the virtual machine power consumption when Parallels Desktop is installed on a Mac laptop computer that is running on batteries (for example, MacBook Pro): If you select Longer battery life in the Power consumption field, the virtual machine power consumption will be automatically reduced to provide a longer life for your Mac laptop battery.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 177 Services Settings Using the Services Settings, you can manage two Parallels Tools-related parameters: the time synchronization between Mac OS X and you virtual machine guest OS and the mouse pointer automatic capture and release. These options are available only when Parallels Tools are installed in the virtual machine. Note: Some of these settings can be changed only when the virtual machine is not running.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 178 SmartMouse The SmartMouse option makes the mouse smoothly move between the virtual machine and your Mac. With this option enabled, Parallels Desktop automatically grabs the mouse input when you move the pointer to the virtual machine, and releases it when you move it back to Mac OS.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 179 Security Settings You can set restrictions for performing some actions and make your virtual machine isolated from your Mac using the Security Settings. If you want isolate your virtual machine from Mac OS X, select the Isolate Mac from Windows option (Isolate Mac from Linux for Linux virtual machines). This option disables all integration features, including Shared Folders (p. 180), Shared Profile (p. 182), Shared Applications (p. 184), Internet Applications (p.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 180 Shared Folders Settings Shared folders can be set up for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X guest operating systems. Note: To be able to edit the Shared Folders Settings, you should have Parallels Tools (p. 98) installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179). You can also change the shared folders settings at runtime. To learn how to do it, refer to the Changing the Configuration at Runtime section (p.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 181 Sharing Mac OS X Folders to the Guest OS To configure access to the disks and folders on the physical computer from inside the virtual machine, click the Share these Mac folders field, and select one of the following: Select All disks to provide the virtual machine with access to all disks and folders of your Mac. Select Home folder to provide the virtual machine with access to the Home folder on the physical computer.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 182 You can also select Mount virtual disks to Mac OS X desktop to mount the shared virtual hard disks to your Mac OS X desktop. After you enable this option, the virtual machine's volumes will be accessible from the Mac OS X desktop where they will appear as connected volumes.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 183 Note: To enable the Shared Profile functionality, you must share all Mac disks or at least your Mac Home folder. You can configure the necessary sharing settings on the Shared Folders pane (p. 180) or click OK on this pane to automatically enable Mac OS X Home folder sharing together with enabling Shared Profiles.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 184 Shared Applications Settings Using the Shared Applications Settings, you can configure the applications sharing between Windows and Mac OS. Note: These options are available only when Parallels Tools are installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 185 Windows applications Select Share Windows applications with Mac OS X to allow using Windows applications for opening the files in Mac OS X. Before using a Windows application in Mac OS X for the first time, you should open it once in the virtual machine guest OS.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 186 Internet Applications Settings Using the Internet Applications Settings, you can specify the settings for opening different types of Internet-related files and locations. Note: To use the functionality available on the Internet Applications pane, you should have Parallels Tools (p. 98) installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 187 You can specify different Internet applications for opening each of the following types of web pages: Web pages. Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. E-mail. Links in the mailto format. Newsgroups. Links in the news. format. FTP. Locations accessible through the FTP protocol. RSS. RSS feeds. Remote access. Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH) protocols.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 188 SmartMount Settings Using the SmartMount Settings, you can automate the detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual machines. Note: To use options available on this pane, you should have Parallels Tools installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 189 To enable the SmartMount feature, you should select Enable SmartMount in this pane, and select one or several types of devices to mount. If the SmartMount functionality is enabled and you connect a device of the selected type to Mac OS X, this device is also automatically mounted to your guest operating system as a network drive.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 190 SmartGuard Settings Using the SmartGuard Settings, you can automate snapshots creation. You can find detailed information on snapshots and how to work with them in the Working with snapshots chapter (p. 249). Note: When your virtual machine is paused, snapshot can be created neither manually nor automatically.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 191 To enable the SmartGuard functionality, select the Enable SmartGuard option at the top of the SmartGuard pane. Note: The SmartGuard feature is available only when the Undo Disks feature (p. 192) is disabled and the virtual machine is not running in Safe Mode (p. 126). If you want to know when it is time to make the next snapshot and to be able to reject the snapshot creation, enable the Notify me before snapshot creation option.
