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Getting Started with VMware Fusion

VMware, Inc.

 

Getting Up and Running

You can use one of the following options to get up and running quickly with 
VMware Fusion:

Create a new Windows virtual machine.

Use an existing Boot Camp installation.

Migrate your existing Windows PC.

Import a Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine.

Download a prebuilt trial virtual machine.

Create a Windows Virtual Machine with 
Windows Easy Install

When you create a Windows virtual machine, you can use the 
VMware Fusion Windows Easy Install feature to automatically install 
Windows and VMware Tools in your virtual machine. VMware Fusion creates 
your virtual machine, selects the default Windows installation options, and 
installs VMware Tools, which loads the drivers required to optimize your 
virtual machine’s performance. You can also have Windows Easy Install make 
your Mac home 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.

Windows Easy Install is available for the following Windows operating 
systems:

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server

If you are not using one of these Windows operating systems in your virtual 
machine, or you want to install the operating system manually, see the 
VMware Fusion Help for details on creating virtual machines. 

Summary of Contents for FUS3-ENG-M-10-CP - Fusion For Mac OS X

Page 1: ...Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion for Mac OS X...

Page 2: ...product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http www vmware com go patents VMware is a registere...

Page 3: ...ows Easy Install 10 Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition 12 Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine 13 Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7 0 Virtual M...

Page 4: ...4 Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Inc...

Page 5: ...ther computer mimicking the actions of different hardware devices commonly found inside a computer such as a processor memory and a hard drive It is a software file stored on your Mac that contains Wi...

Page 6: ...our physical PC into a virtual machine to run on your Mac in a few steps and access all of your old PC applications and files Graduate from Boot Camp If you have been running Windows using Boot Camp o...

Page 7: ...free disk space for each virtual machine Mac OS X version 10 5 8 Leopard or later or 10 6 Snow Leopard or later Operating system installation CD DVD or disk image for virtual machines Windows operatin...

Page 8: ...ull version the filename is VMware Fusion x x x xxxxxx dmg where x x x is the application version and xxxxxx is the build number for the download release The light version filename is VMware Fusion x...

Page 9: ...ou power on your Windows virtual machine it will offer to install VMware Tools Approve that and when the Tools installation is done restart the virtual machine when prompted Start VMware Fusion When y...

Page 10: ...virtual machine selects the default Windows installation options and installs VMware Tools which loads the drivers required to optimize your virtual machine s performance You can also have Windows Ea...

Page 11: ...field Windows XP and earlier appears in information boxes as the name your Windows software is registered to It is not the Windows user name The entry in the Password field is the password for the win...

Page 12: ...g and pasting text To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition 1 From the Virtual Machine Library window select Boot Camp partition which is automatically detected and click the run arrow...

Page 13: ...t easy for Windows users to make the switch to a Mac To migrate from a physical PC to VMware Fusion use the Migration Assistant available from the Virtual Machine Library or select File Migrate Your P...

Page 14: ...achine Library window click Home to display the Getting Started with VMware Fusion panel 2 Click Download a trial virtual machine VMware Fusion opens a Web page in your default browser 3 Follow the in...

Page 15: ...ck clear fn num lock F6 Command Windows logo key between Ctrl and Alt keys Alt alt option alt option NOTE On the MacBook and MacBook Pro built in keyboards the function keys are not accessible unless...

Page 16: ...ngs registering a product or creating a technical support request see the VMware support portal at http www vmware com go fusionsupport You can also find information about using VMware Fusion at the f...

Page 17: ...upported 32 Bit Guest Operating Systems VMware Fusion supports the following 32 bit guest operating systems Mac OS X Server 10 6 Snow Leopard and 10 5 Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate Enterprise Professiona...

Page 18: ...11 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 3 4 7 3 9 2 1 stock 2 4 9 e3 Advanced Server Enterprise Ser...

Page 19: ...Windows Vista Business Enterprise Ultimate Home Basic and Home Premium Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Standard and Datacenter SP2 Editions Windows Server...

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