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Contents
4 CreatingandUpgradingaVirtualMachine 79
MethodsofCreatingVirtualMachines 79
ConfigurationOptionsfortheNewVirtualMachineWizard 80
EasyInstallFeatureforSomeGuestOperatingSystems 80
TypicalComparedtoCustomConfigurations 82
GuestOperatingSystemSelection 83
VirtualMachineLocation 83
VirtualHardwareCompatibilityLevels 84
NumberofProcessors 84
MemoryAllocation 85
NetworkConnectionType 85
I/OAdapterTypes 86
DiskTypes 86
NormalandIndependentDiskModes 87
VirtualDisksandPhy
sicalDisks 87
DiskCapacity 88
PocketACEDiskSizeCalculatoronWindowsOnly 88
UsetheNewVirtualMachineWizard 89
InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem 89
InstallationRequirementsfortheESXGuestOperatingSystem 90
RespondtoEasyInstallPrompts 90
InstallaGuestOperatingSystemManually 91
UseaParavirtualizedKernelinLinuxGuests 93
UpgradeaGuestOperatingSystem 94
Chang
etheVersionofaVirtualMachine 94
UsinganOlder‐VersionVirtualMachineWithoutUpgrading 96
FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine 97
5 InstallingandUsingVMwareTools 101
ComponentsofVMwareTools 101
VMwareToolsService 102
VMwareDeviceDrivers 102
VMwareUserProcess 103
VMwareToolsControlPanel 104
InstallingVMwareTools 104
InstallVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest 104
ConfiguretheVideoDriveronOlderVersionsofWindows 105
AutomatetheInstallationofVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest 106
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