Workstation User’s Manual
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Starting a Virtual Machine
Startingavirtualmachinemeansdisplayingitsrunningconsolesothatyoucaninteract
withit.Dependingonthesituation,startingavirtualmachinecaninvolveanyofthe
following:
TostartavirtualmachinefromtheWorkstationuserinterface,youmustopenthe
virtualmachineandpoweriton.
TostartavirtualmachinethatisrunninginthebackgroundwhenWorkstationis
notrunning,youmustopenitsconsolefromthetaskbaronthehost.
TostartavirtualmachinethatisavailablefromaWebserver,youmustusea
command‐linecommandtobeginstreamingthevirtualmachineandthenstartit
fromtheWorkstationwindow.
Tostartavirtualmachinefromthecommandline,youmustusethe
platform‐specificprogramandstartupoptions.See“StartupOptionsfor
WorkstationandVirtualMachines”onpage 485.
Start a Virtual Machine from the Workstation User Interface
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethatallofthevirtualmachinefilesareaccessibletothehost
whereWorkstationisinstalled.
YoucanaddthenameofthevirtualmachinetotheFavoriteslistsothatyoudonot
needtobrowsetothefiletoopenthevirtualmachine.See“FavoritesLi
stinthe
Sid
ebar”onpage 63.
To start a virtual machine from the Workstation user interface
1StartWorkstation.
Forinstructions,see“StartWorkstationonaWindowsHost”onpage 53.
2 ChooseFile>Openandbrowsetotheconfigurationfile(.vmxfile)forthevirtual
machine.
See“VirtualMachineLocation”onpage 150.
3 ChooseVM>Power>PowerOn.
Ifyouneedtoen
tertheBIOSsetup
fortheguestoperatingsystem,chooseVM >
Power>PowerOntoBIOS.
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