VMware Workstation Pro 15] 19. Configuring Shared Disks

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to configure shared disks in VMware Workstation Pro in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to create your test environment for testing cluster volume managers, cluster file systems, cluster server solutions, virtualization solutions and so on.

Please note that I don't explain about CLVM and GFS2 in this post. it is just an example of using a shared disk. I will post about these in the future.

Preparing the Test Environment

Please, create two virtual machines with the following spec:

Virtual machine name: CentOS601, CentOS602 Hardware compatibility: Workstation 15.x Guest operating system: Linux/CentOS 6 64-bit Processors: 1 Socket/2 Cores Memory: 2048 MB Network connection: VMnet5 I/O controller types: LSI Logic Virtual disk type: SCSI Disk: 20 GB Display: Uncheck Accelerate 3D graphics

Install CentOS 6.6 on both virtual machines. You can download the relevant ISO files from the following website.

http://vault.centos.org/6.6/isos/x86_64/

When installing, select the set of software as shown below.

If the installation is finished, install VMware Tools. If you don't know how to install VMware Tools, refer to the following post.

https://sunguruitchannel01.blogspot.com/2019/02/vmware-workstation-pro-15-installing.html

Add the following to the /etc/hosts file.

192.168.5.21 centos601 192.168.5.22 centos602

Set the IP address.

CentOS601	CentOS602
IP Address : 192.168.5.21/24   Gateway : 192.168.5.254   DNS : 1.1.1.1	IP Address : 192.168.5.22/24   Gateway : 192.168.5.254   DNS : 1.1.1.1

Connect the CentOS-6.6-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso file to the CDROM of the virtual machine and execute the following commands. Both virtual machines.

[root@centos601 ~]# cd /media/CentOS_6.6_Final/Packages/ [root@centos601 Packages]# rpm -ivh lvm2-cluster-2.02.111-2.el6.x86_64.rpm  warning: lvm2-cluster-2.02.111-2.el6.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID c105b9de: NOKEY Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]    1:lvm2-cluster           ########################################### [100%] [root@centos601 Packages]# rpm -ivh gfs2-utils-3.0.12.1-68.el6.x86_64.rpm  warning: gfs2-utils-3.0.12.1-68.el6.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID c105b9de: NOKEY Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]    1:gfs2-utils             ########################################### [100%] [root@centos601 Packages]# lvmconf --enable-cluster [root@centos601 Packages]# shutdown -h now

Creating the virtual disk for sharing

Open File Explorer and create a folder for the shared disks. Then open the CMD window and execute the following commands for creating a virtual disk. You and my folder path may be different.

M:\>mkdir Shareddisks M:\>cd Shareddisks M:\Shareddisks>vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 5GB -a lsilogic -t 4 CentOS6_CLVM_Disk01.vmdk

Please, select Editor virtual machine setting for adding the virtual disk you just created to the virtual machine.

click the Add button

Select Hard Disk and SCSI.

Select Use an existing virtual disk and click the Browse button. Then select the virtual disk file you just created. When you press the Finish button, a small window appears. Click the Keep Existing Format button.

Press the Advanced button for additional settings. Then set the device node and virtual disk mode.

Once you have finished setting up, you will see the added disk information as shown below.

Now edit the virtual machine's configuration file with the notepad. Just add the highlighted part.

If you finish, power on both virtual machines. Ignore the warning message.

Creating CLVM and GFS2 file system.

Copy the following and apply it to your virtual machines. To simplify testing, disable the firewall and SELinux features.

[root@centos601 ~]# vi a.sh sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/g' /etc/selinux/config setenforce permissive service iptables stop chkconfig iptables off  chkconfig NetworkManager off service NetworkManager stop chkconfig cman on chkconfig clvmd on chkconfig gfs2 on chkconfig acpid off [root@centos601 ~]# bash a.sh [root@centos601 ~]# vi /etc/cluster/cluster.conf <cluster name="cl01" config_version="2">    <cman two_node="1" expected_votes="1"/>    <clusternodes>      <clusternode name="centos601" nodeid="1">          <fence>          </fence>      </clusternode>      <clusternode name="centos602" nodeid="2">          <fence>          </fence>      </clusternode>    </clusternodes>    <fencedevices>    </fencedevices>    <rm>    </rm> </cluster> [root@centos601 ~]# shutdown -r now

Let's now create a cluster volume and a cluster file system.

