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1. Location Use the Choose button if you want to change the default location of the virtual machine related files EI New Virtual Machine Wizard pene i xj Name and Location Specify the virtual machine name and location Name Windows Vistal Location ments and Settings Administrator My Documents Par aleis Choose Advanced Back create caei Setting Up a Virtual Machine 59 If you click the Advanced button you can set the number of CPUs the amount of RAM and the virtual hard disk capacity to your future virtual machine Click Create After the virtual machine is created in the Prepare to Install Operating System window specify the source of installation files and click Start You can use the following types of installation media Real CD DVD ROM Drive Select this option to use a disc inserted into the CD DVD drive of the computer Choose the drive to use from the Drive list CD DVD Image Select this option to use a CD DVD disc image connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive Type the path to the file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Note Parallels Desktop does not provide users with OS ISO images or OS installation discs You should purchase an OS installation disc or an OS ISO image if you do not have any EI New Virtual Machine Wizard Bir xj Prepare to Install Operating System The Windows Vista 1 virtual machine was successfully creat
2. Real CD DVD ROM Drive Select this option to use a disc inserted into the optical drive of the computer Choose the drive to use from the Drive list CD DVD Image Select this option to use a CD DVD disc image connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive Type the path to the file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Note Parallels Desktop does not provide you with operating systems installation media You should purchase an OS installation disc or an image of it if you do not have any Ei New Virtual Machine Wizard i xj Prepare to Install Operating System The Windows Vista 3 virtual machine was successfully created Select the installation files source to install the Windows Veta operating system in this virtual machine Real CD DVD ROM Drive Drive Oefouk CD OVD ROM kd CDIDVD Image Cick Done F you do not want to install the operating system now Lee If you do not want to install the guest OS and start the virtual machine click Done When the installation is complete install Parallels Tools if they are available for the guest OS you have just installed Refer to the Installing Parallels Tools section p 72 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 63 Custom Installation Mode To create a custom virtual machine 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Wizard by choosing New Virtual Machine from the File menu In the Introduction window click Next t
3. Parallels Parallels Desktop 4 User s Guide Copyright 1999 2009 Parallels Holdings Ltd ISBN N A Parallels Holdings Ltd c o Parallels Software Inc 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 600 Herndon VA 20171 USA Tel 1 703 815 5670 Fax 1 703 815 5675 Copyright 1999 2009 Parallels Holdings Ltd and its affiliates All rights reserved Parallels Coherence Parallels Transporter Parallels Compressor Parallels Desktop and Parallels Explorer are registered trademarks of Parallels Software International Inc Virtuozzo Plesk HSPcomplete and corresponding logos are trademarks of Parallels Holdings Ltd The Parallels logo is a trademark of Parallels Holdings Ltd This product is based on a technology that is the subject matter of a number of patent pending applications Virtuozzo is a patented virtualization technology protected by U S patents 7 099 948 7 076 633 6 961 868 and having patents pending in the U S Plesk and HSPcomplete are patented hosting technologies protected by U S patents 7 099 948 7 076 633 and having patents pending in the U S Distribution of this work or derivative of this work in any form is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the copyright holder Apple Bonjour Finder Mac Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows MS DOS Windows NT Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 W
4. Shared folders Note Only devices enabled in the virtual machine configuration p 104 can be connected or disconnected at runtime You can configure any of these devices in one of the following ways Click a device icon on the status bar p 36 and choose the necessary command from a device shortcut menu The status bar displays the devices information when the virtual machine is running Use the necessary command from the Parallels Desktop Devices menu This menu is available only when the virtual machine is running Drag and drop an image file iso or fdd or a shared folder on the appropriate device icon on the status bar This option is available for CD DVD ROM drives floppy drives and shared folders only Connecting a CD DVD ROM or a Floppy Drive If you have several CD DVD ROM drives connected to your virtual machine in the Devices menu they are listed in the same order as they were connected The first CD DVD ROM drive will be CD DVD ROM 1 the second will be CD DVD ROM 2 and so on Connecting a Network Adapter You can set up any of the three network modes Shared Networking Bridged Networking or Host Only Networking If you have several network adapters used by the virtual machine on the status bar p 36 and in the Devices menu they are listed in the same order as they were connected The first network adapter will be Network Adapter 1 the second will be Network Adapter 2 and so on Connecting a Para
5. Note lt FileSystem gt stands for the file system you want to use on this disk It is recommended to use ext3 or ext2 When the added virtual hard disk is formatted you can mount it in the guest OS 1 To create a mount point for the new virtual hard disk enter mkdir mnt hdcl Note You can specify a different mount point 2 To mount the new virtual hard disk to the specified mount point enter mount dev hdel mnt hdcl When you mounted the virtual hard disk you can use its space in your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 150 Adding a CD DVD ROM Drive To the virtual machine configuration you can add a virtual CD DVD ROM drive that is either connected to a real CD DVD ROM on your physical computer or to an existing image file Note A virtual machine can have up to four IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives and 15 SCSI devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives To add a new CD DVD ROM drive to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select CD DVD ROM and click Next To add a CD DVD ROM drive that will have a typical configuration choose the CD DVD ROM icon and click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will create a typical CD DVD ROM drive ready for use In the Add
6. configured in the same way as a real one You can choose the physical adapter where the virtual machine adapter will be bridged in the list below the Bridged Ethernet option See Bridged Ethernet Networking p 165 to learn how to configure this type of networking Host Only Networking Select this option to allow the virtual machine to connect to the host computer and the virtual machines residing on it and to make it invisible outside the host computer See Host Only Networking p 166 to learn how to configure this type of networking In the MAC Address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC Address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network WiFi Bridging Support To be able to connect to wireless networks from your virtual machine 1 Select the Bridged Ethernet option 2 Choose the WiFi adapter from the drop down list and click OK to apply the changes After you perform these steps your virtual machine will be able to connect to the Internet through the WiFi adapter of your host computer When you try to connect to the Internet via WiFi and the WiFi Access Point has the Validate DHCP packets option enabled you may experience problems with connecting to
7. hard disks or CD DVD drives to the virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 151 Note In some Linux distributions e g RHEL 5 3 the SCSI driver may be not installed In this case you should install this driver in your Linux guest OS to be able to use the SCSI controller You can also define the device position in the Location list or accept the position offered by Add Hardware Wizard Note The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself If you selected the Real Device option you can connect your physical computer CD DVD ROM drive directly to your virtual machine In this case you will be able to fully use this CD DVD ROM drive in the virtual machine e g record data on discs For these purposes select the Passthrough option Note If you connect your physical computer CD DVD ROM drive directly to your virtual machine this drive will not be available in the primary OS EI add Hardware Wizard x Add CD DVD ROM Specify the parameters of the real CO OVD ROM device ve ive Interface ipe C scsi Location JIDE 1 0 X T Passthrough When you are ready click the Add Device button to add a new virtual CD DVD ROM drive to your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 152 Adding a Floppy Disk Drive You can add an existing floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to your virtual machine You can also create a new floppy disk image
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10. use the virtual machine status bar p 36 If you want to connect two virtual machines with each other you need to create a serial port emulated by a socket in each virtual machine The names of the serial ports should be identical The connection between the virtual machines via serial ports is bidirectional It means that the working modes of the sockets set during the port creation can be changed later on the Serial Port pane If you need to log the performance activity of your virtual machine or to record the data from it and use this information later on you can connect your virtual machine serial port to an output file on the physical server You will be able to view and analyze the activity history of the virtual machine any time you need it by exploring this file You can add a new serial port to your virtual machine using Add Hardware Assistant For the instruction on how to create serial ports refer to Adding Serial Port p 157 Note You can connect up to four serial ports to a virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 134 ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP i xi Optimization Y Features a Serial Port 1 QR Shared Folders Connected B Shared Profle O SmartMount UE SmartGuerd SS ia BI Y Hardware Real Port Socket Output File CPU 1 Communications Port COM1 F Floppy Oisk CD DVD ROM 1 O Network Adapter 1 Ge Parallel Port Enabled Select thi
11. you set Preferences p 37 The View menu includes commands for switching between different view modes the Full Screen and Window mode You can also customize how you view the Parallels Desktop window enable or disable automatic changes of the virtual machine screen resolution and make screenshots of the guest OS window The Virtual Machine menu allows you to manage the virtual machine p 81 edit the virtual machine configuration p 104 install Parallels Tools p 72 update Parallels Tools p 79 launch Parallels Compressor p 193 The Devices menu is available only when the virtual machine is running It allows you to configure certain devices and shared folders at runtime The Window menu allows you to choose the application window you want to appear on top This menu simplifies the navigation between the virtual machines The Applications menu enables you to manage certain elements of the Windows desktop such as the Start menu the Windows taskbar and recycle bin Note The Applications menu is available only for Windows XP or Windows Vista guest OSs The Help menu allows you to open Parallels Desktop Help Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 33 activate Parallels Desktop p 22 check for updates p 28 report problems p 198 It also displays the About Parallels Desktop dialog Toolbar The Parallels Desktop toolbar has buttons for the most frequent commands us
12. 2 0 port the port will be identified as USB 1 1 Connecting a USB device to a virtual machine running on a Windows XP host computer If Parallels Desktop is installed on your Windows XP host computer perform the following operations to connect a USB device to a virtual machine for the first time 1 Connect the USB device to the host computer In the New USB Device dialog click Virtual Machine In this step you will have to install the Parallels USB Device driver into the host OS The host operating system will open the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog In this dialog Select Install from a list of specific location Advanced and click Next Select Search for the best driver in these locations tick Include this location in the search and indicate the C Program Files Parallels Parallels Desktop Drivers USB location Click Next The Parallels USB Device driver will be installed into the host OS Unplug the USB device and replug it into the host computer In the New USB Device dialog click Virtual Machine The USB device will appear in the guest operating system Next time you will not have to install the Parallels USB Device driver for this USB device Connecting a USB device to a virtual machine running on a Linux host computer To connect a USB device to a virtual machine running on a Linux host computer 1 Connect the USB device to your physical computer Start the virtual machine and log in to the virtual machine guest O
13. Delete and click Next ET Delete Virtual Machine Wizard Delete Options Select the operation you would lhe to perform on the virtual machine Copy of Ubuntu Linux C Remove from kst Remove the virtual machine from the list of registered virtual machines available on this computer G Delete Delete the virtual machine or some of its files permanently from the source disk tek net ca Managing Virtual Machines 172 4 The wizard finds all files related to the virtual machine and displays the list of them in the Files Selection dialog The configuration file virtual hard disk output files of serial and parallel ports and the home folder are pre selected for deleting However the iso image is not selected by default because it can be used by other virtual machines If you want to delete it too select it in the list Delete Virtual Machine Wizard Files Selection Select the files to delete and click Delete Managing Virtual Machines 173 Note Make sure you are not going to delete the virtual hard disk that is also used by other virtual machines If you want to select all items in the list of files related to the virtual machine at a time click the Select All button displayed below the list If you want to clear all items in the list of files related to the virtual machine at a time click the Clear All button displayed below the list Review the selection and click Delete 5 The wizard removes the s