Configuring a Virtual Machine Undo Disks Settings Using the Undo Disk Settings, you can enable and configure the Undo Disks feature. Note: This option can be enabled or disabled only when the virtual machine is not running.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 193 The Enable Undo Disks option allows you to discard or apply the changes you made to the virtual machine's hard disk during your working session. If you choose to discard them, the changes will be discarded when you shut down the virtual machine. When you start this virtual machine again, its virtual hard disk will have the same data it contained before you started the previous working session.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 194 Crystal & Coherence Settings Using the Crystal & Coherence Settings, you can configure a number of options related to the Crystal and Coherence view modes for your virtual machine. These view modes are available only for Windows virtual machines that have Parallels Tools installed. Note: For detailed information on the Crystal and Coherence view modes, see Working in the Crystal View Mode (p. 152) and Working in Coherence (p. 148).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 195 On this pane, you can configure the following options: Turn off Aero theme in Coherence. This option is available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista guest operating systems. If you select this option, you will not be able to use the Aero theme in the Coherence and Crystal view modes. In the other view modes, the Aero theme will be available. Bring notification windows to front.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 196 Full Screen Settings Using the Full Screen Settings, you can configure the virtual machine's appearance and behavior when it is running in the Full Screen view mode. In the Full Screen mode, the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden. You can configure the Full Screen Settings even when the virtual machine is running.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 197 Active Screen Corners You can set actions for screen corners in the Full Screen mode. Once you've set an active corner, move the mouse to the corresponding corner of your screen in the Full Screen mode to see the result. To set an action for a screen corner, click the field near this corner, and select the desired action from the menu: Window. On clicking the corresponding active corner, the virtual machine will switch to the Window view mode. Crystal.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 198 Modality Settings Using the Modality Settings, you can configure the virtual machine's appearance and behavior when it is running in the Modality mode. In the Modality mode, you can resize the virtual machine windows and place them side by side with your Mac's applications. A Modality window can be scaled to any size, and its content will still be active, which allows you to monitor the tasks running inside the virtual machine while you are working on the Mac's side.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 199 In the Modality mode, the virtual machine's window becomes transparent by default. You can specify the level of visibility in the Opacity field by dragging the slider between Transparent and Opaque. You can change the level of transparency for your running virtual machine when it is in the Modality mode. To manage the behavior of the virtual machine's window in the Modality mode, use the following options: Stay on top of other windows.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 200 Gestures & Apple Remote Settings You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applications in your virtual machine. Note: This feature is available for Windows virtual machines that have Parallels Tools installed. To use these features, enable the following options: Enable Gestures. Enable this option to use the touchpad (if you have one on your Mac) to control some Windows applications. Enable Apple Remote.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 201 Hardware Settings Using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can configure the virtual hardware available in your virtual machine: Configure the devices currently available inside the virtual machine. Add or remove devices. Configure the boot order of your virtual machine.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 202 The currently supported boot devices are listed below: Hard Disk. Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from its virtual hard disk drive. CD/DVD-ROM. Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from the media connected to its virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive. Note: The virtual machine will use the CD/DVD-ROM drive specified as CD/DVD-ROM 1 in its configuration. Floppy Disk.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 203 Video Settings To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine's video card, use the Video Settings. Note: These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 204 In the Video memory field, you can set the amount of video memory that will be available to the virtual machine. To configure the video memory limit, do one of the following: drag the slider use the spin box arrows type the value directly into the Video memory field Enabling 3D Acceleration If you want to use games or applications that require video cards that support DirectX or OpenGL, select the Enable 3D acceleration option.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 205 Floppy Settings To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the Floppy Disk Settings. Select the Connected option if you want the floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 206 CD/DVD Settings To configure the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive settings, use the CD/DVD Settings. Virtual CD/DVD drives can be connected either to physical CD/DVD drives or to CD/DVD images. Note: You can connect up to four IDE devices (hard disks or CD/DVD drives) and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine. Each device is listed separately in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and has its own number.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 207 Select the Connected option if you want the CD/DVD drive to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup. To emulate the virtual CD/DVD drive, you can connect one of the real CD/DVD drives on your physical computer or a CD/DVD image file to the virtual machine. Note: Parallels virtual machines support ISO and DMG image files and may support CUE and CCD image files.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 208 Hard Disk Settings To view and configure the virtual hard disk settings, use the Hard Disk pane of Virtual Machine Configuration. The current version of Parallels Desktop allows virtual machines to use hard disk images in the .hdd format and Windows Boot Camp partitions. Note: You can connect up to four IDE devices (hard disks or CD/DVD drives) and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 209 2. The SCSI 7:0 location is not available for selecting, since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself. Compressing the Disk If you use an expanding (p. 218) virtual hard disk in your virtual machine, its image file size on the physical hard disk increases as you add new data to the virtual hard disk.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 210 To change the disk size, drag the slider or type the new size in the Size field. Select the Resize file system option if you want to change the file system size: If you select the Resize file system option when increasing the disk size, the additional disk space will be added to the last volume. If you clear the Resize file system option, the added space will appear as unallocated space and will be invisible to the guest operating system.