[root@centos601 ~]# service cman status cluster is running. [root@centos601 ~]# service clvmd status clvmd (pid  2104) is running... Clustered Volume Groups: (none) Active clustered Logical Volumes: (none) [root@centos601 ~]# lsblk | grep disk sda                         8:0    0   20G  0 disk  sdb                         8:16   0    5G  0 disk  [root@centos601 ~]# pvscan   PV /dev/sda2   VG vg_os   lvm2 [19.51 GiB / 0    free]   Total: 1 [19.51 GiB] / in use: 1 [19.51 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ] [root@centos601 ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb   Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created [root@centos601 ~]# vgcreate vg_cl01 /dev/sdb   Clustered volume group "vg_cl01" successfully created [root@centos601 ~]# lvcreate -L 1G -n data01_vol vg_cl01   Logical volume "data01_vol" created [root@centos601 ~]# blkid /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol  [root@centos601 ~]# mkfs -t gfs2 -p lock_dlm -t cl01:data01 -j 2 /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol This will destroy any data on /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol. It appears to contain: symbolic link to `../dm-2' Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/n] y Device:                    /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol Blocksize:                 4096 Device Size                1.00 GB (262144 blocks) Filesystem Size:           1.00 GB (262142 blocks) Journals:                  2 Resource Groups:           4 Locking Protocol:          "lock_dlm" Lock Table:                "cl01:data01" UUID:                      800caabd-9d7e-3f7e-721c-9f4b307e312f [root@centos601 ~]# blkid /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol  /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol: LABEL="cl01:data01" UUID="800caabd-9d7e-3f7e-721c-9f4b307e312f" TYPE="gfs2"  [root@centos602 ~]# pvscan   PV /dev/sdb    VG vg_cl01   lvm2 [5.00 GiB / 4.00 GiB free]   PV /dev/sda2   VG vg_os     lvm2 [19.51 GiB / 0    free]   Total: 2 [24.50 GiB] / in use: 2 [24.50 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ] [root@centos602 ~]# vgscan   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...   Found volume group "vg_cl01" using metadata type lvm2   Found volume group "vg_os" using metadata type lvm2 [root@centos602 ~]# lvscan   ACTIVE            '/dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol' [1.00 GiB] inherit   ACTIVE            '/dev/vg_os/root_vol' [15.51 GiB] inherit   ACTIVE            '/dev/vg_os/swap_vol' [4.00 GiB] inherit [root@centos602 ~]# blkid /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol: LABEL="cl01:data01" UUID="800caabd-9d7e-3f7e-721c-9f4b307e312f" TYPE="gfs2"  [root@centos601 ~]# mkdir /data01 [root@centos601 ~]# mount /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol /data01 [root@centos601 ~]# sed -i '$ a\/dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol /data01 gfs2    defaults        0       0' /etc/fstab In the sed command, press the Ctrl+v+Tab key at the same time to apply the tab. [root@centos601 ~]# umount /data01 [root@centos601 ~]# mount /data01 [root@centos601 ~]# df -Ph /data01 Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_cl01-data01_vol  1.0G  259M  766M  26% /data01 [root@centos602 ~]# mkdir /data01 [root@centos602 ~]# mount /dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol /data01 [root@centos602 ~]# sed -i '$ a\/dev/vg_cl01/data01_vol /data01 gfs2    defaults        0       0' /etc/fstab [root@centos602 ~]# touch /data01/file1 [root@centos601 ~]# ls -l /data01 total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 22 15:13 file1

Configuring Shared Disks is not easy. And if you use VMware Workstation for operating system testing or program development testing, you will rarely use this feature. However, if you are interested in or are planning to deal with virtualization and cluster server solutions, this feature will be quite useful for you.

You have acquired the skill to configure shared disks in VMware Workstation Pro. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. This feature will be needed to upgrade your IT skills. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 18. Configuring VNC connections

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to configure a virtual machine as a VNC server in VMware Workstation Pro in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to connect your virtual machine from a remote system for your test.


Configuring VNC connections

VNC allows you to connect to a remote system and control mouse and keyboard. It works as a server-client model and requires that related programs be installed on each system. VMware Workstation Pro 15 provides the VNC Connections feature to connect remotely your virtual machines. 

If you enable this feature in the Virtual Machine Settings window, the virtual machine behaves like a VNC server. You do not need to install a VNC program to your virtual machines. On Windows host, you can assign a port number to your virtual machine in the range from 5901 to 6001. If the Linux host, only the root can listen to ports up to port number 1024.

