[Tfug] Virtualization

[Brian Murphy]

Start the VMWare Server Console
Select Local Host (the default) and click OK
Select File -> New -> Virtual Machine...
Follow the wizard.

Brian

Quoting Joe Blais <joe.blais at pti-instruments.com>:
> Well--
> I downloaded vm server, It had a console, VixSDK, VmCOMAPI and VmPerlAPI --
> all of which I installed.
> The only thing I could run was the console.  It asks for a host-- so I put
> in localhost, it didn't like that, so I put in the name of my pc, that
> refuses the connection.
>
> do I need to open a port or set up vnc (the console stuff looks a lot like
> vnc or remote desktop)?
>
> without a host, all the options that the help tells me to set are grayed
> out.
>
> Joe
>
>>
>> In the case of using Linux as the guest os, VMware is definitely worth
>> the "figuring out" time. The "VMware Tools for Linux" includes
>
>
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