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 211 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected. You can choose one of the following types of networking for the virtual machine network adapter: Shared Networking. Select this option to enable the Network Address Translation (NAT) feature for the virtual machine. In this case, your virtual machine will share whatever network connection is currently used by the host computer. See Shared Networking (p.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 212 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from further unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings on any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be required. Printer Port Settings Using the Printer Port Settings, you can configure the virtual machine's printer ports settings. A virtual machine can have up to three printer ports.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 213 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the printer port connected. In the Source field, the source device that emulates this printer port is specified. A printer port can be emulated by one of the following devices: Default printer. You can use any of the printers connected to your Mac in your virtual machine. Click the Source field, and select the appropriate printer from the list.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 214 Serial Port Settings In the Serial Port pane, you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings. Using serial ports, you can establish a connection between the virtual machine and the host computer devices (using a real port) or between two virtual machines located on the same host computer (using a socket). If you want to connect your virtual machine to the host computer device, you should create a serial port emulated by a real port.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 215 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the serial port connected. In the Source field, the source device that emulates this serial port is specified. Serial ports can be emulated by the following devices: Real Port. Select this option to connect the virtual machine serial port to one of the existing serial ports on the host computer.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 216 Sound Settings The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine sound device parameters. Select the Connected option to have the sound device automatically connected on the virtual machine startup. Use the Input list to choose the necessary device. You can choose one of the following devices: Default. Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in Mac OS. Built-in Input.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 217 USB Settings A virtual machine can emulate only one USB controller, which provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight USB 2.0 and eight USB 1.1 devices to the virtual machine. In the USB Controller pane, you can see the USB devices currently connected to your virtual machine. If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from further unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 218 Support for Virtual and Real Disks This section lists the types of disks that can be used by Parallels virtual machines and provides the information about basic operations you can perform on these disks. Supported Types of Hard Disks Parallels virtual machines can use either virtual hard disks or Boot Camp partitions as their hard disks. Virtual Hard Disks The capacity of a virtual hard disk can be set from 100 MB to 2 TB.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 219 Note: DMG disk images made with Mac OS X Disk Utility are also supported by Parallels Desktop. When creating such an image, make sure you create a read-only and uncompressed image without any encryption. Floppy Disks and Floppy Disk Images Parallels Desktop can use two types of floppy disks: Real diskettes inserted into a real floppy disk drive that is connected to the virtual machine. Floppy disk image files having the .
Configuring a Virtual Machine 220 Adding and Removing Devices Adding new devices to a virtual machine is easier than connecting new devices to a real computer. Removing or disconnecting devices is also easy.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 221 4 If you selected any device except for a hard disk, the corresponding device with a typical configuration is added at once and ready for use. If you selected a hard disk, you should specify some parameters: The hard disk type: a new image file or an existing one. Select Boot Camp if you want to add an existing Boot Camp partition as a hard disk to your virtual machine. The hard disk location.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 222 Initializing the Newly Added Space This section provides some general guidelines on initializing new virtual hard disks or new space added to your existing virtual hard disks.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 223 Initializing the Newly Added Disk After you added a new virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration, it will be invisible to the operating system installed inside the virtual machine until the moment you initialize it.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 224 4 To get extensive information about the disk, enter: p 5 To create a new partition, enter: n 6 To create the primary partition, enter: p 7 Specify the partition number. By default, it is 1. 8 Specify the first cylinder. If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk, use the default value. 9 Specify the last cylinder. If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk, use the default value.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 225 Creating a New Partition in Windows To create a new partition on the unallocated space of your virtual hard disk, you can use Disk Management, a Windows build-in utility for partitioning hard disks. The steps below provide instructions on partitioning the added space in Windows XP. For other Windows operating systems, the procedure will be very similar to this one. To create a new partition on Windows XP 1 Start the virtual machine that uses the enlarged virtual disk.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 226 Creating a New Partition in Linux In most Linux systems, you can use the fdisk utility to create a new partition and to do other disk management operations. Note: To be able to execute the commands necessary to create a new partition on Linux, you must have the root privileges. As a tool with a text interface, fdisk requires typing the commands on the fdisk command line. The following fdisk commands may be helpful: Options Description m Displays the available commands.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 227 command to write the changes to the partition table. 5 Restart the virtual machine by entering the reboot command. 6 When restarted, create a file system on the new partition. We recommend that you use the same file system as on the other partitions. In most cases it will be either the Ext3 or ReiserFS file system.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 228 Networking in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking in your virtual machines: Shared Networking (p. 228). This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use the current network connections of your physical computer. Bridged Ethernet (p. 230).
