Workstation User’s Manual
122 VMware, Inc.
Devices Tab Settings
TheDevicestaboftheVMwareToolscontrolpanelprovidesoptionsforenablingand
connectingtoremovabledevicessuchasfloppydrives,DVD/CD‐ROMdrives,
ISO images,USBdevices,soundadapters,andnetworkadapters.Bydefault,floppy
driveisnotconnectedwhenthevirtualmachinepowerson.
Thecontrolsforconnectinganddisconnectingdev
icesmightnotbeavailable,
dependingonwhetheryoursystemadministratorenabledthem.
Youmightnotseeaparticularnetworkadapterlistedthatshouldappearinthelist.
If thishappens,editthevirtualmachinesettingstoremoveallnetworkadaptersfrom
thelistandthenaddthembacktothelist.
Be
sidesusingtheVMwareToolscontrolpaneltoconnectordisconnectadevice,you
canright‐clickthedeviceiconinthestatusbarofthevirtualmachinewindow.See“Use
RemovableDevicesinaVirtualMachine”onpage 181.
Scripts Tab Settings
FromtheScriptstaboftheVMwareToolscontrolpanel,youcanedit,disable,orrun
scriptsthathelpautomateguestoperatingsystemoperationswhenyouchangethe
virtualmachine’spowerstate.
Fromthistab,youcanalsospecifythelocationofcustomscriptsfortheSuspend,
Resume,PowerOn,Po
werOff,andResetbuttons.OnLinux,Solaris,andFreeBSD
guests,youmustbeloggedinasroottousethistab.
Onmostguestoperatingsystems,ifVMwareToolsisinstalledandifyouconfigurea
virtualmachine’spowercontrolstousetheguestoptions,oneormoredefaultscripts
runontheguestwhenev
eryo
uchangethepowerstateofthevirtualmachine.
Forexample,ifyouusethevirtualmachinesettingseditor(chooseVM>Settings>
Options>Power)andsetthePowerOffcontroltouseShutdownGuest,thenthe
poweroff-vm-defaultscriptrunswhenyoucli
ckthePowerOf
fbuttoninthe
Workstationtoolbar.Thisscriptcausestheguestoperatingsystemtoshutdown
gracefully.
Scriptscanberunonmostguestoperatingsystems,butnotonWindows95and
NetWareguests.See“RunorDisableaScript”onpage 128.
Comentarios a estos manuales