Parallels Desktop ® User's Guide Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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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 60 Supported Guest Operating Systems.......................................................................................................... 61 Creating a New Virtual Machine ............................................................................................................... 63 Default Configurations....................................................................................................................
Contents 5 Managing Virtual Machines from Parallels Mobile...................................................................... 141 Removing a Virtual Machine........................................................................................................ 142 Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 143 Working in Coherence ............................................................................................................................. 144 Crystal Mode.................................
Contents Troubleshooting and Limitations 6 224 Getting Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 224 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team.................................................................................................... 225 Checking the Build Number.....................................................................................................................
CHAPTER 1 Introduction Parallels Desktop for Mac lets you seamlessly run Windows and Mac OS X side-by-side, dragand-drop your files between operating systems, and run Windows software on your Apple computer without rebooting. This chapter provides general information about Parallels Desktop for Mac and this User Guide. In This Chapter About Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................ 8 About This Guide........................
Introduction 8 About Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop® is a virtualization solution that allows 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 any other supported guest 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 on Mac computers. Abbreviations Used in the Text The following abbreviations are used in the guide: 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. Starting 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 Getting Help Parallels Desktop provides several ways to access the necessary information: Search Field. You can use this field available from the Parallels Desktop Help menu to perform a keyword search in both Parallels Desktop Help and the Knowledge Base. In this field, type a keyword and click Show All Help Topics - the related topics will be displayed. Parallels Desktop Help. Contains extensive information about the product and its uses.
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: Device Description 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 .sav A file created when the virtual machine is suspended. It contains the state of the virtual machine and its applications for the moment the suspend was invoked. .mem A file containing memory dump for the suspended virtual machine. For a running virtual machine, it is a temporary virtual memory file. .hdd A bundle of files that represents a virtual hard disk of a Parallels virtual machine.
CHAPTER 3 Installing Parallels Desktop This chapter provides the information on how to: Install Parallels Desktop on your Mac (p. 18); Activate and register (p. 24) Parallels Desktop; Update Parallels Desktop (p. 25); Upgrade to Parallels Desktop 6 (p. 21) from the previous versions of Parallels Desktop; and Remove Parallels Desktop (p. 28). In This Chapter System Requirements............................................................................................................
Installing Parallels Desktop 17 System Requirements Hardware Requirements Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit operating systems in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or later processor is required. Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended. Note: Your Mac must have enough memory to run Mac OS X and your Mac applications, plus the memory required for the virtual machine guest operating system and the applications installed in it.
Installing Parallels Desktop 18 Installing Parallels Desktop Before installing Parallels Desktop make sure that your computer meets the hardware and software requirements (p. 17). If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels online store, download the latest build from Parallels Download Center (http://www.parallels.com/download/). When the download is complete, open the Parallels Desktop DMG package file. To start the installation, double-click Install.
Installing Parallels Desktop 19 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 20 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 Advanced pane (p. 53) of Parallels Desktop Preferences.
Installing Parallels Desktop 21 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6 To upgrade Parallels Desktop 3, 4 or 5 to version 6, you will need to purchase an upgrade from the Parallels Online Store (http://www.parallels.com/buyonline). The upgrade activation key will be sent immediately to the e-mail address you provided. Note: Parallels Desktop 2 cannot be upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6. You can upgrade Parallels Desktop 3, 4 or 5 to any language version of Parallels Desktop 6.
Installing Parallels Desktop 22 Note: In Linux virtual machines, X Server may fail to start after the upgrade, which means that you may need to upgrade Parallels Tools manually in text mode (p. 230). If you encounter any problems during the upgrade, visit the upgrade troubleshooting page or use the online Troubleshooting guide available through Help > Troubleshooting Guide. Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key.
Installing Parallels Desktop 23 Trial Activation To get a trial activation key for Parallels Desktop: 1 Choose Activate Product from the Parallels Desktop menu. 2 In the activation dialog (p. 22), click Get Trial. 3 Specify your name and e-mail address. 4 Click the Get Trial button to send this information to Parallels. A free trial activation key will be sent to the e-mail address you provided. When your free trial activation key expires, you will need to get a permanent activation key.
Installing Parallels Desktop 24 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. With registration, you will be able to: Download and install the latest Parallels Desktop updates. Create a backup copy of the product key on the Parallels web server and restore it at any time.
Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Note: If you didn't register Parallels Desktop after its activation, you can register it later by choosing Register Product from the Parallels Desktop menu. 2 If you already have the account, in this step you can change your personal information. If you have no account, in this step enter your name, email. and password in the corresponding fields, specify your personal information and where you are going to use Parallels Desktop.
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 must register your copy of Parallels Desktop (p. 24) 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 must register your copy of Parallels Desktop (p. 24) first. To check for updates manually: 1 Launch Parallels Desktop. 2 From the Parallels Desktop 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 instructions of the Parallels Desktop installer 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: sudo sh /Library/Parallels/Uninstaller/Parallels\ Hypervisor/uninstaller.
CHAPTER 4 Starting Parallels Desktop To start Parallels Desktop, open the Applications folder in Finder and double-click Parallels Desktop. In This Chapter The Welcome Window ......................................................................................................... 31 Parallels Virtual Machines List ............................................................................................. 33 Virtual Machine Window.......................................................................
Starting Parallels Desktop 31 The Welcome Window When you start Parallels Desktop for the first time, you will see the Welcome window that will help you start working in Parallels Desktop. The Welcome window provides you with fast access to the most common Parallels Desktop dialogs and assistants. If you want to start working with the virtual machines already registered in Parallels Desktop, close the Welcome window and the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 33) will open.
Starting 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 to create a virtual machine with a Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, or any other supported guest operating system (p. 61). Migrate Windows from PC. This option allows you to transfer an entire physical Windows computer to a Parallels virtual machine running on your Mac.
Starting Parallels Desktop 33 Parallels Virtual Machines List The Parallels Virtual Machines list shows the virtual machines and virtual machines templates currently registered in Parallels Desktop. Note: If you have no virtual machines and no virtual machines templates registered in Parallels Desktop, the Parallels Virtual Machines list will not open. To open the Parallels Virtual Machines list do one of the following: Choose Virtual Machines List from the Window menu.