Configuring a Virtual Machine 229 The Shared Networking mode does not require any additional configuration. With this mode enabled, your virtual machine will share whatever network connection your physical computer uses at the moment.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 230 Bridged Ethernet Networking When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode, your virtual machine appears on the network as a stand-alone computer with its own IP address and network name. Note: The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex than the Shared Networking mode (p. 228), and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure it properly.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 231 Host-Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to the primary operating system and virtual machines running on it. The primary operating system is connected to this network via the Parallels Host-Only Networking adapter automatically created on the physical computer during the Parallels Desktop installation. The addresses for the virtual machines connected to this network are provided by the Parallels DHCP server.
Configuring a Virtual Machine 232 Using WiFi in the Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with an opportunity to connect your virtual machine to a wireless network. Using the Bridged Ethernet mode (p. 230), you can set up a WiFi connection and access the Internet wirelessly. When operating in this mode, your virtual machine appears on the network as a stand-alone computer with its own IP address and network name.
CHAPTER 9 Managing Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on how to change a virtual machine configuration and how to set user preferences for a particular virtual machine or all of them. In This Chapter Cloning a Virtual Machine.................................................................................................... 234 Removing a Virtual Machine ................................................................................................
Managing Virtual Machines 234 Cloning a Virtual Machine An exact copy of a virtual machine can be created using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant. The clone is a separate virtual machine that includes as many virtual hard disks as were connected to the original machine. The assistant places the cloned virtual machine into a default folder, but you may specify a different one.
Managing Virtual Machines 235 If you want to provide a quick access to the virtual machine clone, select the Create icon on Desktop option located under the Place virtual machine files to the folder field. To test the newly created virtual machine clone immediately after its creation, select the Open copy in new window automatically option. Click Clone to start cloning the virtual machine. 4 The Cloning Finished window informs you that copying has been completed successfully and the new machine is ready.
Managing Virtual Machines 236 Removing a Virtual Machine Removing a Virtual Machine From the List If you do not need one of your virtual machines, you can remove it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list. You will be able to add it back to the list (p. 112) later. To remove a virtual machine from the list, stop it if it is running and perform one of the following actions: Drag the virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list.
Managing Virtual Machines 237 Working With Virtual Machine Templates Parallels Desktop makes your work with virtual machines even more convenient by enabling you to create templates of Parallels virtual machines. A template, like a virtual machine, has hardware and may have operating system and software installed. The only difference is that it cannot be started. A template can be easily converted to an ordinary virtual machine and vice versa.
Managing Virtual Machines 238 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with same configuration, you can create a virtual machine template and use it to create new virtual machines. There are two ways of creating a virtual machine template: Convert an existing virtual machine into a virtual machine template. Clone an existing virtual machine to a virtual machine template.
Managing Virtual Machines 6 In the Creation Finished window, click Done to quit the assistant.
Managing Virtual Machines 240 Deploying a Virtual Machine Template A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine. To be able to run it as a virtual machine, you should create a virtual machine that will have the same configuration as the template has. There are two ways of creating a virtual machine from a template: Convert a template into a virtual machine. Deploy a template to a new virtual machine.
Managing Virtual Machines 5 In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the assistant. The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration that the original template had.
Managing Virtual Machines 242 Backing Up a Virtual Machine Most people don't seriously consider regular backups as a necessity until they have experienced a significant data loss. You should create your own backup strategy to protect yourself from data loss. Virtual machines are vulnerable to crashes as well as physical computers. You can back up your virtual machine using one or several of the following methods: Copy the virtual machine files manually.
