Parallels Desktop - 6.0 User's Guide

Parallels Desktop

User's Guide

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Contents

Introduction 7

About Parallels Desktop............................................................................................................................... 8

About This Guide......................................................................................................................................... 9

Organization of this Guide.............................................................................................................. 10

Documentation Conventions........................................................................................................... 10

Getting Help............................................................................................................................................... 12

Feedback....................................................................................................................................................12

Virtual Machine Technology Basics 13

Virtual Machine Technology Overview..................................................................................................... 13

Parallels Virtual Machine........................................................................................................................... 14

Installing Parallels Desktop 16

System Requirements................................................................................................................................. 16

Installing Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................................ 17

Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6...............................................................................................................20

Activating Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................................... 21

Trial Activation............................................................................................................................... 22

Registering Parallels Desktop.................................................................................................................... 23

Updating Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................................ 24

Automatic Updating........................................................................................................................ 25

Manual Updating ............................................................................................................................ 26

Hiding and Showing Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................... 27

Removing Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................................... 28

Removing Parallels Desktop Without Installation Disc.................................................................. 29

Starting Parallels Desktop 30

The Welcome Window .............................................................................................................................. 31

Parallels Virtual Machines List.................................................................................................................. 33

Virtual Machine Window........................................................................................................................... 36

Menus......................................................................................................................................................... 38

Status Bar................................................................................................................................................... 39

Customizing Toolbar.................................................................................................................................. 41

Parallels Desktop Preferences 42

General Preferences ................................................................................................................................... 43

Keyboard Preferences................................................................................................................................ 46

USB Preferences........................................................................................................................................ 50

iPhone Preferences..................................................................................................................................... 52

Advanced Preferences................................................................................................................................ 53

Host-Only Networking Settings...................................................................................................... 56

Shared Networking Settings ........................................................................................................... 57

Contents 4

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 60

Supported Guest Operating Systems.......................................................................................................... 61

Creating a New Virtual Machine ............................................................................................................... 63

Default Configurations....................................................................................................................66

Installing a Guest Operating System............................................................................................... 67

Like a Mac or like a PC?................................................................................................................. 69

Opening an Existing Virtual Machine........................................................................................................ 70

Using Boot Camp Partition in Virtual Machine......................................................................................... 71

Moving Data from PC to a Virtual Machine.............................................................................................. 72

Downloading Virtual Appliances............................................................................................................... 73

Installing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................................ 74

Parallels Tools Overview ................................................................................................................ 75

Parallels Tools for Windows........................................................................................................... 77

Parallels Tools for Linux ................................................................................................................ 79

Parallels Tools for Mac................................................................................................................... 82

Parallels Tools for OS/2 and eComStation Guest OSs................................................................... 83

Parallels Tools for Windows 98...................................................................................................... 85

Updating Parallels Tools................................................................................................................. 86

Removing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................... 88

Working With Virtual Machines 89

Basic Operations........................................................................................................................................ 90

Starting, Stopping and Resetting a Virtual Machine....................................................................... 90

Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine....................................................................................92

Changing the View Mode............................................................................................................... 94

Capturing Keyboard and Mouse..................................................................................................... 99

Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine.......................................................................... 100

Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine................................................................................ 100

Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window .......................................................... 101

Making Screenshots...................................................................................................................... 102

Changing the Configuration at Runtime....................................................................................... 103

Working With Virtual Machine's Applications ........................................................................................ 105

Setting Up Virus Protection.......................................................................................................... 105

Getting Acronis Applications........................................................................................................106

Using 3D Graphics Applications.................................................................................................. 106

Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote.............................................................................. 107

Configuring Network in Virtual Machines .............................................................................................. 109

Shared Networking....................................................................................................................... 109

Bridged Ethernet Networking....................................................................................................... 111

Host-Only Networking..................................................................................................................112

Using WiFi in a Virtual Machine.................................................................................................. 113

Bridging a Virtual Machine to VLAN.......................................................................................... 113

Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine....................................................................................... 114

Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS......................................................... 117

Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine................................................................................................ 117

Sharing a Mac Printer................................................................................................................... 118

Setting Up a Printer via Bonjour................................................................................................... 120

Setting Up a Network Printer........................................................................................................ 122

Managing Virtual Machines..................................................................................................................... 125

