Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion for Mac OS X
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Getting Started y 3 Getting Started with VMware Fusion Introduction VMware Fusion™ allows you to run your favorite PC applications on your Intel-based Mac. Designed from the ground up for the Mac user, VMware Fusion makes it easy to take advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines to run Windows and other x86 operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X. What Is a Virtual Machine? A virtual machine is software that behaves just as a physical computer does.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 4 What You Can Do with VMware Fusion With VMware Fusion, Intel-based Mac users can: Run your favorite Windows and Linux applications on an Intel-based Mac–With VMware Fusion, you can run virtual machines with a wide range of Windows and Linux operating systems, so you can run your favorite applications side by side with Mac applications, without rebooting.
Getting Started y 5 Features of VMware Fusion VMware Fusion provides the following features: With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion transforms your Windows applications to work like Mac applications and gives you the seamless Mac experience you expect. Minimize Windows applications to the Dock, switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé, and find and instantly launch any Windows application just as you would a Mac application.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 6 VMware Fusion supports high-speed USB 2.0 for a huge range of devices. Even devices that do not have drivers for Mac OS X will work in a virtual machine. Network with your Mac seamlessly. Or, you can set the type of network connection for the virtual machine, letting the virtual machine share or obtain its own IP address or isolate it from the network and host. Networking options are: bridged, NAT, and host-only.
Getting Started y 7 System Requirements for VMware Fusion The minimum system requirements for installing and using VMware Fusion are: Any Mac with an Intel 1.5GHz or faster processor. 512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended. 275MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 1GB of free disk space for each virtual machine. Mac OS X version 10.4.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 8 Supported 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Windows XP Professional SP2, Home Edition SP2 Windows 98 SE Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, R2 Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Server SP4, Advanced Server SP4 Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6a, Workstation SP6a Windows Me, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 SP1, MS-DOS 6.
Getting Started y 9 FreeBSD 6.1, 5.5 Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Turbolinux Desktop 10 Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise Edition, R2 Enterprise Edition SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 9 SP3 SUSE Linux 10.1, 9.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 4.0 Update 4, 3.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 10 Installing or Upgrading VMware Fusion If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you do not need to uninstall the version installed on your computer. VMware Fusion upgrades the existing version automatically. NOTE In rare circumstances, the operating system in a virtual machine can quit unexpectedly in a way that leaves some virtual machine processes running. This situation can prevent you from upgrading or uninstalling VMware Fusion.
Getting Started y 11 You can continue without entering a serial number, but you cannot power on a virtual machine until you have entered a valid serial number. You can enter your serial number at any time by choosing VMware Fusion > Licensing. To install or upgrade VMware Fusion from a download 1 If you are upgrading an existing VMware Fusion installation, make sure that no virtual machines are open and that VMware Fusion is not running. 2 Download VMware Fusion from the VMware Web site at www.vmware.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 12 You can continue without entering a serial number, but you cannot power on a virtual machine until you have entered a valid serial number. You can enter your serial number at any time by choosing VMware Fusion > Licensing. Starting VMware Fusion To start VMware Fusion In the Applications folder, double-click VMware Fusion. The Virtual Machine Library window is displayed.
Getting Started y 13 Server: Windows Longhorn (experimentally supported only), Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server If you are not using one of these Windows operating systems in your virtual machine, or you want to install the operating system manually, see the VMware Fusion Help for details on creating virtual machines. To create a Windows virtual machine using Windows Easy Install 1 From the Virtual Machine Library window, click the New button or choose File > New.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 6 Split disk into 2GB files – Select this option if your virtual machine will be used in a hard drive with a file system that does not support files larger than 2GB. Use an Existing Virtual Disk – Select this option to use an existing virtual disk. Enter the existing virtual disk (.vmdk) file, including the path, or click Choose to browse for the file. In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install.
Getting Started y 15 8 Click Finish. VMware Fusion installs Windows. This can take up to 45 minutes. After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on the virtual machine. Creating a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition Boot Camp is Apple software that enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows XP and Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate (no multi-disc versions). But Boot Camp requires you to choose between Mac or Windows at boot time.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 16 To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition 1 From the Virtual Machine Library window, select Boot Camp partition, which is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition. You must have administrator privileges to use the Boot Camp as a virtual machine. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp partition and starts Windows.
Getting Started y 17 Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine PC and Mac keyboards differ, so you will need to press certain key combinations to enable certain PC commands on a Mac keyboard. See Table 1. Table 1. PC and Mac Keyboards.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 18 Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition When you install Microsoft Vista 32-bit edition in a VMware Fusion virtual machine, there is no sound output. To correct this problem, run Windows Update to update the sound driver from within Vista.
Getting Started y 19 Virtual Machines and System Images Compatible with VMware Fusion In addition to virtual machines that you create in VMware Fusion, you can also use virtual machines created in the following VMware products: ESX Server 2.x and higher Workstation 4.x and higher VMware Server 1.0.x and higher GSX Server 3.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 20 Deleting a Virtual Machine If you want to delete a virtual machine, you delete its files in the Finder. To delete a virtual machine 1 Power off all running virtual machines, and quit VMware Fusion. 2 Browse to the Virtual Machines folder (usually in your /Documents folder) and select the machine you want to delete. 3 Move the virtual machine file to the trash.
Getting Started y 21 To uninstall VMware Fusion 1 Power off all running virtual machines, and quit VMware Fusion. 2 In the Finder, open the folder Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion, and double-click Uninstall Vmware Fusion. 3 When you are prompted to confirm, click Uninstall. 4 Enter your administrative password to begin the uninstallation. When the uninstallation is complete, a confirmation message is displayed.
VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 22 © 2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. Protected by one or more of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,397,242, 6,496,847, 6,704,925, 6,711,672, 6,725,289, 6,735,601, 6,785,886, 6,789,156, 6,795,966, 6,880,022, 6,944,699, 6,961,806, 6,961,941, 7,069,413, 7,082,598, 7,089,377, 7,111,086, 7,111,145, 7,117,481, 7,149,843, 7,155,558, 7,222,221, 7,260,815, 7,260,820, and 7,269,683; patents pending.