Managing Virtual Machines 243 2 Right-click the file, and choose Show Package Contents. 3 In the virtual machine contents window, right-click the virtual hard disk file (HDD) that is usually named .hdd. and choose Open With > Parallels Mounter. 4 Using Parallels Mounter, browse the contents of your virtual machine's hard disk to find the files you need to restore. For more information about Parallels Mounter, refer to Using Parallels Mounter (p. 267).
Managing Virtual Machines 244 Managing Virtual Machines From iPhone With the Parallels Mobile application, you can start, stop, and suspend your virtual machine or simply view its desktop right from your iPhone when your Mac is out of reach. All you need is to connect your iPhone to the Internet, launch the Parallels iPhone application, and establish a connection with your Mac.
Managing Virtual Machines 245 3 When the connection to your Mac is established, it will be added to the Hosts list. Viewing and managing your virtual machines 1 Select your Mac in the Hosts list. This will open a list of virtual machines available on your Mac. 2 The list of virtual machines displays the names of the virtual machines available on your Mac and the types of operating systems installed in them.
Managing Virtual Machines 246 3 The appearance of the virtual machine console window depends on its current state: If the virtual machine is running, you will see its live screen shot. To refresh the screen shot, click the refresh button . If the virtual machine is stopped, its screen will be black. If the virtual machine is suspended or paused, its screen will be dimmed.
Managing Virtual Machines 247 For managing your virtual machine, use the toolbar buttons that correspond to the actions you want to perform with this virtual machine: - Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped or to shut down it if it is running. - Use this button to reset the virtual machine. - Use this button to suspend your virtual machine. When the virtual machine is suspended, this button changes its appearance to virtual machine.
Managing Virtual Machines 248 Troubleshooting the Firewall and Network Problems Editing Firewall Settings The settings you may need to apply to the firewall application depend on the type of firewall you use: Application Firewall (on Mac OS X Leopard). Go to General Preferences > Security > Firewall and allow incoming connections to Parallels Desktop. IPFW. Check the firewall rules list and add a new rule that will allow TCP connections to your 64001 port from any locations. Intego NetBarrier.
CHAPTER 10 Working With Snapshots A snapshot is a saved state of the virtual machine. Snapshots can be created manually or automatically when the virtual machine is running. After you make a snapshot, you can continue working with the virtual machine and revert to the created snapshot at any time of your work. Snapshots are stored in the primary OS inside the virtual machine bundle (p. 14), in the Snapshots subfolder. Each snapshot has a number of files, including the .
Working With Snapshots 250 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard (p. 190). Note: You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused. To make a snapshot manually: 1 Make sure that you completed all operations of installing, downloading, or writing to external devices before taking a snapshot. Note: You can create a snapshot at any time.
Working With Snapshots 251 Managing Snapshots You can use Snapshot Manager to revert to a specific snapshot, as well as to manage the snapshots. To open Snapshot Manager: Choose Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu, or Click the Snapshot Manager button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window. Note: To add this button in the toolbar, you should customize it. To learn how to do that, refer to the Customizing Toolbar section (p. 47).
Working With Snapshots 252 The Virtual Machine Snapshots window consists of the following areas: The snapshots tree pane. The snapshots management pane. Snapshots Tree Pane Snapshot icons appear as screen shots of the guest OS window if the virtual machine was running at the time you created a snapshot. The left icon with a flag is the root of the snapshots tree - it is the initial state of the virtual machine used as the reference point. You cannot delete the root icon.
Working With Snapshots 253 Going to a Snapshot 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine. 2 Open Snapshot Manager by choosing Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu, or clicking the Snapshot Manager icon in the toolbar of the virtual machine main window. 3 In the Virtual Machine Snapshots window, choose the snapshot and click the Go To button. You can also right-click the snapshot and choose Go to Snapshot from the shortcut menu or just double-click the snapshot.
Working With Snapshots 254 If you delete the snapshot belonging to two branches, the information is merged into the next snapshot of each branch. Note: If you delete the snapshot that comes after the root icon and that belongs to two branches, the branches will start from the initial state icon directly. The snapshots are also merged automatically if you manage the capacity of your virtual hard disk with the help of Parallels Image Tool.
CHAPTER 11 Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine This chapter provides the necessary information on using the Boot Camp partition with the Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Widows 7 installation in a Parallels virtual machine. In This Chapter Overview ............................................................................................................................... 256 Creating a Virtual Machine for the Boot Camp Partition .....................................................
