Virtualization of the physical machine VMware Workstation 10: tuning

What if some program can not start on the architecture that your computer offers? With this help virtual machines. Therefore, the article will consider what they are, and how to make themselves such a computer with the help of one very useful program.

Virtual machines

If you have "Linux", but you need "Windows", then it is not necessary to reinstall the system. Even if everything is the opposite, you need an outdated version of the operating system or just another architecture, all of these requests can be satisfied with the help of virtual machines. They create a software environment that emulates the behavior of the necessary hardware, so you can run anything you want. And now let's talk about what virtualization of a physical VMware machine is. What is it? What opportunities does it give and how to customize for yourself?

Virtual Machine Features VMware Workstation 10

This program is one of the most popular when there is such a need. And you can create not one, but several virtual operating systems. The main thing is that they can pull the physical iron. Initially, let's discuss the requirements that are put forward to the computer so that VMware Workstation 10 can work in a quality and trouble-free manner. You can download the licensed version, where there is a 30-day trial period and try what and how. Converting a physical machine into a virtual VMware is done in a convenient way, and if desired, you can safely exit from this program.

System requirements

Converting a physical machine into a virtual VMware is certainly useful, but only, can you do it yourself? Let's check. Work with this software will be able to almost any computer released from the middle of the last decade. With laptops a little more complicated, but theoretically most of their peers will also be able to pull this application. You need to be the owner of:

1. Machines with a clock frequency of 1.3 GHz.
2. At least 2 GB of RAM (4 recommended).
3. Processors Intel Core ™ Solo x86, AMD Athlon ™ 64 FX or their counterparts.

These are the minimum requirements. Also, you need to make sure that there is 10GB of free hard disk space on which you want to install the software.

Parsing the Workstation 10 menus

Virtualization of the physical machine VMware 10 is carried out with its help. Let's figure out the menu. It looks very modern and has 2 main points and 3 auxiliary ones. All will be considered:

1. Create a new virtual machine. Most importantly, here, except for the specified purpose, it is necessary to mention that here system parameters and various trifles are adjusted.
2. Open the virtual machine. Here you can work with previously created shells, as well as import / export your work.
3. Connecting to a remote server. Your virtual machine can work not only on the computer where it was created, but also on the technology that is at a considerable distance.
4. Virtualization of a physical machine. With this, you can quickly transfer a personal computer to the created environment.

Installing Windows on a Workstation 10 virtual machine

Now let's look at how to install the selected operating system on the Windows example. An important advantage of this program is that it is intuitive, and if you want to do something your you can do it without problems. You can select two installation modes:

1. Selective.
2. Normal.

If you do not have a lot of time or read these lines by an inexperienced computer user, it is better to choose the second mode. Selective provides many different parameters, and if you do not want to dig into the nuances, you can skip it. To view the main mode of settings in the article, the normal mode will be considered. You will be requested a key, a personalized name and a password (optional) for the future administrator profile. Enter the data and proceed further. You will be asked to specify where you want to install the new virtual machine. If there are plans to establish a large number of software, then you need to take care that there is enough space on the physical physical disk. Usually leave about 20-40 GB.

Editing settings

You can quickly go through the "Settings" menu, but if you want to bring the technique under yourself, use the option to adjust the default values. And where it is possible to edit? Find the "Hardware setup" button and at your service change:

1. The RAM (RAM) that will be allocated to the virtual machine.
2. Number of processors used.
3. Ability to use CD / DVD ROM.
4. Sound card settings.
5. Network adapter operation.
6. USB-controller.
7. Display.
8. Printer.

When the desired settings are selected, click the "Finish" button and wait until the operating system you want is installed. You can also work with the settings of the webcam or other additional interfaces, but this will leave the possibility of own learning the program. It should be noted that the installation of the operating system is quite a long process and can take several tens of minutes. The process of creating a shell will not differ from the actual introduction of changes of this kind to the computer. It's not recommended to use a computer at this time, but if you have enough resources, you can sit on the Internet.

Let's now take a look at what we were offered in terms of setting up the operating system after the virtual machine was created.

Features

The desktop of the virtual machine is a clean field, on which there are almost no icons of programs. Speaking about the computer settings already in the operating system itself, in this case we can say that this process is no different from the usual range of work in physical devices. You can also set the desired parameters, perform various actions with system parameters and many different actions. A very important advantage is that you can experiment with the software without worrying about the computer's performance. If you perform some actions with sad consequences, the maximum that you have to do is create a new virtual machine and again spend several tens of minutes to install it and a certain amount of time for adjusting the parameters to the required values. This is advantageous if work is provided for people who must have significant limitations on efficiency, for example, for schoolchildren or for IT workers, if they need to test something. And what if there is virtualization of the physical machine VMware, there is no password to it? To do this, you must restart EXS Server and, if possible, enter it.

Features of work with this software

It should be understood that although it is possible to simulate the parameters of other architectures, the feature of any application is that it does not always work as it should. Therefore, if you have problems (which is very, very unlikely), try working with the parameters of the virtual machine, or improve the provided characteristics (say, RAM). True, we'll have to wait until everything is tuned up and reset, but it's worth it.

Conclusion

This software product offers great opportunities for programming or working with training applications that are not multi-platform. The main thing is to use such good work in the right goals for your own good. Finally, I want to recall that the program provides you with a very wide range of different operating systems that can be simulated. The main thing is to be able to withstand the technique that you have available. And summing up the final result, I express the hope that the virtualization of the physical machine VMware Workstation will make it much easier to work and will allow you to experiment with other shells.