14. Desktop 2 Select the virtual machine template you want to be deployed to a virtual machine in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window 3 Start Deploy Virtual Machine Template Wizard by choosing Deploy to Virtual Machine from the File menu or by right clicking the virtual machine template s name in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window and choosing Deploy to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu 4 In the Introduction window click Next To skip this window next time you start the wizard select Always skip introduction 5 In the Name and Location window specify the name and location for the virtual machine and click Deploy You can use the Choose button to change the location Managing Virtual Machines 178 Deploy Virtual Machine Template Wizard Name and Location Specify the virtual machine s name and location Name Microsoft Windows xP 1 Locaton Fats and Seay Danaea Choosen 6 Inthe Deployment Finished window click Done to close the wizard The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration that the original template had Managing Virtual Machines 179 Managing Virtual Machines From the Tray When working with Parallels Desktop you can use the Parallels Desktop tray icon p 37 to easily manage your running and paused virtual machines This may be very useful when the Parallels Desktop window is minimized or when you use a separate display for your virtual machines You can manage
15. Desktop 36 Status Bar When the virtual machine is running the status bar of its window displays the information about devices connected to the virtual machine BA OaraeSH Da The following devices have the icons on the status bar keyboard floppy disk drive B CD DVD ROM hard disk network adapter RZ serial port parallel port sound card K USB controller v shared folders 5 If you see the amp icon in the status bar it means that Parallels Tools are installed in your virtual machine You can connect or disconnect some of the virtual machine devices at runtime by clicking their icons in the status bar and choosing the respective commands from the shortcut menu The picture below shows the shortcut menu for the CD DVD ROM drive Boe 8 48 Be ER Oy peralelscompressor s 4 ParalelsCompressor sa Disconnec Real CD DYD ROM gt Connect Image Configure Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 37 You can connect ISO images of CD DVD discs to the virtual machine CD DVD ROM drive or connect floppy images to its floppy disk drive in the following way drag the required image file over the CD DVD ROM drive icon or the floppy disk drive icon in the status bar For more information please refer to the Changing Configuration at Runtime section p 90 Parallels Desktop Tray Icon When working with Parallels Desktop you can use the Parallels Desktop tray
16. Disk Specify the parameters of the virtual hard disk device New Image File pnal SP2Z pvm Microsoft Windows xP 1 hdl Choose interface IDE CSc Location fioe 1 0 hd Note In some Linux distributions e g RHEL 5 3 the SCSI driver may be not installed In this case you should install this driver in your Linux guest OS to be able to use the SCSI controller Click Add Device to add a new hard disk to the virtual machine 7 Ifyou selected the Existing image file option in Step 5 in the Add Hard Disk window you will need to specify the full path to the image file you wish to use in your virtual machine You can type the path manually or use the Choose button to locate the image file You will also need to specify the interface type and the corresponding device identifier If you added a new blank virtual hard disk you need to initialize it before you can use it For more information about initializing the newly added disk see Initializing the Newly Added Disk p 148 If you added an existing disk make sure that its file system is compatible with the guest OS installed in the virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 148 Initializing the Newly Added Disk After you added a new virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration it will be invisible to the operating system installed inside the virtual machine until the moment you initialize it Initializing the New Virtual Hard Disk in Windows To In
17. Parallels Workstation 2 2 to Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux 25 Updating Parallels Desktopi sciiti iseti etori agessesageseshedoeessctaveeenedeeestecateelen 26 Removing Parallels Desktop sorene a a 29 Installing Parallels Desktop 16 System Requirements Before installing Parallels Desktop please make sure that your computer complies with the hardware and software requirements listed here Hardware Requirements Minimum 1 66 GHz x86 32 bit or x64 64 bit CPU with the Intel VT x or AMD V hardware virtualization technology support 2 GB RAM minimum 4 GB RAM or more is recommended The recommended amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine is 1 2 GB you can assign up to 8 GB of RAM 200 MB of hard disk space for the Parallels Desktop installation About 30 GB of hard disk space for each virtual machine To store a virtual machine s temporary files you need to have twice as much free disk space as the overall amount of this virtual machine s memory memory video memory 150 MB CD ROM or DVD ROM drive optional Ethernet network adapter Software Requirements Parallels Desktop officially supports host computers with the following operating systems installed Note You can run virtual machines with 64 bit operating systems only on host computers with 64 bit CPUs 32 bit operating systems Windows 7 supported experimentally Windows Vista SP1 SP2 Windows XP Pro SP3 Windows XP Home SP3 Debian
18. Pause Use this button to pause the virtual machine Use this button when you need to instantly release the primary OS resources used by this virtual machine Oo Stop Use this button to stop the virtual machine in cases when the machine does not run properly and prevents you from shutting it down Note If you click this button when the virtual machine is running you may lose all the unsaved data To turn off the virtual machine use the shutdown procedure specified for the guest OS installed in it or use the Shut Down button Le Reset Use this button for hard reset of your virtual machine in cases when the machine does not run properly and prevents you from resetting it properly Safe Mode Use this button to run the virtual machine in Safe Mode p 100 Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 35 i Configure Use this button to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 104 If you often work with snapshots you can drag any of the three snapshot buttons to the toolbar as well Take Snapshot Use this button to create a snapshot for the virtual machine Revert to Snapshot Use this button to roll back the changes made to the virtual machine since the moment the last snapshot was made x Snapshot Manager Use this button to open Snapshot Manager For more information refer to the Working with Snapshots section p 180 Customizing Toolbar To change the appearance of the toolbar items right clic
19. Supported Guest Operating Systems Setting Up a Virtual Machine 54 The current version of Parallels Desktop officially supports the following guest operating systems 32 bit operating systems Windows Linux Windows 7 supported experimentally Windows Vista SP1 SP2 Windows XP Pro SP3 Windows XP Home SP3 Windows 2000 Pro SP4 Debian 5 0 Fedora 11 Mandriva 2009 Spring OpenSUSE 11 1 RHEL 5 3 SLES 11 Ubuntu 9 04 64 bit operating systems Note You can run virtual machines with 64 bit operating systems only on host computers with 64 bit CPUs Windows Linux Windows 7 supported experimentally Windows Vista SP1 SP2 Windows XP Pro SP2 Debian 5 0 Fedora 11 Mandriva 2009 Spring OpenSUSE 11 1 RHEL 4 7 RHEL 5 3 SLES 11 Ubuntu 9 04 Note Parallels Desktop does not provide users with OS ISO images or OS installation discs You should purchase an OS installation disc or an OS ISO image if you do not have any Setting Up a Virtual Machine 55 Creating a New Virtual Machine This section describes how to create a virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Wizard Setting Up a Virtual Machine 56 New Virtual Machine Wizard The wizard offers several installation modes You can choose the mode that better fits your needs or your experience with Parallels Desktop Regardless of what method you select you will be able to change the configuration of your virtual machine later using the Virtual Machine C
20. Typical mode in the New Virtual Machine wizard p 56 the disk is created in the expanding format plain A plain virtual hard disk image file is stored on your host computer and has a fixed size The size is determined when such a disk is created Plain disks can be created with the help of New Virtual Machine wizard the Custom mode expanding An expanding virtual hard disk image file is stored on your host computer and is small initially Its size grows as you add applications and data to the virtual hard disk in the guest OS Split disks A virtual disk of either format can be a single piece disk or a split disk A split disk is cut into 2 GB pieces and is stored as a single hdd file CD DVD Discs and Their Images Parallels Desktop can access real CD DVD discs and images of CD DVD discs Parallels Desktop has no limitations on using multisession CD DVD discs Virtual machine can play back audio CDs without any limitations on copy protected discs If your host computer has a recordable optical drive you can use it to burn CD or DVD discs in a virtual machine Note To burn CD or DVD discs in a virtual machine the recordable optical drive should be connected to the virtual machine in the passthrough mode p 127 Parallels Desktop supports CD DVD disc images in the ISO format Parallels Desktop may also support CD DVD disc images in the CUE and CCD formats Floppy Disks and Floppy Disk Images Parallels Desktop can use two t
21. and add it to the virtual machine Note Any virtual machine can have only one floppy disk drive To add a floppy disk to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Floppy Disk and click Next In the Add Floppy Disk window select the resource for the new virtual floppy disk and click Next You can choose one of the following resources for the floppy disk Real Floppy Disk In this case the wizard will use a real disk to emulate the floppy disk drive Existing Image File In this case the wizard will use an existing image file for the floppy disk drive emulation New Image File In this case the wizard will create a new image that will emulate the floppy disk drive To create a new floppy disk drive and add it to your virtual machine just click Add Device in the Add Floppy Disk window If you want the device to be connected to the virtual machine automatically at startup select the Connected option If you clear this option the drive will be enabled in the configuration but not connected to the virtual machine You can connect it later when running the virtual machine Your next window will be different depending on what option Existing Image File or Real Floppy Disk you selected in the pr
22. connections You can choose between the TCP or UDP port types In the Incoming Port field provide the port number on the host computer you want to use for data transfer In the IP Address field indicate your virtual machine s IP address Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 45 In the Destination Port field type the virtual machine s port the data will be transferred to 3 Click OK to add the rule When the rule is added use the following IP address combination for external connections to your virtual machine lt your physical computer IP address gt lt Incoming port gt Virtual Machine PP TCP Virtual Machine Your physical computer To edit an existing port forwarding rule select it in the Port forwarding list table click the Edit 4 button _ and modify the necessary parameters in the displayed window To remove a port forwarding rule select it in the Port forwarding list table and click the Remove button Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 46 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can specify how to connect USB devices that are plugged into your physical computer Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 47 General Behavior You can choose a general action to perform when a new USB devi
23. description These two fields are optional The Technical Data option includes the t xt status report file that has been generated for the error The status report contains the product version and activation data primary and guest OSs information virtual machine configuration and system data information processor status etc Click the Technical Data icon to view the t xt file and to choose the sections that will be added to the report The file is saved on the host computer If you want to locate it click the Go To File button The Guest OS Screenshot option includes the session screen shot of the guest OS in a png format This option is available if you create a problem report during the virtual machine session Click the Guest OS Screenshot icon to see the screen shot and the path to its location on the host computer The Primary OS Screenshot option includes the session screen shot of the primary OS ina png format This screen shot is made and put on the primary OS desktop whenever you create a problem report Click the Primary OS Screenshot icon to see the screen shot In the Contact Name and Contact e mail fields type your name and e mail This information will be used by the Parallels support team to address you for more technical details if needed Sending a Report After you revise the problem report components click Send Report The report will receive its unique id number and will be sent to the Parallels support team
24. device To add a sound device to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Sound and click Next To add a sound device that will have a typical configuration click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will add a typical sound device ready for use In the Add Sound window specify the sound input and output devices the virtual machine will use Output device Use the output list to choose the necessary device Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in your primary OS Null Device Select this option if you want to mute the output device inside the virtual machine Built in Output Select this option if you wish to use other output devices connected to your primary OS Input device Use the input list to choose the necessary device Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in your primary OS Null Device Select this option if you want to mute the input device inside the virtual machine Built in Input Select this option if you wish to use other input devices connected to your primary OS You can also select the Activated option to have the sound device automatically activated on the virtual machin