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 256 Overview In the current version of Parallels Desktop, you can use your Boot Camp Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 7 partition as a bootable disk or as a data disk in virtual machines. Warning: If your Boot Camp partition does not have the Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating system installed, you may damage the Boot Camp partition trying to use it via Parallels Desktop virtual machine.
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 257 Note: Using Boot Camp Windows via virtual machine may require to re-activate the guest operating system. After that, you can use Boot Camp as usually to boot into the Windows partition, or you can boot into it via Parallels virtual machine, see the Booting via Parallels Virtual Machine section (p. 261).
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 258 Creating a Virtual Machine for the Boot Camp Partition To create a new virtual machine for using the Boot Camp Windows partition, do the following: 1 Boot into Mac OS X. 2 Start Parallels Desktop, and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by clicking New in the File menu. 3 In the Operating System Detection window, select the Boot Camp Partition option, and click Continue. 4 In this step, define the main parameters for your virtual machine: Name.
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 259 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of your future virtual machine. When finished, click Create. The newly created virtual machine will be accessible through Parallels Virtual Machine List (p. 36) that allows you to easily manage your virtual machines. When you boot into Boot Camp Windows through Parallels Desktop for the first time, Parallels Desktop will install Parallels Tools (p. 16).
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 260 Boot Camp Configurations When creating a Boot Camp virtual machine, you can set its configuration. There may be two types of Parallels Boot Camp configurations: default Boot Camp configuration and custom Boot Camp configuration The default Boot Camp configuration allows using only one Boot Camp partition with Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 261 Booting via Parallels Virtual Machine When you boot into the Boot Camp Windows partition for the first time, you may notice some problems with the mouse and keyboard. In this case, wait while Windows configures the driver settings to enable the devices. Follow the instructions on the first-time booting into Boot Camp partitions with Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 262 Booting via Boot Camp After you have installed Parallels Desktop and booted for the first time into the Boot Camp Windows partition via a virtual machine, you can continue booting into this partition as usual, via Boot Camp. The Parallels Tools installation does not affect the Windows operating system itself, it only helps you work with this operating system via the virtual machine.
CHAPTER 12 Using Parallels Add-ons In This Chapter Using Parallels Transporter................................................................................................... 263 Using Parallels Mounter........................................................................................................ 267 Using Parallels Image Tool...................................................................................................
Using Parallels Add-ons 264 Migration Scenarios Parallels Transporter offers you several typical migration scenarios depending on the purpose of migration. After you make up your mind and choose the scenario, you can refer to Parallels Transporter Help for further instructions on the selected scenario of migration.
Using Parallels Add-ons 265 Migrating over network assumes that your source computer and your Mac are connected to the same network. On the source computer, you have Parallels Transporter Agent installed, while your Mac has Parallels Transporter installed. Before you start the migration, you need to start Parallels Transporter Agent on the source computer and Parallels Transporter on your Mac. Parallels Transporter connects to Parallels Transporter Agent.
Using Parallels Add-ons 266 Starting Parallels Transporter Starting Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter on your Mac: choose Import from the Parallels Desktop File menu at the lower left corner of the Parallels Virtual Machines or click the down arrow button list, and select Import from the menu.
Using Parallels Add-ons 267 Using Parallels Mounter Parallels Mounter – is a specially designed utility for browsing your Parallels or third-party (VMware, VirtualBox, Virtual PC) virtual machines and virtual hard disks directly in Finder. With the help of Parallels Mounter, you can manage the virtual machine content without starting the virtual machine. Parallels Mounter is provided as a part of the Parallels Desktop package and does not require separate installation.
Using Parallels Add-ons 268 Using Parallels Image Tool Virtual machines use virtual hard disks that are actually hard disk image files. After using your virtual machine for some time, you may find that your virtual machine hard disk does not fit your needs anymore, and you want to increase its capacity or change its type and properties. Parallels designed a special utility for increasing the virtual hard disk capacity and managing its properties - Parallels Image Tool.
Using Parallels Add-ons 269 Increasing the Virtual Hard Disk Capacity If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine's hard disk does not fit your needs anymore, you can increase it using Parallels Image Tool. To increase the capacity of the virtual hard disk: 1 Start Parallels Image Tool (p. 268). 2 In the Introduction window, click Continue. 3 Specify the source virtual disk image file with the .hdd extension in the Source Virtual Disk window.
