Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion for Mac OS X 2008–2011 EN-000581-00
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Contents Introduction 5 Definition of a Virtual Machine 5 What You Can Do with VMware Fusion 5 System Requirements for VMware Fusion 6 Install VMware Fusion 7 Upgrade VMware Fusion 8 Start VMware Fusion 9 Getting Up and Running 9 Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install 9 Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition 11 Migrate 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 With VMware Fusion™, you can run personal computer (PC) applications and devices on your Intel-based Mac. Designed for the Mac user, VMware Fusion takes advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines to run Windows and other x86 operating systems at the same time as Mac OS X. Definition of a Virtual Machine A virtual machine is a software file that behaves just as a physical computer does.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Migrate your Windows PC to a virtual machine easily. The integrated Migration Assistant helps you convert your physical PC to a virtual machine to run on your Mac. Import virtual machines. You can import virtual machines created with Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac directly to VMware Fusion. Graduate from Boot Camp.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines. Windows operating systems are available separately from Microsoft and other retailers. 2GB of memory, 4GB recommended. 750MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion, and at least 5GB of free disk space for each virtual machine.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Upgrade VMware Fusion If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you must uninstall the version that is installed on your Mac. Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling of VMware Fusion does not modify existing virtual machines. NOTE Verify that all of your virtual machines are shut down and that VMware Fusion is not running. To upgrade VMware Fusion 1 Drag the previous version of VMware Fusion to the trash. VMware Fusion is located in the Applications folder on your Mac.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Start VMware Fusion NOTE Verify that you have the administrator password for your Mac. To start VMware Fusion 1 In the Applications folder, double-click VMware Fusion. The Virtual Machine Library window appears. From this window, you can start working with virtual machines. 2 (Optional) To save VMware Fusion in the Dock, right-click the icon, and select Options > Keep in Dock.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion folder and other folders available to this virtual machine, so that you can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac. Alternatively, you can isolate your virtual machine from your Mac and other virtual machines.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 5 In the Sharing panel, indicate how the new virtual machine should handle basic file sharing. 6 In the Finish panel, click Finish. VMware Fusion installs Windows. This process can take up to 45 minutes. After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and restarts the virtual machine. Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition Boot Camp is Apple software that enables a Mac to run Windows operating systems.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition 1 Start VMware Fusion. 2 Create a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library for Boot Camp. 3 Boot Camp setup Action You are running VMware Fusion on a Mac with Boot Camp and you have no virtual machines on your Mac. From the VMware Fusion Home pane, click Boot Camp. This process creates a Boot Camp virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library and starts it.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Migrate an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine To move from a physical PC to VMware Fusion, use the Migration Assistant. To access the Migration Assistant, select File > Migrate Your PC. After you install the VMware Fusion PC Migration Agent on your PC, the Migration Assistant can make a network connection and convert the Windows PC to a VMware Fusion virtual machine. For information about migrating your physical PC to a virtual machine, see the VMware Fusion Help.
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.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Suspend a 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. To suspend a virtual machine, click Virtual Machine > Suspend. NOTE You cannot suspend a Boot Camp virtual machine.
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