You must allow the service port in your host operating system firewall.

I used the TightVNC Viewer for testing. The related program can be downloaded from the following website.

https://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

And I installed by excluding the VNC Server function when installing on the host OS. After running TightVNC Viewer, please enter your host IP address when the following window appears.

After entering the password, press the OK button and you will see the VNC connection screen as shown below.

You have acquired the skill to configure VNC connections in VMware Workstation Pro. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. This feature will be needed to collaborate with other people. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 17. Using Shared Folders

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to set the Shared Folders feature in VMware Workstation Pro in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to share folders or directories of your host to virtual machines for your test.

The Shared Folders Feature

What would you do if you wanted the virtual machine to use the files that exist on the host operating system? You can configure the FTP server or use the Drag and Drop feature. If you have to make the same files available to multiple virtual machines, these methods will be inefficient. This is because the same files are stored redundantly on your host.

The Shared Folders feature allows you to share folders or directories on a host to virtual machines. This feature can increase the efficiency of your host storage usage.

Using Shared Folders

To use this feature, you must first install VMware Tools on the guest OS of your virtual machine.  

Select the virtual machine in the library and select VM > Settings from the menu bar for the setting. Select Shared Folders on the Options tab. Then select the Always enabled radio button as shown below and click the Add button to select the folder to share.

When the Shared Folder Wizard window appears as shown below, click the Next button and set the host folder to share.

To set the shared folder to read-only, check Read-only. click the Finish button to finish the setup.

If Windows guest OS, check the Map as a network drive in Windows guests checkbox.

Now you are able to see the host folder in your virtual machines.

Windows 10:

Ubuntu Server 18.04:

CentOS 7.6:

You have acquired the skill to set the Shared Folders feature in VMware Workstation Pro. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. Save your storage by using this feature. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 16. Using the Copy and Paste & the Drag and Drop Features

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to use two features provided by VMware Workstation Pro in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to use these features efficiently for your test.

Using the Copy and Paste Feature

Suppose you have a set of commands that you use frequently for testing. And what if you want to use these commands easily in a virtual machine? The easiest way would be to copy the text from the document stored on your host and use it in a virtual machine. If VMware Tools is installed in the Guest OS installed in the virtual machine, you can use the Copy and Pasted feature. This feature enables copying and pasting text between the host and the virtual machines.

The Copy and Paste feature is available for Windows, Linux, Solaris 10 Guest OS. Linux is available in the X Windows environment and Solaris in the Xorg X Server and JDS / Gnome environments.

Using the Drag and Drop Feature

If VMware Tools is installed in the Guest OS installed in the virtual machine, you can use the Drag-and-Drop feature. This feature can be used to copy files between the host and the virtual machines. How to use is simple. Select the file to copy. Then Drag and drop the file where you want it to be copied.

If you need to copy to multiple virtual machines, I recommend using the Shared Folders feature.

You have acquired the skill to use two features. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. Save your valuable time by using these features. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 15.Installing VMware Tools on CentOS 7.6 and Ubuntu Server 18.04

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to install VMware Tools on CentOS 7.6 and Ubuntu Server 18.04 Linux operating system in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to use the features provided by VMware Tools on your Linux virtual machines.

I strongly recommend that you install VMware Tools after installing Linux operating systems on a virtual machine. VMware Tools is the utilities which enhance the performance of the guest operating system.

VMware Tools Benefits and Features

This provides you with the following benefits:

- ThinPrint - Shared folders - Faster graphics performance - Improved mouse performance - Automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor - File drag and drop between your host os and a guest os - Text copy and paste between your host os and a guest os - And so on

In particular, the shared folders feature will greatly reduce your Linux testing time.

Installing VMware Tools on CentOS 7.6 and Ubuntu Server 18.04

When CentOS 7.x and Ubuntu Server 18.x are installed, the open-vm-tools packages are installed by default. To install VMware Tools provided by VMware Workstation Pro 15, you must delete it.

CentOS 7.6:

[root@centos76 ~]# rpm -qa | grep open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.el7.x86_64 open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.el7.x86_64

Ubuntu Server 18.04:

user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep open-vm-tools ii  open-vm-tools                         2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3                 amd64        Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)

Installing VMware Tools on CentOS 7.6

First, log in your CentOS 7.6 virtual machine and remove the open-vm-tools by running the following commands:

[root@centos76 ~]# rpm -e open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.el7.x86_64 [root@centos76 ~]# rpm -e open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.el7.x86_64 [root@centos76 ~]# rpm -qa | grep open-vm-tools

And select VM > Install VMware Tools from the menu bar. The VMware Tools ISO is then automatically mounted on the CDROM of your CentOS 7.6 virtual machine. Now run the following commands to install VMware Tools.