Starting Parallels Desktop 34 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 (p. 36). Start virtual machines: Click the Start button choose Start from the shortcut menu. Edit the virtual machine configuration (p. 170): Right-click a virtual machine and select Configure from the shortcut menu.
Starting Parallels Desktop 35 With the help of this menu, you can: Create a new virtual machine: Click the 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.
Starting Parallels Desktop 36 Virtual Machine Window When you choose a virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 33), 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.
Starting Parallels Desktop 37 The virtual machine window consists of three parts: 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. 39). Screen - acts as the virtual machine's screen. Toolbar - comprises buttons that can be used to manage the virtual machine and its appearance. When a guest operating system is running, you can switch between several display modes of the guest OS window.
Starting Parallels Desktop 38 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all of the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines. The menus are displayed on the Mac OS X menu bar. The menus are: The Parallels Desktop menu displays the About Parallels Desktop dialog, lets you activate and register the product, check for updates, set the Parallels Desktop Preferences (p. 42), as well as quit Parallels Desktop.
Starting Parallels Desktop 39 Dock icon shortcut menu Parallels Desktop Dock icon has a shortcut menu with a number of useful commands. Just rightclick the Parallels Desktop icon to open this menu. Status Bar The status bar consists of three parts: The virtual machine state menu The view mode menu The virtual machine devices. ; ; and The Virtual Machine State Menu You can start, shut down, pause, suspend, resume, and stop the virtual machine using the Virtual on the status bar.
Starting Parallels Desktop 40 The icons for the following devices are displayed on the status bar: keyboard floppy disk drive CD/DVD drive hard disk network adapter sound card USB controller shared folders serial port printer port If you see the reinstalled.
Starting Parallels Desktop 41 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 icon buttons and names. Icon Only. Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the icon buttons. Text Only. Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the name buttons. Use Small Size.
CHAPTER 5 Parallels Desktop Preferences This section provides the information on how to configure the Parallels Desktop settings using the Preferences dialog. To open this dialog, choose Preferences from the Parallels Desktop menu. In This Chapter General Preferences .............................................................................................................. 42 Keyboard Preferences .......................................................................................................
Parallels Desktop Preferences 43 Changing the Default Folder for Virtual Machines The Virtual Machines Folder 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. To do this, click the Virtual Machines Folder field and either choose a new folder from the list of available folders or click Choose a folder and navigate to the necessary folder.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 44 Using Animations If you select the Use animations option, the virtual machine window will become animated when the virtual machine is paused, suspended, or shut down. Check for Updates 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 day, provided that Parallels Desktop is launched and your Mac is connected to the Internet.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 45 Keyboard Preferences In the Keyboard 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.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 46 Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts To configure the shortcuts used to perform certain actions, use the Double-click a shortcut to edit it list. Using this list, you can remap the Mac OS X shortcuts to Windows shortcuts that perform similar actions in Parallels Desktop virtual machines. The shortcuts are divided into two groups: shortcuts for managing the Parallels Desktop software and shortcuts for working in virtual machines.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 47 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 are no keys or key combinations that enable you to perform the same action, because there is no Expose in Windows.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 48 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, then return to the Keyboard pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, select this new profile in the Profile list, and configure its shortcuts. To remove one of the existing custom profiles, select this profile and click the Remove button .
Parallels Desktop Preferences 49 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can specify how to handle USB devices that are plugged into your Mac.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 50 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 my 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. If you select this option, the USB device plugged into your Mac will be automatically connected to the virtual machine that is currently running on your Mac.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 51 Mobile Preferences In the Mobile pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set up external connections to Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from Parallels Mobile application installed on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 52 There are two ways to connect Parallels Mobile to your Mac and virtual machines: through the Internet, using Parallels Mobile server, or directly, when your Mac and your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch are within the same network It is recommended to use the first mode, as it enables you to access your Mac from almost anywhere through the Internet or 3G networks.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 53 Advanced Preferences In the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can configure some additional settings.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 54 Configuring Network Preferences In the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can configure a number of networkrelated settings for Parallels Desktop and your virtual machines. Click Change settings and the window with network settings will appear. You can configure the range of IP addresses to be assigned to your virtual machines when they are operating in the host-only (p. 112) and shared (p. 109) networking modes.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 55 software configuration of your Mac and virtual machines (the names and versions of the operating systems and software installed in them) configuration files of virtual machines Any types of private information like your name, e-mail, address, phone number, and keyboard input will not be collected. For more details, visit the Customer Experience Program page at the Parallels website (follow the link in the pane).
Parallels Desktop Preferences 56 Shared Networking Settings To make changes the shared networking settings, click Network: Change settings in the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences and select the Shared tab.
Parallels Desktop Preferences 57 In this window, you can make the necessary changes to the settings of the Parallels DHCP servers for IPv4 and IPv6. These servers, enabled by default, automatically assign IP addresses to your virtual machines operating in the shared networking mode. For more information about configuring shared networking, refer to Shared Networking (p. 109).
Parallels Desktop Preferences 58 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 a rule, select it in the Port forwarding rules list, click the Edit button necessary settings, and click OK to apply them. , modify the To remove a port forwarding rule, select it in the Port forwarding rules list and click the Remove button .
Parallels Desktop Preferences 59 Host-Only Networking Settings To make changes to the host-only networking settings, click Network: Change settings in the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences. The following window will appear: In this window, you can make the necessary changes to the settings of the Parallels DHCP servers for IPv4 and IPv6. These servers, enabled by default, automatically assign IP addresses to the virtual machines operating in the host-only networking mode.
