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VMware Workstation - No Experience Necessary

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Product type Book

Published in Aug 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849689182

Pages 136 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Sander van Vugt

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

VMware Workstation – No Experience Necessary

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Installing VMware Workstation

2. Installing Virtual Machines

3. Working with Virtual Machines

4. VMware Workstation behind the Scenes

5. Networking VMware Workstation

6. Accessing Virtual Machines Remotely

7. Converting Virtual Machines

8. Cloning and Snapshots

9. Sharing Virtual Machines

Index

Working with VMware Workstation files

After a virtual machine has been installed, different files are copied to the host computer. On Linux, by default these files are stored in the folder vmware that is created in the home folder of the user who creates the files. On Windows, a folder with the name Virtual Machines is created in the Documents folder. This folder contains the complete virtual machine configuration.

The main configuration file of the virtual machine is in the .vmx file. Associated with that is a .vmxf file in which the version of virtual hardware used is listed. Then there is the .log file containing log messages related to the virtual machine, and as the last part of the virtual machine files, there are the .vmdk files that are used as a virtual disk in the virtual machine. Associated files will be present as well; these are used to represent the current state of a virtual machine and they are not as important as the other files.

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Authors (1)

Sander van Vugt

Sander van Vugt is an independent author, consultant, and technical trainer, living in Netherlands. He is specialized in open source software and virtualization. He has written over 50 books on many subjects, most of them about Linux. As a consultant he has realized numerous projects involving open source software and virtualization for different companies around the world. You can find more information about him on his website, www.sandervanvugt.com.

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