25. enables you to work with dynamic resolution When you resize the guest OS window by dragging its lower right corner the guest OS window resolution changes automatically Note If dynamic resolution does not work when switching to the Full Screen mode in virtual machines with Linux guest operating system installed go to the Video pane p 124 of Virtual Machine Configuration and increase the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine s video card up to 16 MB Shared Folders Tool enables you to share the primary OS folders to access them from the guest OS With this tool you can access the host computer shared folders from the virtual machine Shared Profile Tool enables you to map some of the folders in the physical computer home folder to your user folders in the virtual machine which allows you to access the physical computer home folders right from your virtual machine Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 Parallels Compressor Windows The Parallels Compressor utility enables you to reduce the size of your virtual machine s hard disk After the Parallels Tools installation the following features are available for settings up in Parallels Desktop SmartMount Windows SmartMount feature enables the automatic detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual Linux 3 machines Parallels Tools can be installed in all Windows and Linux guest operating systems officially supported by Parallels Desktop Se
26. folder as the My Music folder in your Windows guest OS primary OS home directory home lt username gt the corresponding directory will be automatically created before mounting 2 The Shared Profile functionality is available for Windows guest operating systems only Configuring a Virtual Machine 118 SmartMount Settings The SmartMount pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the settings related to the automatic detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual machines Note The SmartMount option is available for Windows and Linux virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed EI Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP i xj Optimization Y Features a Services OL Shared Folders A Shared Profle UE SmartGuerd Y Hardware cru P Memory Video E Floppy Otek cD DvD ROM 1 Herd Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network Adapter 1 Ge Parallel Port E sound USB Controller These settings wil take effect if the corresponding Parallels Tools are installed BIE I Show advanced settings x Cancel If the SmartMount option is enabled any device that you connect to the host computer is also automatically mounted to your guest operating system For example a USB flash drive plugged in to your host computer will be accessible from both the host computer and My Computer in the Windows virtual machine The following devices can be automatically mounted to your v
27. hard disk settings use the Hard Disk pane of Virtual Machine Configuration The current version of Parallels Desktop allows virtual machines to use hard disk images in the hdd format Note You can connect up to four IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine Each device is listed separately in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and has its own number ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Bete xi Optimization Y Features Hard Disk 1 Services F Enabled GR Shared Folders A Shared Profle File fro Professional SP2 pvm Winn Professional SP2 hdd Choose p re Expanding disk 31 2 GB g cru Interface Ing P Memory C scsi Video Location IDE 0 0 F Floppy Oisk CD DVD ROM 1 Serial Port 1 O Network Adapter 1 Ge Parallel Port E sound USB Controller mE I Show advanced settings Li Cancel Configuring a Virtual Machine 130 Select the Enabled option if you want the virtual machine to use this hard disk drive To temporarily disable operations with the hard disk without removing it from the virtual machine configuration clear the Enabled check box Using a hard disk image file as a virtual hard disk 1 4 Type the path to the hard disk image file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Select the Show advanced settings option if it is not selected and choose the in
28. icon to easily manage your running and paused virtual machines For detailed information refer to Managing Virtual Machines From the Tray p 179 bring the Parallels Desktop window to focus To this effect double click the tray icon or right click it and choose Show Main Window set the Parallels Desktop window to be minimized to the tray To this effect right click the tray icon and choose Minimize to tray Now if you click the minimize button on the Parallels Desktop window it will be minimized to the tray Note Minimizing main window to tray does not quit Parallels Desktop quit Parallels Desktop To this effect right click the tray icon and choose the corresponding item To enable the Parallels Desktop tray icon select Show tray icon option in the General pane p 38 of Parallels Desktop Preferences Setting Parallels Desktop Preferences Common preferences for the Parallels Desktop application and its virtual machines can be configured using the Preferences dialog You can open this dialog by choosing Preferences from the File menu The preferences on the Memory and Network tabs affect all the users that work on the computer and all the virtual machines The other preferences may be different for each user Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 38 General Preferences In the General pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can do the following change the default location for storing the folders
29. launch soon after the virtual machine is started Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Note In this version of Parallels Desktop you can reinstall the guest OS of the same type only However you are free to choose the guest OS version Keep in mind that in some cases it is easier just to create a new virtual machine install the guest OS and delete the old machine after moving all the necessary data to the new one Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Desktop includes a set of specially developed utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way Parallels Tools are located on the disc images that are installed along with Parallels Desktop There is a separate Parallels Tools disc image for each type of the supported guest operating systems prl tools win iso disc image with Parallels Tools for Windows guest operating systems prl tools lin iso disc image with Parallels Tools for Linux guest operating systems These disc images can be found in the following folder In 64 bit Windows C Program Files x86 Parallels Parallels Desktop Tools InLinux usr share parallels desktop tools Parallels Tools Overview Setting Up a Virtual Machine 73 Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way With Parallels Tools you can move the mouse seamlessly outside the guest OS window
30. lire Sarat oT Gt A A Dl TT g cru Recommended range from 128MB upto 512 MB Optimal size 512 MB 77 8192 MB F Floppy Oisk CD DVD ROM 1 O Herd Disk 1 Serial Port 1 O Network Adapter 1 Gee Parallel Port E sound USB Controller T Allocating too much or too ittie memory to the virtual machine may affect either the host computer s or virtual machine s performance VV Show advanced settings Cancel In the Main Memory field you can set the amount of RAM that will be available to the virtual machine You can specify any value from 4 to 8192 MB but it is recommended that you set the value provided in the Optimal Size field below the slider This will provide the most optimal performance for your virtual machine and the host computer By default the optimal size is the amount of RAM the guest operating system needs If some of the applications installed in your virtual machine need more RAM you can set a greater amount of RAM for this virtual machine provided the memory resources of the host computer are enough for running both the primary operating system and this virtual machine Note If the host computer has 1 GB of RAM it is strongly recommended to assign not more than 512 MB to a single virtual machine To configure the main memory limit do one of the following drag the slider use the Main Memory spin box arrows type the value directly into the Main Memory field Configuring a Virtual M
31. machine screen resolution use the Lock Window option available from the View menu When the Lock Window option is enabled the virtual machine screen resolution can be changed by adjusting the guest OS display settings only Switching to the Coherence Mode The Coherence mode provides the highest level of integration between the host and the guest operating systems In this mode you can have any applications running under these operating systems on one desktop For more information on the Coherence mode see Working in the Coherence Mode p 88 To switch a running virtual machine to operate in the Coherence mode do one of the following Click the Coherence button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Choose Coherence from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination Shift Ctrl Alt by default Note The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard pane p 40 of the Preferences dialog To switch the virtual machine from Coherence to another mode do one of the following double click the Parallels Desktop tray icon and choose the Window or Full Screen option from the View menu use the appropriate hot key combination Shift Ctrl Alt by default Working in a Virtual Machine 88 Working in the Coherence Mode The Coherence mode is available only for Windows host operating systems and virtual machines with the Windows 2000 and later guest operating systems installed Coherence is a visual mod
32. me before snapshot creation option Setting the Time Interval Set how often snapshots should be made in the Interval for taking a new snapshot field You can set from one hour to 48 hours If the time interval is less than 24 hours SmartGuard will allow you to restore the latest hourly daily and weekly snapshot If the time interval is more than 24 hours you will be able to restore the latest daily weekly and monthly snapshot To manage the snapshots and restore any of them use Snapshot Manager p 182 Restricting the Snapshots Number Use the Maximum number of snapshots to keep field to set the maximum number of snapshots that can be stored on the host computer The maximum available value is 100 snapshots As soon as Snapshots Manager reaches the limit for snapshots and needs to make a new one over the limit it deletes the oldest snapshot Configuring a Virtual Machine 121 Coherence Settings The Coherence pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog allows you to configure the following settings ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP gt F xj Y Options i General Coherence Boot Order a Startup and Shutdown Optimization Y Features F Use borders Z Services E Color GR Shared Folders The borders of application windows and the Start manu will be highlighted A Shared Profile in the color specified on the General tab G SmartMount UE SmartGuard Y Hardware g cru P Memory si Video
33. or to the virtual machine you are currently working with Click Host Computer if you want to use this USB device in the host operating system Click Virtual Machine if you want to use this USB device in the virtual machine you are currently working with Note If you select to connect the detected USB device to the virtual machine and then reboot this virtual machine the New USB Device dialog will not appear again after the reboot The USB device will still be connected to this virtual machine If you want Parallels Desktop to remember your choice select Remember this association The next time you plug this USB device into the host computer it will be automatically connected to the destination you specified in this dialog To change the destination use USB Preferences in the Preferences dialog p 37 ET New USB Device Es E aixi A new USB device has been detected USB 2 0 Flash Disk Connect the USB device to Virtual Machine I Remember this association Working in a Virtual Machine 99 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to display this dialog each time a USB device is plugged into the host computer configure USB Preferences in the Preferences dialog p 37 To be able to use the USB device in the virtual machine you may need to install the necessary drivers in the guest OS By default such drivers can be obtained from the manufacturers of this device Note If you plug a USB 1 1 device into the USB
34. power user name and password and provide them when prompted Installing Parallels Desktop 27 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature your host computer should have a stable Internet connection Parallels Desktop enables you to set up an automatic check for updates and determine the frequency for this checking To set up automatic update checking 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Inthe File menu select Preferences and go to the Update pane 3 In the Update pane you can define the necessary settings To set up automatic checking for new versions just select the Check for updates option and define the checking frequency The system can search for new updates once a day once a week or once a month With these options set Parallels Desktop will access the Parallels update server and notify you when an update is available If you do not need automatic checking you can easily turn it off by clearing the Check for updates check box Checking for new updates may take some time and if you do not want to have the process window on top of your desktop you can hide it to the background To do that enable the Check in background option Select the Download updates automatically option if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog 4 From the Update pane you can also perform a manual instant search for updates To do that just click the Check Now button The updates a