After running the vmware-install.pl command, type yes when asked to proceed with the installation. And then press the enter key until the --the VMware team message is printed. run the shutdown command for rebooting your CentOS VM after installing VMware Tools.

[root@centos76 ~]# df -h /dev/sr0 Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sr0         55M   55M     0 100% /run/media/root/VMware Tools [root@centos76 ~]# mkdir /vmtools [root@centos76 ~]# cd /run/media/root/VMware\ Tools/ [root@centos76 VMware Tools]# ls manifest.txt     VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz  vmware-tools-upgrader-64 run_upgrader.sh  vmware-tools-upgrader-32 [root@centos76 VMware Tools]# zcat VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz | (cd /vmtools;tar -xf -) [root@centos76 VMware Tools]# cd /vmtools [root@centos76 vmtools]# ls vmware-tools-distrib [root@centos76 vmtools]# cd vmware-tools-distrib/ [root@centos76 vmware-tools-distrib]# ls bin  caf  doc  etc  FILES  INSTALL  installer  lib  vgauth  vmware-install.pl [root@centos76 vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl open-vm-tools packages are available from the OS vendor and VMware recommends using open-vm-tools packages. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 for more information. Do you still want to proceed with this installation? [no] yes INPUT: [yes] Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format. Installing VMware Tools. In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/usr/bin] INPUT: [/usr/bin]  default What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? [/etc/rc.d] INPUT: [/etc/rc.d]  default What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/etc/rc.d/init.d] INPUT: [/etc/rc.d/init.d]  default In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? [/usr/sbin] INPUT: [/usr/sbin]  default In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/lib/vmware-tools]  default The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default In which directory do you want to install the common agent library files? [/usr/lib] INPUT: [/usr/lib]  default In which directory do you want to install the common agent transient files? [/var/lib] INPUT: [/var/lib]  default In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]  default The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default The installation of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux completed successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl". Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default Initializing... Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped. Stopping vmware-tools (via systemctl):  [  OK  ] The module vmci has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vsock has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module pvscsi has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on kernels 3.3 and greater. Please upgrade to a newer virtual NIC. (e.g., vmxnet3 or e1000e) The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl. Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules? [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default Disabling timer-based audio scheduling in pulseaudio. Do you want to enable Guest Authentication (vgauth)? Enabling vgauth is needed if you want to enable Common Agent (caf). [yes] INPUT: [yes]  default Do you want to enable Common Agent (caf)? [no] INPUT: [no]  default Detected X server version 1.20.1 Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used. Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included. Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel. Generating the key and certificate files. Successfully generated the key and certificate files. The configuration of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take effect. To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following: 1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user 2. Log out and log back into your desktop session 3. Restart your X session. Enjoy, --the VMware team Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /run/media/root/VMware Tools. Ejecting device /dev/sr0 ... [root@centos76 vmware-tools-distrib]# cd ~ [root@centos76 ~]# rm -rf /vmtools [root@centos76 ~]# shutdown -r now

You can now use the features provided by VMware Tools. :D



Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu Server 18.04

To remove open-vm-tools from Ubuntu Server 18.04, run the following commands:

user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo apt remove open-vm-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:   open-vm-tools ubuntu-server 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 2 to remove and 186 not to upgrade. After this operation, 2,179 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 66514 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ubuntu-server (1.417) ... Removing open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo apt purge open-vm-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:   open-vm-tools* 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to remove and 186 not to upgrade. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 66414 files and directories currently installed.) Purging configuration files for open-vm-tools (2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...