CHAPTER 6 Setting Up a Virtual Machine Generally, the process of creating a virtual machine includes two steps: 1 Creating a virtual machine configuration and installing an operating system in it. This step is performed with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant that creates the virtual machine hardware configuration and installs an operating system on it. The operating system can be installed automatically from a CD/DVD disc or an image of such a disc.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 61 Supported Guest Operating Systems Any of the following guest operating systems can be installed in Parallels Desktop virtual machines. 32bit Windows Windows 7 Windows Server® 2008 SP0, SP1, SP2, R2 Windows Vista® Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise SP0, SP1, SP2 Windows Server® 2003 SP0, SP1, SP2, R2 Windows XP Home SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3 Windows XP Professional SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3 Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Windows 2000 Server SP4 Windows NT 4.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 62 Debian® Linux 5.0 Mac OS Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x Chrome Chrome OS Solaris Open Solaris 2009.06 Solaris® 10 BSD FreeBSD® 7.x, 8.x OS/2 OS/2® Warp 4.5, 4 eComStation™ 1.2 Please note that Parallels Desktop does not include operating system installation discs or their images. You should purchase them separately.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 63 Creating a New Virtual Machine If you have no virtual machines, you can start your work in Parallels Desktop by creating a new virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Assistant. To create a new virtual machine: 1 Open Parallels Desktop and click New Windows Installation in the Welcome window (p. 31) or the Add button File menu. in the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 64 3 Your operating system will either be detected automatically, or you will be asked to select it manually from the list. 4 If you are going to create a Windows or Linux virtual machine, you may be offered to use Express Installation, which is available for most of the popular Windows and Linux operating systems. In the Express Mode, the operating system and Parallels Tools are installed automatically, with no interaction needed.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 65 6 Before your start, review your virtual machine name and location. If you want other users of your Mac to access your virtual machine, choose Share with other users of this Mac - and your virtual machine will be saved in the /Users/Shared folder that is accessible to all users. If you want to edit your virtual machine hardware configuration before proceeding to operating system installation, select Customize settings before installation. 7 When finished, click Create.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 66 Default Configurations A typical virtual machine has the following basic virtual hardware: CPU, memory, hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, sound device (except FreeBSD and MS-DOS virtual machines), CD/DVD drive, network adapter, USB controller, serial port, parallel port connected to the printer set as the default in Mac OS. Note: Apart from the basic hardware, you can add new devices to your virtual machine using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog (p. 170).
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 67 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 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 68 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 69 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.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 70 Opening an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine, but it doesn't appear on the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 33), you can easily add it by opening its file in Parallels Desktop. Parallels Desktop supports virtual machines created in Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, Microsoft Virtual PC, and VirtualBox.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71 Using Boot Camp Partition in Virtual Machine If you have a Boot Camp partition, you can create a virtual machine that will use Boot Camp partition as its hard disk or import Windows from this Boot Camp partition to a new virtual machine or use this partition as a data disk in virtual machines. Creating a Boot Camp Virtual Machine To create a new virtual machine for using the Boot Camp Windows partition, do the following: Boot into Mac OS X.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Importing Data from Boot Camp to a New Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to import the Boot Camp data to Parallels virtual machines. In such virtual machines, the Boot Camp data becomes available on .hdd images. As a result, such a virtual machine is in no way connected to the Boot Camp partition and it can be paused, compressed, and have snapshots.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 73 Downloading Virtual Appliances If you don't 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, prebuilt virtual machines may have a set of applications installed, so that you can do without spending time on installing and setting up the required software.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Desktop includes a set of specially developed utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most convenient and efficient way. Parallels Tools are located on disc images that are installed together with Parallels Desktop. There is a separate Parallels Tools disc image for each type of the supported guest operating systems. prl-tools-win.iso - disc image with Parallels Tools for Windows guest operating systems.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 75 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 Coherence Tool Shared Profile Tool Shared Applications Tool Shared Internet Applications Tool Windows The Coherence tool allows you to work with your Windows applications like if they were Mac applications. It hides your Windows virtual machine's window leaving only Windows and Mac applications visible.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 Parallels Tools for Windows Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Windows guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 Note: If Parallels Tools are not installed in these Windows guest operating systems, the virtual machines will not get connected to the network.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 5 Follow the wizard's instructions to complete the installation. To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine, use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. Reinstalling Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools, start your virtual machine, and select Reinstall Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu. This option is available only if Parallels Tools are up-to-date.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Parallels Tools for Linux Parallels Tools can be installed in Linux guest operating systems that comply with the following requirements: glibc 2.3.4 and later libstdc++ 3.4.6 and later (libstdc++.so.6) gcc 3.4.6 and later (including C++ support) make 3.80 X Window System X11R6.7, X11R6.8, X11R6.8.99, X11R7.0, X11R7.1, X11R7.2 (1.3), X11R7.3 (1.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS. Type the following command to gain the root privileges: su 4 Change the directory to the CD/DVD drive directory using cd /media/cdrom/ Note: In some of the Linux operating systems, the mount point for the virtual CD/DVD drive may appear as /media/Parallels\ Tools/. 5 In the CD/DVD drive directory, enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools installation: .
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 81 6 When the installation disc image is mounted, change the directory to the CD/DVD drive directory using cd /media/cdrom/ 7 In the CD/DVD drive directory, enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation: ./install Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command. 8 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation. 9 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 82 Parallels Tools for Mac Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Mac OS X guest operating systems: Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard To install Parallels Tools in Mac OS X Server: 1 Start the virtual machine, and log in to the guest OS. 2 When the guest OS boots up, connect the Parallels Tools ISO image file by choosing Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 83 Parallels Tools for 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 84 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 85 Parallels Tools for Windows 98 A video driver for Windows 98 guest OS should be installed manually. Before proceeding to installation, choose Virtual Machine > Install Parallels Tools to connect the drivers installation disc (/Library/Parallels/Tools/prl-tools-other.iso) to your virtual machine. When the installation disc is connected, you can proceed to installation.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 86 Updating Parallels Tools The procedure of updating Parallels Tools depends on the guest operating system where they have been installed. In Windows 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 87 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, and follow the instructions. 6 When the updating is complete, click Restart to quit the installer and restart your virtual machine.
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 88 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.
