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Contents Introduction 8 About Parallels Desktop ...............................................................................................................................8 What's New in This Version .........................................................................................................................9 About This Guide .......................................................................................................................................11 Getting Help ...............
Contents Configuration Editor...................................................................................................................................48 Menu...........................................................................................................................................................49 About Parallels Desktop Dialog..................................................................................................................50 More Information.....................
Contents 5 Time Synchronization Tool Options .............................................................................................117 Video Driver Options ....................................................................................................................119 Mouse Synchronization Tool Options ...........................................................................................120 Network Driver Options ..........................................................................
Contents Floppy Options ..............................................................................................................................175 Hard Disk Options.........................................................................................................................177 Hard Disk Advanced Options........................................................................................................178 CD/DVD-ROM Options.............................................................
Contents 7 Compression Levels ......................................................................................................................253 Compression in Automatic Mode .............................................................................................................254 Parallels Compressor Wizard....................................................................................................................258 Further Reducing the Disk...........................................
CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter provides general information on technologies used by Parallels® Desktop for Mac and presents basic characteristics of a virtual machine created by Parallels Desktop. In This Chapter About Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................ 8 What's New in This Version ................................................................................................. 9 About This Guide...................
Introduction 9 What's New in This Version Improved Coherence Now Coherence Tools integrate guest OS and Mac OS X applications even more deeply: Windows file systems are accessible from Mac OS X and vice versa. Transparent file associations in both systems let you open Windows files in Mac OS X applications and Mac OS X files in Windows applications. The same default browser and email client can be used in both systems. The Dock displays both Windows and Mac OS X applications icons.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Share applications between your Mac OS X and Windows guest OS. Right-click any file and choose the desired application from the combined list of Windows and Mac OS X applications both when in the virtual machine or when in Mac OS X. Create a list of Windows applications on your Mac and use them even when the virtual machine is turned off.
Introduction 11 Printers that connected to your Macintosh computer now can be available for the virtual machine. Such printers can be connected via the virtual machine parallel port. 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. Notation Conventions The table below presents the conventions used in this Guide.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Getting Help Parallels Desktop offers several options for accessing necessary information: Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide. This document contains extensive information about the product, its usage and troubleshooting. You can access the Guide from the Parallels Desktop Help menu or use its PDF version available from the Parallels Desktop folder. The default location is Applications/Parallels/.
CHAPTER 2 Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines, their specifications and underlying technologies. The chapter also includes a list of supported guest operating systems. In This Chapter Virtual Machine Technology Overview................................................................................ 13 Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Support ..................................................................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Intel Virtualization Technology (VTx) Support Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) implemented in the architecture of the newest Intel processors was specially developed for platforms running multiple operating systems. VTenabled processors allow more precise virtual processor simulation. To learn more about Virtualization Technology see the Intel web site (http://www.intel.com/technology/platformtechnology/virtualization/index.htm).
Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine 15 Supported Guest Operating Systems The current version of Parallels Desktop officially supports the following guest operating systems: Microsoft® Windows: Windows Vista® Ultimate, Enterprise, Business Windows Server® 2003 Standard Edition SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP0, SP1 Windows XP Professional SP0, SP1,SP2 Windows XP Home SP0, SP1,SP2 Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4 W
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide OS/2® and eComStation™ Guest Operating Systems: OS/2 Warp 4.5, 4 eComStation 1.2, 1.1 Sun Solaris® Guest Operating Systems: Solaris 10, 9 MS-DOS® Guest Operating Systems: MS-DOS 6.
Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine 17 Virtual Machine Files By default, the files of a virtual machine created with OS Installation Assistant, are placed to the folder: /Documents/Parallels//, where is the name of the particular virtual machine. Hardware configuration for a virtual machine is defined in a special configuration file having the .pvs extension. It contains all the information about virtual devices used by the virtual machine and files connected to those devices.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide .fdd This is a floppy disk image file. .fdd image files are treated by the virtual machine as real floppy disks. For more information about .fdd images, refer to the Floppy Disk Images topic (page 21). .txt Serial and parallel ports can be emulated via output .txt files. See Serial Port Options (page 186) and Parallel Port Options. (page 185) The unattendant.
Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine 19 Supported Types of Hard Disks The current version of Parallels Desktop allows virtual machines to use virtual hard disks and Boot Camp partition with Windows XP /SP2 or Windows Vista installations only. Note. A Live CD can be used with a virtual machine that has no virtual hard disk. Virtual Hard Disks The capacity of virtual hard disk can be set from 20 MB up to 128 GB. Virtual hard disks can be in one of these formats: plain or expanding.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Boot Camp Option With Parallels Desktop you can choose how to use your Boot Camp Windows XP/SP2 or Windows Vista installation: to boot in it natively (via Boot Camp) or via Parallels Desktop. A Boot Camp Windows partition can be used as a bootable disk or as a data disk in Parallels virtual machines.
Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine 21 Floppy Disk Images Although most new Macintosh computers do not have floppy disk drives, Parallels Desktop virtual machines have a virtual floppy disk drive. Parallels Desktop can use floppy image files that appear to a virtual machine floppy drive as real diskettes. Parallels Desktop supports images of floppy disks as files with .fdd extension. In the guest OS you may also access real diskettes using an external USB floppy drive plugged into Macintosh computer.
CHAPTER 3 Installing Parallels Desktop This chapter describes the system requirements and provides the information on how to install Parallels Desktop on your Macintosh computer and how to activate it. In This Chapter System Requirements............................................................................................................ 22 Installing Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................
Installing Parallels Desktop 23 Hardware Requirements In order to install and successfully run Parallels Desktop you should have: An Intel-powered Core™ Duo or Core™ Solo Mac® Mini, iMac®, MacBook™, MacBook Pro or Mac Pro. A minimum of 768MB of RAM. 1GB is recommended. About 200 MB of hard disk space on the boot volume for Parallels Desktop installation. Sufficient space on hard disks to allocate for virtual machines. 15 GB of hard disk space for each virtual machine is recommended.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Installing Parallels Desktop If you purchased a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop, insert the Parallels Desktop CD into the optical drive of your Mac. Open the Parallels Desktop package and double-click Install Parallels Desktop. If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels Online Store, download the latest build from Parallels Download Center http://www.parallels.com/en/download/. When the download is complete, open the Parallels Desktop package file.
Installing Parallels Desktop 25 1 In the Introduction window, click Continue. 2 In the Important Information window, read the product Release Notes listing the key features of the new Parallels Desktop version. Click Print to print the document or Save to save it for future reading. When finished, click Continue. Note. You can return to the previous steps by clicking the Go Back button at any time.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 3 In the Software License Agreement window, carefully read the Software License Agreement. We recommend to print the license agreement for your records using the Print button or to save it for future reading using the Save button. When you are ready, click Continue. In the pop-up dialog, click Agree if you agree with the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Installing Parallels Desktop 27 4 In the Select a Destination window, select the hard disk where to install Parallels Desktop. You can install Parallels Desktop only on the boot volume, that is the hard disk where Mac OS X is installed. Other disks, if any, are unavailable for selection. Click Continue. 5 Click Install to start the Parallels Desktop installation, or click Upgrade if you are installing over the previous version of Parallels Desktop.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 7 The installation progress is shown in the Installing Parallels Desktop window. 8 The Installer informs you that the installation was successful. To complete the installation, click Close.
Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 3.0 Generally, the upgrading procedure for Parallels Desktop is the same as for its installation. See Installing Parallels Desktop (on page 24). Using an Upgrade Activation Key If you purchased an upgrade activation key for Parallels Desktop 3.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Activating Parallels Desktop To run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key. If you purchased the box version of the program in a retail store, you can find the activation key printed on the installation CD sleeve. If you purchased the program online, you have received the activation key by e-mail. Also, you can get a trial activation key valid for a certain period of time if you want to evaluate the program before buying it.
Installing Parallels Desktop 31 3 In the User Registration Form dialog, specify your e-mail address and your name. The Company Name field is optional. If you want to receive news from Parallels, select I want to receive news from Parallels to my e-mail. 4 You can provide additional information on the Optional tab. 5 Finally, click the Register button to send this information to Parallels. A free trial activation key will be sent immediately to the e-mail address you provided.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide About Registration After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent activation key, the next time you start Parallels Desktop you will be asked to register it. When you see the message shown below, click the Register button. The online user registration form will open in your Web browser. We will use your contact information only to send you notifications about our new updates and products.
Installing Parallels Desktop 33 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature, your Macintosh computer should have a stable Internet connection. Configuring Parallels Desktop To configure Parallels Desktop: 1 Choose Check for Updates from the Help menu. You will see the following dialog: 2 Select Check for update automatically. 3 Specify the frequency in the Perform check every day(s) field.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 4 If you want Parallels Desktop to download the updates automatically, select Download updates in background and specify the folder where the updates will be placed. 5 Click OK to close the dialog and apply new settings. After this: If you have not selected Download updates in background, you will be notified of an existing update by the dialog shown in step 3 of Manual Updating (page 34). To complete updating, follow the rest of the steps in this section.
Installing Parallels Desktop 35 Settings on this dialog are used for auto-updating and are discussed in the previous topic, Auto-Updating Parallels Desktop (page 33). To proceed with manual updating, click Check Now. 2 The Updater accesses the Parallels Desktop web server and compares available updates with the installed version. If a more recent version is not found, you will see the following message: 3 If the Updater finds one or more later versions, they are listed in the following dialog.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 4 After the update is downloaded, you will see the following message. To install the update, click Quit Application and follow the same steps as when Installing Parallels Desktop (on page 24).
Installing Parallels Desktop 37 Uninstalling Parallels Desktop To uninstall Parallels Desktop: 1 Locate and open the "Parallels Desktop 3.0.XXXX Mac.dmg" file that you used to install Parallels Desktop. Click Uninstall Parallels Desktop. 2 In the next dialog click Continue. Enable the check box to delete all SmartSelect (page 210) file associations from your computer together with Parallels Desktop.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide In the next dialog click Uninstall. 3 Enter your password when prompted and press Return(Enter). 4 The Uninstaller removes Parallels Desktop from your computer, and displays the following dialog. Click Finish.
CHAPTER 4 Interface Basics This chapter provides the information about Parallels Desktop main window and its controls including the Parallels Desktop menu. In This Chapter Main Window ....................................................................................................................... 40 Configuration Editor ............................................................................................................. 48 Menu ................................................................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Main Window This section provides the information on Parallels Desktop main window: different view modes and controls. When you start Parallels Desktop, its main window displays the Select virtual machine dialog with a list of virtual machines available on your computer. When you select an existing virtual machine and click Select, the Configuration Page of the selected virtual machine is displayed. Note.
Interface Basics 41 Toolbar; for details, see Toolbar (page 45). Status bar at the bottom of the window is available only when the virtual machine is running. The Status bar indicates the status of the virtual machine and the status of its devices. For more information, see the Status Bar topic (page 47). Select Virtual Machine Dialog Whenever you start Parallels Desktop, it opens with the Select virtual machine dialog over the Configuration Page of a new blank virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide The Select virtual machine dialog contains the following items: The list of existing virtual machines. The virtual machines are listed by their names, not pathnames. The names of the open virtual machines are grayed out and cannot be selected. The Select button. Click it to open the virtual machine selected in the list. The New button. Click it to start OS Installation Assistant. The Choose button.