Using Safe Mode .......................................................................................................................... 125

Encrypting a Virtual Machine....................................................................................................... 126

Cloning a Virtual Machine............................................................................................................ 128

Working With Virtual Machine Templates................................................................................... 129

Backing Up a Virtual Machine ..................................................................................................... 134

Working With Snapshots.............................................................................................................. 135

Managing Virtual Machines Using Spoken Commands............................................................... 140

Contents 5

Managing Virtual Machines From iPhone.................................................................................... 141

Removing a Virtual Machine........................................................................................................ 146

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 147

Working in Coherence............................................................................................................................. 148

Crystal Mode................................................................................................................................. 152

Working in Full Screen............................................................................................................................ 155

Using the MacLook Theme in Windows ................................................................................................. 156

Sharing Applications and Files ................................................................................................................ 158

Sharing Folders and Disks............................................................................................................ 158

Using Shared Profile..................................................................................................................... 162

Using Shared Applications ........................................................................................................... 163

Using SmartSelect......................................................................................................................... 166

Sharing Web Applications............................................................................................................ 169

Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder................................................................................................... 171

Copying and Pasting Between Mac and Windows...................................................................................172

Enabling Parental Control in a Virtual Machine...................................................................................... 173

Configuring the Virtual Machine 174

General Settings....................................................................................................................................... 175

Options..................................................................................................................................................... 177

Startup and Shutdown Settings..................................................................................................... 178

Optimization Settings....................................................................................................................180

Security Settings........................................................................................................................... 183

Sharing Settings............................................................................................................................ 186

Applications Settings.................................................................................................................... 189

Backup Settings ............................................................................................................................ 191

Coherence Settings ....................................................................................................................... 193

Full Screen Settings...................................................................................................................... 195

Modality Settings.......................................................................................................................... 197

Advanced Settings ........................................................................................................................ 199

Hardware Settings.................................................................................................................................... 201

Boot Order Settings ...................................................................................................................... 202

Video Settings............................................................................................................................... 204

Floppy Settings............................................................................................................................. 206

CD/DVD-ROM Settings............................................................................................................... 208

Hard Disk Settings........................................................................................................................ 210

Network Settings........................................................................................................................... 214

Printer Port Settings...................................................................................................................... 216

Serial Port Settings........................................................................................................................ 218

Sound Settings .............................................................................................................................. 220

USB Settings................................................................................................................................. 222

Adding and Removing Devices.................................................................................................... 223

Contents 6

Troubleshooting and Limitations 232

Getting Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 232

Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team.................................................................................................... 233

Checking the Build Number..................................................................................................................... 234

Installing Windows 98 as a Guest OS...................................................................................................... 235

Using the F8 Key in Windows Virtual Machines.................................................................................... 237

Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS........................................... 238

Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources in Linux....................................................................... 239

Memory Usage Problems......................................................................................................................... 240

Configuring Network in Linux................................................................................................................. 241

Problems with Setting Up Network ......................................................................................................... 241

Problems with Antivirus Software........................................................................................................... 242

Glossary 243

Index 247

C HAPTER 1

Introduction

Parallels Desktop® allows you to use the hardware resources of your Intel-based Mac more efficiently by sharing them between multiple virtual machines running on it.

This chapter provides general information about Parallels Desktop for Mac and this guide.

In This Chapter

About Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................ 8

About This Guide..................................................................................................................9

Getting Help.......................................................................................................................... 12

Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 12

Introduction 8

About Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop® is a virtualization solution that allows you to create virtual machines on Macintosh computers with Intel

processors (1.66 GHz and faster). You can install a Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, or another operating system in each of your virtual machines, and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.

Built on Parallels’ award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop allows you to:

 create powerful and easy to use virtual machines  use 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems inside your virtual machines  use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications, without

need to restart your Mac

 coherently work with the files and applications of your Mac and virtual machine  create Parallels virtual machines from physical computers and third-party virtual machines

To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your Macintosh computer, Parallels Desktop for Mac includes Parallels Transporter

for transferring data from PCs to Parallels virtual machines, and Parallels Mounter for accessing your virtual machine's files and folders even when it is not running.

Introduction 9

About This Guide

This guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create, configure, and run Parallels virtual machines.

