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Chapter 7 Getting Started with Virtual Machines
Enter and Exit Unity Mode
InUnitymode,avirtualmachine’sapplicationslooklikeotherapplicationwindowson
thehost,exceptthattheyhaveacoloredwindowborderandaVMwarelogointhe
window’stitlebar.
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethevirtualmachinemeetstheserequirements:
ThevirtualmachinemustbeaWorkstation6.xorhighervirtualmachine.
VMwareToolsmustbeinstalledandrunninginthevirtualmachine’sguest
operatingsystem.TheversionofVMwareToolsmustbetheversionincludedin
Workstation7.0.Forinstructions,see“InstallingVMwareTools”onpage 104.
TheguestoperatingsysteminthevirtualmachinemustbeLinuxorWindows2000
orlater.
ForLinuxguestsandhosts,VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseamodernversion
ofMetacityorKDE.PerformanceonLinuxdependsonacombinationofvariables
suchasthesystem,theapplicationsthatarerunning,andtheamountofRAM.
To enter and exit Unity mode
1Inthevirtualmachine,opentheapplicationstouseinUnitymod
e.
2FromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseView>Unity.
AcheckmarkappearsnexttoUnityinthemenu.
Thevirtualmachine’sconsoleviewintheWorkstationwindowishidden,andthe
guest’sopenapplicationsappearinapplicationwindowsonthehost’sdesktop.
3ToexitUnitymode,displaytheWorkstationwindowandchooseView>
Unityto
removethecheckmarknexttoUnity,orclickExitUnityinthevirtualmachine’s
consoleview.
Access a Virtual Machine’s Start or Applications Menu in Unity Mode
Ifconfiguredtodoso,avirtualmachineinUnitymodecandisplayaStartor
Applicationsmenuabovethehost’sStartorApplicationsmenu.Thisfeatureenables
easyaccesstoapplicationsinthevirtualmachinethatarenotopeninUnitymode.
Beforeyoubegin,verifythatthevirtualmachineisconfig
uredtous
ethisfeature.
See “SetPreferencesforUnityMode”onpage 159.
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