CHAPTER 7 Working With Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on how to work with your virtual machines. In This Chapter Basic Operations ................................................................................................................... 90 Working With Virtual Machine's Applications..................................................................... 104 Configuring Network in Virtual Machines ...........................................................................
Working With Virtual Machines 90 Basic Operations Starting a Virtual Machine and Shutting it Down Starting a Virtual Machine To start a virtual machine, do one of the following: Click the Start button list (p. 33). Click the virtual machine state menu Click the virtual machine in the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 33) and choose Start from the Virtual Machine menu. near the virtual machine name in the Parallels Virtual Machines in the status bar (p. 39) and choose Start.
Working With Virtual Machines 91 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. Note: Close the Virtual Machine Configuration (p. 170) dialog before changing the virtual machine state.
Working With Virtual Machines 92 Parallels Desktop is designed to operate like an ordinary computer application. This means that you do not have to change the virtual machine state from running to paused, suspended, or stopped before putting your Mac to sleep. In sleep mode, the applications running on your Mac (including Parallels Desktop and all virtual machines) do not consume any resources and quit automatically. As you start your Mac, all the applications are automatically up and running again.
Working With Virtual Machines 93 Changing the View Mode Switching to the Full Screen Mode You can run a guest operating system in the Full Screen mode (p. 95) when the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden. To see the Mac OS X Dock and the Parallels Desktop menus while working in the Full Screen mode, press Ctrl+Alt.
Working With Virtual Machines 94 Click the View menu and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine; Use the appropriate hot key combination (Ctrl+Cmd+Return by default); or Right-click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock, point to the View item, and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine. Switching to the Modality Mode When you switch your virtual machine to the Modality view mode (p.
Working With Virtual Machines 95 Virtual Machine 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 96 Full Screen mode. In this mode, the virtual machine screen is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer screen. The Full Screen-related settings can be configured in the Full Screen pane (p. 190) of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. Coherence mode. In this mode, the virtual machine desktop is invisible. You can see only the windows of running guest OS applications and work with them side by side with your Mac OS X applications.
Working With Virtual Machines 97 In the picture above, you can see a virtual machine running in the Coherence view mode. The virtual machine itself is hidden however, if you launch any guest OS application, for example, Internet Explorer, its window will be visible. You will be able to work with Internet Explorer side by side with your Mac OS X applications (for example, with Chess). The Coherence-related settings can be configured in the Coherence pane (p.
Working With Virtual Machines 98 Capturing Keyboard and Mouse To start working in a virtual machine, you need first to capture the keyboard and mouse input in the virtual machine. To do this: 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 With Virtual Machines 99 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine If you want to send a key combination to a running virtual machine, do one of the following: Press the key combination that you want to send to your virtual machine when the keyboard input is captured inside the virtual machine window (p.
Working With Virtual Machines 100 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 With Virtual Machines 101 After the clip has been successfully created, you can manage it as follows: Save the clip on 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 completely removed from your Mac. Copy the clip to the clipboard by right-clicking it and choosing Copy to Clipboard.
Working With Virtual Machines 102 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 With Virtual Machines 103 Connecting a Shared Folder The Shared Folders options available at runtime are similar to the settings in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog.
Working With Virtual Machines 104 Working With Virtual Machine's Applications Setting Up Virus Protection Parallels Desktop allows you to install the antivirus software powered by Kaspersky on your Mac and in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed (p. 74). This antivirus software is provided with a free activation key for 90 days. When the trial period expires, you can purchase a permanent activation key.
Working With Virtual Machines 105 3 When the installation is complete, click Reboot in the Install Succeed window to close the wizard and restart the virtual machine. Now you have a 90-day antivirus protection in your virtual machine. The free trial period starts from the moment of the first installation and won't be restarted if you reinstall Kaspersky Internet Security later. When the trial period expires, you will need to purchase a permanent activation key or remove Kaspersky Internet Security.
Working With Virtual Machines 106 Using 3D Graphics Applications Parallels Desktop allows you to run games and applications that require video cards with DirectX or OpenGL support in your virtual machines. The DirectX9.0 and OpenGL2.1 support can be enabled for Windows-based virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed. The OpenGL2.1 support can be enabled for Linux-based virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed. Note: In Linux-based virtual machines, Xorg should be of version 7.1 or later.
Working With Virtual Machines 107 Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote You can use the touchpad gestures and Apple Remote to control some Windows applications. Touchpad gestures are supported by default, while the support for Apple Remote needs to be enabled in the virtual machine configuration. To enable Apple Remote, open the virtual machine configuration by choosing Virtual Machine > Configure, click Options > Advanced, and select Enable next to Apple Remote.
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Working With Virtual Machines 109 Configuring Network in Virtual Machines Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking in your virtual machines: Shared Networking (p. 109). This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use the current network connections of the physical computer. Bridged Ethernet (p. 111). This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use one of the physical computer network adapters.
Working With Virtual Machines 110 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. You may wish to use the Shared Network mode in the following cases: Your computer accesses the Internet via a modem or another non-Ethernet device. You need to access the Internet from inside your virtual machine but are concerned about security.
Working With Virtual Machines 111 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. 109) and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure it properly.
Working With Virtual Machines 112 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 113 Using WiFi in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with an opportunity to connect your virtual machine to a wireless network. Using the Bridged Ethernet mode (p. 111), 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 114 Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to connect up to eight USB 2.0 and five USB 1.1 devices to a single virtual machine. This means that you can plug up to eight USB 2.0 devices and five USB 1.1 devices into your Mac and connect them to your virtual machine. To use this feature, you must add a USB controller (p. 215) to the virtual machine configuration. If the USB controller is already present, make sure it is connected (p. 214).
Working With Virtual Machines 115 In this dialog, you need to specify where the detected USB device will be connected: Point to Mac and click it if you want to use this USB device in Mac OS X. Point to the virtual machine and click it if you want to use this USB device in the virtual machine you are currently working with.