Using Parallels Add-ons 270 Managing the Virtual Hard Disk Properties With Parallels Image Tool, you can manage the properties of your virtual machine hard disk. You can change the virtual hard disk type from plain to expanding and vice versa, split or merge the disk parts, or merge snapshots of the virtual machine that uses this virtual hard disk. To change the type of the virtual hard disk: 1 Start Parallels Image Tool (p. 268). 2 In the Introduction window, click Continue.
CHAPTER 13 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues. In This Chapter Getting Technical Support .................................................................................................... 271 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team................................................................................. 272 Checking the Build Number..................................................................................................
Troubleshooting and Limitations 272 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop, you can send problem reports to Parallels support team. If a fatal error occurs in a virtual machine, Parallels Desktop automatically opens the Parallels Problem Report window prompting you to send a report. If you notice an unusual virtual machine behavior, you can create a report manually by choosing Report a Problem from the Help menu and filling out the form.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 273 In the Specify the problem type field, you can select the type of your problem from the list. In the next field, you can add a short problem description. These two fields are optional. The Technical Data option includes the .txt status report file that has been generated for the error. The status report contains the product version and activation data, primary and guest OSs information, virtual machine configuration and system data information, processor status, etc.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 274 Installing Windows 98 as a Guest OS All Windows 95 and some of Windows 98 installation packages include a bootable floppy (a startup floppy disk). The floppy is used to perform disk partitioning and formatting by means of MS-DOS. Since modern Macs have no floppy drives, you will need an external USB floppy drive or an image of a bootable floppy disk. Such an image can be created using third-party tools.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 275 4 Fdisk prompts you to create a partition. Select the Create Primary DOS Partition option if you are going to have only one partition or less than four, and enter: 1 Other choices are for the case when you want to create more than four partitions. 5 Then Fdisk prompts you to define the size of the primary partition. Press Return (Enter) if you wish to create a partition of the maximum size available. To define other size type N and press Return (Enter).
Troubleshooting and Limitations 276 7 In the Setup options dialog choose the type of installation. Typical is recommended. 8 (only for Windows 98) If you are going to use networking, select the network card when prompted. 9 Turn off the virtual machine. 10 Eject the installation CD or disconnect the ISO image. 11 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu, go to Hardware > Boot Order, and set the boot sequence to Hard Disk, Floppy Disk, CD/DVD. Click OK to save the configuration.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 277 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS After upgrading to Parallels Desktop 4 or 5, the X Server may fail to start in Linux virtual machines. To fix the problem, you need to install Parallels Tools in text mode. 1 Start the virtual machine. 2 When you see a message about X Server that failed to start, switch to another virtual console using Ctrl+Alt+F1 and enter your login details.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 278 Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command. 9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation. 10 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine. For general information about installing Parallels Tools in Linux, refer to Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS (p. 103).
Troubleshooting and Limitations 279 Memory Usage Problems The amount of the host computer physical memory required for each virtual machine operation can be represented as follows: Virtual Machine Memory = Guest OS Memory + Video Memory + Virtual Machine Monitor Memory Guest OS Memory is the amount of RAM available to your guest OS. You can configure the guest OS memory amount in the Memory pane (p. 169) of Virtual Machine Configuration.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 280 Configuring Network in Linux When setting up network in Linux, you may need to configure the DHCP client to send the virtual machine's ID in DHCP requests. For information on how to configure your DHCP client, refer to the DHCP client documentation. For example, in Red Hat Linux guest OSs, you need to edit the DHCP client configuration file. 1 Open the dhclient.conf file and make sure that the following lines are present.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 281 Suspending a Boot Camp Virtual Machine Be default, you cannot suspend your Boot Camp virtual machine. Booting the operating system of a suspended Boot Camp virtual machine natively (not through the Boot Camp virtual machine) will seriously damage the Boot Camp partition, making it unusable. As a result, all data on your Boot Camp partition may be lost.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 282 Problems With Antivirus Software Because of the close integration with the host operating system, some actions performed by the Parallels Desktop processes may be detected as malicious by the antivirus software installed on your Mac. However, such actions are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of Parallels Desktop. That is why you should prevent the antivirus software from blocking them.
Glossary 283 Glossary This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation. References to terms defined elsewhere in the glossary appear in italics. Administrator. A user with administrative privileges. Activation key. A unique set of symbols that activates the Parallels Desktop application on your Mac and lets you use the Parallels Desktop functionality to its full extent. Active operating system.
