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Following screenshots are of “Virtual Machine Settings”.Ĭommand issued for getting internet connectivity via wireless – Right Click on VM name and click on “Settings”. Following are few of the important “Virtual Network Editor” screenshots. Vmware Workstatation comes with “Virtual Network Editor”. We chose that location as it’s visible to all users that login into the computer.Ģ) Copy the entire directory /Users/Shared/VmWare from MAC to USB and then from USB to Windows Laptop.ģ) Install Vmware Workstation on Windows LaptopĤ) Following settings apply for "Vmware Workstation on Windows Laptop" if you want to use bothe eth0 and eth1 of Linux VM.Įth0 will get DHCP Address and will get connected with Wireless Network.Įth1 will have a fixed IP address and will get connected to ethernet connection.ĥ) Star the program "Virtual Network Editor" and set up following. Migrating VM from MAC to Windows Laptop -ġ) On MAC, the VM image is located under /Users/Shared/VmWare. Your VM will start and you can start using it. Select the VM folder copied from another machine. Start Vmware Player on the 2 nd Laptop/MAC The VM folder shashitest1 contains following on Windows Laptop –Ĭopy the VM and move to another Windows Laptop or to MAC. Install Vmware Tools.įor example on Windows the VM folder location for shashitest1 is -Ĭ:\Users\divekar\Documents\Virtual Machines\shashitest1 Start the VM and logon to Guest OS/VM from Vmware Player. Ones the operating system has been installed on a VM, install Vmware Tools.
Ones the system starts kickstarting check all the displays Ones you power on the VM, it will boot from the iso cd.Īt “boot:” prompt type “linux ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg” for doing automated kickstart. In this example the VM will be created under C:\Users\divekar\Documents\Virtual Machines\shashitest2 Note – Ones the VM is created, you can click on “Edit virtual machine settings” and select proper memory and number of cpu cores as per your requirement. r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34816 Jun 24 14:21 bootcd.iso*ĭr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jun 24 14:10 isolinux/įirst map the cdrom drive to boot.iso file and then boot from it.Ĭommand to boot/kickstart from the boot.iso file.Ĭlick on “Customize Hardware” for pointing cdrom drive to the custom boot.iso file we have prepared. This is a custom boot.iso file and has ks.cfg file under isolinux directory.ĭr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jun 24 14:21. You can kickstart a VM either using a boot cd and then following a normal kickstart procedure or by preparing a custom boot.iso file and booting it from the iso file.įollowing procedure uses custom iso file to kickstart/build the VM.Ĭreate a custom boot.iso file on a linux server (for example on mcclogin) and copy it on Windows machine. Step #7 – Start VM on another Laptop/MAC where you have copied/migrated it. Step #6 – Copy the VM folder and move to another Windows PC or to MAC where you want to migrate it. Step # 4 – Ones the VM is built, install Vmware Tools on the Guest OS. Step # 3 - Build a VM using specially prepared boot.iso file for kickstarting. Step # 2 – Install Vmware Player on Windows machine. Step # 1 – Logon to your laptop while on SLAC Network. Make sure that you can login on your Windows LAptop/MAC before you proceed.īuilding a Virtual Machine under Vmware Player and then migrating it to another Vmwaye Player/Vmware Fusion running under Windows laptop or Macintosh laptop. You need to have ADMIN ACCESS on your windows laptop (or on MAC). Migrating Vmware VM from one machine to anotherįor good response from VM, at least 8 GB RAM is recommended on your Laptop/Desktop.
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