Working With Virtual Machines 116 4 The Boot Camp drivers installer starts. If the installer does not start automatically, browse the Mac OS X disc using Windows Explorer and double-click the setup.exe file in the Boot Camp folder. 5 Follow the installer instructions. When the installation is finished, restart your virtual machine. Note: The iSight driver for Windows is suitable for built-in cameras only. External cameras are not supported.
Working With Virtual Machines 117 Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS The process of connecting a USB Palm device to a 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 screen to make it visible to your Mac.
Working With Virtual Machines 118 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 printer port. To share your Mac printer: 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and select a virtual machine. 2 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu. Go to the Hardware tab and make sure the configuration includes a printer port. If necessary, add it.
Working With Virtual Machines 1 119 Start the Windows virtual machine and log in as administrator. 2 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel. 3 In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers and Faxes item. 4 Click the Add a printer link to open the Add Printer wizard. 5 In the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard window, click Next.
Working With Virtual Machines 120 Setting Up a Printer via Bonjour You can use Apple Bonjour for Windows to share any printer connected to your Mac (or to any Mac available on the local network) with your Windows virtual machines. Note: To see the list of all Windows operating systems supported by Bonjour, please refer to http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999. Before sharing a Mac printer with a Windows virtual machine via Apple Bonjour, keep in mind that: This printer must be itself shared on your Mac.
Working With Virtual Machines 121 If the required printer model is not listed, you can do one of the following: Install the printer drivers in the guest operating system. Then click Have Disk button in the Install Bonjour Printer window and specify the path to the .inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer drivers. In the Install Bonjour Printer window, select Generic in the Manufacturer list and Generic/Postscript in the Model list. Click Next.
Working With Virtual Machines 122 Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest operating system. Before installing a network printer in a guest operating system, make sure that: Your Mac can access the Internet. The virtual machine is configured to work in either the Shared networking mode (p. 109) or Bridged networking mode (p. 111) and can access the Internet too.
Working With Virtual Machines 123 7 If prompted to specify additional port information, choose Standard, select Generic Network Card from the list, and click Next. 8 In the Install Printer Software window, specify the manufacturer and model of the network printer. If the required printer model is not listed, click Have Disk button and specify the path to the .inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer driver. When ready, click Next. 9 Continue with the printer configuration procedure.
Working With Virtual Machines 1 124 Start the virtual machine. 2 Make sure the following components are installed in the guest operating system: Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Installation instructions can be found at CUPS site; Samba service. Installation instructions can be found at Samba site; and A Web browser, since we consider controlling CUPS via web interface. Note: To set up a network printer, you should have root privileges.
Working With Virtual Machines 125 Managing Virtual Machines 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 as vulnerable to crashes as physical computers. You can back up your virtual machine using one or several of the following methods: Configure the regular backup settings in the Backup pane (p.
Working With Virtual Machines 126 You can use any third-party backup utilities you like. Registered Parallels Desktop users can use Acronis True Image Home for free to back up their virtual machines. You can download this application from Parallels Download Center (http://www.parallels.com/download/). Cloning the Virtual Machine You can create a complete clone of the virtual machine using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant. For details, see Cloning a Virtual Machine (p. 129).
Working With Virtual Machines 127 Encrypting the Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to protect your virtual machines from unauthorized use. If you store any important data in a virtual machine, you are highly recommended to encrypt the virtual machine and unauthorized users will have access neither to the virtual machine nor to its data. Encrypting a Virtual Machine To encrypt a virtual machine, follow these steps: 1 Make sure the virtual machine is shut down.
Working With Virtual Machines 128 If you have two virtual machines using the same virtual hard disk (.hdd file) and then you encrypt one of them, the other virtual machine will have no access to this hard disk. If you encrypt a virtual machine with snapshots (p. 134) and then revert to any of its snapshots, the virtual machine will remain encrypted. To start this virtual machine, you will have to enter the password that you specified during the encryption procedure.
Working With Virtual Machines 129 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 can specify a different folder.
Working With Virtual Machines 130 If you want to provide 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 131 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with the 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 5 In the Creation Finished window, click Done to quit the assistant.
Working With Virtual Machines 133 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 134 4 In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the assistant. The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration as the original template. 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.
Working With Virtual Machines 135 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard (p. 186). 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 Virtual Machines 136 4 Click OK to take a snapshot. After the snapshot is created, you can continue working with your virtual machine's current state or use any of its snapshots. To revert to a snapshot, open Snapshot Manager by choosing Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu or by clicking the Manage Snapshots button machine window. on the toolbar of the virtual To create snapshots automatically, configure the SmartGuard settings (p. 186).
Working With Virtual Machines 137 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 Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu; or Click the Manage Snapshots button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window. Note: To add this button to the toolbar, you should customize it. To learn how to do that, refer to the Customizing Toolbar section (p. 41).
Working With Virtual Machines 138 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 Virtual Machines 1 139 Launch Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine. 2 Open Snapshot Manager by: Choosing Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu; or Clicking the Manage Snapshots button 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 Virtual Machines 140 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 directly from the initial state icon. Managing Virtual Machines Using Spoken Commands Parallels Desktop allows you to use spoken commands for managing the virtual machine behavior.
Working With Virtual Machines 141 Managing Virtual Machines from Parallels Mobile Parallels Mobile allows you to remotely access your Parallels Desktop virtual machine and its applications from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
Working With Virtual Machines 142 For more information about using Parallels Mobile, please refer to the Parallels Mobile User's Guide, available on our website. 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 (p. 33). You will be able to add it back to the list (p. 70) later.
