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− | There have been several products released for running virtual machines on the Macintosh. Currently the two most popular manufacturers of this software are VMWare and Parallels. | + | There have been several products released for running virtual machines on the [[Macintosh]]. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ offers [[Virtual Lab|VMware Horizon]] to all students and faculty. |
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− | This article outlines the steps to image a virtual machine with a Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ image under '''Parallels Desktop 4''' and '''VMWare Fusion 2'''. These steps do not apply to older versions of these software packages since the new technologies make this process much different than in the past.
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− | This article also assumes that '''Parallels Desktop 4''' or '''VMWare Fusion 2''' are installed properly.
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− | ==Parallels Desktop 4==
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− | ===Create the Virtual Machine===
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− | #Open Parallels
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− | #Select '''New Virtual Machine'''
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− | #Click '''Skip Detection'''
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− | #Select Operating System and platform and continue
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− | #Select '''Custom''' virtual machine
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− | #Set CPU, Memory, etc. as desired and continue
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− | #'''New Image File''' and continue
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− | #Create a '''New Virtual Hard Disk (expanding)'''
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− | #Networking should be set to '''Bridged Networking - Default Adaptor'''
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− | #Optimize for '''Virtual Machine'''
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− | #Name the new Virtual Machine and select '''More Options'''
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− | #Check the box '''Share Virtual Machine with other Mac users'''
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− | #Click '''Done'''
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− | ===Setup Virtual Machine to Netboot===
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− | #Select '''Configure''' from the toolbar at the top of the virtual machine window
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− | #Check '''Show Advanced Settings'''
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− | #Copy the MAC Address and click '''OK'''
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− | #Register this MAC address in GReg appropriately.
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− | ===Imaging===
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− | #Click the '''Start''' button to turn on the VM.
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− | #OS Installation = '''Custom'''
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− | #Click '''Start'''
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− | #Image as a normal Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Windows based machine.
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− | ===Post-Imaging===
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− | #Allow the Windows virtual machine to post image
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− | #Install Parallels Tools by going to the '''Virtual Machine''' menu and selecting '''Install Parallels Tools'''
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− | ==VMWare Fusion 2==
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− | ===Create the Virtual Machine===
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− | #Open VMWare Fusion 2
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− | #Select '''New'''
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− | #Click '''Continue without disk'''
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− | #Click '''Create a custom virtual machine'''
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− | #Choose machine type and platform and continue
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− | #Select '''Customize Settings'''
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− | #Give the VM a name and click '''Save'''
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− | #Set CPU, Memory, etc. as desired under '''Processors & RAM'''
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− | #Set Network to '''Connect directly to the physical network (Bridged)'''
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− | ===Setup Virtual Machine to Netboot===
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− | #Start the Virtual Machine
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− | #Note the MAC Address and register it in GReg appropriately
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− | ===Imaging===
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− | #Restart the Virtual Machine
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− | #Image as a normal Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Windows based machine
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− | ===Post-Imaging===
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− | #Allow the Windows virtual machine to post image
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− | #Install VMWare Tools by going to the '''Virtual Machine''' menu and selecting '''Install VMWare Tools'''
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