
Workstation User’s Manual
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4 (Optional)Toconnect,disconnect,orchangesettingsforadevice,clickor
right‐clickthedeviceiconinthenotificationareaofthetaskbarandchoosea
commandfromthecontextmenu.
Usingthedeviceiconinthevirtualmachinetaskbarisespeciallyusefulifyourun
thevirtualmachineinfullsc
reenmode.
Configure the Appliance View for a Virtual Machine
Tohaveavirtualmachinefunctionasanappliance,suchasaWebserverwitha
browser‐basedinterface,setthevirtualmachinetodisplayitsapplianceviewwhen
startingup.
Beforeyoubegin,verifythatthevirtualmachineisaWorkstation6.xorhighervirtual
machine.Forinstructionsonupgrading,see“Changeth
eVersionofaVirtualMachine”
onpage 94.
Theapplianceviewdoesthefollowing:
Displaysabriefdescriptionofthetypeofserverorappliance
Providesalinkthatopensthebrowseronthehostsystemandconnectstothe
appliance’smanagementconsole
To configure the appliance view for a virtual machine
1 (Optional)Tousealogointheapplianceview,createaPNGorBMPimagefilethat
isnolargerthan256x256pixelsandplaceitinthedirectorythatcontainsthe.vmx
fileforthevirt
ualmachine.
2 Selectthevirtualmachine.
Thevirtualmachinecanbepoweredonoroff.
3 ChooseVM>Settings.
4ClicktheOptionstabandselectApplianceView .
5 SelecttheEnableapplianceviewcheckbox.
N
OTETheapplianceviewcannotbedisplayedforvirtualmachinesthatarepartofa
team,justasthesummaryviewisnotdisplayedforindividualmembersofateam.
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