Glossary 284 Host computer: The computer that is used to run virtual machines. In case of Parallels Desktop for Mac, it is your Mac. In case of Parallels Desktop for Windows or Parallels Desktop for Linux, it is the Windows- or Linux-based physical computer where Parallels Desktop is installed. In the Parallels Transporter documentation, this term may define the computer that hosts the result of migration. Hot key.
Glossary 285 Parallels Transporter. An application that uses data of a physical or virtual computer for creating a Parallels virtual clone of this physical or virtual computer. The resulting virtual machines can be used with Parallels Desktop. Parallels Transporter Agent. An application that collects data on a physical computer and transfers it to Parallels Transporter installed on your Mac. Parallels Desktop.
Glossary 286 Virtual machine. The computer emulated using Parallels Desktop. A virtual machine has its own virtual hardware and requires an operating system to control its hardware. The installed operating system and its applications are isolated inside the virtual machine and share physical hardware resources of the host computer. Third-party virtual machine.
Index 3 3D acceleration - 132, 203 A About Parallels Desktop - 8 About Parallels Image Tool - 268 About Parallels Mounter - 267 About Parallels Transporter - 263 About Parallels Transporter Agent - 263 Accessing shared folders - 155 Activating Parallels Desktop - 20 Activation key - 20, 283 Active corners - 196 Active operating system - 73, 95, 283 Active volume - 283 Adaptive hypervisor - 174 Adding existing virtual machine - 112 hardware devices - 220 new virtual machine - 76 Parallels Desktop icon
Index animated transition - 50 Coherence settings - 194 SmartSelect - 148 switching to Coherence mode - 122, 148 using Trash - 148 Configuration file - 14, 283 Configuration of a virtual machine creating configuration - 76 editing configuration - 168 Connect USB devices automatically - 57, 217 Connecting CAC reader - 141 CD/DVD-ROM drive - 206 CD/DVD-ROM image - 206 floppy disk drive - 205 printer - 72, 136 serial port - 214 sound device - 216 USB device - 141 Converting to template - 237 Copying - 167 CPU
Index Active corners - 196 animating transition - 50 key combination for switching - 53 switching to Full Screen - 53, 122 use all displays in full screen - 125 view modes - 122 G General preferences - 48 Gestures - 134, 200 Getting info - 11 Getting support - 271, 272 Guest operating system - 8 Custom installation - 90 definition - 283 Express Installation - 79, 84 installing Parallels Tools - 97 integrating guest and host OSs - 147 supported guest operating systems - 73, 95 Typical installation - 88 H
Index Making screen shots - 131, 133 Making snapshots - 190, 249 Managing hard disk properties - 208, 270 Manual update check - 27 Memory in virtual machine - 14, 169, 279 limit for all virtual machines - 63 overcommit - 279 required on host computer - 16 video memory - 203 Memory allocation - 63, 169, 203 Microphone USB - 141 Migrating - 263 entire virtual machine - 264 physical computer - 264 single virtual disk - 264 third-party virtual computer - 264 Migrating over network - 264 Migration - 263 Modalit
Index Appearance preferences - 50 Feedback preferences - 70 General preferences - 48 iPhone preferences - 67 Keyboard and mouse preferences - 53 Memory preferences - 63 Network preferences - 60 Security preferences - 64 Speech preferences - 65 Update preferences - 68 USB preferences - 57 Primary operating system definition - 283 supported primary OSs - 16 Printer setting up a Bonjour printer - 138 setting up a network printer - 243 setting up a printer in virtual machine - 136 sharing Mac printer - 137 Pri
Index migration - 263 Parallels Desktop - 30 Parallels Transporter - 266 virtual machine - 36 Startup mode - 172 Status bar connecting and disconnecting devices - 44, 145 usage - 39, 44 Stopping virtual machine - 117 Sun Solaris supported versions - 73 Support - 271 Supported file formats and systems - 218 Supported guest operating systems - 73 Suspending virtual machine - 119 Switching between view modes - 122 Synchronizing Palm OS device with guest OS - 128 Screen Vertical Synchronization - 203 System re
Index Express installation - 79 printing in Windows - 139 supported versions - 73 Windows applications Parallels Tools - 98, 101 Windows applications folder - 14, 152, 184 Windows disks folder - 14 Windows taskbar in Coherence mode - 148 Windows Vista creating virtual machine in Boot Camp 258 Express installation - 79 Windows XP creating virtual machine in Boot Camp 258 Express installation - 79 using from Boot Camp - 255 293