CHAPTER 8 Integrating Mac OS and 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 (p. 74) in your virtual machine. Parallels Tools are a set of utilities that provide basic integration of Mac OS X and virtual machines. Parallels Tools are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X guest operating systems.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 144 Working in Coherence Coherence is a visual mode of working with Windows virtual machines. This mode provides the highest level of integration between Mac OS X and the guest operating systems. You may find Coherence especially useful when you want to work with the virtual machine applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 145 To switch a virtual machine to Coherence, do one of the following: Click the Coherence button Choose Coherence from the View menu; Use the appropriate hot key combination (Ctrl+Cmd+Return by default); or in the Parallels Desktop toolbar; Note: The default hot key combinations can be configured in the Keyboard pane (p. 45) of the Preferences dialog. Click the Coherence button in the virtual machine status bar.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 146 Using the Windows Taskbar 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 and Virtual Machine 147 Using Mac OS X Trash You can remove files and folders that you do not need any more by simply dragging them from your virtual machine to the Trash in Mac OS X. After a file or folder is removed, it is automatically placed to Windows Recycle Bin and can be viewed by choosing Windows Recycle Bin from the View menu. You can then restore the file/folder by right-clicking it and selecting Restore.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 148 To open this menu, click the down-pointing white triangle. If you click Customize in the menu or click the white triangle when there are no notification area icons in the Windows 7 guest OS, you will be able to specify what icons you want to be displayed and how they will be displayed. Using Windows 7 Jump Lists in Coherence When you are working with a Windows 7 virtual machine in the Coherence view mode or its variation - Crystal (p.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 149 Switching to the Crystal Mode Only a running Windows virtual machine with Parallels Tools (p. 74) installed can be switched to the Crystal view mode. To switch your virtual machine to the Crystal view mode, do one of the following: If your virtual machine is shut down, choose Use Crystal mode in the Coherence pane (p. 188) of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 150 After that, the virtual machine will be started in the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode every time you start this virtual machine. To switch the virtual machine from Crystal to the Window mode, click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar and select the Exit Coherence option. Note: You can switch from Crystal to the Window mode only. You can then switch from Window to any other view mode (p. 93).
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 151 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.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 152 Hiding Parallels Desktop and all its windows in Full Screen. When you are working with a virtual machine in the Full Screen mode and any Mac OS X application simultaneously, the easiest way to switch between the guest and host operating systems is to use the F6 shortcut. Pressing F6 hides Parallels Desktop and all its windows. You can use the same shortcut to make them visible again.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 153 You can apply MacLook to your virtual machine provided that: The virtual machine is running either the Windows XP (32-bit) or Windows Vista (32/64bit) or Windows 7 (32/64-bit) guest operating system. You are logged in to the guest operating system as an administrator. Up-to-date Parallels Tools (p. 74) are installed in the virtual machine. Parallels Desktop is activated with a permanent activation key.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 154 Sharing Applications and Files 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.
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Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 156 After you shared a Mac OS X folder with your virtual machine and this folder appeared in the User-defined Mac folders window, you can: Disable this folder sharing by clearing the On option. Change the folder name that will be displayed in your guest OS by double-clicking the folder name in the Name column and specifying another name. See what Mac OS X folder is shared with your virtual machine in the Path column.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 157 Note: By default, virtual machines' bundles are stored in the /Users//Documents/Parallels/ folder or in the /Users/Shared folder. To locate the virtual machine bundle, right-click its name in the Parallels Virtual Machines list and select Show in Finder from the context menu. 5 You can also select Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop to mount the shared virtual hard disks to your Mac OS X desktop.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 158 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. 74) installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane (p. 179).
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 159 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 and Virtual Machine 160 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 will appear in the Dock.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 161 3 In the displayed window, go to the /Applications directory. You will see the folders with your virtual machines' applications. Each folder corresponds to a specific virtual machine. 4 Click the folder of the virtual machine that has the necessary application installed, select this application, and click Choose. 5 Close the CDs & DVDs window.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 162 If you decide to work with Mac OS X or any other virtual machine when the application is still performing its task, this progress bar allows you to monitor the task progress. Note: If you start an application in the guest operating system but the application's icon does not appear in the Dock, make sure the Share Windows applications with Mac option is enabled and the Show Dock icons in Coherence only option is disabled in the Applications pane (p.
Integrating Mac OS and 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 and 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 and 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. In the meantime, clicking a hyperlink in a Mac OS X application opens the corresponding web page in the Mac OS X default browser.
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Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 167 Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder For easy access to your virtual machines files, 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, perform the following actions: 1 Open the Sharing pane (p. 181) of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and enable the Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop option.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 168 Note: If you are browsing the contents of a suspended virtual machine in Finder, you cannot delete, move, or otherwise modify its files. 4 To unmount the volume, use the Eject button next to the disk icon. Note: If a hard disk that has several volumes was mounted and you want to open it or the virtual machine using it in Parallels Desktop, you should disconnect its volumes one by one by clicking the Eject button.
Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 169 Enabling Parental Control in a Virtual Machine If you are a user with administrator rights, Parallels Desktop allows you to apply your parental control settings, configured in Mac OS X for managed accounts, to Windows virtual machines. Restrictions for virtual machines include launching specific applications and viewing specific websites. To apply parental control settings to your Windows virtual machines, do the following: 1 Install Parallels Tools (p.
CHAPTER 9 Configuring the Virtual Machine This chapter explains how you can edit your virtual machine configuration: Configure general parameters (the name, amount of memory, number of processors, etc). Edit different virtual machine options (p. 173) (Optimization, Security, Sharing preferences, etc). Configure the virtual hardware devices (p. 195) currently available inside the virtual machine and add new devices.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 171 General Settings You can view and change the virtual machine name, processors number, amount of memory, and add description to the virtual machine. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration window, click General.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 172 General Settings include the following: The virtual machine name. The Name field displays the name assigned to the virtual machine. The length of this name is limited to 50 characters. The name of the virtual machine is displayed in its guest OS window (p. 36). 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 the future.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 173 Options The virtual machine options include the following settings: Startup and Shutdown. In this pane, you can define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine. Optimization (p. 176). These settings relate to the virtual machine performance. Security (p. 179). These settings determine the overall level of virtual machine isolation from Mac OS X. Sharing (p. 181).
Configuring the Virtual Machine 174 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. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 175 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. 33).
