VMware Player - 2.0 Getting Started Guide
Getting Started Guide
VMware Player 2.0
Getting Started Guide
Getting Started Guide
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Contents
Preface 5
Getting!Started!with!VMware!Player 7
What!Is!VMware!Player? 7
Downloading!VMware!Player!and!Virtual!Machines 7
What!You!Can!Do!with!VMware!Player 8
Features!in!VMware!Player 8
What’s!New!in!VMware!Player!2.0 8
Host!System!Requirements!for!VMware!Player 9
Compatible!Virtual!Machines!and!System!Images 9
Virtual!SMP 9
Installing!and!Running!VMware!Player 10
Installing!VMware!Player 10
Configuring!the!Linux!Installation!with!vmware‐config.pl 11
Starting!VMware!Player 12
Closing!VMware!Player 12
Uninstalling!VMware!Player 13
Supported!Host!and!Guest!Operating!Systems!for!VMware!Player 13
Supported!Host!Operating!Systems 13
Supported!Guest!Operating!
Processor!Support!for!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 17
Required!Configuration!Changes 11
Location!of!vmware‐config.pl 12
Windows!32‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 13
Windows!64‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 14
Linux!32‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 14
Linux!64‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 15
Systems 16
Windows!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 16
Windows!64‐Bit!Operating!Systems 16
Linux!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 16
Linux!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 17
Novell!NetWare!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Novell!Open!Enterprise!Server!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
FreeBSD!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
FreeBSD!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Sun!Solaris!32‐
Sun!Solaris!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
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Preface
This!preface!provides!information!about!the!VMware!Player!Getting!Started!Guide!and!links!to!VMware®!
technical!support!and!educational!resources.
This!preface!contains!the!following!topics:
! “A b o u t !This!Book”!on!page 5
! “Technical!Support!and!Education!Resources”!on!page 6
About This Book
This!manual,!the!VMware!Player!Getting!Started!Guide,!provides!information!about!installing!and!using!
VMware!Player!2.0.!Detailed!information!about!how!to!use!VMware!Player!features!is!in!the!online!help.
Intended Audience
This!book!is!intended!for!anyone!who!wants!to!install!or!use!VMware!Player!2.0.!VMware!Player!2.0!users!
include!anyone!who!wants!to!run!virtual!machines!or!virtual!appliances.!You!can!download!and!safely!run!
prebuilt!application!environments!provided!by!software!vendors!or!colleagues.
Document Feedback
If!you!have!comments!about!this!documentation,!submit!your!feedback!to:
docfeedback@vmware.com
Conventions
Tab le!P‐2!illustrates!the!typographic!conventions!used!in!this!manual.!
Table P-1. Conventions Used in This Manual
Style Elements
Blue!(online!only) Cross‐references!and!email!addresses
Blue!boldface!(online!only) Links
Black!boldface User!interface!elements!such!as!button!names!and!menu!items
Monospace Commands,!filenames,!directories,!and!paths
Monospace bold User!input
Italic Document!titles,!glossary!terms,!and!occasional!emphasis
<!Name!>! Vari a b l e !and!parameter!names
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Technical Support and Education Resources
The!following!sections!describe!the!technical!support!resources!available!to!you.
Self-Service Support
Use!the!VMware!Technology!Network!(VMTN)!for!self‐help!tools!and!technical!information:
! Product!information!–!http://www.vmware.com/products/
! Tec h n o logy!information!–!http://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/technology
! Documentation!–!http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs
! VMTN!Knowledge!Base!–!http://www.vmware.com/support/kb
! Discussion!forums!–!http://www.vmware.com/community
! User!groups!–!http://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.html
For!more!information!about!the!VMware!Tec h n o logy!Network,!go!to!http://www.vmtn.net.
Online and Telephone Support
Use!online!support!to!submit!technical!support!requests,!view!your!product!and!contract!information,!and!
register!your!products.!Go!to!http://www.vmware.com/support.
Customers!with!appropriate!support!contracts!should!use!telephone!support!for!the!fastest!response!on!
priority!1!issues.!Go!to!http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.
Support Offerings
Find!out!how!VMware!support!offerings!can!help!meet!your!business!needs.!Go!to!
http://www.vmware.com/support/services.
VMware Education Services
VMware!courses!offer!extensive!hands‐on!labs,!case!study!examples,!and!course!materials!designed!to!be!used!
as!on‐the‐job!reference!tools.!For!more!information!about!VMware!Education!Services,!go!to!
http://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.
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