Interface Basics 43 When you open an existing virtual machine, its Configuration Page is displayed. The upper part of the page displays the virtual machine name, the type of the guest operating system (regardless whether it is installed or not), and the virtual machine status (Running, Stopped, Paused). Configuration The lower part of the main window titled Configuration, provides the information about virtual machine configuration: memory, hard disk and other devices connected to the virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Guest OS Window You can interact with a running virtual machine via its guest OS window in Single Window mode. When you start the virtual machine, the guest OS window transforms from Configuration Page to Single Window mode . If you have a guest operating system installed, you will see the booting process as it would be displayed on a screen of a physical computer. All toolbar buttons and many of the menu commands become enabled.
Interface Basics Toolbar The toolbar buttons are used to control the virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Most of the toolbar buttons become enabled only when you start the virtual machine. If you click a toolbar button, it becomes visibly pressed. The first three buttons control the virtual machine. Two buttons of the next group control the display mode of Parallels Desktop window. The buttons of the last group let you save states of the virtual machine and roll back the virtual machine to a specific state.
Interface Basics 47 There are several pre-defined sets of toolbar button icon sets, among them: Standard and Modern. You can use any of them or create and add your own set of icons. For more details, see the Adding New Icon Set for Toolbar Buttons topic (page 113). On the picture below, you can see the Modern set of buttons. Status Bar The status bar displays the devices information when the virtual machine is running.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide The following devices have icons on the status bar: hard disk CD/DVD-ROM floppy disk drive network adapter serial port parallel port sound device shared folders USB controller When a device is used, a colored circle on its icon indicates its state: green circle orange circle when reading is being performed, when writing is being performed.
Interface Basics 49 select VM Configuration from the Edit menu. Note. When the virtual machine is running, Configuration Editor is not available. All the links on the Configuration Page are disabled, and Virtual Machine command on the Edit menu is disabled. For more detailed information see the Editing Virtual Machine Configuration (page 159) section. Menu Menus for Parallels Desktop contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Help menu opens Parallels Desktop Online Help or Quick Start Guide, lets you activate the product and check for updates. Parallels Desktop Shortcut Menu Parallels Desktop icon placed in the Dock has a shortcut menu with the following commands: New, Open, Preferences, Keep in Dock, Open at Login, Show in Finder, Hide and Quit. It also shows the name of running virtual machine associated with the alias. Right-click the Parallels Desktop icon to open this menu.
Interface Basics 51 To open the dialog, choose About Parallels Desktop from the Parallels Desktop menu. The upper part of the About Parallels Desktop window provides the following information: the number of the build you are using the full name of the vendor and link to its web site copyright and trademark information Licensing Information. Displays your type of activation and other activation information. Support Information.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide License Status: User Name and Company Name fields display the information you entered in the Activate Product window. Product ID displays the identification number of your copy of Parallels Desktop - its license number. Scope of your license: Validity period shows the date until your license is valid. Primary OS(es) indicates that only Mac OS X as a primary operating system is allowed by your license.
CHAPTER 5 Creating a Virtual Machine This chapter describes how to create a new virtual machine and install a guest operating system. The chapter includes an overview of the process and complete how-to instructions. In This Chapter Overview............................................................................................................................... 53 Typical Configurations..........................................................................................................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide After completing these steps you may proceed with "fine tuning" of the virtual machine, such as setting up shared folders, adjusting screen resolution if needed, and installing applications. Note. For Windows XP and Windows Vista guest operating systems, Kaspersky internet Security is available from the Actions menu. To install it in the guest OS, choose Install Kaspersky Internet Security from the Actions menu.
Creating a Virtual Machine 55 Typical Configurations A typical virtual machine includes the following basic virtual hardware: memory hard disk drive floppy drive CD/DVD-ROM drive network adapter sound device (except FreeBSD and MS-DOS virtual machines) USB controller (Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and all of the Linux typical virtual machines) serial port (OS/2 virtual machine) parallel port connected to the printer set as default in Mac OS (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP/200
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide OS/2 Warp 4.5 eComStation 256 6 other OS/2 128 2 Solaris 256 32 MS-DOS 32 2 Other guest OSes 256 8 OS Installation Assistant This section describes how to use the main tool for creating a virtual machine - OS Installation Assistant. To start OS Installation Assistant do one of the following: Choose New from the File menu. Click the New button in the Select virtual machine dialog that opens on Parallels Desktop startup.
Creating a Virtual Machine 57 Overview The assistant offers several installation modes. You can choose the mode that better fits your needs or your experience with Parallels Desktop. Regardless of what method you select, you will be able to change the configuration of the virtual machine later using the Configuration Editor (page 159). Windows Express Installation This installation mode is available only for two guest operating systems: Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 1 Choose Preferences from the Parallels Desktop menu. 2 On the General tab of the Preferences window, specify the destination volume and a folder for virtual machines in the Default folder for virtual machines field. It will be used as a default location. Note. You can specify a folder for a virtual machine when creating it. An existing virtual machine can also be moved to a different folder after it is created.
Creating a Virtual Machine 59 3 Select Windows XP or Windows Vista. Unattended installation is available only for these two operating systems. 4 Enter the product key for your copy of Windows and personal information required for the operating system installation.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 5 By default, the virtual machine gets its name by the name of the operating system that will be installed. If such a virtual machine already exists, you will be prompted to specify another name. The name should be no longer than 50 characters. Click More Options if you want to specify other than the default location for the virtual machine.
Creating a Virtual Machine 61 6 Choose the preferable way of allocating the computer resources: to the virtual machine or to Mac OS X. 7 Now, If you have an installation disc with the selected Windows OS, insert it into the CD/DVD-ROM drive of your Macintosh computer. If you have an ISO image of the installation disc, click More Options to open the list of available options. Select the ISO image option and click the Choose button to specify the pathname for the image file.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 8 Click Finish and leave Parallels Desktop for a while. It will create a new virtual machine for you and install the guest OS. Parallels Desktop installs the guest OS, and right after that it installs Parallels Tools. 9 During the unattended installation, Parallels Desktop creates an administrator account with a blank password. When the guest OS installation is complete, we recommend that you change the password in order to protect the safety of your data.
Creating a Virtual Machine 63 2 Select the Typical option. Click the Next button to continue. 3 In the next dialog specify the type and the version of the guest operating system you want to install in a new virtual machine. When the guest operating system is specified, click Next.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 4 After that, specify a descriptive name for the virtual machine. The name is needed for identification of the VM and is important if you plan to create several VMs running the same operating system. The name should be no longer than 50 characters. Both virtual machine configuration file and hard disk file will be placed to the same default folder. To set a new default destination folder choose Preferences from the Parallels Desktop menu and open the General tab.
Creating a Virtual Machine 65 5 Choose the preferable way of allocating the computer resources: to the virtual machine or to Mac OS X. 6 If you have the installation files of the selected operating system on a CD/DVD, insert the disc into the CD/DVD-ROM drive and click Finish. If you have the OS installation files on the ISO image file/files, click More Options. Select the ISO image option and choose the image file. Click Finish to start the installation.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Note. If your Mac OS version is Mac OS Leopard, and you want to use the F8 key when installing a Windows guest OS, refer to the Using F8 Key in a Windows Virtual Machine topic (page 274). When the installation is complete, install Parallels Tools if they are available for the guest OS you just installed. Refer to the Installing Parallels Tools (page 84) section.
Creating a Virtual Machine 67 Custom Installation 1 Start Parallels Desktop. Choose New from the File menu. In the OS Installation dialog select the Custom option. Click Next. 2 In the Select guest OS dialog specify the type and the version of the guest operating system you want to install in a new virtual machine. Click Next.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 3 In the next dialog set the amount of RAM for the new virtual machine. We strongly recommend that you allocate no more than a half of the physical RAM installed on your computer. You can choose any value from 4 to 1500 MB. Use multiples of 4 MB to specify the amount of memory. Click Next.
Creating a Virtual Machine 69 4 Decide whether you want to create a new virtual hard disk, use an existing one, use Boot Camp partition or even not to add any disk at all. If you have selected to use an existing hard disk image, go directly to step 8. If you have decided not to add any disk at all (to use a Live CD instead), proceed to step 9. For how to use Boot Camp partition refer to the Using Boot Camp Partition (page 265) chapter.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 5 If you selected to create a new virtual disk on the previous step, specify its size and format. Disk formats options are briefly explained in the dialog, but a more detailed description is available in the Format of The Virtual Disk (page 19) topic. Click Next. Proceed to the Step 7. 6 If, in Step 4, you decided to use an existing image file as a hard disk for the virtual machine, you have to specify where this disk image is stored.
Creating a Virtual Machine 71 7 Specify a descriptive name for the virtual machine. Name is important if you plan to create several VMs running the same operating system. The name should be no longer than 50 characters. By default, all the files created for this virtual machine will be saved in a new folder in the default location. The default location is specified on the General Tab (page 217) in the Preferences. If you want to place the virtual machine files to a particular location, open More Options.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 8 Choose the preferable way of allocating the computer resources: to the virtual machine or to Mac OS X. 9 In the next dialog specify the type of networking for the new virtual machine. Shared Networking is recommended: you can access the Internet without making your VM accessible from outside. (See Networking in Virtual Machine (page 156) for more detailed information about different types of networking.
Creating a Virtual Machine 73 Click Next. If you have selected Host-only Networking, Shared Networking, or Networking is not required proceed to the step 11 of the current instructions. 10 If you have selected the Bridged Ethernet networking option for the new VM, on this window specify what real adapter must be connected to the virtual one. Select one in the list and click Next. 11 Finally, the assistant prompts you to proceed to guest OS installation.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide If you have your guest OS installation on ISO image files, click More Options, and select the ISO image option. Use the Choose button to locate the file. You may skip the guest OS installation if you selected to use an existing virtual disk or just want to perform the installation later. Clear the check box for the Start installation option. To learn how to start the installation later, refer to the Installing Guest OS (page 74) section. Note.
Creating a Virtual Machine 75 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system into a virtual machine from a CD or DVD, or from an image file of such CD/DVD. Some operating systems are available on ISO images only. In some cases, the installation cannot be performed from a real CD/DVD because of disc reading problems. In such cases, we recommend that you try to install the OS from an ISO image of this disc.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Note. When installing a Windows guest OS, you may need to press F8 or other functional keys in a virtual machine. If you use MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboard, you have to press Fn+F8 combination instead. You can configure you Macintosh computer in such a way that you will not have to press the Fn key. Please refer to How to Press F1-F12 and Other Functional Keys in MacBook and MacBook Pro in the Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine (page 232) topic.
Creating a Virtual Machine 77 Upgrading Windows XP to Vista If you already have a Windows XP (Home or Professional edition) virtual machine you can "upgrade-in-place" the operating system to one of supported Windows Vista. Please check the Microsoft web site to learn if such upgrade path officially exists. During such upgrade-in-place only the operating system will be affected, and you won't need to re-install the applications in the virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 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 a modern Macintosh computer do not have a floppy drive, you will need an external USB floppy drive or an image of a boot floppy. Please refer to the Floppy Disk Images (page 21) topic.
