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Chapter 4 Creating and Upgrading a Virtual Machine
YoucanrunolderversionsofvirtualmachinesinWorkstation7.0,butyouwillnothave
thebenefitsofthenewfeaturesofWorkstation7.0.
FormoreinformationaboutcompatibilitybetweenVMwareproducts,seethe
VMware VirtualMachineMobilityPlanningGuide.
Ifyoudecidenottoupgradeavirtualmachine,youstillneedtoupgr
adeVM
wareTools
tothenewversion.Followtheinstructionsforyourguestoperatingsystemin
“VMwareToolsUpdateProcess”onpage 115.Donotremovetheolderversionof
VMwareToolsbeforeinstallingthenewversion.
Files That Make Up a Virtual Machine
Youmightneverneedtoknowthefilenamesorlocationsforyourvirtualmachinefiles.
VirtualmachinefilemanagementisperformedbyWorkstation.
Avirtualmachinetypicallyisstoredonthehostcomputerinasetoffiles,usuallyina
directorycreatedbyWorkstationforthatspecificvirtualmachine.See“V
irtual
Machine
Location”onpage 83.
ThekeyfilesarelistedinTable 4‐1byextension.Intheseexamples,<vmname>isthe
nameofyourvirtualmachine.
Table 4-1. Virtual Machine Files
Extension File Name Description
.log <vmname>.log
or
vmware.log
ThelogfileofkeyWorkstationactivity.Thisfileis
usefulfortroubleshooting.Thisfileisstoredinthe
directorythatholdstheconfiguration(.vmx)fileof
thevirtualmachine.
.nvram <vmname>.nvram
or
nvram
TheNVRAMfile,whichstoresthestateofthevirtual
machine’sBIOS.
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