Run the following commands to install Ubuntu Desktop and other packages.

user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo apt -y install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo apt -y install build-essential

Select VM > Install VMware Tools from the menu bar and mount /dev/sr0 to /mount as shown below.

user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sr0 /dev/sr0: UUID="2018-09-04-03-03-20-00" LABEL="VMware Tools" TYPE="iso9660" user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt user01@ubuntu1804:~$ df -h /mnt Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sr0         55M   55M     0 100% /mnt

Now run the following commands to install VMware Tools. After running the vmware-install.pl command, type yes when asked to proceed with the installation. And then press the enter key until the --the VMware team message is printed. run the shutdown command for rebooting your Ubuntu Server VM after installing VMware Tools.

user01@ubuntu1804:~$ cd /mnt user01@ubuntu1804:/mnt$ ls manifest.txt  run_upgrader.sh  VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz  vmware-tools-upgrader-32  vmware-tools-upgrader-64 user01@ubuntu1804:/mnt$ sudo mkdir /vmtools user01@ubuntu1804:/mnt$ zcat VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz | (cd /vmtools;sudo tar -xf -) user01@ubuntu1804:/mnt$ cd /vmtools/vmware-tools-distrib/ user01@ubuntu1804:/vmtools/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls bin  caf  doc  etc  FILES  INSTALL  installer  lib  vgauth  vmware-install.pl user01@ubuntu1804:/vmtools/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl open-vm-tools packages are available from the OS vendor and VMware recommends using open-vm-tools packages. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 for more information. Do you still want to proceed with this installation? [no] yes ... ... ... To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following: 1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user 2. Log out and log back into your desktop session 3. Restart your X session. Enjoy, --the VMware team Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /mnt. Ejecting device /dev/sr0 ... user01@ubuntu1804:/vmtools/vmware-tools-distrib$ cd ~ user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo rm -rf /vmtools user01@ubuntu1804:~$ sudo shutdown -r now

The screen resolution will not automatically adjust. Select Dock > Settings > Devices > Resolution > 1440 x 900 for changing display resolution. Now you can use the features provided by VMware Tools.

You have acquired the skill to install VMware Tools on Linux operating systems. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. Save your valuable time by using VMware Tools features. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 14. Installing VMware Tools on Windows 10

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to VMware Tools on Windows 10 operating system in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to use the features provided by VMware Tools on your Windows 10.

I strongly recommend that you install VMware Tools after installing Windows 10 operating system on a virtual machine. VMware Tools is the utilities which enhance the performance of the guest operating system.

VMware Tools Benefits and Features

This provides you with the following benefits:

- ThinPrint - Shared folders - Faster graphics performance - Improved mouse performance - Automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor - File drag and drop between your host os and a guest os - Text copy and paste between your host os and a guest os - And so on

In particular, copying and pasting text will greatly reduce your computer language testing time.

Installing VMware Tools on Windows 10

select VM > Install VMware Tools from the menu bar for installing VMware Tools. And open Explorer. You can see VMware Tools mounted on the CDROM as following.

Double-click the D drive for installing VMware Tools. When the VMware Tools setup window appears as shown below, click the Next button. And Select Setup Type as Typical and press the Next button.

Click the Install button to proceed.

When the installation is finished, press the Finish button and reboot Windows 10.

The screen resolution will automatically adjust and the mouse will move more smoothly. And you can use the features provided by VMware Tools.

You have acquired the skill to install VMware Tools on Windows 10. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. Save your valuable time by using VMware Tools features. See you next. Thank you.

VMware Workstation Pro 15] 13. Exporting/Importing Virtual Machines to Open Virtualization Format (OVF)

Hello, guys. You will figure out how to export and import virtual machines (VMs) in this post. When you finish this practice, you will be able to save your time for preparing your test environment.

What is Open Virtualization Format (OVF)

OVF is an open standard for packaging virtual machines. This provides a way to deploy your virtual machine to the same or different platforms. Imagine how to would distribute your software to others. You will package and distribute what you've created to make it easy for people to use. The virtual machine consists of files. So you can see the distribution method is similar.

Exporting/Importing Virtual Machines to OVF Format

Exporting Virtual Machines to OVF Format

Exporting a virtual machine is easy. First, select the target virtual machine in the library and shutdown gracefully. Then select File > Export to OVF from the menu bar. Enter a file name and click the Save button to start the OVF export task.

The extension can be set to ovf or ova. ovf is exported to several files and ova is exported as a single file. I personally prefer to export to a single file.

Importing Virtual Machines from OVF Format

Importing a virtual machine is so easy. A few clicks are enough to do this. select File > Open from the menu bar. Then select the OVF file you just exported and click the Open button to import.

 Enter the virtual machine name to use in VMware Workstation Pro 15.

Please wait a minute and you will be able to see the imported virtual machine.

You have acquired the skill to export and import virtual machines. I encourage you to practice a few more times to become proficient. Save your valuable time by using this feature. See you next. Thank you.