35. read carefully the entire agreement Select accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next You may print the license agreement for your records using the Print button we Parallels Desktop Setup Wizard a x License Agreement Paratiets Please read the Following icense agreement carefully ae md User License Agreement For Parallels Hardware Virtualization Products ARALLELS SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL INC PARALLELS LICENSES THIS SOFTWARE ODUCT TO YOU SUBJECT TO THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS END USER LICENSE GREEMENT this Agreemert or EULA READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THS GREEVENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING COPYING AND USING THIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION THE SOF TW ARE THE OFTWARE IS COPYRIGHTED AND IT IS LICENSED TO YOU UNDER THS EULA NOT SOLD TO YOU BY INSTALUNG COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO BOUND GY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA IF YOU ARE NOT WALLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS BULA DO NOT INSTALL COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE AND YOU SHOULD TURN THE PACKAGE TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE VATHIN THIRTY 30 DAY S TO x C Ido not accept the terms in the license agreement E E _corct_ Installing Parallels Desktop 19 5 Inthe Customer Experience Program window you can choose to participate in the program that will help us improve Parallels Desktop according to your experience Read carefully the information about the program and de
36. so that you do not have to spend time on installing and setting up the required software Such pre built virtual machines with target services and applications installed in the guest OS are called Parallels Virtual Appliances Virtual appliances are built by the Parallels experts and are available for downloading at the Parallels Technology Network page You can also access the virtual appliances online storage via the Parallels Desktop menu by choosing Download from the File menu Parallels Desktop redirects you to the Parallels Technology Network page where you will be able to choose the virtual machines that suit you most To start using a virtual appliance do the following 1 On the Parallels Technology Network page click the virtual appliance s title to view configuration details and the guest OS administrative credentials 2 Download the desired virtual appliance by clicking the GET APP link and choosing the download link with the suitable archive file format 3 When the virtual appliance file is downloaded open it and double click the PVS file to start the virtual machine 81 CHAPTER 6 Working in a Virtual Machine This chapter explains how to start stop suspend or pause a virtual machine It also provides the information on actions you can perform with the virtual machine while the guest operating system is running In This Chapter Performing Main Operations on the Virtual Machine ee ee eeeeeseeereeeneeeneecnee
37. the Boot Order pane in Virtual Machine Configuration and change the boot sequence to make the virtual network adapter the first device in the sequence To this effect select Network Adapter in the list and use the arrow buttons to move it to the top of the list 5 Click OK to apply the changes 6 Start the virtual machine by clicking se O on the toolbar Soon after your virtual machine is started a list of available PXE servers appears During the installation when the guest OS reboots for the first time or after the installation return the boot sequence to booting from the hard disk Installing from a floppy disk image 1 Select the virtual machine and make sure that it is stopped 2 To connect the installation medium open Virtual Machine Configuration by right clicking the machine and choosing Configure from the shortcut menu or choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Select the Floppy Disk pane in the sidebar and specify the path to the floppy image disk file in the Image File field 4 Click OK to apply the changes 5 Start the virtual machine by clicking sexe on the toolbar The installation will launch soon after the virtual machine is started Reinstalling the guest OS The procedure of reinstalling the guest OS is the same as the procedure of installing the guest OS provide the installation media or its image connect it to the virtual machine and start the virtual machine The reinstallation will
38. the Internet In this case enable the Send the host s MAC address to DHCP server option to ensure that your virtual machine gets an IP address for accessing the Internet Note Enabling the Send the host s MAC address to DHCP server option will not work with some DHCP servers your virtual machine may get the same IP address as the host computer has Configuring a Virtual Machine 137 If you cannot configure your virtual machine to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode you can consider using another networking mode Shared Networking mode p 163 or Host Only Networking mode p 166 Parallel Port Settings On the Parallel Port pane of Virtual Machine Configuration you can configure the virtual machine s parallel port settings A virtual machine can have up to three parallels ports Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 138 Enabled Select this option if you want to enable this parallel port in the virtual machine To temporarily disable the parallel port without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration clear this option Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Connected Select this option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the parallel port connected A parallel port can be emulated by one of the following devices Real Port Select this option to connect one of the host computer parallel ports to the
39. the rest will be deleted Parallels Image Tool does not change the snapshots tree in Snapshot Manager so if you attempt to revert to any snapshot of the tree it will be no longer accessible and you can remove it manually The disk compacting procedure starts 5 Click Finish in the Execution is Completed window to exit Parallels Image Tool Using Parallels Transporter Parallels Transporter is an easy to use application which helps you migrate physical or virtual computers with the whole information they contain to Parallels virtual machines on the host computer This chapter contains an overview of Parallels Transporter usage scenarios and working principles Parallels Transporter is provided as a Parallels Desktop utility and installed automatically during the Parallels Desktop installation Using Parallels Add Ons 190 Parallels Transporter Working Principles Parallels Transporter package includes two applications Parallels Transporter This application transfers data stored on a physical computer or a volume to a Parallels virtual machine or virtual hard disk Parallels Transporter Agent This application collects essential system data on the remote computer the source computer or volume you are planning to migrate and transfers it to Parallels Transporter installed on the computer that will host the resulting virtual machine or virtual hard disk the host computer Parallels Transporter is provided as a Parallels Deskto
40. the virtual machine to permanently work in Safe Mode you can enable the Undo Disks option in the Startup and Shutdown p 109 pane of Virtual Machine Configuration p 104 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the virtual machine configuration 2 Click the Startup and Shutdown tab in the left pane of Virtual Machine Configuration 3 In the Startup and Shutdown pane select the Enable undo disk option and click OK Fore more information about the Undo Disks option refer to Startup and Shutdown Settings p 109 Usage Tip Running the virtual machine in Safe Mode can be useful when testing the behaviour of some applications to make sure that they cannot damage your computer Working in a Virtual Machine 101 Using Shared Folders Shared folders are folders in the primary operating system that are visible to the guest OS too These folders can be used for exchanging files between the primary OS and a virtual machine or between several virtual machines In the primary OS shared folders appear as usual folders while in the guest OS they are objects of the network neighborhood Using shared folders is possible for the Windows and Linux guest operating systems See the list of supported guest operating systems p 54 Working in a Virtual Machine 102 Setting Up a Shared Folder Setting up a shared folder requires two steps 1 2 Installing Parallels Tools in the guest OS The Shared Folders tool is require f
41. this effect choose the necessary number of CPUs from the drop down menu The maximum allowable number of virtual CPUs depends on the number of physical CPU cores available to the host computer For example if you have the Core 2 Duo physical processor the maximum allowable number of virtual CPUs will be 2 However in any case you will not be able to set more than 8 virtual CPUs to a virtual machine In the Hardware Virtualization field you can view the type of hardware virtualization technology used by the virtual machine to emulate the hardware To view or edit other CPU settings select the Show advanced settings check box You can edit the following advanced settings System Flags The flags you type here will change the virtual machine system behavior Note System flags can be used by the Parallels customer support team in cases when something goes wrong in your virtual machine It is not recommended to type anything into this field without being instructed to do so by the customer support staff Configuring a Virtual Machine 123 Memory Settings To view and configure the amount of RAM available to your virtual machine use the Memory pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Note These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP i x Optimization Y Features Memory Services Shared Folders SmartMount Main memory 512m6 Hardware sls
42. to connect any virtual device to a real one you should have system privileges to access the real device Otherwise the real device will not appear in the list of available devices even though it is installed on your computer To add a new device to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard 3 The Select Device window displays the list of virtual hardware devices that can be added to the virtual machine Select the device to be added to your virtual machine and click Next Note If the virtual machine does already have the allowed number of devices of a particular type the corresponding device icon is dimmed in the Select Device window Add Hardware Wizard Sper F xj Select Device Select a hardware device you would ike to add Hard Disk CL LN a w Serial Port Parallel Port Network Adapter i Cick Add Typical Device button to add a device with common settings in most cases Click Next if you prefer to customize device s settings Add Typical Device Back Next gt Cancel 4 Follow the wizard s instructions to add and configure the selected device If you want to add a device that will have typical settings to the virtual machine select the device and click the Add Typical Device button in the Select Device window Conf
43. us make Parallels Workstation more efficient and easy to use If you choose to join the program ancerymous information about the hardware configuration of the host computer and virtual machines will be collected and sant to Parallels from time to time Participate in the Customer Experience Program C No thanks Any types of private information like your name e mail address or phone number wil not be collected Read more about the Customer Experience Program at our website If you choose to participate in the program Parallels will collect information about your host computer and virtual machines configuration The collected information will help us to make the product better fit your needs If you join only the following types of data will be collected hardware configuration of the host computer software configuration of the host computer and virtual machines the names and versions of the operating systems and software installed in them configuration files of virtual machines Any types of private information like your name e mail address phone number and keyboard input will not be collected For more details visit the Customer Experience Program page at the Parallels website follow the link in the pane Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 51 Prox
44. use the network adapter specified as Network Adapter 1 in its configuration Every time you start the virtual machine it tries to boot from the device specified as the first one in the Boot order list If the virtual machine cannot boot from the first device for example no media is connected to it the virtual machine proceeds to the second device in the list and tries to boot from this device and so on On the Boot pane you can perform the following operations Change the currently set boot sequence by selecting the name of the corresponding boot device in the Boot order list and moving it up or down using the arrows to the right of the list Remove a boot device from the sequence by clearing the check box next to its name If you choose the Select boot device on startup option you will see the following message at the virtual machine startup Press ESC to select boot device If you press ESC pending 5 seconds you will be able to select a boot devise If you do not press ESC the virtual machine will try to boot from the devices specified in the Boot order list Note Make sure that the device you wish to use for your virtual machine booting hard disk drive CD ROM drive floppy disk drive or network adapter is available to the virtual machine and configured properly If you do not have any boot devices configured in your virtual machine you will see the following error message after you start the virtual machine No
45. virtual machine parallel port In this case you will need to specify the appropriate physical port in the Parallel port field Printer Select this option to connect a printer using the virtual machine parallel port In this case you will need to select the appropriate printer in the Printer list By default the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer supporting PostScript is installed in Windows virtual machines irrespective of the real printer model and version In most cases modern printers support PostScript and that is why you should disregard the printer name you see in the Windows printing wizard and complete the procedure As long as you have a printer connected to the host computer the documents will be printed on this printer Output File Select this option to emulate the parallel port by using an output file In this case a new output file with the default name will be created in the virtual machine folder The path to the output file will be displayed in the File field If you want to use another output file type the full path to it in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Configuring a Virtual Machine 139 Sound Settings The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine sound device parameters Configuring a Virtual Machine 140 Enabled Select this option if you want to enable the sound device in the virtual machine To temporarily disable operations with
