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Page: How do I increase the RAM in my virtual machine?
Q: The generalize Windows 7 virtual machines that IS&T releases have been configured with 1GB of memory to accommodate use by the broadest possible audience. If you have 4GB or more of RAM and wish to improve performance, you should increase the amount ...
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Page: I am a faculty or staff member using VMware Workstation or Fusion. How many instances of a supported Windows operating system can I have on my machine?
Q: Answer Faculty and staff may have up to 4 virtualized instances of a Microsoft Operating System on each MITowned machine. Different virtualized versions of Microsoft OS (Windows 7, 8) may be used on the same machine
Other labels: vmware, virtualization, virtual, windows, license, instance
Page: I want to make a backup or copy of my VMware virtual machine. What is the best way to do so?
Q: Answer To make a backup copy of a virtual machine created with VMware, just copy the folder to another location. When you power on the copy (open the VM), you will be asked if you have moved the virtual machine or copied it. Select that you ...
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Page: Virtualization and VMware Landing Page
page: Overview Virtualization software allows you to run Virtual Machines (VMs) on your computer. A guest operating system is an operating system installed on a host machine (a physical machine) and run virtually on VMware. IS&T supports and recommends VMware ...
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Page: VMware at MIT - Installing and Using Guest Operating Systems
page: Support Overview A guest operating system is an operating system installed on a host machine (a physical machine) and run virtually on VMware. IS&T supports installation of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux as guest operating systems on VMware Fusion ...
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Page: VMware Security Recommendations and Best Practices
page: Overview We strongly recommend treating each virtual machine as if it was a physical machine for most activities. Virtual machines are vulnerable to most of the same things as physical machines including data loss/corruption, hardware failures, viruses, and hackers. Install ...
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Page: What is Bridged Networking (VMware)?
Q: Answer Bridged networking connects a virtual machine to a network using the host computer's Ethernet adapter. The virtual machine is seen by the network as having its own IP address and ethernet hardware address as if it were an autonomous physical machine
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Page: What is Host Only Networking (VMware)?
Q: Answer Hostonly networking creates a network that is completely contained within the host computer
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Page: What is NAT Networking (VMware)?
Q: Answer Network Address Translation (NAT mode) gives a virtual machine access to network resources using the host computer's IP address. In recent versions of VMWare Fusion, the Bridge Mode may be enabled by default. Bridge Mode does ...
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Page: Why am I warned that "this virtual machine may have been moved or copied" when I start a virtual machine (VMware)?
Q: Answer You will see this warning if you moved, renamed or copied a virtual machine file. If you moved the virtual machine file to another location or renamed it, select I moved it. If you duplicated the virtual machine file or copied it to another ...
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