Configuring the Virtual Machine 176 Optimization Settings Using the Optimization settings, you can optimize your virtual machine performance. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration window, click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 177 Optimizing Performance The Performance option defines the priority of distributing the main physical computer memory resources: Click the Performance field and select Faster virtual machine to allocate more physical computer memory resources to the virtual machine and its applications. Selecting this option may significantly increase the virtual machine performance; however, it may slow down the productivity of your Mac OS X applications.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 178 If you use an expanding (p. 217) 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. When you delete some data from this virtual hard disk, free unused space appears on the disk but the amount of space your virtual machine occupies on the hard disk of your Mac does not reduce. To regularly free the unused space back to Mac, use the Automatically compress virtual disks option.
Configuring the 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. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration window, click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 180 Setting Restrictions You can set restrictions on the following operations for non-administrator users: Exit full screen mode. An administrator's password will be required to exit the Full Screen (p. 151) view mode. Change virtual machine state. An administrator's password will be required to start, stop (p. 90), suspend, or otherwise change the virtual machine state. Manage snapshots.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 181 Warning! The specified password is very important. You must record it. Without this password, you will not be able to launch the virtual machine. For more details about encrypting virtual machines, refer to Encrypting a Virtual Machine (p. 127). If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 182 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 Mac folders menu 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 only to provide the virtual machine with access to the Home folder of your Mac. Select None to disable the Mac folders sharing.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 183 The SmartMount feature allows you to automate the detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual machines. You can automate the detection and mounting of: Removable drives. External storage devices such as USB hard disks and USB flash drives will be mounted to your guest OS. CD/DVD drives. CD and DVD drives or CD/DVD images (DMG, ISO, and so on) will be mounted to your guest OS. Network folders.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 184 Applications Settings Using the Applications settings, you can configure the applications sharing between Windows and Mac OS. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration window, click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 185 Windows Applications Select Share Windows applications with Mac 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 the Virtual Machine 186 Backup Settings Using the Backup settings, you can automate snapshots creation. You can find detailed information on snapshots and how to work with them in Working with snapshots (p. 134). To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 187 Setting the Time Interval Backing up with Time Machine If you are using Time Machine for backing up your Mac, you may exclude the virtual machine from the Time Machine backups by selecting the Do not back up virtual machine option. Time Machine backups may decrease the performance of your virtual machine when it is running in parallel with the Time Machine backup.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 188 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be required. Coherence Settings Using the Coherence settings, you can configure a number of options related to the Coherence view mode for your virtual machine.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 189 In this pane, you can configure the following options: Use Crystal mode. With this option selected, the virtual machine switched to the Coherence view mode will be switched to the Crystal mode (p. 148). The Crystal mode is very similar to Coherence, however, it provides a higher level of integration between the host and guest operating systems. Show Windows notification area in menu bar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 190 Full Screen Settings Using the Full Screen settings, you can configure the virtual machine 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.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 191 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. Coherence.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 192 Modality Settings Using the Modality settings, you can configure the virtual machine 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 applications. A Modality window can be scaled to any size, and its content will still be active. This allows you to monitor the tasks running inside the virtual machine while you are working on the Mac side.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 193 In the Modality mode, the virtual machine 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 virtual machine that is running when it is in the Modality mode. To manage the behavior of the virtual machine window in the Modality mode, use the following options selected by default: Keep on top of other windows.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 194 SmartMouse The SmartMouse option allows the mouse to move smoothly 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 the Virtual Machine 195 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be required.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 196 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 the Virtual Machine 197 Video Settings To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine video card, use the Video settings. To edit these settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select Video in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 198 In the Video memory field, you can set the amount of video memory that will be available to the virtual machine.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 199 Floppy Settings To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the Floppy Disk settings. To edit the device settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 200 CD/DVD-ROM Settings To configure the virtual machine 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 4 IDE devices (hard disks or CD/DVD drives), 6 SATA, 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 the Virtual Machine 201 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 the Virtual Machine 202 Hard Disk Settings To view and configure the virtual hard disk settings, use the Hard Disk pane of Virtual Machine Configuration. 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 4 IDE devices (hard disks or CD/DVD drives), 6 SATA, 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 the Virtual Machine 203 In the Source field, the virtual hard disk file (.hdd) that emulates the virtual machine hard disk is specified. You can change the hard disk source: To use the Boot Camp partition as the virtual machine hard disk, click the Source field and select the Boot Camp partition name from the list.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 204 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 the Virtual Machine 205 Compressing Virtual Hard Disks If you use an expanding (p. 217) 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. When you delete some data from this virtual hard disk, free unused space appears on the disk, but the amount of space your virtual machine occupies on the hard disk of your Mac does not reduce.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 206 Network Settings Using the Network settings, you can change the network type used in your virtual machine. To edit the device settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 207 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 network types for the virtual machine network adapter: Shared Network. 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 Network (p.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 208 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings in 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 printer port settings. A virtual machine can have up to three printer ports.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 209 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: Printers. 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 the Virtual Machine 210 Serial Port Settings In the Serial Port pane, you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings. To edit the device settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 211 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. To connect the virtual machine serial port to one of the existing serial ports on the host computer, choose the appropriate port on the host computer in the Source list. Socket.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 212 Sound Settings The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine sound device parameters. To edit the device settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure. 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 213 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. Select this option if you want to use one of the input devices from your Mac. Null device. Select this option if you want to mute the input device.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 214 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 five USB 1.1 devices to the virtual machine. To edit the device settings, do the following: 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 215 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 the Virtual Machine 216 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 the Virtual Machine 217 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 the Virtual Machine 218 Parallels Desktop supports CD/DVD disc images in the ISO, CUE, and CCD formats. 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.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 219 Initializing the Newly Added Disk After you added a new blank 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 the Virtual Machine 220 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 the Virtual Machine 221 Creating a New Partition in Windows To create a new partition from the unallocated space on your virtual hard disk, you can use Disk Management, a Windows built-in utility for partitioning hard disks. The steps below provide instructions for creating a new partition in Windows XP. For other Windows operating systems, the procedure is very similar. For more details, see the documentation for the respective Windows operating system.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 222 Creating a New Partition in Linux In most Linux systems, you can use the fdisk utility to create a new partition and perform other disk management operations. Note: To perform disk management operations using fdisk, you must have the root privileges. As a tool with a text interface, fdisk requires typing the commands in the fdisk command line. The main fdisk commands are listed below: Options Description m Displays all available commands for fdisk.