46. with the files of virtual machines enable the Minimize main window to system tray on closing option change the sidebar position restore hidden messages Note The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of the physical computer H Preferences Defautt folder for virtual machines F Documents and Settings Adeninistr ator My Documants Par alleis Choose F Show tray kon D Minimize to tray Sidebar postion Left al Reset Hidden Messages The message boxes turned off via the Do not show this message again option will reappear Restore Defaults coma Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 39 Changing the default folder for virtual machines The Default folder for virtual machines field displays the default location where Parallels Desktop stores the files and folders of all virtual machines you create on the host computer You can change the default location by typing the path to another folder in this field or clicking the Choose button and navigating to the necessary folder After changing the default location all newly created virtual machines will be saved to the folder specified in the Default folder for virtual machines field However this does not affect the files of virtual machines that already exist their files will remain in the original default folder Managing Parallels Desktop from the tray If you want to be able to manage Parallels Desk
47. without pressing any key change the virtual machine s screen resolution by simply resizing its window and synchronize your virtual machine s time and date settings with the time settings of the host computer Parallels Tools include the utilities listed below Many of these utilities are available for the most popular Windows and Linux operating systems Mouse Synchronization Tool Windows Linux Time Synchronization Tool Windows Linux Clipboard Synchronization Windows Tool Linux Dynamic Resolution Tool Windows Linux Shared Folders Tool Windows Linux Shared Profile Tool Windows Mouse Synchronization Tool captures the mouse input in the virtual machine each time the pointer moves over to the guest OS window and automatically releases the input when the pointer moves out of the guest OS window Time Synchronization Tool enables you to customize your virtual machine and the host computer time settings With this tool you can Automatically synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with the host computer time settings Set up and maintain the time difference between your host computer and the guest OS installed in your virtual machine Clipboard Synchronization Tool enables you to easily exchange texts between different virtual machines irrespective of the guest operating systems installed in them a virtual machine and the physical computer hosting this virtual machine Dynamic Resolution Tool
48. you to send a report If you notice an unusual virtual machine behavior you can create a report manually by choosing Report a Problem from the Help menu and filling out the form Parallels Desktop will create a status report and make a screen shot of the running virtual machine Note Parallels team collects error reports and uses them for identifying performance issues but does not respond to them If you need assistance in resolving the issue visit Parallels forum or Support page or log us a support call The Parallels Problem Report window looks as follows ET Parallels Problem Report Em xj Do you have a problem with Parallels Desktop Please tel Parallel about this problem by sending this report The report contains technical data helping us to understand the problem and improve the product for you Note that this report won t be considered as a customer support request coc cert iit Describe what you were doing when the problem came up Cikk report element to view its contents You can check or uncheck individual report elements to select specific kinds of data to be sent to the Parallels support team a m ES W Technical Data F Guest OS Screenshot Primary OS Screenshot Contact name drier ator Contact e mail anen om Troubleshooting and Limitations 199 In the Specify the problem type field you can select the type of your problem from the list In the next field you can add a short problem
49. your virtual machines by doing one of the following Double click the tray icon to bring the Parallels Desktop window p 31 to focus However it does not bring the detached virtual machine window p 31 to focus Right click the tray icon to open its context menu where you can see your running and paused virtual machines Note Suspended and stopped virtual machines are not listed in the tray icon context menu Point to a virtual machine and do one of the following Choose Show Window to bring the virtual machine window to focus If this window is detached only the detached window will be brought to focus Ifthe virtual machine is paused choose the corresponding item to resume suspend shut down or restart this virtual machine If the virtual machine is running choose the corresponding item to pause suspend shut down or restart this virtual machine Microsoft Windows XP Minimize to tray Quit Parallels Desktop Managing Virtual Machines 180 Optimizing Performance With Adaptive Hypervisor If you use a lot of applications in the primary and guest OSs at a time you may lack the CPU resources The current version of Parallels Desktop presents you the Adaptive Hypervisor technology that helps you to distribute the CPU resources between the primary and guest OS in the most efficient way The Adaptive Hypervisor technology automatically allocate the host computer CPU resources between the virtual machine and pr
50. 00 LOST aknea B ela Ca EE RESETTER 101 Setting Up a Shared Fold r cierto 25s scpss reer oaaae a E EEEE ROA EE i EREE te saute EADS REET EES RAE 102 Viewing Shared Folders in Guest OS cceeecesescssecssesessecseesecneeseceaeeccsaecasesecnevsecsaseeeaeeaeeseenees 103 Making Giiest OS Screenshots 5 s s styccisesbivssahescieuchestesssncodpast a E e a EE EEE ae EEE e RESETS 103 Configuring a Virtual Machine 104 Editing Virtual Machine Configuration eseesessesseseseseseereeresesrseseeteetstssesesteteerstssesestetretstssetestsensesesrerrees 104 General Setting Seimin a a r a r e e aE 105 Boot Onder Setting Ssnan a E E E ethane 107 Startup and Shutdown Settings ie een eorr e ea er E E E A E Sa 109 Optimization Settings resitet E EEE K E E EATA E E E ite day 111 Services Setting Senenin e a E E E E e E E A 113 Shared Folders Settings c stis aiea enoar eae e a e E E E A A a 115 Shared Profile Settings isnie apoa re e e pies arabe E E Ra 117 SmartMount Setin S oeie a A e E ie E A aea 118 SmartGuard Setting Saenen iae a e TE aE EE T S 119 Coherence Seting Sise ne Ea EE EE TE Ia EEE EEE EEEE ATA 121 CPU Settings iiio e a E E KEE EE tase E E E A E 122 Memory Setting ss eera a EER E E IA a E E TE eE 123 Video Setting Sonen o e a a e A EE E AT AE E EE E ERE aS 124 Floppy Setting S enets arere r e Enae AE EER REEE EE REEE EE AE EEE eE E ESS 126 CD ROM Opt on Siere a Sheesh E eee en en ann eee Sd 127 Contents 5 Hard Disk Setting Sinn
51. 1 Resetting virtual machine 82 Resuming virtual machine 83 Running virtual machines 81 Runtime changing configuration at 90 S Screen resolutions 124 Screen shots of guest operating system screen 103 SCSI device adding generic SCSI device 160 generic SCSI device settings 142 removing generic SCSI device 161 Serial port adding serial port 157 managing serial port at runtime 90 removing serial port 161 serial port settings 133 Setting Parallels Desktop preferences 37 Shared folders setting up shared folder 102 shared folders options 115 Shared Folders tool 73 using shared folders 101 viewing in guest OS 103 sharing files 115 Shutting down virtual machine 82 Socket 133 Sound device adding sound device 155 managing sound device at runtime 90 removing sound device 161 sound device settings 139 Starting Virtual Machine 82 Status bar connecting devices in a running Virtual Machine 90 Suspending virtual machines 83 T Technical support 197 Toolbar 33 customizing toolbar 35 Troubleshooting 197 Turning off virtual machine 82 Typical virtual machines 56 61 U Uninstalling Parallels Desktop in Linux primary operating system 29 in Windows primary operating system 29 Updating Parallels Desktop 26 USB device adding USB device 159 managing USB device at runtime 90 removing USB device 161 setting up USB printer 97 USB Settings 141
52. 5 0 Fedora 11 Mandriva 2009 Spring OpenSUSE 11 1 RHEL 5 3 SLES 11 Ubuntu 9 04 64 bit operating systems Windows 7 supported experimentally Windows Vista SP1 SP2 Installing Parallels Desktop 17 Windows XP Pro SP2 Debian 5 0 Fedora 11 Mandriva 2009 Spring OpenSUSE 11 1 RHEL 5 3 SLES 11 Ubuntu 9 04 In Linux operating systems make sure the following software packages are installed kernel development packages Note In RedHat based systems such packages are called kernel lt kernel_version gt devel in Debian based systems linux headers lt kernel_version gt gcc of the version with which the host kernel was compiled 32 bit version of glibc 2 3 6 or later make or gmake the 32 bit version of the alsa plugins pulseaudio package in the Fedora 10 64 bit operating system For 64 bit systems it is also desired to have 32 bit alsa lib installed in RedHat based systems or lib32asound in Debian based systems If you do not have any of the aforementioned packages installed on your Linux based physical computer the Parallels Desktop installer will try to install it automatically Installing Parallels Desktop This section contains complete information about installing Parallels Desktop in any of the supported Windows and Linux operating systems Installing Parallels Desktop 18 Installing Parallels Desktop in Windows Before installing Parallels Desktop on a Windows compu
53. A partition on the hard disk of the host computer that can be used for installing a Windows operating system on it for Mac host computers only Bridged networking Virtual machine network connection mode that enables the virtual machine to appear as any other computer on the network with it own IP address and network name Configuration file A file specifies the virtual machine s hardware configuration the devices it uses and other settings It is created automatically when you create a new virtual machine See also PVS file CPU Stands for central processing unit It is an internal part of the computer See also Processor Disks in the old format Disks of virtual machines that were created in Parallels Desktop 2 5 and earlier or Parallels Workstation 2 2 Disks in the new format Disks of virtual machines that were created or used in Parallels hardware virtualization products starting from version 3 0 Expanding format A virtual hard disk format An expanding virtual hard disk image file resides on your host computer and is small initially Its size grows as you add applications and data to the virtual machine FireWire connection A wired connection that enables a high speed data transmission between computers Guest operating system guest OS An operating system installed inside your virtual machine Glossary 205 Host computer The computer that is used to run virtual machines In case of Parallels Desktop it is your M
54. CD DVD ROM window select the resource for the new CD DVD ROM drive and click Next You can choose between the following options Real Device select this option if you wish to add a real CD DVD ROM drive to your virtual machine Image File select this option if you wish to use an existing image file as a virtual CD DVD ROM drive inside your virtual machine Note Parallels Desktop supports ISO image files and may also support CD DVD disc images in the CUE and CCD formats If you want the device to be connected to the virtual machine automatically at startup select the Connected option If you clear this option the drive will be enabled in the configuration but not connected to the virtual machine You can connect it later when running the virtual machine Your next window will be different depending on what option Real Device or Image File you chose in the previous step If you chose to add a real device select the corresponding device from the list in the Drive Name field Ifyou chose to use an image file type the path to the corresponding file in the Image File field or use the Choose button to locate the file In both cases you should specify the interface type for the CD DVD ROM device or image file IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to four virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives to the virtual machine SCSI Using this interface type you can connect up to 15 virtual devices
55. Configuring Network in Linux When setting up network in Linux you may need to configure the DHCP client to send the virtual machine s ID in DHCP requests For information on how to configure your DHCP client refer to the DHCP client documentation For example in Red Hat Linux guest OSs you need to edit the DHCP client configuration file 1 Open the dhclient conf file and make sure that the following lines are present interface ethO send dhcp client identifier 1 lt MAC address gt 2 If there are no such lines add them manually to the file and save it When the dhclient conf file contains these lines DHCP client sends the virtual machine s ID to the DHCP server The DHCP server sends an IP address in response Tip To locate the dhclient conf file in a terminal enter strings sbin dhclient grep etc grep dhclient conf or rpm ql dhclient Troubleshooting and Limitations 200 Increasing the Virtual Machine Screen Resolution In virtual machines with Linux guest operating systems installed dynamic resolution may not work when increasing the size of the guest OS window or switching to Full Screen mode It happens because by default only 3 MB of video memory are allocated to such virtual machines video cards If you need the virtual machine screen resolution more than 1024x768 go to the Video pane p 124 of Virtual Machine Configuration and increase the amount of video memory available to the virt