Abbreviations Used in the Text

The following abbreviations are used in the guide:  OS is used instead of operating system in long sentences where using it will not change the

meaning of the sentence.

 VM is used instead of virtual machine in long sentences where using it will not change the

meaning of the sentence.

Definitions

Primary operating system (primary OS): In this guide, this term is used to refer to the operating system that controls the I/O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on, that is, Mac OS X.

Guest operating system (guest OS): The term is used to refer to an operating system that is installed in a virtual machine.

Help Usage Tips

Use the icons in the upper part of the help window to:

 go to the online documentation page  watch the online video tutorial  contact the Parallels support team

To print a help page, click on the Print icon and choose Print Frame.

. If this doesn't work, right-click the Print icon

Introduction 10

Organization of this Guide

This guide consists of the following chapters:  Introduction (p. 7) (you are reading it now). Provides basic information about the product

and this guide.

 Virtual Machi

technologies

 Installing Parallels Desktop (p. 16). Provides instructions on product installation.  Starting Parallels Desktop (p. 30). Provides basic information on how to work with Parallels

Desktop.

rallels Desktop Preferences (p. 42). Provides information on how to configure the

 Pa

Parallels D

 Setting Up a Virtual Machine (p. 60). Provides instructions on creating a new virtual machine

and addin

 Working With Virtual Machines (p. 89). Provides basic information on how to work with

virtual m

 Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine (p. 147). Provides information on how to

enhance the integration bet

 Configuring a Virtual Machine (p. 174). Provides information on how to change the virtual

machine configuration.

 Troubleshooting and Limitations (p. 232). Provides the solutions for some of the known

issues.

ne Technology Basics (p. 13). Provides information on the specification and of virtual machines.

esktop preferences.

g an existing one.

achines.

ween Mac OS X and your virtual machine.

Documentation Conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it.

The table below presents the existing formatting conventions.

Formatting convention Type of Information Example

Special Bold

Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list.

Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections.

Go to the Resources tab.

Read the Basic Administration chapter.

Introduction 11

Italics Used to emphasize the

importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command-line placeholder,

These are the so-called EZ templates. To destroy a Container, type vzctl

destroy ctid.

which is to be replaced with a real name or value.

Monospace

Preformatted

The names of commands, files, and directories.

On-screen computer output in your command-line sessions;

Use vzctl start to start a Container.

Saved parameters for Container 101

source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages.

Monospace Bold

What you type, as contrasted

# rpm –V virtuozzo-release

with on-screen computer output.

Key+Key Key combinations for which

Ctrl+P, Alt+F4 the user must press and hold down one key and then press another.

Besides the formatting conventions, you should also know about the document organization convention applied to Parallels documents: chapters in all guides are divided into sections, which, in their turn, are subdivided into subsections. For example, About This Guide is a section, and Documentation Conventions is a subsection.

Introduction 12

Getting Help

Parallels Desktop offers several options for accessing necessary information:  Parallels Desktop Help contains extensive information about the product, its usage and

troubleshooting. To open Parallels Desktop Help, choose Help > Parallels Desktop Help from the menu.

 Search field. You can use this field available from the Parallels Desktop Help menu to

perform a keyword search in both Parallels Desktop Help and knowledge base. In this field, type a keyword and click Show All Help Topics. You will see a list of topics containing this keyword.

 Context-sensitive help. You can open a help page for the active window by pressing F1.  Online documentation. The PDF documentation for Parallels Desktop and other Parallels

products, such as Parallels Transporter and Parallels Image Tool. To open the online documentation page, choose Online Documentation from the Parallels Desktop Help menu.

 Parallels Command Line Reference Guide. This document contains information on using the

prlctl command line utility designed to manage Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from Terminal. To access the document, go to the Online documentation page on our website.

 Parallels API references and the SDK programmer's guide. These guides are aimed at IT-

professionals mainly and can be found on the Online documentation page on our website.

 Parallels website (http://www.parallels.com). Explore the Support web page that includes

product

 Parallels Knowledge Base (http://kb.parallels.com/). This online resource comprises valuable

articles

help files and the FAQ section.

about using Parallels Desktop and other Parallels products.

Feedback

If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, you can share your comments and suggestions with us by completing the documentation feedback form on our website (http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/).