Creating a Virtual Machine 79 3 Then you can see the Fdisk options on the screen. Choose the operation to perform, the default choice is 1, press Return (Enter) to continue. 4 Fdisk prompts you to create a partition. Select the Create Primary DOS Partition option if you are going to have only one partition or less than 4. Other choices are for the case when you want to create more than 4 partitions. Type 1 and press Return (Enter). 5 Then Fdisk prompts you to define the size of the primary partition.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide To define other size type N and press Return (Enter). You will be prompted to specify the size. 6 Fdisk creates the partition and then prompts you to restart the computer (virtual machine). 7 Reboot the virtual machine using the same image of the boot floppy. That is, press Control+Option(Alt) keys to release the keyboard input and then click the Turn off button ( ) to stop the virtual machine. Then click the Start button ( ).
Creating a Virtual Machine 81 2 Insert the Windows 98 installation CD, or connect an ISO image of the installation disc choosing CD/DVD-ROM -> Connect Image from the Devices menu. 3 If you created only one primary partition (disk C:), by default, your CD-ROM drive will have the drive letter D:. Type the command: D:\setup.exe and press Return(Enter). The installation starts, and files are copied from the CD to the virtual hard disk. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions of the Setup.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide xorgcfg Note. When configuring, please make sure that you specify video card, its memory and screen resolution for the virtual machine, not for the host computer. 3 For the video card select Generic VESA compatible. 4 Select 4096K of video memory (that is the default value for Parallels virtual machines). If you changed the amount of video memory for your virtual machine in Configuration Editor, select the current value.
Creating a Virtual Machine 83 Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and Mouse Input This section explains how to capture the input of input devices (like the mouse and keyboard) inside a virtual machine and release the input. Parallels Tools package available for most of Windows and Linux OSes, includes special tools that make capturing and releasing input devices easier. Without Parallels Tools Generally, the same input devices are used by Mac OS X and the guest OS.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Desktop includes specially developed tools that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way. The current version of Parallels Desktop provides tools for the following guest operating systems: Windows versions 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Linux operating systems with X.org 6.
Creating a Virtual Machine 85 Parallels Tools Overview Below is the list of Parallels Tools available with the current version of Parallels Desktop. Clipboard Synchronization Tool Clipboard Synchronization Tool synchronizes the guest OS clipboard and the Mac OS X clipboard, making the exchange of texts via clipboard possible. Currently, you can transfer only text up to 128 KB in size. If you enable Clipboard Synchronization Tool in all guest OSes, all of them will share the same clipboard with Mac OS X.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Mouse Synchronization Tool Mouse Synchronization Tool provides automatic capture of the mouse input each time the pointer goes over the guest OS window and automatic release of the mouse input when the pointer moves out of the guest OS window. This tool also makes pointer movements smoother. Network Adapters and Drivers Parallels Tools provide the following adapters: Parallels Network Adapter.
Creating a Virtual Machine 87 double-clicking the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock, or right-clicking the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock and choosing Start from the shortcut menu. Time Synchronization Tool Time Synchronization Tool enables you to configure time settings of your guest OS. With this tool you can: synchronize time between your host and guest OS. set up and maintain time difference between your host and guest OSes.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Clipboard Synchronization Tool + + + Time Synchronization Tool + + + Drag-and-Drop Tool + + File Sharing Tool + + Shared Internet Applications Tool + + Start Menu Integration Tool + + Shared Applications Tool + + Coherence Tool + + Favorite Applications Tool + + Dynamic Resolution Tool + + + + + + Video Driver + Mouse Synchronization Tool Sound Driver + Shared Folders Tool Disk Compacting Tool + + + + + + + + + + +
Creating a Virtual Machine 89 Installing Parallels Tools in Windows If you created a Windows XP or Windows Vista virtual machine using OS Installation Assistant in Express Windows Installation (page 58) mode, then you don't have to install Parallels Tools they were installed automatically. In all other cases you have to install Parallels Tools.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Installing Parallels Tools in Linux Parallels Tools are now available for Linux guest OSes with X.org 6.7 or later. See Parallels Tools Available for Different Guest OSes (page 87). Warning. Before starting Parallels Tools installation, close all applications to prevent data loss during possible X-Server restart. If the X-Server doesn't respond after Parallels Tools installation or update, restart your virtual machine.
Creating a Virtual Machine 91 Windows 98 Tools Installation The sound driver for a Windows 98 guest OS requires manual installation which is performed after the general Parallels Tools installation is complete. It is described in the Installing Parallels Tools in Windows (on page 89) topic. In some cases you may need to manually install the video driver too. Make sure the Parallels Tools ISO image (vmtools.iso) is connected. Click the CD icon on the status bar.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 6 The Update Device Driver Wizard appears. Click the Next button. 7 Choose the Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now, and then click Next. 8 Select Specify a location option. Click Browse. In the opened window locate the ISO image with Parallels Tool: choose CD-ROM drive (Prltools) -> Drivers -> Video and choose Win9x, click OK to close the dialog box.
Creating a Virtual Machine 93 Note: You must restart the virtual machine after the setup. AC'97 Sound Driver Installation To install the AC'97 Sound Driver do the following: 1 Open the Control Panel. Click the Start button in the system menu. Then select the Settings item, and then Control Panel. 2 Double-click the Multimedia icon to open the Multimedia Properties window. 3 In the Multimedia Properties window select the Devices tab. Then select Audio Devices from Multimedia devices: tree.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide OS/2 and eComStation Tools Installation All of the OS/2 and eComStation tools can be installed from the vmtools.iso file located in the folder: /Library/Parallels/Tools. Network drivers can also be installed from the floppy disk image file vmtools.fdd during the operating system installation. The latter is easier in most cases. Before starting the installation connect the CD-ROM image with Parallels Tools to your virtual machine CD-ROM drive.
Creating a Virtual Machine 95 2 Select the Install/Remove line, and then select Multimedia Application Install. 3 In the IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 - Installation window choose CD-ROM drive, then Drivers\Sound\OS2 folder. Select the ALC Codec option and click the Install button. 4 Restart the OS/2 guest operating system. Network Driver Installation To install the Realtek RTL8029 driver inside the OS/2 Warp version 4.0. 1 Click the System Setup icon on the system panel.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 2 Start your guest operating system. 3 Connect the vmtools.iso file to the CD/DVD-ROM drive of the virtual machine: right-click the CD/DVD-ROM icon on the status bar and select the Connect image on the contextual menu (also, you may select Devices -> CD/DVD-ROM -> Connect Image in the menu); browse for vmtools.iso in the folder where you installed Parallels Desktop. Proceed to the RTL8029 network driver installation, use the network.
Creating a Virtual Machine 97 exit 5 Restart the guest operating system by the command: init 6 Uninstalling Parallels Tools in Windows Guest OS In all Windows guest operating systems you can uninstall Parallels Tools by using the general program removing procedure. For example, in Windows XP Professional: 1 Click Start -> Control Panel - > Add / Remove Program (or Start -> Settings -> Add Remove Programs depending on the selected appearance of the guest OS).
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Updating Parallels Tools If you have updated Parallels Desktop, you may have virtual machines created by a previous version of Parallels Desktop with Parallels Tools installed. Please update Parallels Tools to use all the capabilities of Parallels Tools Center. To update Parallels Tools do the following 1 Make sure that the virtual machine configuration includes a CD/DVD-ROM drive and it is enabled (the Enabled check box is selected).
CHAPTER 6 Running Virtual Machine This chapter provides the information on the actions you can perform with a virtual machine when the guest operating system is running. In This Chapter Overview............................................................................................................................... 100 Selecting and Opening a Virtual Machine ............................................................................ 100 Starting and Stopping Virtual Machine..........................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Overview When you start the virtual machine, Parallels Desktop window transforms into the guest OS window which acts like a virtual machine display (refer to Guest OS Window topic (on page 44) ). Click inside this window to capture your keyboard and mouse input in the guest OS. To release the mouse and keyboard input from the guest OS to Mac OS X press Control+Option(Alt).
Running Virtual Machine 101 Selecting from the Select virtual machine dialog Whenever you start Parallels Desktop, it opens with the Select virtual machine dialog over the Configuration Page of a new blank virtual machine. The Select virtual machine dialog displays the list of virtual machines available on your computer. If no virtual machines were found, Parallels Desktop opens OS Installation Assistant.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Using Aliases for Virtual Machines You can create an alias for a particular virtual machine on the desktop or in the Dock. To create an alias open the virtual machine and while pressing the Command+Option keys drag the yellow Parallels Desktop icon from the title bar to the desktop or into the Dock. Note. Clicking the alias for the virtual machine that currently is not running starts another instance of Parallels Desktop and starts the guest OS automatically.
Running Virtual Machine 103 Opening a Virtual Machine When Another VM Is Running When a virtual machine is running, you can not open another instance of Parallels Desktop via the Dock or Finder. To open another virtual machine: Choose Open from the File menu to open instance of Parallels Desktop. It displays the Select virtual machine dialog. Select from the list or click Choose to locate an existing virtual machine or click New to create a new one.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Stopping and Resetting a Virtual Machine The same rules are applied to turning off a virtual machine as to turning off a real computer. Stopping a Virtual Machine First, shut down a guest operating system by using the guest OS "shut down" command (such as Start -> Shut Down or Start ->Turn off Computer in Windows). It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you shut down the machine in this way to ensure safety of your data. Then close the application window.
Running Virtual Machine 105 Suspending and Resuming a Virtual Machine The state of the running virtual machine, and states of all running inside the virtual machine applications, can be saved. This operation is called suspending the virtual machine. Later, you can start the virtual machine and continue running the guest OS from the point where you stopped it. When the virtual machine is suspended, its state is saved in a file with the .sav extension.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Pausing a Virtual Machine When a virtual machine is paused, the guest OS is stopped and the virtual machine process is removed from the CPU processes list. Execution of the guest operating system can be resumed at any time. Pausing the guest OS is recommended if you want to stop working with the virtual machine for a short period of time.
Running Virtual Machine 107 Switching to Full Screen You can run a guest operating system in full screen when the guest OS window occupies the whole screen with Mac OS X and the Parallels Desktop controls being hidden. To see Mac OS X Dock and Parallels Desktop application menu while in full screen, press Control+Option(Alt). You may choose the type of animation that is displayed when switching to full screen and back.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Switching to Coherence Coherence is a new mode in which you can run the virtual machine. For a complete description of Coherence mode see Overview of Coherence Mode (page 139). To switch a running virtual machine to Coherence mode do one of the following: Click the Choose Coherence from the View menu. Press the appropriate key combination, by default, Shift+Control+Option(Alt). Hot keys are defined on the Keyboard tab in Preferences.
Running Virtual Machine 109 Running Windows Guest OS There is a number of special features for the virtual machines with Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest operating systems provided by Parallels Tools. When running such a virtual machine, you can do the following: Switch between different view modes: Full screen, Coherence, Single Window. Use the Applications menu to manage your shared Windows and Mac applications.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Create the icons in the Dock or aliases on Mac desktop for all your favorite Windows applications. Clicking such an alias starts the virtual machine and the corresponding Windows application in it. The virtual machine switches to Coherence mode right away. Share applications between Windows and Mac OS X You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa.