56. Convert to Expanding option is selected by default Ifthe hard disk image you selected has snapshots the Merge snapshots option is selected by default You cannot clear this option Note The merging process deletes all the snapshots except the last one Parallels Image Tool needs to merge all the snapshots of the current virtual hard disk before performing any actions with it The information from all the snapshots will be merged to the last one and all the other snapshots will be deleted Parallels Image Tool does not change the snapshots tree in Snapshot Manager so if you attempt to revert to any snapshot of the tree it will be no longer accessible and you can remove it manually Note If the virtual hard disk image file you specified is in the old format it will be automatically converted to the new format You can view the operation progress in the Processing the File window Clicking Cancel terminates the operation After the disk image has been successfully modified the Execution is Completed window appears Click Finish to close Parallels Image Tool Using Parallels Add Ons 188 Changing the Virtual Hard Disk Format If you want to use your virtual machine with an earlier version of Parallels Desktop use Parallels Image Tool to convert its hard disk image file to the old format Image Tool can be also used to convert virtual hard disk image files created with Parallels Workstation 2 2 to the new format supported by Parall
57. In the Introduction window click Next to proceed with the virtual machine creation In the Select Operating System Type and Version window select the operating system you are planning to install inside your virtual machine and click Next In the Virtual Machine Type window select Typical and click Next In the Name and Location window define the name and location for your virtual machine Name Indicate an arbitrary name to be assigned to the virtual machine By default the virtual machine gets the same name as the operating system that is planned to be installed inside this virtual machine If a virtual machine with such a name already exists you will be prompted to indicate another name The name must not exceed 50 characters Location Use the Choose button if you want to change the default location of the virtual machine related files Name and Location Specify the virtual machine name and location Name Windows Vistal Location ments and Settings Administrator My Documents Parallels Choose eai as C j coma Setting Up a Virtual Machine 62 If you click the Advanced button you can set the number of CPUs the amount of RAM and the virtual hard disk capacity to your future virtual machine Click Next After the virtual machine is created in the Prepare to Install Operating System window specify the source of installation files and click Start You can use the following types of installation media
58. Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Upgrading from Parallels Workstation 2 2 to Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux To upgrade from Parallels Workstation 2 2 to Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux you should purchase the Parallels Desktop upgrade from Parallels Online Store http www parallels com en buyonline An upgrade activation key will be sent immediately to the e mail address you provided Before the upgrade you should stop all your running virtual machines and exit Parallels Workstation 2 2 Generally the upgrading procedure for Parallels Desktop is the same as for its installation See Installing Parallels Desktop p 17 You do not have to remove Parallels Workstation 2 2 before the upgrade the installer will remove it automatically before installing Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux Using an Upgrade Activation Key After you have installed Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux you should activate it with an upgrade activation key To launch the activation process choose Activate Product from the Help menu and enter your upgrade activation key and the required information in the Activate Product dialog If you purchased your upgrade activation key for Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux you may need to confirm that you have a valid permanent key for Parallels Workstation 2 2 If you activated Parallels Workstation 2 2 with a permanent key you will need to enter the upgrade key only If you activat
59. Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu Make sure that the configuration includes a parallel port If necessary add it See Adding a Parallel Port p 158 In the Parallel Port pane make sure that the Enabled option is selected Select Connected if you want the printer to be automatically connected on the virtual machine startup Select the Printer option You can choose a specific printer from the printers list or use the Default printer option if you want to use the default printer set in the primary OS Click OK to close Virtual Machine Configuration Start the virtual machine In a Windows guest OS if you have Parallels Tools installed p 75 the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer is automatically connected to your virtual machine and you can use it at once In a Linux guest OS or if you do not have Parallels Tools installed in your Windows guest OS no matter what type of printer you have install the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer driver and then follow the procedure of adding a printer in a guest OS described bellow Warning Do not install the driver from the installation CD supplied with your printer in the virtual machine Adding a printer in a Windows guest operating system To add a printer in a Windows guest OS 1 Start the Windows virtual machine and log in as administrator Open the Windows Start menu select Control Panel In the Control Panel windo
60. PAY Floppy Cisk CD DVD ROM 1 O Herd Oisk 1 Use borders This option is selected by default It determines whether the guest OS applications windows will have the colored borders when you work in the Coherence mode p 88 or not Color The border color of the guest OS applications windows If you want to change the color go to the General pane p 105 and choose any from the available palette Note Select different colors for different virtual machines or you may confuse the guest OSs applications windows if you switch two or more virtual machines to the Coherence mode Configuring a Virtual Machine 122 CPU Settings You can view and configure the virtual machine s CPU settings on the CPU pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Note These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP aa xi SmartMount ae Number of CPUs fi gt Hardware virtualization Intel VT x System flags F Floppy Cesk cp ovD ROm 1 O Herd Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Q Network Adapter 1 Ge Parallel Port P sound C USB Controller i A greater number of CPUs may improve your virtual machine performance The number of virtual CPUs cannot exceed the number of physical CPUs VV Show advanced settings x Cancel This pane allows you to configure the number of virtual CPUs that will be used to handle the processes running in the virtual machine To
61. S When the guest OS boots up connect the USB device by clicking the USB Controller icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choosing your USB device name from the list Working in a Virtual Machine 100 Using Safe Mode If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working session you can start this virtual machine in Safe Mode To be able to start the virtual machine ip in Safe Mode you need to add the Safe Mode button to the Parallels Desktop toolbar first To this effect 1 Right click the toolbar in the virtual machine s window and choose Customize Toolbar p 35 O 2 Drag the Safe Mode button to the toolbar and click Done ae When you have added the Safe Mode button to the toolbar you can use this button for starting the virtual machine in Safe Mode When you shut down a virtual machine operating in Safe Mode you will be asked whether you want to discard the changes made to the virtual machine s hard disk or to apply them If you choose to discard the changes the virtual machine s hard disk will be left intact and no changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode will be saved If you choose to apply the changes the virtual hard disk will keep all the changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode After applying the changes the virtual machine will not be able to return to the state it had before you started this virtual machine in Safe Mode If you want
62. S PVM bundles are stored in the C Documents and Settings lt Username gt My Documents Parallels folder In the Linux primary OS they are stored in the lt username gt parallels directory Parallels Image Tool is installed automatically during the Parallels Desktop installation To start Parallels Image Tool in the Windows primary OS From the Windows Start menu choose Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Desktop gt Parallels Image Tool To start Parallels Image Tool in the Linux primary OS From the Applications menu choose System Tools gt Parallels Image Tool Using Parallels Add Ons 186 Increasing the Virtual Hard Disk Capacity If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine s hard disk does not fit your needs anymore you can increase it using Parallels Image Tool To increase the capacity of the virtual hard disk 1 Start Parallels Image Tool In the Introduction window click Continue Specify the source virtual disk image file with the hdd extension in the Source Virtual Disk window You may type the path and file name or use the Choose button to locate the file The virtual hard disk image file can be found inside the virtual machine s PVM bundle PVM bundles are stored by default inthe lt Username gt Documents Parallels folder in Mac OS X in the C Documents and Settings lt Username gt My Documents Parallels folder in the Windows primary OS inthe lt username gt paralle
63. To uninstall Parallels Desktop in a Linux primary operating system you need the root privileges To uninstall Parallels Desktop in Linux 1 Launch a terminal 2 To gain the root privileges enter the following command su Enter the password for the root account when prompted 3 Locate the parallels desktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx run file that you used during the Parallels Desktop installation and issue the next command sh parallels desktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx run The Parallels Desktop Installation wizard starts In the welcome screen click Next In the Upgrade Components screen click the Remove button When the uninstallation is completed the Parallels Desktop Uninstalation completed screen appears Click the Exit button to close the wizard 30 CHAPTER 4 Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop This chapter provides basic information about how to work with Parallels Desktop In This Chapter Starting Parallels Desktops itun he dein edt acetal etn eden ths eh et 30 Intertace Basics si si cette OE ia ie See one einen eee 31 Setting Parallels Desktop Preferences 0 i cecceeceseceseceseeeseeeseecsaecsaecaeceaeceseeeseeeeeseeeseeeeees 37 Starting Parallels Desktop To start Parallels Desktop in Windows From the Windows Start menu choose Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Desktop gt Parallels Desktop You can also start Parallels Desktop by double clicking its icon on the desktop To start Parallels Desk
64. USB 1 1 devices to the virtual machine El Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Bs xi No USE devices are connected E Floppy Otek cp ovo rom1 O Herd Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network Adapter 1 G Parallel Port 1 E sound ale F stow edad tins Ca a Enabled Select this option to allow using USB devices in the virtual machine If you want to temporarily disable USB operations without deleting the USB controller from the virtual machine configuration clear this option If the USB controller is disabled such USB devices as keyboard mouse microphone will still be available to the virtual machine with other emulated subsystems such as sound keyboard or mouse emulation etc Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Configuring a Virtual Machine 142 Generic SCSI Device Settings To view and edit the settings of a generic SCSI device used by the virtual machine use the Generic SCSI pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog EI Virtual Machine Configuration Windows Vista Y Options General Boot Order Startup and Shutdown Optimization Features SCSI devie Hewlett Packard DAT72 drive Hardware Locations 5SCS 0 0 X Description g ou f Memory s Video F Floppy Disk OOR O Hard Disk 1 Gonerk SCSI 1 Select the Enabled option to enable this SCSI device in the virtual machine If you want to tempor
65. ab of the application Preferences If you start one more virtual machine this may significantly slow down all your virtual machines To solve this problem you can stop one or several of your running virtual machines or edit your virtual machines configurations to make them consume less memory or edit the application memory preferences to allocate more memory to your virtual machines Troubleshooting and Limitations 201 Problems With Antivirus Software Because of the close integration with the host operating system some actions performed by the Parallels Desktop processes may be detected as malicious by the antivirus software installed on the host computer However such actions are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of Parallels Desktop That is why you should prevent the antivirus software from blocking them If you do not want the alerts to appear in future perform a full system scan using the antivirus software and add these processes to the list of trusted ones if no viruses are detected To find out how to do it refer to your antivirus software Help Note The names of Parallels Desktop processes usually start with prl or parallels Troubleshooting and Limitations 202 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS After upgrading to Parallels Desktop 4 or 5 the X Server may fail to start in Linux virtual machines To fix the problem you need to install Parallels Tools in text
66. ac In case of Parallels Desktop it is the Windows or Linux physical computer where Parallels Desktop is installed In the Parallels Transporter documentation this term may define the computer that hosts the result of migration Hot key A user defined key or combination of keys that provides quick access to applications and commands See also Shortcut HDD file During the creation the virtual machine acquires a virtual hard disk file with the hdd extension See also virtual hard disk file Host only networking Virtual machine network connection mode that creates a private network between the host computer and its virtual machines which makes the virtual machines available from the host computer only ISO Image A special file that contains the entire contents of a CD or DVD disc commonly used to install an operating system Image file A single file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage medium or device such as a hard disk drive CD or DVD IP address A unique address that is assigned to a physical computer or a virtual machine that participates in computer networking Linux computer A physical computer that has a Linux operating system installed Merged disk A split disk whose parts were merged into a single disk Migration The process of transferring data from a physical computer or a third party virtual machine into a Parallels virtual machine or virtual disk OS An operating system Para