Configuring the Virtual Machine 223 5 Restart the virtual machine: reboot 6 When restarted, create a file system on the new partition. We recommend that you use the same file system as on your other partitions. In most cases it will be either the ext3 or ReiserFS file system. For example, to create the ext3 file system, run the following command: /sbin/mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda3 7 Create a directory that will be a mount point for the new partition.
CHAPTER 10 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues. In This Chapter Getting Technical Support .................................................................................................... 224 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team................................................................................. 225 Checking the Build Number..................................................................................................
Troubleshooting and Limitations 225 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the Parallels Desktop quality, you can send problem reports to Parallels support team. If a fatal error occurs in a virtual machine, Parallels Desktop automatically opens the Problem Report for Parallels Desktop window prompting you to send a report. If you notice 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 226 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. In the Name and Email fields, type your name and email. This information will be used by the Parallels support team to address you for more technical details, if needed.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 227 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 228 4 Click OK to save the virtual machine configuration. Initial Partitioning and Formatting 1 Start the virtual machine. You will see the black screen and messages indicating the process of booting to MS DOS. 2 When prompted, enter the following command: fdisk Fdisk (MS-DOS utility) is used to partition hard disks and floppy disks. 3 The Fdisk options will be listed. Choose the operation to perform (the default choice is 1) and press Return (Enter) to continue.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 229 2 Insert the Windows 98 installation CD or connect an ISO image of the installation disc choosing CD/DVD > Connect Image from the Devices menu. 3 If you created only one primary partition (disk C:), by default, your CD/DVD drive will have the drive letter D:. Type the command: D:\setup.exe and press Return(Enter). The installation starts and the files are copied from the CD to the virtual hard disk. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions of the Setup.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 230 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS After upgrading to Parallels Desktop, 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 that X Server failed to start, switch to another virtual console using Ctrl+Alt+F1 and enter your login details.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 231 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 on installing Parallels Tools in Linux, refer to Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS (p. 79).
Troubleshooting and Limitations 232 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 Virtual Machine Configuration dialog.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 233 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 234 If Your Virtual Machine Is Slow The most common reasons why a virtual machine becomes slow are as follows: Reason 1 - Not enough memory or CPU time on your Mac If you run a number of memory-consuming applications on your Mac and a virtual machine simultaneously, the virtual machine performance may become slow because your Mac does not have enough memory or CPU time.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 235 Problems with Setting Up Network If you create a new virtual machine and your Mac is connected to the Internet, the newly created virtual machine automatically becomes connected to the Internet. By default, this virtual machine is configured to work in the Shared Networking mode. You can set up another networking mode in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog (p. 170).
Glossary 236 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 237 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 238 Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). An environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of available data storage devices (like hard disks) or installed operating systems. Primary operating system (primary OS). Operating system that controls the I/O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on. It is the operating system of the physical computer where the Parallels Desktop application is installed. Processor.
Glossary 239 Virtual machine template. A virtual machine that can be cloned to multiple virtual machines that will have the same configuration and data that the virtual machine template had. VM. See Virtual Machine. Windows computer. A physical computer that has a Windows operating system installed.
Index 3 C 3D acceleration - 106, 197 CAC reader - 114 CD/DVD-ROM drive adding/removing - 215 connecting/disconnecting - 39, 102 setting up - 200 Changing configuration at runtime - 102 default folder for virtual machines - 42 toolbar icons set - 41 view modes - 93 Changing hard disk format - 202 Chrome OS - 73 Cleaning up unused space - 202 Clips - 100 Cloning virtual machine - 129 Coherence - 144, 162 Compressing virtual disks - 205 Configuration file - 14, 236 Configuration, editing - 170 Connecti
Index adding Windows application to - 159 using Dock in Coherence - 144 using Dock in Full Screen - 151 Documentation feedback - 12 Drag & Drop - 168 DVD-ROM drive adding - 215 configuring - 200 connecting/disconnecting - 39, 102 removing - 215 E Editing virtual machine - 170 Enabling 3D acceleration - 106, 197 Encrypting virtual machine - 179 Exchanging data - 154, 168 Expanding disks - 202, 217 Exploring virtual machines - 167 Expose in virtual machines - 144 Express nstallation - 63 F F8 key - 229 Fas
Index 242 OpenGL - 106, 197 Opening a virtual machine - 70 Operating system installing in virtual machine - 63, 67 supported guest OSs - 61 installing in Linux - 79 installing in Mac OS X - 82 installing in Windows - 77 overview - 75 uninstalling - 88 updating - 86 Parallels Transporter - 72 Parental control - 179 Partition creating new in Linux - 222 creating new in Windows - 221 expanding existing parition - 223 Password protection - 179 Pausing virtual machines - 91 Permanent activation key - 23 Plain
Index for problem reports - 225 of virtual machine - 101 Screen tearing prevention - 197 Searching Parallels disks - 167 Security settings - 53, 179 Serial port - 210 Setting preferences - 42 Setting up a printer - 117 Shared applications - 159, 162, 165 Shared folders - 154, 157 Shared network (NAT) - 109, 206, 236 Shared Profile - 158, 181 Shared web applications - 165, 184 Sharing files and folders - 154, 181 Windows disks to Mac OS - 154, 167, 181 Shortcuts for applications - 159 Shutting down virtual
Index backing up - 125 cloning - 129 color - 33 configuring - 170 creating - 60 deleting - 142 exploring - 167 opening - 33, 70 pausing - 91 resetting - 90 resuming - 90, 91 saving state - 134 shutting down - 90 starting - 90 suspending - 90, 91 typical configurations - 66 virtual machine files - 14 Virtual machine configuration - 170 Virtual machine technology overview - 13 Virus protection - 104 VMware virtual machine using in Parallels Desktop - 70 W Web applications - 165 Welcome screen - 31 WiFi - 11