Running Virtual Machine 111 2 Click the User Accounts icon. 3 Click the Turn User Security Control (UAC) on or off link. 4 Clear the check box for the Turn on User Account Control to make your computer more secure option. Accelerated 3D-Graphics Support The current version of Parallels Desktop supports OpenGL and Direct X. After installation of Parallels Tools in the Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest operating systems, you can run various 2D or 3D graphics applications and games.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide To run 3D applications successfully, do not restore the original versions of these files. Click Cancel in the Windows File Protection message box. Customizing View You can customize the Parallels Desktop main window and set several options for Coherence mode using the Customize View dialog. For this: choose Customize from the View menu. The dialog has two tabs: Main Window and Coherence.
Running Virtual Machine 113 Adding New Icon Set for Toolbar Buttons In addition to available several sets of icons for toolbar buttons you can create your own icon set and add it to the available sets. For this, do the following: 1 Right-click the Parallels Desktop bundle located in the Applications/Parallels/. Choose Show Contents from the shortcut menu. folder: 2 Choose Contents -> Recources -> Iconsets. 3 In the Iconsets folder there are several folders, among them: Modern and Standard.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Coherence View Options To open Coherence options, choose Customize from the View menu. Options on the Coherence tab are available only if the guest OS supports Coherence mode. For details, see Overview of Coherence Mode (page 139). These options are also available on the Coherence Options tab in Configuration Editor. If you change them on the Coherence tab, they automatically will be changed on the Coherence Options tab and vice versa.
CHAPTER 7 Parallels Tools for Windows Parallels Desktop allows you to control the status of Parallels Tools in the Windows guest OSes. The Parallels Tools Center, which is installed along with Parallels Tools, allows you to: check the status of various tools; temporarily disable and enable each tool separately (for those tools that can be stopped without interfering with the guest OS execution); configure specific tool (for tools that have options). Note.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Stopping and Restarting Parallels Tools Center You can stop Parallels Tools Center temporarily if needed. When Parallels Center is stopped, only Network, Video, Mouse synchronization, Coherence and Shared Folders tools continue functioning (if available for the particular guest OS). To stop Parallels Tools Center 1 Right-click the Parallels Tools Center icon in the status area and choose Exit. 2 To confirm stopping, click Yes. To cancel, click No.
Running Virtual Machine 117 Status: Enabled shows the current status of the Clipboard Synchronization Tool. To temporarily disable this tool, clear this check box. You can enable the Clipboard Synchronization Tool by selecting this option later. Current clipboard content: This field displays the current clipboard contents that can be scrolled. The Clear button empties the clipboard contents. Description: Displays the short description of the tool.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Status: Enabled check box shows the current status of the Time Synchronization Tool. To temporarily disable this tool, clear the check box. Note: If you installed other time synchronization software, please stop it before installing Parallels Tools in order to avoid potential conflicts. Advanced options: Synchronization interval, sec. defines the period of time between two synchronization operations.
Running Virtual Machine 119 Video Driver Options Status: Enabled check box shows the tool's current status but is not available for editing. Description: Displays the short description of the tool. For a complete description see the Parallels Tools Overview (page 85).
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Mouse Synchronization Tool Options Status: Enabled check box shows the tool's current status. Clear the check box to temporarily disable the tool. Description: Displays the short description of the tool. For a complete description see the Parallels Tools Overview (page 85).
Running Virtual Machine 121 Network Driver Options Status: Enabled check box shows the current status of the Parallels Network Adapter Driver. When this check box is selected, Parallels Network Adapter Driver is active. We recommend that you use this driver. However, you can disable it to use the native Realtek RTL8029 driver by clearing the Enabled check box. Drivers can be changed without restarting the guest operating system, but your network connection may be temporarily lost.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Disk Compacting Tool Options Status: The table displays the list of volumes located on the expanding virtual hard disks connected to your virtual machine and formatted to Windows file systems. Volumes formatted to other file systems are not displayed even though they are located on the expanding virtual hard disks. In the table you can select the volumes to be processed by the Disk Compacting Tool. Execute all stages at once.
Running Virtual Machine 123 Shared Folders Options Status: Enabled check box shows the tool's current status but is not available for editing. Advanced Options: Place shortcut on the desktop option controls the presence of the Parallels Shared Folders shortcut on the guest OS desktop. Description: Displays the short description of the tool. For a complete description see the Parallels Tools Overview (page 85).
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Favorite Applications Tool Favorite Application Tool provides possibility to start favorite Windows applications directly from Mac OS X. Status: Enabled check box shows the tool's current status but is not available for editing. Description: Displays the short description of the tool. For a complete description see the Parallels Tools Overview (page 85).
Running Virtual Machine 125 Coherence Tool Available only for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista guest operating systems, Coherence Tool provides the integration of guest OS applications and Mac OS X. For details see Overview of Coherence Mode (page 139). Status: Enabled check box shows the tool's current status but it is not available for editing. Description: Displays the short description of the tool. For a complete description see the Parallels Tools Overview (page 85).
CHAPTER 8 Parallels Tools for Linux To ensure a better integration between your primary and guest OS, Parallels Desktop provides a set of tools for Linux guest OSes that includes Dynamic Resolution Tool, Mouse Synchronization Tool and Time Synchronization Tool. Dynamic Resolution Tool Dynamic Resolution Tool enables you to work with dynamic resolution. When you resize the guest OS window by dragging its lower right corner, the guest OS window resolution changes automatically.
Running Virtual Machine 127 To configure Time Synchronization Tool, you must edit the prluserd script. Be default, the script is located at /usr/lib/parallels/prluserd. Specify the desired option as the OPTS parameter and restart your virtual machine. As the prluserd script runs at the virtual machine booting, it will automatically adjust the time settings. Note. You must have root privileges to edit the prluserd script.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Connecting a CD/DVD-ROM Drive If you start a guest operating system with the CD/DVD-ROM drive enabled, you can connect or disconnect the drive and change the media it accesses at runtime. Note: If the guest OS was started with the CD/DVD-ROM drive disabled, you should shut down the guest OS first, then enable the CD/DVD-ROM drive in the Configuration Editor and start up the guest OS. To control the CD/DVD-ROM drive at runtime use Devices menu on the menu bar.
Running Virtual Machine 129 Connecting a Floppy Drive If you start a guest operating system with the floppy drive enabled, you may connect/disconnect it and replace the image file it accesses at runtime. Note: If the floppy drive is disabled, you should shut down the guest OS first, then enable the floppy in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled check box in the Floppy Options (page 175) tab) and power on the virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Connecting a Serial Port If a serial port is enabled in your virtual machine configuration, you can connect or disconnect the port while running the guest OS. Note: If serial port is disabled, shut down the guest OS first, then enable the serial port in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled check box in the Serial Port Options (page 186) tab) and start the virtual machine.
Running Virtual Machine 131 Connecting a Sound Device If a sound device is enabled in your virtual machine configuration, you can connect or disconnect it while running the guest OS. Note: If the sound device is disabled, shut down the guest OS first, then enable the sound device in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled check box in the Sound Options (page 187) tab) and start up the guest OS.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Connecting USB Devices If the USB controller is enabled in the virtual machine configuration, you can connect or disconnect USB peripherals at runtime. Please refer to Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine (page 134) for general information. Note: If the USB controller is disabled, shut down the guest OS first, then enable the USB controller in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled check box in the USB Options (page 188) tab) and start the virtual machine.
Running Virtual Machine 133 The device will be disconnected from the virtual machine, and the mark against the device will disappear while the device will stay in the list - now it can be used in Mac OS X. When you unplug the device, it will disappear from the list. Manual Connection If the Connect USB device automatically option in the USB Options (page 188) tab is turned off, to connect a USB device to the VM do the following: Plug in a USB device into your Mac.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Ejecting CD/DVD In any guest OS press the Eject key on the keyboard (the triangle with the line underneath). In Windows guest OSes you may use also the following method: Click Start -> My Computer, then right-click (or Control-click) the desired CD/DVDROM drive, and choose Eject from the context (shortcut) menu. Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine The current version of Parallels Desktop emulates the 8-port USB 2.0 and 2-port USB 1.1 controller.
Running Virtual Machine 135 Sharing a Mac Printer You can set up any printer connected to you Macintosh computer for use in the virtual machine. Printer will be available via a virtual machine's parallels port. 1 Open the virtual machine configuration in Configuration Editor. Make sure that the configuration includes a parallel port; if necessary, add it. See Adding a Parallel Port (page 202). 2 Open the Parallel Port Options tab, and make sure that the Enabled option is selected.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Setting Up a USB Printer To setup a USB printer: 1 Open the virtual machine configuration in the Configuration Editor (page 159), and make sure that the configuration includes a USB controller; if necessary, add it. See Adding a USB Controller (page 205). 2 Open the USB Options tab, and make sure that the Enabled option is selected. Select the Autoconnect at startup if you want the printer to be automatically captured by the virtual machine.
Running Virtual Machine 137 Setting Up a Network Printer Before installing a network printer in a guest OS make sure that your primary OS and the virtual machine meet the following requirements: Networking in your primary operating system is configured. Virtual machine configuration includes the network adapter that is connected to a real network adapter of your computer.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide In a Windows Guest Operating System To add a network printer in a Windows guest OS: Start the Windows guest operating system and log in the proper account. Open Windows Start menu, select Settings and then the Printers and Faxes (or simply Printers) item. Open the Add Printer wizard: In Windows 95 /98 /NT /ME /2000 /2003 double-click the Add printer icon. In Windows XP click the Add a printer link.
CHAPTER 9 Working in Coherence Mode This chapter covers different aspects of working in Coherence mode. The chapter also provides overview of Coherence mode options and includes some helpful tips on setting them. Coherence mode is available for Windows 2000 /XP /2003 / Vista guest operating systems with Parallels Tools installed. In This Chapter Overview...............................................................................................................................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Overview When you switch the running virtual machine with one or more running applications into Coherence mode, you will see the Windows applications windows on your Mac OS X desktop along with the Mac OS X applications windows. On the picture below, you can see the Windows-style window of Paint application on Mac OS X desktop. By default, both Windows taskbar and Mac OS X Dock are present on the screen.
Working in Coherence Mode 141 The current version of Parallels Desktop provides close integration between guest OS applications and Mac OS X: Windows file systems are accessible from Mac OS X and vice versa. Transparent file associations in both systems let you open Windows files in Mac OS X applications and Mac OS X files in Windows applications. The same default browser and email client can be used in both systems. The Dock displays both Windows and Mac OS X applications icons.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide You can also create the application alias on the Mac OS X desktop by choosing Add to Favorites from the application's shortcut menu. Clicking a Windows application icon in the Dock or its alias on the desktop starts the virtual machine and the application in it. The virtual machine is automatically switched to Coherence mode. Using Windows Taskbar By default, Windows taskbar is present on the Mac OS X desktop when you run the virtual machine in Coherence mode.
Working in Coherence Mode 143 For troubleshooting when using Application Switcher see Keyboard Shortcuts in Virtual Machine (page 232). Sharing your Windows and Mac applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa. The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during Parallels Tools installation.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Coherence Mode Options This topic contains overview of Coherence mode options. Startup Options You can configure your virtual machine to start up right in Coherence mode. The Startup Mode option can be set on the Booting Options tab of the Configuration Editor. For details see the Booting Options (page 161) topic. Animation Options You can set up animation on switching to Coherence Mode.