67. achine 124 Video Settings To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine s video card use the Video pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Note These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 125 In the Video memory field you can set the amount of video memory that will be available to the virtual machine You can specify any value from 2 to 256 MB however we recommend that you choose the value from the range given in the Recommended size field below the slider This will provide the most optimal performance for your virtual machine and the physical computer where this virtual machine is hosted The Maximum screen resolution field shows the maximum screen resolution that will be supported in the virtual machine with the specified amount of video memory To configure the video memory limit do one of the following drag the slider use the spin box arrows type the value directly into the Video memory field Adjusting Host Computer Screen Resolution to Virtual Machine Screen Resolution in Full Screen Mode When you switch the virtual machine to the Full Screen mode p 86 its screen resolution changes to the physical computer screen resolution if you have Parallels Tools installed Note If dynamic resolution does not work when switching to Full Screen mode in virtual machin
68. acity field and define its format You can choose one of the following formats for the disk Expanding or Plain If you want the virtual hard disk to be splitted select the Split the hard disk image into 2 GB files option For more information on hard disk formats refer to Support of Virtual and Real Disks p 131 Configuring a Virtual Machine 146 IT Split the disk image into 2 GB files You may need this For use with older file systems that do not support Files over 2 G8 or for backing up to DYDs A disk of this type ts very small intially and can grow up to the specified size as you use R Creating an expanding disk can help you save space on your physical disk A disk of this type is allocated the full amount of disk space at the moment of ts ton You need to have enough free space on your physical disk to create a Configuring a Virtual Machine 147 When you are ready click Next 6 Inthe next window you can configure the location of the hard disk image file and specify its interface type You can choose one of the following interface types for the disk If you select the IDE option you will be able to define the IDE device identifier in the Location list If you select the SCSI option you will be able to select the SCSI device identifier in the Location list Note The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself FT Add Hardware Wizard i Ed x Add Hard
69. ain period of time After you activate your copy of Parallels Desktop you can run virtual machines install operating systems and various applications in them Activating Your Copy of Parallels Desktop To activate Parallels Desktop 1 Choose Activate Product from the Help menu 2 Inthe Activate Product dialog specify your name and your company name in the Name and Organization fields optional and type the activation key into the Product Key field To get a trial activation key click the free trial activation key link To buy a permanent activation key click purchase a permanent activation key EI Activate Product Organization aniony JT This copy of Parallels Desktop is not activated You can find the activation key in the product box from a retal store or in the e mal confirming your online purchase IF you dont have a valid activation key purchase a permanent activation key or get a free trial activation key to activate the copy Click OK when finished Now that your copy of Parallels Desktop is activated you can create virtual machines install operating systems in them and work with the virtual machines applications side by side with the applications of your primary OS Installing Parallels Desktop 23 Registering Parallels Desktop After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent activation key you will be asked to register it We strongly recommend you to registe
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71. alled in the virtual machine IEI Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 114 Mouse and Keyboard Synchronization Select the Automatically capture and release the mouse pointer option to facilitate the process of switching the keyboard and mouse input between the virtual machine and physical computer With this option enabled Parallels Desktop automatically grabs input from the keyboard and mouse and directs it to the virtual machine Clipboard Synchronization Select the Share Clipboard option to allow sharing your clipboard between the virtual machines or the virtual machine and the physical computer With this option enabled you can copy and paste text and files from the physical computer to the virtual machine and vice versa as well as copy and paste texts and files between the Parallels virtual machines Note This option is available for Windows guest operating systems only For more details see the Parallels Tools Overview section p 73 Time Synchronization Select the Synchronize time with the host computer option to synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with those of the physical computer You can specify the frequency of time synchronization checks in the Synchronize every field If the time zone set in your virtual machine differs from that of the physical computer you can maintain this time difference by selecting the Allow a different time than the host co
72. also define the device position in the Location list or accept the position offered by Add Hardware Wizard Note The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself You may also type a brief description of the added device in the Description field Add Generic SCSI Specify device which you want to add as ganeri suk atone const _ Configuring a Virtual Machine 161 When you are ready click the Add Device button to add a generic SCSI device to your virtual machine Removing Devices Most virtual machine devices can be removed from the virtual machine configuration except for the main memory CPU and video memory Note You can disable any device except for the memory without removing it from the virtual machine configuration To this effect clear the Enabled option on the corresponding device s pane in Virtual Machine Configuration To remove a device 1 Open the virtual machine the virtual device of which you wish to remove Make sure that the virtual machine is stopped 2 Open Virtual Machine Configuration by choosing Edit Configuration from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Select the device you wish to remove and click the Remove button I in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Note If you accidentally click the Remove button i click Cancel in Virtual Machine Configuration Once you click OK the device will be removed Co
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74. arallels Image Tool Before applying any changes to the virtual hard disk Parallels Image Tool merges and deletes all the snapshots except for the last one Unlike merging the snapshots in Snapshot Manager the results of merging process via Parallels Image Tool are not reflected in the snapshots tree and the icons of already deleted snapshots are still present in the tree 185 CHAPTER 9 Using Parallels Add Ons This chapter provides information on how and when you can use Parallels Transporter Parallels Compressor and Parallels Image Tool In This Chapter Using Parallels Image VO schcisisecatibsscds sissieestesssbeched iaeguehs saebentasateeugbaatea vatbeseeeseiesdeyonedagerss 185 Using Parallels Transporter s s sseseuecshdsthessdessts ioravt iicegede i E 189 Using Parallels Compressor sises sive eedectisehisivi ie see sist idee ee T E GEEET SEa 193 Using Parallels Image Tool Virtual machines use virtual hard disks that are actually hard disk image files After using your virtual machine for some time you may find that your virtual machine hard disk does not fit your needs anymore and you want to increase its capacity reduce its size or change its type and properties Parallels designed a special utility for increasing the virtual hard disk capacity and managing its properties Parallels Image Tool Note The virtual hard disk image file can be found inside the virtual machine s PVM bundle In the Windows primary O
75. arily disable the device clear this option The SCSI device list displays the SCSI devices available in the hardware configuration of the host computer You may change the device connected to the virtual machine s SCSI device by choosing it from the list You may add a brief description of the device in the Description field Note If you start the virtual machine with the SCSI device disabled you cannot change this option when the virtual machine is running For the instructions on adding generic SCSI devices to virtual machines see Adding a Generic SCSI Device p 160 Configuring a Virtual Machine 143 Adding and Removing Devices Adding new devices to the virtual machine configuration is easier than connecting new devices to a real computer Removing or disconnecting devices is also easy The following virtual devices can be added to the configuration or removed from it virtual hard disk drive p 145 CD DVD ROM drive p 150 floppy disk drive p 152 network adapter p 153 video adapter sound device p 155 serial port p 157 parallel port p 158 USB controller p 159 generic SCSI p 160 Any of the aforementioned devices can be added to the corresponding virtual machine only when it is stopped Configuring a Virtual Machine 144 Add Hardware Wizard You can add new devices to your virtual machines using Add Hardware Wizard The wizard allows you to add only one device at a time Note To be able
76. aunch taskbar ee E 7 In the Ready to Install the Program window click Install to start the Parallels Desktop installation or click Back to return to the previous steps 8 Youcan see the installation progress shown in the Installing Parallels Desktop window When Parallels Desktop is installed the Setup Wizard Completed window appears Click Finish to exit the installer Installing Parallels Desktop 20 Installing Parallels Desktop in Linux Before installing Parallels Desktop on a Linux computer make sure that the packages and libraries listed in the system requirements p 16 for Linux primary OSs are installed in your system Note You must have the root privileges to be able to install Parallels Desktop in a Linux operating system To install Parallels Desktop in Linux you will need a RUN installation package The RUN package is available in the Parallels Desktop installation package that can be downloaded from the Parallels website on the Parallels Desktop installation disc included in the boxed version of Parallels Desktop To install Parallels Desktop in Linux 1 Double click the Parallels Desktop RUN package This will open a terminal and start the installation 2 Parallels Desktop will connect to the Parallels update server and check for available updates If there is a newer version of Parallels Desktop available you will be offered to install the most recent version of Parallels Desktop If you do not
77. boot device is available In this case you should stop the virtual machine and configure at least one boot device for it Configuring a Virtual Machine 109 Startup and Shutdown Settings The Startup and Shutdown pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 110 In this pane you can configure the following parameters The Startup view mode option defines the mode in which the virtual machine will work after you select it from the Parallels Desktop sidebar and start If the Window or Full Screen or Coherence option is selected the virtual machine will automatically switch to the specified view mode p 86 If the Same as last time option is selected the virtual machine will start in the same mode that was applied to it before it was turned off If you select the Start in a separate window option the virtual machine window will be detached from the Parallels Desktop window at the startup If you select the Close separate window on stop suspend option the virtual machine window will be returned to the Parallels Desktop window after stopping or suspending The On application start option defines the operation to be performed on this virtual machine when you start Parallels Desktop Select Start Resume if you want your virtual machine to start automatically ev
78. ce is plugged into the host computer by choosing one of these options Connect it to the computer If you select this option the USB device plugged into the host computer will be connected to the primary OS Connect it to the active virtual machine If you select this option the USB device plugged into the host computer will be automatically connected to the virtual machine that is currently running on the host computer When no virtual machine is running the USB device will be connected to the primary OS Ask me what to do If you select this option you will be prompted to choose how to connect the USB device each time a new USB device is plugged into the host computer Permanent Assignments You can also set permanent assignments for certain USB devices These assignments are displayed in the Permanent assignments list To add a new assignment 1 Click the Add button below the Permanent assignments list Click the device field in the USB Device column to choose a USB device from the list 3 In the Connect To column double click the destination field to open the list of available destinations and choose the virtual machine you want to connect this device to If you want to connect this USB device to the primary OS choose Computer Note To be able to use the USB device in a virtual machine you may need to install the necessary drivers in its guest OS By default such drivers can be obtained from the manufacturers of this
