
Workstation User’s Manual
258 VMware, Inc.
Playingarecordingissimilartogoingtoasnapshot.Whenyouplayarecording,you
discardthecurrentstateofthevirtualmachineandgototherecording.Atanytime
whentherecordingisplaying,youcanclicktheGoLivebuttonandresumeinteracting
withtheguestoperatingsy
stematthestatethevirtualmac
hineisinwhenyouclickGo
Live.
Physical and Virtual Hardware Requirements
Followingisalistofrequirementsforandlimitationsofthisfeature:
HostCPUs–Record/replaysupportislimitedtocertainprocessorsonthehost.
If youusetherecord/replayfeatureonahostcomputerthatdoesnothavethe
supportedprocessor,whenyouenabletherecord/replayfeatureandtrytocreate
arecording,amessageappears,informingyouthatrecordingisnotsupportedon
yo
urprocessor.
SupportedprocessorsincludeIntelPentium4,IntelCore2andlaterversions,
Next‐GenerationIntelMicroarchitecture‐Nehalem,andPenryn/Harpertown,and
AMDBarcelonaandlaterversions.Otherprocessorsmightoperatemoreslowly
duringrecordingandreplaying.
WhenthesefeaturesareenabledinBIOS,otherapplicationsusingperformance
countersmayinterfe
rewiththevi
rtualmachinerunningintherecord/replay
mode.Anexampleofanapplicationusingperformancecountersisthe
performanceprofilingtool.
Toensurethattheprocessorconfigurationiscompatiblewithrecord/replay,you
mustconfigureyourvirtualmachine.See“ConfigureRecord/ReplayforaVirtual
Machine”onpage 259.
Virtualmachineversion–OnlyWorkstation5.x,6.x,and7.0virtualmachinescan
berecorded.
N
OTEVirtualmachinerecordingsarenotinterchangeablebetweendifferentversions
ofWorkstation.RecordingscreatedusingearlierWorkstationorbetareleasescannotbe
replayedusingthecurrentversionofWorkstation.
NOTEIftherecord/replayfeatureisunstableonyourP4system,disable
hyperthreadingandlogicalprocessorsintheBIOS.
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