Working in Coherence Mode 145 Transparent file associations in both systems let you open Windows files by Mac OS X applications and Mac OS X files by Windows applications. To enable this feature, use the options in the Share Windows folders to Mac section of the Shared Folders tab in Configuration Editor. For more information, see the Shared Folders (page 168) topic. Note. Only virtual hard disks can be mounted; removable USB storage devices, external floppy disks and CD/DVDs can not be mounted.
CHAPTER 10 Working with Snapshots and Undo Disks Parallels Desktop enables you to back up information on your virtual machines and revert changes made to the virtual hard disks by making snapshots and using the Undo disks option. If you need to back up information and save the state of your virtual machine, you can make snapshots (page 147). If you need to revert the changes that you made to the virtual hard disks, you can use the Undo disks option.
Working with Snapshots and Undo Disks 147 Overview of Snapshots Snapshot is a state of the virtual machine saved at a certain moment. Snapshots can be created when the virtual machine is running as well as when it is stopped, paused or suspended. Warning. You can create a snapshot at any time. But it is recommended that before you take a snapshot, you complete all operations of installing, downloading, and writing to external devices.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Snapshot Manager Snapshot Manager enables you to create new snapshots, view already created snapshots, select a snapshot to go to or edit the properties of each snapshot. The Snapshot Manager window is divided into three areas: The Snapshots tree pane in the upper part of the window. The Snapshots property pane. You can edit the property of the snapshot selected in the tree by specifying the name and description .
Working with Snapshots and Undo Disks 149 Snapshots Tree Pane You can see the snapshots tree for the virtual machine in the upper pane of the Snapshots Manager window. Snapshots icons appear as screenshots of the guest OS window if the virtual machine was running at the time you created a snapshot. If you create a snapshot when the virtual machine is stopped, the icon will look like a display.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Making a Snapshot You can create a snapshot when the virtual machine is running, paused or stopped. Making a snapshot when the virtual machine is running doesn't stop the virtual machine. To make a snapshot 1 Start Parallels Desktop. 2 In the Select Virtual Machine dialog, select a virtual machine and click the Select button.
Working with Snapshots and Undo Disks 151 Navigating Between Snapshots Parallels Desktop enables you to back up your virtual machine state by making snapshots. You can create several snapshot branches using Snapshot Manager (page 148). Using Snapshot Manager, you can select the snapshot you want to go to.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Reverting to the Previous Snapshot You can revert your virtual machine from its present state to the previous snapshot made on the same branch. To revert to the previous snapshot 1 Click the Revert To a Snapshot from the Actions menu. button on the toolbar or choose Revert To Snapshot 2 You will see the following message: 3 Click Yes to proceed. Click No if you do not want to revert the virtual machine to the previous snapshot made on this branch.
Working with Snapshots and Undo Disks 153 Note. You cannot delete the root icon, but it gets automatically deleted after you delete all the other snapshots. To merge snapshots Merging takes place automatically when you delete any snapshot except the last one in the branch. When you delete an intermediate snapshot, the information it contains is merged to the next snapshot of the same branch.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Each time you close the virtual machine, depending on the action selected, the changes will be committed, or dismissed, or you will be asked what to do in this particular case. If you select Discard changes, then at the virtual machine shutdown, each virtual hard disk will be rolled back to the state it had before the last virtual machine startup. If you select Apply changes, all changes will be saved on the virtual machine disks at virtual machine shutdown.
CHAPTER 11 Configuring Virtual Machine The section explains how to In This Chapter Using Mouse in a Virtual Machine ....................................................................................... 155 Networking in a Virtual Machine ......................................................................................... 156 Editing Virtual Machine Configuration ................................................................................ 159 Adding and Removing Devices .........................
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide If Mouse Does Not Have Right Button If your mouse does not have a right button, do one of the following: Use the Control+click combination to select objects. By default, Control+Shift+click combination is defined to replace right-click. You may set other combination on the Preferences -> Keyboard tab (page 225). Use "click with delay": Click and hold the mouse button until the shortcut menu is displayed.
Configuring Virtual Machine 157 Shared Networking (NAT) By default, virtual machines created during Express or Typical OS installation use Shared Networking (NAT) mode for network connections. In this mode your virtual machine can access the Internet while being invisible to other computers on the network (except your Macintosh computer). This mode is recommended because it doesn't require any additional configuring.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Note. If your Macintosh computer uses AirPort with WEP Enterprise, it may be impossible for the virtual machine to get its own IP-address. Use other type of network connection. If you encounter problems when using Bridged Ethernet mode or have special security concerns, consider Host-Only Networking. Host-Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network accessible only to Mac OS X and virtual machines running on it.
Configuring Virtual Machine 159 Editing Virtual Machine Configuration The configuration of an existing virtual machine can be changed in Configuration Editor. This section describes how to edit the configuration. To open Configuration Editor do one of the following: On the Configuration Page click any device in the list of available virtual hardware or click the Configuration link. Choose Virtual machine from the Edit menu.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide General Options The Options section of Configuration Editor includes the following three tabs: General, Booting and Advanced. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. On the General Options tab you can view and edit the following settings. Virtual Machine Name field shows the name of the machine that has been specified when virtual machine was created. The name can be changed.
Configuring Virtual Machine 161 Booting Options On the Booting Options tab of Configuration Editor you can select the booting sequence, that is, the order in which the virtual machine will try to boot from different devices. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide You can choose one of the three pre-defined sequences - [Floppy, Hard Disk, CD-ROM], [Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Floppy], [CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Floppy]. During startup, the virtual machine checks the first device (or media) of the boot sequence and tries to boot from it. If the media is not found or is not bootable, the virtual machine will proceed with the next device in the boot sequence, and so on. Note.
Configuring Virtual Machine 163 Advanced Options On the Booting Options tab of Configuration Editor you can select the booting sequence that is the order in which the virtual machine will try to boot from different devices. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Advanced Options tab contains various options that affect the performance of the virtual machine. Emulation Flags: Acceleration level. At each acceleration level, certain performance optimization techniques (specific to the guest OS) are enabled. We recommend selecting the High level. If you notice incorrect guest operating system behavior while running with high acceleration, shut down the OS and lower the acceleration level.
Configuring Virtual Machine 165 Security Options This tab describes the overall level of security set for the virtual machine. Using the slider you can change the overall level of security, thus changing other settings associated with specific security level on other tabs of Configuration Editor (on the Shared Folders Options tab in the current version of Parallels Desktop). There are three security levels available: High.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Coherence Options The Coherence Options tab of Configuration Editor allows you to configure the Coherence options for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest OSes only. For other guest OSes you will see the message: "Feature is not available for this type of guest operating system". Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Configuring Virtual Machine 167 Appearance: Group all Coherence windows. Select this option if you want to bring to front the whole group of opened Windows applications by clicking one of them. With this option disabled, you will need to click every Windows application separately to make it rise above opened Mac OS X applications. Disable drop shadow. Select this option if you want to disable the shadow frames of Windows applications.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Shared Folders Options Shared Folders options control virtual machine shared folders and files sharing settings for the guest Windows OS and Mac OS X. Besides, the options on this tab are used to set up SmartSelect and transparent file associations. The options on the Shared Folders tab of Configuration Editor are available for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest OSes only. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Configuring Virtual Machine 169 The Enable Spotlight processing option lets you use Mac OS Spotlight to search for items stored on your virtual machine's hard disks. For more information about using Spotlight to search Parallels virtual hard disks, refer to Using Spotlight with Virtual Hard Disks (page 231). Note. You must have administrator rights to use this option. Share Mac folders to Windows.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Windows applications Select Share Windows application to Mac if you want to use Windows applications for opening files on Mac OS X. Select Enable SmartSelect if you want to set the file associations to your Windows applications. Note. SmartSelect is available only if you enable sharing options of the Shared Folders tab (page 168) in Configuration Editor.
Configuring Virtual Machine 171 Shared Profile Status Select Enable to activate the Shared Profile options and use this tool. Use Mac User Profile in Windows Select Mac Desktop as Desktop in Windows, if you want to share files between your Mac and Windows Desktops. Select Mac “Documents” as “My Documents” in Windows, if you want to share files between the Documents folder on your Mac and the My Documents folder on your Windows guest OS.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Video Options The Video Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you set different fixed screen resolutions for the virtual machine and enable accelerated DirectX support in the virtual machine. Note. You also can resize the virtual machine window as you would do with any other application window by dragging its right corner. Resolution is being changed automatically in Windows (starting Windows 2000) and in most Linux operating systems.
Configuring Virtual Machine 173 Enable DirectX Shaders (experimental). If you want to run games or applications that require accelerated 3D graphics support, select this option to enable DirectX 9 with pixel shaders in the virtual machine. If your applications require DirectX 7.0 or earlier, you needn't select this option. DirectX 7.0 and earlier is supported automatically. Note: DirectX 9 with pixel shaders is supported experimentally. This option is clear by default.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Main Memory. The Main Memory parameter defines the amount of virtual memory (RAM) to be used by the virtual machine. You can choose any value from 4 to 2048 MB. We advise you not to exceed the recommended maximum because this is the limit of the physical RAM that your system can reserve for virtual machines without affecting the performance of Mac OS X.
Configuring Virtual Machine 175 Floppy Options The Floppy Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you enable the floppy drive in the virtual machine and connect it to the image file. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. To get information on floppy disk images used by Parallels Desktop read the Floppy Disk Images (page 21) topic. Device Status Enabled option.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Connect at startup option. Select it to start the guest OS with the floppy image connected. Emulation Image File. To connect a floppy disk image to the virtual floppy drive, specify the name of the floppy disk image in this field. You may use Browse button to locate the file. Recreate button. With Parallels Desktop you can create a blank floppy image. Type the file name and the path in the Image File field and click the Recreate button.
Configuring Virtual Machine 177 Hard Disk Options The Hard Disk Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you specify the type of hard disk to be used in the virtual machine. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. The current version of Parallels Desktop allows virtual machines to use hard disk images in .hdd format and Boot Camp Windows partition. Read the Supported Types of Hard Disks (page 19) topic to learn about disk formats and other options.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Use Boot Camp. This option is enabled for virtual machines with Windows XP or Windows Vista guest OSes only. Select this option to use the existing Boot Camp Windows XP or Windows Vista partition instead of virtual hard disk. You can switch back to using a disk image instead of Boot Camp Windows partition at any time by selecting the Use image file option. Refer to the Using Boot Camp Windows Installation (page 265) topic.
Configuring Virtual Machine 179 2 Recreate Hard Disk dialog appears. You can specify Virtual hard disk size and whether the disk should be expanding or plain. Select Expanding if you want the hard disk to be in expanding format; otherwise, the disk will be created in plain format. 3 Select Split Disk if you want to make the access to the data on the disk faster. 4 Click Create. 5 Click Yes to confirm that you are going to create a new disk instead of the old one.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide CD/DVD-ROM Options The CD/DVD-ROM options tab of Configuration Editor lets you configure a virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive. It can be connected to a real CD/DVD-ROM drive of your computer as well as to a CD/DVD .iso image. The information on using CD/DVD images in Parallels Desktop can be found in CD/DVD Real Discs and Their Images (page 20) topic. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Configuring Virtual Machine 181 If the CD/DVD-ROM drive is enabled, you can select the Connect at startup check box to start the guest OS with the CD/DVD disc inserted. Emulation: If you have a physical CD/DVD-ROM drive on your computer, you can use it in the virtual machine. In this case, select the Use CD/DVD-ROM option, the name of the physical CD/DVD-ROM drive (for example, D:) will be shown in the CD/DVD-ROM Drives dropdown menu and available for selection.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Network Adapter Options The Network Adapter Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you choose the type of networking in the virtual machine. In the current version of Parallels Desktop a RTL8029 (NE2000 compatible PCI card) network adapter is supported. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. In a Linux guest OS, to access an external network in the virtual machine, load a ne2k-pci driver into the Linux kernel.
