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Chapter 3 Learning Workstation Basics
Gathering Information for VMware Technical Support
WhenyouneedhelpfromVMwaretechnicalsupport,VMwarerecommendsthatyou
createasupportrequest.Forsomeproblems,therepresentativewillaskyoutoturnon
debugging,runascripttocollectlogfiles,andsendthelogstoVMware.
Register and Create a Support Request
BeforeyoucanreportproblemstotheVMwaresupportteam,youmustregisterfora
VMwareaccount.
Beforeyoubegin,locatetheserialnumber.Itisontheregistrationcardinyourpackage.
IfyoupurchasedWorkstationonline,theserialnumberissentbyemail.
To register and create a support request
1FromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseHelp>VM
wareontheWeb>Register
Now!
2FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsite.
3Toreportproblems,fromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseHelp>VMwareon
theWeb>RequestSupport.
Gather Debugging Information for a Virtual Machine
Workstationprovidesseverallevelsofloggingtohelpdiagnoseandtroubleshoot
varioustypesofproblems.
Youcanusefulldebuggingmodetogatherthegreatestamountofdata,whichisuseful
whenavirtualmachinefreezesorpowersoffunexpectedly.Youcanusestatisticsmode
togatherperformancestatisticswhenvirtualmachinesrunsl
owly.Youcanalso
increaseloggingwithoutgoingintofulldebuggingmode.AVMwaretechnicalsupport
representativecantellyouwhichleveltouse.
Afteryougatherdebugginginformation,youcansendthelogfilestoVMware
technicalsupport.
To gather debugging information for a virtual machine
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredofforsu
spended.
3 C
hooseVM>Settings.
4OntheOptionstab,selectAdvanced.
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