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Contents Getting Started with VMware Fusion 5 Introduction 5 What Is a Virtual Machine? 5 What You Can Do with VMware Fusion 6 System Requirements for VMware Fusion 7 Install or Upgrade VMware Fusion 8 Start VMware Fusion 9 Getting Up and Running 10 Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install 10 Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition 12 Import an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine 13 Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.
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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 a software file that behaves just as a physical computer does.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 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 your favorite applications side by side with Mac applications using virtual machines running a wide range of Windows and Linux operating systems, without rebooting.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Run multiple operating systems while protecting the integrity of your Mac – VMware Fusion lets you safely run virtual machines isolated from the Mac by making use of the hardware-level security and fault isolation of virtualization solutions.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or higher Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines. Windows operating systems available separately from Microsoft and your favorite retailers NOTE You must have enough memory to run Mac OS X, plus the memory required for each guest operating system and for applications on the Mac and in the virtual machine. See your guest operating system and application documentation for their memory requirements.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 4 Double-click VMware-Fusion-<2.x.x>-.dmg to mount it. The contents of the disk image appear in a VMware Fusion Finder window. 5 Double-click the VMware Fusion icon to launch the Installation Assistant. 6 Follow the instructions in the Assistant to install VMware Fusion. At the end of the installation, the Assistant prompts for your serial number. 7 Enter your serial number.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Getting Up and Running There are five ways to get up and running quickly with VMware Fusion: Create a new Windows virtual machine. Use an existing Boot Camp installation. Import your existing Windows PC. Import a Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine. Download a preconfigured virtual appliance.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion To create a Windows virtual machine using Windows Easy Install 1 Insert your Windows CD-ROM into your optical drive. You will need a valid Windows product key. Windows CDs that came shipped with a previous physical computer are likely locked to that machine and might not work. 2 From the Virtual Machine Library window, click the New button or choose File > New. The New Virtual Machine Assistant launches.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition Boot Camp is Apple software that enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows XP (32-bit only) and 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista. But Boot Camp requires you to choose between Mac or Windows at boot time. Boot Camp creates separate Mac and Windows partitions on your hard disk to create a dual-boot environment. You can use your Windows XP or Windows Vista Boot Camp partition as a VMware Fusion virtual machine.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 3 After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMware Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your Boot Camp partition when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Download a Virtual Appliance from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace You can download a wide range of preconfigured virtual machines from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. Preconfigured virtual machines are also referred to as virtual appliances.Available virtual appliances include operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris, and include preconfigured collaboration and security appliances.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine PC and Mac keyboards differ, so you must press certain key combinations to enable certain PC commands on a Mac keyboard. See Table 1. To learn more about keyboard and mouse options in VMware Fusion, refer to the VMware Fusion Help available in the Help menu. Table 1.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Correct 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 with VMware Fusion Quit Your Virtual Machine The VMware Fusion suspend feature lets you quickly save the entire current state of your virtual machine, including all running applications, so you can return to this state without restarting your virtual machine. Using the Suspend command instead of Shut Down lets you get back up and running quickly. To completely shut down the virtual machine instead, use the Shut Down command.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Supported Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports over 60 guest operating systems, including Windows 3.1 through Windows 2008, Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD. The operating systems listed here have been tested in VMware Fusion virtual machines and are officially supported.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 9 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop 10 SP2 SUSE Linux 10.1, 9.3 Novell Netware 6.5 SP7 Novell Linux Desktop 9 SP2 Novell Open Enterprise Server SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Update 2 (Advanced Server, Enterprise Server, Workstation) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 6, 3.0 Update 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1—stock 2.4.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Supported 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 64-bit guest operating systems: Mac OS X Server v10.