Configuring Virtual Machine 183 Device Status: If you wish to temporarily disable network support in the virtual machine without deleting the network adapter from configuration, clear the Enabled check box. When the Enabled check box is selected, the options and fields for configuring the network become active. If network adapter is enabled, you can select Connect at startup check box to start the guest OS with network adapter connected.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Select Host-only networking if you don't want your virtual machine to be accessible from outside your Macintosh computer, or if the network interfaces of your Mac are off. Withe this option chose, your virtual machine will be connected to the host computer and other virtual machines, but it will be disconnected from the Internet. For how to configure a hostonly network see the Creating Host-Only Network (page 158) topic.
Configuring Virtual Machine 185 Parallel Port Options The Parallel Port Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you choose the type of emulation for a parallel port. Parallels Desktop allows up to three parallel ports to be connected to a virtual machine. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. Device Status: If you wish to temporarily disable operations with a parallel port without deleting it from the configuration, clear the Enabled check box.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Serial Port Options The Serial Port Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you choose the type of emulation for a serial port. Parallels Desktop allows up to four serial ports to be connected to a virtual machine. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. Device Status: If you wish to temporarily disable operations with a serial port without deleting it from the configuration, clear the Enabled check box.
Configuring Virtual Machine 187 Use output file option. You can attach the existing file using the Browse button or create a new one. The new file is created in the virtual machine folder. Sound Options The Sound Options tab of the Configuration Editor allows setting the sound device parameters. Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped. Parallels Desktop virtualizes the Realtek AC'97 compatible sound card.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide To start the guest OS with the sound device activated, select the Activate at startup check box. Emulation: The Output Device field contains a list with the Default Audio and Null Device items. It is recommended to choose the Default Audio. Null Device is the choice for situations when the sound card is required by one of the guest OS applications, but you want to mute the sound. For Input Device we recommend that you select the Default Audio option.
Configuring Virtual Machine 189 Device Status: Enabled option allows using USB devices in the virtual machine. If a USB controller is enabled, USB devices can be connected to the virtual machine or disconnected from it at runtime. However, if you want to temporarily disable USB operations without deleting the USB controller from the configuration, clear the Enabled check box.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Add Hardware Assistant New devices are added using Add Hardware Assistant. The assistant allows adding of only one device at a time. Note: To be able to connect any virtual device to a real one, you should have system privileges to access the real device. Otherwise, the real device will not appear in the list of available devices even though it is installed on your computer.
Configuring Virtual Machine 191 Adding Hard Disk To add one more virtual disk to your virtual machine, use Add Hardware Assistant. You may add an existing hard disk image and create a new one. In addition, you can create a new blank .fdd image and connected it to the floppy drive. If you are going to add a new blank virtual disk do not forget to format it to the file system compatible with the guest OS you have in the virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 3 If you selected the Create a new virtual hard disk option, in the next dialog select the size for a new disk and the format of the disk. For more information, see Formats of Virtual Disks (page 19). Click Next. Then, specify location for this new virtual hard disk. It is a good idea to place this new disk image to the same folder where the virtual machine (which will use this disk) is located. Click Finish.
Configuring Virtual Machine 193 4 If you selected the Use an existing virtual hard disk option, specify the name and location of an existing image file that you want to use. Use the Browse [...] button to locate the file or type its pathname directly into the field. Click Finish. 5 If you selected the Boot Camp option. Boot Camp partition will be added as a hard disk to your virtual machine. If the virtual machine doesn't have any hard disk, Boot Camp is added as [0,0] disk.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Adding CD/DVD-ROM Drive The total number of hard disk drives and CD/DVD-ROM drives must not exceed 4. To add a CD/DVD-ROM drive to a virtual machine, open Configuration Editor and click Add. 1 Add Hardware Assistant displays the device list, select CD/DVD-ROM drive and click Next.
Configuring Virtual Machine 195 2 Choose whether you want to use a real CD/DVDs or images of discs. 3 If you chose to use a real CD/DVD-ROM drive, select what real drive you want to use. By default, the option Connect the CD/DVD-ROM at startup is turned on. Clear the check box for this option if you want to have the drive enabled, but want to connect it later, when the virtual machine will be running. Click Finish to exit the assistant.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 4 If you chose to use a CD/DVD image, select an image to be connected to the drive. Later, you can disconnect it and connect another one. If the Connect CD/DVD-ROM at startup option is on, the selected image will be connected at the moment you turn on the virtual machine. If the check box for the option is cleared, the drive will be Enabled, but the image will be disconnected at startup. Click Finish to exit the assistant.
Configuring Virtual Machine 197 Adding Network Adapter A virtual machine can have up to 5 network adapters simultaneously; Macintosh computers allow using multiple adapters, each for connecting to a different network. To add a network adapter to the virtual machine, use Add Hardware Assistant. 1 On the device list select Network Adapter option. Click Next.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 2 The current version of Parallels Desktop offers the following three options: Shared Networking (recommended), Bridged Ethernet, Host-only Networking. For details on these networking options refer to the Networking in a Virtual Machine (page 156) topic. 3 If the Bridged Ethernet option was chosen, the assistant prompts you to specify what adapter must be used. Select an adapter from the list.
Configuring Virtual Machine 199 4 No matter what networking option was chosen, Add Hardware Assistant displays the generated MAC address. The field is editable, but it is not recommended that you change the Mac address. Click Finish to exit the assistant.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Adding Serial Port To add a serial port to the virtual machine, use Add Hardware Assistant. 1 On the device list select Serial Port option. Click Next. 2 Choose a Serial port option. You can use an output file for the serial port or a socket.
Configuring Virtual Machine 201 3 If the Use an output file option was chosen, the assistant prompts you to specify a location for the file. The default folder is the folder where this virtual machine configuration file is located. You can edit the field directly or use the Browse [...] button to select other than default location. 4 If the Use a socket option was selected, the assistant prompts you to specify a socket name and its role.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Click Finish to exit the assistant. Adding Parallel Port To add a parallel port to the virtual machine, use Add Hardware Assistant. 1 On the device list select Parallel Port option. Click Next. 2 For the parallel port you have two options: connect it to output file or to a printer. If you choose the Use an output file option go to the Step 4.
Configuring Virtual Machine 203 If you choose the Use a printer option proceed to the next step. 3 Choose a printer from the list of printers available on your computer. Choose Default to use the printer that is set as the default in Mac OS X. Select the Connect at Startup option if you want the printer to be connected at the virtual machine startup. Click Finish to exit the assistant.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 4 If you selected the Use output file option, specify a location for the parallel port output file. The default folder is the folder where this virtual machine configuration file is located. You can edit the field directly or use the Browse [...] button to select other than default location. The Connect the parallel port at startup option is selected by default.
Configuring Virtual Machine 205 Adding a USB Controller A virtual machine may have only one USB controller. If you removed it by any reason, you can add it to the configuration. To add an USB controller to the virtual machine, use Add Hardware Assistant. 1 On the device list select USB Controller option. Click Next.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 2 Select Yes if you want USB devices to be connected to the virtual machine automatically when they are plugged into the computer. Leave the check box cleared if you don't want the USB devices to be automatically connected to the VM. Click Finish. Removing Devices Most virtual machine devices can be removed from the configuration. Memory, Options, Shared Folders, and Video cannot be removed. Note.
Configuring Virtual Machine 207 Using Shared Folders Shared folders are folders in Mac OS X file system that are also visible to the guest OS. These folders can be used for exchanging files between the primary OS (Mac OS X) and the virtual machine or between several virtual machines. In Mac OS X shared folders appear as usual folders, while in the guest OS they are objects of the network neighborhood.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Make sure the Enabled check box is selected and click OK. 5 Click OK in the Configuration Editor. 6 Start your virtual machine and view shared folders in the guest OS. To edit a shared folder properties, select a shared folder in the list and click the button. Edit the folder properties in the Edit Shared Folder dialog. (Edit) To delete a shared folder, click the (Delete) button.
Configuring Virtual Machine 209 Note that you can save files to a shared folder from inside the virtual machine only if this shared folder is not a Read Only folder. Using Shared Applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa. The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during Parallels Tools installation.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 7 To keep the favorite application icon in the Dock permanently, right-click the application icon in the Dock, and choose Keep in Dock from the application shortcut menu. The application icon will be available from the Dock even when the virtual machine is stopped. To remove an application from Favorites 1 Start the virtual machine and the application you want to remove from Favorites.
Configuring Virtual Machine 211 The files with the extensions, for which you set the associations will be opened with the application you specified. If you specified a Windows application, the file will be opened with it, no matter if the virtual machine is stopped or running. If the virtual machine is running, the file will open in Single Window mode. If the virtual machine is stopped, it will automatically start, open the file with the associated application and switch to Coherence mode.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide When finished, click OK to save the changes. 4 Start the virtual machine. Parallels Desktop prompts you to log off and log in the guest OS again to apply the changes. Click OK to automatically log off. 5 Log in the guest OS. As you disable Shared Profile, the Windows folders appear as they used to. You can disable Shared Profile either by disabling Shared Profile in Configuration Editor or by disabling Mac sharing at runtime or in Configuration Editor.
Configuring Virtual Machine 213 In Windows Guest OSes For Windows guest operating systems (starting from Windows 2000 and later), Parallels Tools make it possible to change screen resolution at runtime, simply by dragging the right corner of the guest OS window. For earlier Windows guest operating systems, this way of changing screen resolution is not available. Parallels Desktop allows you to define up to 10 different resolutions for a Windows virtual machine by using Configuration Editor.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Changing Screen Resolution in Virtual Machine To change screen resolution: Start your virtual machine. Select the preferred resolution as it is usually done in your guest OS. The guest OS will prompt you to select one of the resolutions available in the Video (Screen Resolutions) (page 172) tab for which the Enabled option is selected.
Configuring Virtual Machine 215 EndSection 3 In xorg.conf, locate the Screen section, the Display subsection, and string that begins with the "Modes" keyword. It contains modes list. Insert name of the new mode in the beginning of the modes list. Note. Make sure, that "Depth" property of the subsection "Display" equals to "DefaultDepth" value defined in section "Screen". 4 If you use Macintosh computer of ordinary size, just restart X Server.
CHAPTER 12 Managing Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on how to change a virtual machine configuration and how to set user preferences for a particular virtual machine or all of them. In This Chapter Setting Parallels Desktop Preferences................................................................................... 216 Creating Floppy Disk Images................................................................................................ 228 Using Parallels Explorer ...........
Managing Virtual Machines General Tab Using settings on the General tab, you can do the following: change the default folder for the virtual machines you create set up various actions for the VM when it is running set up shared web applications Note. Settings on this tab can be different for each user of your computer.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Changing the default folder for virtual machines the field shows the default location where Parallels Desktop saves files of the new virtual machine. You can change the default folder for new virtual machines in this field or using OS Installation Assistant.
