Workstation User’s Manual
384 VMware, Inc.
Network and Disk Space Requirements for the
Administrative Workstation
Asanadministrator,youuseWorkstationtocreateandmanagethevirtualmachines
youdistributetoendusers.Followingisalistofprerequisitesforthemachinethathosts
Workstation:
Ifyourcompanyalreadyhasalibraryofstandardvirtualmachines,youneed
networkaccesstothatlibraryfromyourhostcomputer.
Ifyouarecreatingvirtualmachines,youneedaccesstoinstallersfortheguest
operatingsystemsandapplicationsoftwarethatyouplantoinstallinthevirtual
machines.
YoucaninstalloperatingsystemsfromCDs,DVDs,ISOimagefilesonalocaldrive
oronthenetwork,oraPXEserver.Yo
ucaninstallapplicationsoftwarefromCDs,
DVDs,orinstallersonalocaldriveoronthenetwork.
Youneedtoprovideadequatediskspaceforvirtualmachinefilesandpackage
files.Thefilesforeachvirtualmachinecanbeaslargeasseveralgigabytes.The
packagefilescanalsobelarge.Thedefaultlocationforthepackagefilesisthe
Packages folderinsidethevirtualmachine’sfolder .
Workstationneedsasubstantialamountoftemporaryworkingspacewhenit
createsapackage.Thetotaldiskspacerequiredisabouttwicethecombinedsizes
ofallthecomponentsofthepackage.TheNewPackagewizarddisplays
informationabouttheamountofspaceneededandthelocationswherethespace
isne
eded.
WorkstationmustbeinstalledonaWindowshost.
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