Workstation User’s Manual
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Ifanyvirtualmachinesaresuspended,resumethem,shutdowntheguest
operatingsystems,andpowerthemoff.
Ifanyvirtualmachinesarerunninginthebackground,starttheminWorkstation
andpowerthemoff. See“StartaVirtualMachineThatIsRunninginthe
Background”onpage 149.
Backupthevirtualmachinesbymakingbackupcopiesofallthefiles inthevirtual
machinedirectories.
Thisincludes.vmdkor.dskfiles,.vmxor.cfgfiles,and.nvram files.Depending
onyourupgradepath,youmightnotbeabletorunyourvirtualmachinesunder
bothWorkstation7.0andyourpr
eviousversionofWorkstation.
Poweroffallrunningvirtualmachines.
Youcannowuseoneofthefollowingplatform‐specifictaskstoinstallWorkstation:
“UpgradeWorkstationonaWindowsHost”onpage 48
“UpgradeWorkstationonaLinuxHost”onpage 51
Upgrade Workstation on a Windows Host
YoucanupgradefromWorkstationversion4,5.x,or6.xtoWorkstation7.0byrunning
theVMwareWorkstation7.0installationprogram.
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethatyouhaveaWorkstation7.0serialnumber.Also
performthetasksdescribedin“PreparingforanUpgrade”onpage 47.
ToupgradeWorkstationandupgradethehostoperatingsys
temto
WindowsVistaand
Windows7,see“UpgradingtoaWindowsVistaandWindows7Host”onpage 49.
To upgrade Workstation on a Windows host
1LogintoyourMicrosoftWindowshostastheAdministratoruserorasauserwho
isamemberoftheWindowsAdministratorsgroup.
2 LaunchtheWorkstation7.0installerfro
myourdownloaddirectoryorCD/DVD
drive.
Workstationautomaticallyuninstallsthepreviousversionbutsavesallthe
networksettingsexceptforbridgedsettingsusedtomapindividualvirtual
networkstospecificphysicalorvirtualadapters.
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