Managing Virtual Machines 219 Memory Tab On the Memory tab, you can adjust the maximum amount of physical memory (RAM) the system reserves for all the simultaneously running virtual machines on your Macintosh computer. These settings will be applied to all virtual machines on your computer. Note. You can set up the amount of physical memory for a particular virtual machine on the Memory Options tab (page 173) in Configuration Editor. It is always less than the amount of RAM set here.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Manually. Select Manually to set the amount of memory reserved for virtual machine by using the slider. The value is set in multiples of 4. Enable virtual memory preallocation You can preallocate 1.5 GB of your Mac hard disk space for the virtual machine. When the virtual machine is not running, the Mac hard disk doesn’t share its space with it.
Managing Virtual Machines 221 2 To use Parallels DHCP server for host-only networking, select Enable DHCP Scope for hostonly Networking. This allows you to set IP addresses from the range of IP addresses assigned by the Parallels DHCP server for virtual machines running in the host-only network. For more information about configuring host-only network, refer to the the Host-Only Networking (on page 158) topic. Note. If you clear this option, Parallels DHCP server will not assign IP addresses.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Port. The virtual machine's port the data will be transferred to. 3 When you are finished, click OK. To edit an existing port forwarding rule, click the Edit button rule, click the Remove button . To remove a port forwarding .
Managing Virtual Machines 223 Dock Icon. This option defines what type of icon will be placed in the Dock for Parallels Desktop application. The following types of icons are available: Default. By default, the Parallels standard icon appears in the Dock Start menu. The Start Menu icon appears only in the Coherence mode; in other view modes, it is replaced by the standard one. Live Screenshot. The icon displays changes in the guest OS window. Note.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Animation Tab On the Animation tab, you can select between various types of animation to be performed, when you work with Parallels Desktop. Full Screen transition. This option allows you to set the desired type of animation effect (or none) on switching Parallels virtual machine to full screen and back. The values available: Disabled, Fade, Zoom, Reveal, Slide, Warp, Cube, Switch, and Flip.
Managing Virtual Machines 225 Animation Speed. You can speed up or slow down the animation using the slider. All animations set on the Animation tab will be affected. Keyboard Tab On the Keyboard tab, you can set hot key combinations for certain commands. Hot key combinations can be different for each user of your computer.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Release Input Using this key combination, you can release the keyboard and mouse input when it is captured in the virtual machine window. The default hot keys are Control+Option(Alt). Note. You can release the mouse and the keyboard input from the virtual machine without pressing the hot key combination if you install the Parallels Tools. See the Installing Parallels Tools (page 84) section to learn if this package is available for your guest operating system.
Managing Virtual Machines 227 See also Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine (on page 232) for more information on rightclick emulation. Remapping Keys On the Remapping Keys tab, you can choose between the following options: Do not remap. This option leaves traditional for Mac OS X hot keys combinations for Mac OS X only. In the guest OS, use hot key combinations that are standard for this operating system.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Creating Floppy Disk Images You may need to create a floppy disk image for the successful installation of some operating systems. You can create a blank floppy disk image in one of the following ways: Use Configuration Editor to recreate a floppy disk image. Use Add Hardware Assistant to add a floppy drive to a virtual machine. See Add Hardware Assistant (page 189). You can create an image of a real diskette using an external USB floppy drive.
Managing Virtual Machines 229 Click Save. 5 Find the .dmg image of the diskette. Right-click (Control-click) it and select Get Info from the shortcut menu. In the Name & Extension group change the file extension from .dmg to .fdd. Press Enter. 6 When you are prompted to confirm that you want to change the extension of the file, click the Use .fdd button.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 3 If the virtual machine has multiple volumes, then double-click the volume to explore. Browsing the contents of virtual disks: 1 Click Virtual Disks in the sidebar. 2 In the working area, double-click the .hdd file. Working with the contents of a virtual hard disk With Parallels Explorer you can copy, paste, delete and rename files and folders. Also, you can open some types of files without starting a virtual machine.
Managing Virtual Machines 231 Using Spotlight with Virtual Hard Disks Spotlight is a Mac OS utility that enables you to search for the items stored on your Mac. To be able to search for the items stored on your virtual machines hard disks, you can enable Spotlight support in Parallels Desktop. Warning. Using Spotlight may reduce the performance of your virtual machine and your Mac . Enabling Spotlight support in Parallels Desktop 1 Open Configuration Editor by choosing the Edit menu -> Virtual Machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop enables you to use Mac keyboard shortcuts in your virtual machine. Using Keyboard shortcuts in MacBook and MacBook Pro To press F1-F12 in your virtual machine, press Fn+(F1-F12) key combination instead.
Managing Virtual Machines On the Keyboard tab you also can set the speed for the repeating key to responde.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Using Standard Mac OS Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine Macintosh keyboards have a number of system keys that can be used for other operations in the operating system installed in your virtual machine. This may cause some problems when you use these keys in a virtual machine. For instance, the F9 - F12 keys are reserved for Dashboard & Expose operations, while F11 can be used in Windows Internet Explorer for switchinf to full screen mode.
Managing Virtual Machines 235 2 In the Universal Access window select Enable access for assistive devices. Multi-User Access to a Virtual Machine A new virtual machine is stored in the current user's home folder by default. But you can also share it with other users of your Mac by selecting the appropriate option when you create this virtual machine. For more information about predefined sharing of virtual machine, refer to the Windows Express Installation topic (page 58).
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide floppy disk image file (.fdd), if any serial and parallel port output files (.txt), if any 2 Right-click on the copied file and select Get Info from the shortcut menu. 3 In the Info window, click Ownership & Permission and select Read & Write in the You can field to set proper access rights for the copied file. Do the same operation for all the copied files. 4 Click Details and select Read and Write for the Others option. 5 Close the window.
Managing Virtual Machines 237 Cloning a Virtual Machine A complete copy of a virtual machine can be created using the Clone Virtual Machine Assistant. The clone includes as many virtual hard disks as were connected to the original machine. By default, the assistant places new files (copies of original files) into a new folder, but you may specify an existing one. Copies of virtual hard disks and configuration file are always placed to the same folder.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 2 From the File menu, select Clone. The Clone Virtual Machine Assistant window appears. If you don't want the Introduction window to appear in the future, select Skip introduction next time. Click Next. 3 In the Prepare to clone window, specify the folder for the virtual machine clone. The name and path, you see in the field, are suggested by the assistant and are made by adding "Clone of" at the beginning of the original virtual machine name and path.
Managing Virtual Machines 239 Click Finish to start cloning the machine. 4 While the virtual machine is being copied, the Copying in progress dialog indicates the progress. If cloning was finished successfully, the assistant informs you that copying has been completed successfully, and the new machine is ready. Click Exit to close the assistant.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide If you have selected the Open copy in new window automatically option in the Prepare to clone window, a new Parallels Desktop window appears. You can start the virtual machine clone. Deleting a Virtual Machine You can delete a virtual machines manually. However, we recommend that you use the Delete Virtual Machine Assistant that finds all the files that make up the virtual machine and all files connected to it.
Managing Virtual Machines 241 2 Select Delete in the File menu. The Delete Virtual Machine Assistant window appears. If you do not want this window appear in the future, select Skip introduction next time. Click Next. 3 The assistant finds all files related to the virtual machine and displays the list of them on the List of Files dialog. The configuration file, virtual hard disk, output files of serial and parallel ports, and the home folder are pre-selected for deleting. However, .iso and .
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Note. Make sure you are not going to delete the virtual hard disk that is also used by other virtual machine. Review the selection and click Delete. 4 The assistant removes the selected files from Mac's hard disk. If operation was successful, the Deletion was successful window appears.
Managing Virtual Machines 243 Backing Up Virtual Machines Most people don't seriously consider regular backups as a necessity until they have experienced a significant data loss.You should to create your own backup strategy to protect yourself from data loss. Virtual machines are vulnerable to crashes as well as physical computers. You can back up your virtual machine by one or several of the following methods: Copy virtual machine files manually.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Compacting Virtual Disks Compacting can be performed only for expanding disks no matter whether they are single-file disks or split disks. For more information on disks format refer to Virtual Hard Disks (page 19). Note. Compacting of virtual disks cannot be performed if the virtual machine has the Undo disks option enabled or if it has snapshots. In general, the compacting procedure consists of two stages: 1 A preparatory stage, performed in the guest OS.
Managing Virtual Machines 245 One-Stage Disk Compacting The one-stage disk compacting is used as a second stage of disk compacting procedure for Windows guest OSes (described above) or as the only one disk compacting procedure available for other guest OSes. This disk compacting procedure is performed in the primary operating system; it doesn't clean unused space, it only "cuts off" unused space from the image file, thus reducing its size in the primary OS.
CHAPTER 13 Using Parallels Compressor Parallels Compressor® is a new, easy-to-use Parallels tool which will help you keep your virtual machines efficient for many purposes. Note. Parallels Compressor is not available for the virtual machines that use the Boot Camp partition. The Run Parallels Compressor menu command is disabled. Parallels Compressor allows users to: Effectively clean up disk space in a virtual machine. Significantly reduce the size of virtual hard disks files.
Using Parallels Compressor 247 How Parallels Compressor Process a Virtual Machine Compressor processes a virtual machine in the following way: Deletes unnecessary files on the current system. Defragments virtual disks and cleans up unused space. Compacts virtual disks. The actions performed on your particular virtual machine depend upon the running mode: In automatic mode Parallels Compressor compresses only the current system disk performing the pre-defined set of actions.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Requirements for the Guest Operating System Parallels Compressor supports the following guest operating systems: Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP0, SP1 Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition SP0, SP1 Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Using Parallels Compressor 249 2 Log in to the guest operating system as a user with administrator rights. Note. To run Parallels Compressor in a virtual machine you must have administrator rights in the guest operating system. 3 Select Actions -> Run Parallels Compressor from the menu. Running Parallels Compressor Parallels Compressor has the following running modes: automatic, the default mode. In this mode Compressor uses the default compression options.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide To run Parallels Compressor: in automatic mode, don't do anything, just wait until the timeout expires. Detailed information about running Compressor in this mode is given in the Compression in Automatic Mode (page 254) topic. in manual mode, press the ESC key or click the Manual Mode button on the dialog box before the timeout expires. Detailed information about running Compressor in this mode is given in the Parallels Compressor Wizard (page 258) topic.
Using Parallels Compressor 251 Running Modes Parallel Compressor has two running modes: Automatic. Default running mode. In automatic mode, Compressor performs Express Compression without prompting the user to confirm operations. Manual. Compressor runs as a wizard which helps you choose various compression options. Once launched, Compressor displays the dialog box with a time indicator showing the time remaining until Compressor will run in automatic mode.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Selecting Logical Disks for Compression A virtual machine may have several virtual disks, some of them can be partitioned. In Advanced mode you can select one or more logical disks for compression. In the Select Logical Disks dialog box, Compressor displays the list of virtual machine's volumes. The following virtual machine's disks cannot be processed by Compressor: Virtual disks in plain format. Virtual disks with snapshots. Undo disks.
