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Chapter 7 Getting Started with Virtual Machines
Onthehost,thedisplaysettingsformonitorsmustbesetinacompatibletopology.
Forexample,theleft‐mostmonitorcannotbeplacedlowerthananyothermonitor
inthedisplaytopology.Itdoesnotmatterifthemonitorshavedifferentresolutions
ororientations.Whenenteringfullscreenmode,themon
itorthatcontainsth
e
Workstationwindowcannotbelowerthananothermonitor.
Putanotherway:WhenyouusetheWindowsdisplaypropertiescontrols,ifyou
selectamonitoriconandbegintodragittoanewlocation,atooltipdisplaysthe
coordinates.Ifacoordinateshownforthenewlocationofth
eiconisanegative
number,thatlocationwillnotwork.
To use multiple monitors for one virtual machine
1 ChooseEdit>Preferences.
2ClicktheDisplaytabandintheFullScreensection,selectAutofitguestandclick
OK.
3 Selectavirtualmachine.
4Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoff.
5 ChooseVM>Settings.
6OntheHardwaretab,sel
ectDisplay.
IfDisplaydoesnotappearinthelistontheHardwaretab,itprobablymeansthat
thevirtualmachineisaWorkstation4or5.xvirtualmachine.OnlyWorkstation6.x
orhighervirtualmachineshavethisfeature.
7OnthesettingspanelfortheDisplaytab,specifyhowtode
termi
nethenumberof
monitors.
Inmostcases,selectUsehostsettingformonitors.Ifthevirtualmachineisrunon
ahostthatisusingonemonitor,thevirtualmachinedetectsonlyonemonitor.But
ifthesamevirtualmachineismovedtoahostthatisusi
ngtwomo
nitors,the
virtualmachinedetectstwomonitors.
Thenumberofmonitorsdependsonthenumberofmonitorsthatthehost
recognizesatstartup.Forexample,ifyoupoweronalaptopthatisundocked,the
hostsettingisonemonitor,evenifyoulaterplacetherunninglaptopinadoc
king
stationthatusestw
omonitors.
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