VMware workstation - no experience necessary / Sander van Vugt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vugt, Sander van.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

VMware.

Virtual computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

van Vugt Sander: Sander van Vugt is an independent author, consultant, and technical trainer, living in Netherlands. He is specialized in open source software and virtualization. He has written over 50 books on many subjects, most of them about Linux. As a consultant he has realized numerous projects involving open source software and virtualization for different companies around the world. You can find more information about him on his website, www. sandervanvugt. com.

Summary:

Get started from scratch with Vmware Workstation using this essential guide. Taking you from installation on Windows or Linux through to advanced virtual machine features, you’ll be setting up a test environment in no time. Create virtual machines on Linux and Windows hosts Create advanced test labs that help in getting back to any Virtual Machine state in an easy way Share virtual machines with others, no matter which virtualization solution they’re using In Detail VMware Workstation runs on Linux as well as Windows hosts and handles different virtual machine formats, which allows you to share your work with users of other virtualization platforms, including VirtualBox, VMware Player, and VMware vSphere environments. VMware Workstation: No Experience Necessary helps you in getting started with VMware Workstation. You’ll learn how to install VMware Workstation in any circumstance, and how to create virtual machines and keep different configurations for each virtual machine, which helps in setting up extensive test environments. You’ll also learn how to share these virtual machines with users of other virtualization products as well as the cloud. In VMware Workstation: No Experience Necessary you’ll start learning about different virtualization solutions. In this introduction you’ll learn how VMware Workstation differs from other workstation virtualization platforms such as Oracle Virtual Box, and from data centre virtualization solutions such as VMware vSphere. Next, you’ll learn how to install VMware Workstation on either a Windows or a Linux host and how to create virtual machines on these host platforms. After installing virtual machines, you’ll learn about advanced virtual machine features, including advanced networking and storage setups, which allow you to mirror a data centre setup as closely as possible. An important part of the setup of such an environment is working with snapshots and clones, which is discussed in detail. You’ll also learn how to use virtual machines that are created on other host computers. The final part of the book teaches you how to share virtual machines with others. You’ll learn how to upload virtual machines to VMware vSphere, and how to share virtual machines with users of VMware Player.

Contents:

Intro

VMware Workstation - No Experience Necessary

Table of Contents

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Installing VMware Workstation

Configuring the host computer

CPU and CPU cores

Memory

Disk space

Getting VMware Workstation

Purchasing VMware Workstation

Setting up your VMware account

Installing VMware Workstation on Windows

Installing VMware Workstation on Linux

Starting VMware Workstation for the first time

Summary

2. Installing Virtual Machines

Before you start

Starting the installation

RAM and CPU

Networking

Disk options

Installing a Windows 8 virtual machine

Installing a Linux virtual machine

3. Working with Virtual Machines

Performing common tasks

Working with hardware

Booting your virtual machine from a CD-ROM

Modifying virtual hardware

Working with shared folders

Setting virtual machine options

Automatic snapshots

Time synchronization

VNC connections

Securing virtual machines

4. VMware Workstation behind the Scenes

Understanding VMware Workstation files

VMware Workstation program files and services

Program files on Windows hosts

Program files on Linux hosts

VMware services

Working with VMware Workstation files

VMware Workstation virtual machine definition files

VMware Workstation disk files

Configuring advanced storage

Using devices as virtual machine disks.

Mounting virtual disk files

Managing VMware virtual disks

5. Networking VMware Workstation

Using different networking modes

Using bridged networking

Using NATted networking

Using host-only networking

Configuring virtual networks

Setting bridged network properties

Setting host-only network properties

Setting NAT network properties

Creating your own virtual network

Using advanced network properties on virtual machines

Setting advanced network properties on virtual machines

Using multiple network cards within a virtual machine

6. Accessing Virtual Machines Remotely

Setting up shared machines with the VMware Web Service

Shared virtual machines and user accounts

Creating a Windows user account

Creating a Linux user account

Sharing a virtual machine

Accessing a shared virtual machine

Using VNC for remote virtual machine access

Enabling VNC access on a virtual machine

Connecting remotely to virtual machines using VNC

Using TeamViewer for remote access through a firewall

Installing the TeamViewer agent

Using the TeamViewer client

Accessing VMware Workstation from tablets and mobile devices

7. Converting Virtual Machines

Converting physical machines to VMware Workstation

Virtualizing a physical Windows machine with VMware Converter

Performing a physical-to-virtual conversion of computers running Linux

Performing a V2V conversion and virtual machine import

Importing raw image files into VMware Workstation

Importing VMDK files into VMware Workstation

Importing other disk file formats into VMware Workstation using OVF

Importing third-party virtual machines using VMware vCenter Converter

8. Cloning and Snapshots

Understanding when to apply which tools

Working with snapshots

Creating snapshots.

Reverting a snapshot

Using autoprotect snapshots

Snapshots and powering off

Working with the Snapshot Manager

Creating clones

Preparing virtual machines before cloning

Using Sysprep on Windows to create a template

Backups in a virtual environment

9. Sharing Virtual Machines

Uploading virtual machines to vSphere and the cloud

Making virtual machines ready for vSphere

Uploading virtual machines to vSphere

Sharing virtual machines with VMware Player

Preparing to move virtual machines to VMware Player

Starting a copied virtual machine for the first time

Using VMware appliances

Making screen movies

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 24, 2013).

ISBN:

9781849689199

1849689199

OCLC:

857711465