Using Parallels Compressor 253 Compression Levels Parallels Compressor supports three levels of compression: Low, Medium, High. Each level suggests the execution of certain tasks. The wizard displays the complete list of such tasks.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Advanced compression allows users to select any set of tasks. Compression in Automatic Mode Parallels Compressor has the following running modes: automatic, the default mode.
Using Parallels Compressor 255 To run Compressor: in automatic mode, don't do anything, just wait until the timeout expires. in manual mode, press the ESC key or click the Manual Mode button on the dialog box before the timeout expires. Warning. Do not disconnect the Parallels Compressor ISO file from the CD/DVD-ROM of your machine until the process of compression is completed. During the process, Compressor displays several dialog boxes.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 2 The next dialog box informs you that Compressor is going to restart the virtual machine. 3 Compressor restarts the virtual machine. 4 After the restart, it displays the dialog box with the time indicator which shows the time remaining until Compressor will continue the execution of compression tasks.
Using Parallels Compressor 257 If you click the Manual mode button before the timeout expires, you can postpone the execution of the remaining tasks. In this case you will see the dialog box shown below. Click Next at any time to let Compressor continue the operation. 5 Compressor resumes the execution of the compression tasks and informs you of the tasks currently being performed in the Execution in progress dialog box.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Click Finish to exit Parallels Compressor. Parallels Compressor Wizard In manual mode, Compressor starts as a wizard. 1 The wizard displays the Welcome dialog box. If you'd like to skip the Welcome dialog box next time you run the wizard, select the Skip introduction next time check box. Click Next to continue. 2 Choose mode of virtual machine compression.
Using Parallels Compressor 259 If you choose Advanced compression, you will be able to select certain options of compression. 3 Select Logical Disk(s). The wizard determines what virtual disks are available in your virtual machine. Please refer to the Selecting Logical Disks for Compression (page 252) topic if you are not sure what types of virtual disks are supported. The selected disks of unsupported types will not be compressed.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Use check boxes to select one or more disks. Click Next. If you selected Express compression in the Step 3, skip Step 4 and Step 5. 4 In the Choose Compression Level dialog box choose the Compression level (page 253). There are three levels: High, Medium, Low.
Using Parallels Compressor 261 If you cleared the check box for the Truncate page file option, the wizard skips Step 5 and Step 6. 5 Preparing to restart. Depending on the tasks you have selected on the previous step, the wizard may require to restart the computer. Click Next to restart your virtual machine.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide If you click Cancel, the process of virtual machine compression will be resumed automatically the next time you start your virtual machine. 6 When the virtual machine is restarted, the wizard is ready to resume the execution of the tasks. Click Next.
Using Parallels Compressor 263 7 In the wizard's next dialog box, you can see the progress of operations. If you have chosen Express compression, the wizard performs the disk compacting without prompting you to confirm this operation. 8 Disks compacting is the final step of compression. Click Yes to perform the operation. Click No to skip disk compacting. 9 Now, compression of the virtual machine is complete. Your virtual machine is compressed, and its expanding disks are significantly reduced in size.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Further Reducing the Disk After you have used Compressor to process your virtual machine, you can reduce the virtual machine's size even further for storage purposes. If you are going to share the virtual machine hard disk files (that is to copy to another computer or to transfer them over the network), then the smaller its disks are, the better. Once Compressor has completed its work, turn off the virtual machine.
CHAPTER 14 Using Boot Camp Windows Partition This chapter provides all the information necessary to use Boot Camp partition with Windows XP or Windows Vista installation via Parallels Desktop. In This Chapter Overview............................................................................................................................... 266 Creating a Virtual Machine for Boot Camp .......................................................................... 267 Booting via Parallels Virtual Machine ...
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Overview In the current version of Parallels Desktop you can use your Boot Camp Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista partition as a bootable disk or as a data disk in virtual machines. Warning. If you installed other than Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista operating system in Boot Camp, you may damage this installation trying to use it via Parallels Desktop virtual machine.
Using Boot Camp Windows Partition 267 (For advanced users only). The current version of Parallels Desktop for Mac now experimentally supports so-called Parallels custom configurations. A custom configuration allows using several hard disk partitions (grouped as "Custom Boot Camp disks") and can be created manually by editing any virtual machine's configuration file. For more information please refer to Parallels Knowledge Base: http://kb.parallels.com/entry/27/472/.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide 3 When OS Installation Assistant starts, select Custom mode of OS installation. 4 When prompted to select virtual hard disk option, select Use Boot Camp. 5 Then proceed as described in the Custom Installation (page 67).
Using Boot Camp Windows Partition 269 Booting via Parallels Virtual Machine When you boot into Boot Camp Windows partition for the first time, you may notice problems with the mouse and keyboard. In this case, wait while Windows configures driver settings to enable the devices. Following are the instructions on the first-time booting into Boot Camp partitions with Windows XP and Windows Vista. To boot into Boot Camp partition with Windows XP 1 Start your Macintosh computer, boot into Mac OS X.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Warning. In case you met an error not related to the guest OS while working with virtual machine using Boot Camp Windows installation, restart this Parallels virtual machine before you try to boot via Boot Camp as usual. Troubleshooting Windows XP missing drivers When booting into Boot Camp Windows XP via virtual machine, you may get the message saying that Parallels Desktop cannot find necessary drivers.
Using Boot Camp Windows Partition 271 Removing Parallels Data from the Boot Camp Partition If you don't want to use your Boot Camp partition via Parallels virtual machine anymore, you may want to remove the auxiliary files created by Parallels Desktop when a Boot Camp virtual machine was created. 1 Open your Boot Camp virtual machine. 2 Open Configuration Editor, for this: Choose Edit menu > Virtual Machine, or Click any device's link on the virtual machine Configuration Page.
CHAPTER 15 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues. In This Chapter Getting Technical Support .................................................................................................... 272 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team ................................................................................ 273 Using F8 key in Windows Virtual Machine on Mac Os Leioard.......................................... 274 Installing Ubuntu Linux 6.0.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 273 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop, you can send problem reports to Parallels Software International Inc. The reports can be created automatically or manually. If a fatal error occurs in a virtual machine, Parallels Desktop automatically opens the Report a Problem window prompting you to send a report.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide The Technical data field shows the name of the .txt status report file that has been generated for the error. The status report contains the product version, product activation data, primary and guest OSes information, processor status, and so on. You can update the data, if necessary. Click View to open the report in the text editor. The Session screenshot field shows the name of the session screenshot (in .png format). Click View to open the screenshot.
Troubleshooting and Limitations 275 Installing Ubuntu Linux 6.0.6 Server Ubuntu Linux 6.0.6 Server when installed in a virtual machine in a standard way can not load the default kernel. You have to perform some additional steps after the guest OS installation is complete. Perform an initial installation of Ubuntu Linux 6.0.6 Server in a virtual machine, follow these steps: 1 With OS Installation Assistant create a typical virtual machine with Linux as the OS Type and Other Linux Kernel 2.
Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide Using Windows System File Checker During video driver installation, Parallels Desktop modifies some system files (.dll). This doesn’t affect the system stability or security, and the guest OS doesn’t report any errors unless you turned on the System Files Checker (SFC). In this case, SFC will ask you to insert the installation CD/DVD each time you boot. You can safely ignore this message. Below is the list of the files that are modified: d3d8.dll d3d9.
Index A Acceleration level • 163 Accessing shared folders • 208 Activating Parallels Desktop • 30 Adapter Network adapter • 121, 156, 197, 220 Parallels Network adapter • 85, 87, 94 Realtek driver • 85, 87, 220 RTL8029 adapter • 85, 87, 94, 95 Adding CD/DVD-ROM drive • 194 custom screen resolution, adding • 213, 214 favorite Windows application icon to the Dock • 102, 109 hard disk • 191 hardware devices • 189, 191 network adapter, adding • 197 parallel port • 202 Parallels Desktop icon to the Dock • 29 ser
Index animation on switching to • 144, 224 Application Switcher • 140 Coherence, options • 144, 166 SmartSelect • 140 switching to Coherence • 108 Coherence tool • 125 Compacting virtual hard disks • 243, 244 Compressing virtual hard disks • 248 Compression automatic compression • 254 compression levels • 253 compression options • 250 Compressor • 243, 246 compressing procedure • 247 compression levels • 253 preparing to run • 248 running automatically • 254 running modes • 251 Configuration Editor •
Index Custom installation • 67 installing guest operating systems • 74 supported guest operating systems • 15 Typical installation • 62 Windows Express installation • 58 Expanding disks • 19 Exploring virtual machines • 229 Express mode (Parallels Compressor) • 251 F Favorite Windows Applications • 49, 102, 109 creating aliases for • 102, 109 keeping icon in the Dock • 102, 109 starting from Mac OS X • 102 Favortie Applications Tool • 85, 124 FDD • 17, 21 Files PVS file • 17 report with technical data •
Index AC'97 sound driver • 89, 91, 92 Clipboard Syncronization Tool (OS/2 and eComstation) • 94 guest operating system • 74 Mouse Syncronization Tool (OS/2 and eComStation) • 94 network driver (OS/2 and eComStation) • 94 network driver (Solaris) • 95 Parallels Desktop • 24 Parallels Tools • 84 sound driver (OS/2 and eComStation) • 94 video driver (Windows 98) • 91 video driver (Windows NT) • 92 Windows 98 • 78 Windows XP • 58 Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) • 14 Interface basics • 39 Internet a
Index Adjust reserved memory • 219 Change Mac OS X resolution in Dock • 107, 212, 222 Connect USB devices automatically • 188 Default folder for virtual machines • 217 Enable Intel VT-x support • 14, 50, 163 Full Screen transition • 107, 224 OS Window transition • 44, 224 Show applications in Dock • 102, 222 OS Installation Assistant • 56 OS Window mode • 44 OS/2 installing Parallels Tools (OS/2) • 94 installing sound driver (OS/2) • 94 supported versions • 15 P Parallel port adding a parallel port • 202
Index Paralells data from Boot Camp partition • 271 removing devices • 206 Windows applications from Favorites • 102 Reporting problems • 273 Resetting virtual machines • 104 Resolution Changing Tool • 85 Restore hidden messages • 222 Resuming virtual machines • 105 Right-click options • 155, 225 RTL8029 • 85 Running Parallels Compressor automatically • 254 virtual machines • 99 Running modes (Parallels Compressor) • 251 Runtime, changing configuration at • 127 S SAV file • 17, 105 Screen animations
Index configuration of typical virtual machines • 55 creating typical virtual machines • 62 U Undo Disks • 163 options • 163 working with • 153 Uninstalling Parallels Desktop • 37 Uninstalling Parallels Tools • 97 Update check, automatic • 33 Updating Parallels Desktop • 32 automatically • 33 manually • 34 Updating Parallels Tools • 98 USB adding a USB controller • 205 connecting USB devices • 132 connecting USB microphone • 132 setting up a USB printer • 136 USB options • 188 using USB devices in virtual
Index installing Parallels Tools (Windows NT) • 92 Windows taskbar in Coherence mode • 144 Windows Vista creating virtual machine in Boot Camp • 267 Express Installation • 58 User Account Control (UAC) feature • 109 Windows XP creating virtual machine in Boot Camp • 267 Express Installation • 58 using from Boot Camp • 265 X X Window System in FreeBSD • 81