79. cerned about security you have problems with working in the Bridged Ethernet mode To configure your virtual machine to use Shared Networking 1 2 4 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Virtual Machine gt Configure Select Network Adapter in the Hardware list On the Network Adapter pane make sure that the Enabled Connected and Shared Networking options are selected Note In the MAC Address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC Address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network Click OK For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Configuring a Virtual Machine 165 Bridged Ethernet Networking When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode your virtual machine appears on the network as a stand alone computer with its own IP address and network name Note The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex than the Shared Networking mode p 163 and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure it properly Internet IP of virtual machine A IP of virtual machine B Physica
80. chine 171 208 Devices adding devices to virtual machine 143 boot sequence 107 configuring devices in virtual machine 104 connecting and disconnecting devices at runtime 90 DHCP server 166 Disconnecting devices at runtime 90 E Editing virtual machine configuration 104 Enlarging virtual hard disks 186 Expanding disks 131 187 F Files screenshot files 103 sharing files 115 Floppy disk drive adding floppy disk drive 152 floppy disks and floppy disk images supported 131 floppy settings 126 managing floppy disk drive at runtime 90 removing floppy disk drive 161 FreeBSD setting up printer in FreeBSD 95 G General preferences 38 Getting support 197 Guest operating system definition 8 H Hard disk adding hard disk 145 initializing newly added hard disk 148 changing hard disk format 188 hard disk settings 129 increasing hard disk capacity 186 managing hard disk properties 187 reducing hard disk size 189 195 sharing host computer s hard disks with virtual machine 115 types of hard disks 131 Host only networking 166 Hot keys 85 Image Tool 185 Increasing virtual hard disk capacity 186 Installing Parallels Desktop 17 installing Parallels Desktop in Linux 20 Installing Parallels Tools in guest OSs 72 K Keyboard capturing 85 releasing 85 shortcuts 85 L Linux installing Parallels Desktop in Linux 20 installing Parall
81. cide whether you want to participate in it or not Click Next when finished ie Parallels Desktop InstallShield Wizard Customer Experience Program Paratets Would you like to participate in our Customer Experience w ooo us improve this product by participating in our Customer Experience Program f you choose to participate Parallets wil automaticaly start to collect anonymous information your hardware Contiguration and the way you use this product Using this information aralicis can learn how to improve the product and the features you use more offen araleis wil not collect arry personal data ike your name address phone number or eyboard ngut The program is voluntary and aims at making the product better ft your needs esd more about the Customer Experience Program st zi C Yes I want to partkipate Learn Cenex hae __tesen mere 6 In the Destination Folder window specify the folder where Parallels Desktop will be installed and click Next If you do not want to install to the default folder click the Change button to specify another one Note Parallels Desktop must be installed on the boot volume i Parallels Desktop Setup Wizard Destination Folder Paratiets Click Next to install to this folder or click Change to i g Install Parallels Desktop to F Program Files Parallels Parallels Desktop Change FV Add application icon on desktop I Add application icon on Quick l
82. ck Finish to close Parallels Image Tool Using Parallels Add Ons 189 Reducing the Virtual Hard Disk Size With Parallels Image Tool you can manage the properties of your virtual machine hard disk If you have an expanding virtual hard disk and need to reduce its size by removing unused space on the disk you can compact it Note A plain virtual hard disk cannot be compacted To reduce the virtual hard disks size 1 Start Parallels Image Tool In the Introduction window click Continue Specify the source virtual disk image file with the hdd extension in the Source Virtual Disk window You may type the path and file name or use the Choose button to locate the file The virtual hard disk image file can be found inside the virtual machine s PVM bundle PVM bundles are stored by default inthe lt Username gt Documents Parallels folder in Mac OS X in the C Documents and Settings lt Username gt My Documents Parallels folder in the Windows primary OS inthe lt username gt parallels directory in the Linux primary OS Note The virtual machine using this virtual hard disk should be stopped before proceeding 4 Select the Compact the disk option in the Select Action window and click Start Note If the virtual hard disk has one or several snapshots Parallels Image Tool needs to merge them before performing the required action with the disk The information from all snapshots will be merged to the last one and all
83. cnaeenaeenaeens 82 Using Keyboard and MOUSE iesieta abe sit nace alioait em E Teana 85 Changing th View Mod n irienner ana ae aea a e e i Tea a Nn 86 Changing Configuration at Runtime esesseseeeeeeeeerssreesesresresrtsserrtsstsrtesrentesteseesresseeresseeseeset 90 Usina DeVices recess isee ee EEE EESE E a EE EE E EE N EE eSa it 92 Using Safe Mod xi esccssstcit tits fice uann an en a a a a 100 Using Shared Foldets oiii ue Aa rae E dows a E EE Saan S EET 101 Making Guest OS Screenshots roe irens denne ao Aang EEE E ae aiaia 103 Working in a Virtual Machine 82 Performing Main Operations on the Virtual Machine Starting Your Virtual Machine and Shutting It Down Starting the Virtual Machine To start the virtual machine select it in the Parallels Desktop sidebar and click the Start button on the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Start from the Virtual Machine menu After starting the virtual machine it will boot into the guest operating system installed in this virtual machine If no guest operating system is installed in the virtual machine you will see the following message No boot device is available Notes 1 The virtual machine can be powered on only if you activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with permanent or trial activation key See the Activating Parallels Desktop section p 22 in Parallels Desktop User s Guide 2 It is not recommended that you start your virtual machines from an external st
84. config pvs Select the Add a Specific virtual machine option and type the path in the File field or click the Choose button and navigate to the necessary file Click Add and go to Step 5 You can find all virtual machines in a specific folder Select the Search for virtual machines in this folder option type the path to the the necessary folder in the Start from field or click the Choose button and navigate to it Click Search ET Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard te x Select a Virtual Machine Choose F you want to add a specific virtual machine or search a folder For all virtual machines that can be added Add a specific virtual machine Fe Cheese C Search for virtual machines in this Folder s Setting Up a Virtual Machine 69 4 If you chose Search for virtual machines in this folder in the next window the wizard displays all the virtual machines found in the specified folder that are not registered in Parallels Desktop Select the virtual machines you want to add If you want to select all items at a time click the Select All button displayed below the list If you want to clear all items at a time click the Clear All button displayed below the list Review the selection and click Add Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard Select Virtual Machines When the search is complete select one or more virtual machines to add and click Add 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard Setting Up a Vir
85. ct this option to connect a printer using the virtual machine s parallel port If you want the device to be connected to the virtual machine automatically at startup select the Connected option If you clear this option the drive will be enabled in the configuration but not connected to the virtual machine You can connect it later when running the virtual machine In the next window specify the resource properties Ifyou chose the Real Port option on the previous step you should choose the appropriate parallel port name in the Parallel Port list If you chose the Output File option on the previous step you should set the path to the corresponding file in the Output File field You can leave the file offered by Add Hardware Wizard or specify another one by using the Choose button or manually typing the full path to it in the field provided If you chose the Printer option on the previous step you should choose the appropriate printer name in the Printer list Click the Add Device button to add a new parallel port to your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 159 Adding a USB Controller You can add a USB controller to your virtual machine USB controllers installed inside your virtual machines allow USB devices plugged into the USB drives of your physical computer to be automatically connected to the corresponding virtual machines Note A virtual machine can have only one USB controller If you removed it for any r
86. d in it The table below presents the existing formatting conventions Formatting convention Special Bold Italics Monospace Preformatted Monospace Bold Key Key Type of Information Items you must select such as menu options command buttons or items in a list Titles of chapters sections and subsections Used to emphasize the importance of a point to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder which is to be replaced with a real name or value The names of commands files and directories On screen computer output in your command line sessions source code in XML C or other programming languages What you type as contrasted with on screen computer output Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another Example Go to the Resources tab Read the Basic Administration chapter These are the so called EZ templates To destroy a Container type vzctl destroy ctid Use vzactl Container start to start a Saved parameters for Container LOT rpm V virtuozzo release Ctrl P Alt F4 Besides the formatting conventions you should also know about the document organization convention applied to Parallels documents chapters in all guides are divided into sections which in their turn are subdivided into subsections For example About This Guide is a section and Documentation Conventions is a subsection Introduc
87. dating is complete restart your virtual machine Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 Removing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from the operating system installed in your virtual machine Removing from a Windows guest OS 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS 2 From the Windows Start menu choose Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs In Windows Vista choose Control Panel gt Programs and Features Select Parallels Tools in the list and click Remove 4 When Parallels Tools are removed restart the guest operating system Removing from a Linux guest OS 1 Start the virtual machine 2 To remove Parallels Tools you should connect and mount the prl tools lin iso image and launch Parallels Tools Installer See Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS p 77 for detailed information how you can do it 3 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions When prompted to choose the action to perform select Remove and press Enter 4 When Parallels Tools are successfully removed press Enter to close the window Downloading Virtual Machines If you do not have enough time to create a new virtual machine with the required configuration you can download a ready to use virtual machine with a predefined configuration Besides the basic configuration pre built virtual machines also may have a set of applications installed in the guest OS
88. device 4 Click OK to apply the changes Note You can connect up to eight USB 2 0 devices and up to eight USB 1 1 devices to each virtual machine You can change an assignment by editing the device and destination in the USB Device and Connect To fields To remove an existing assignment select it in the Permanent assignments list and click the Remove button For more information about using USB devices in a virtual machine refer to Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine p 98 Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 48 Update Preferences In the Update pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can set preferences for the frequency of update checks Note The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of the physical computer Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 49 The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software By default Parallels Desktop is set to automatically check for available updates once a week provided that the Parallels Desktop application is launched and your physical computer is connected to the Internet You can specify another interval for updates checking by selecting the necessary value in the Check for updates list The following options are available Once a day Sel
89. e The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard pane p 40 of the Preferences dialog To return to the Window mode press the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Alt Enter by default Detaching the Console Pane In this version of Parallels Desktop you can detach the Console pane of your running virtual machine from the Parallels Desktop window and work with it in a separate window To detach the Console pane do one of the following Choose Detach Console from the View menu Click the Detach Console button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Note If this button is missing from the toolbar you can add it by customizing the toolbar p 35 If you want the Console pane to join the virtual machine window again do one of the following choose Attach Console from the View menu Working in a Virtual Machine 87 click the Attach Console button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar close the separate Console window Locking the guest OS screen resolution The virtual machine screen resolution can be changed in the following situations When you adjust the guest OS display settings When you resize the virtual machine window this feature works only when Parallels Tools p 72 are installed in your virtual machine When you run an application that automatically changes the screen resolution of your guest OS This behaviour of the virtual machine window can be irritating To freeze the virtual
90. e The only exception is serial parallel port log files If such files are used by the original virtual machine Parallels Desktop creates a new set of empty log files for the clone If the original virtual machine has a snapshot tree the virtual machine clone will have the same structure of snapshots If a network adapter was enabled in the original configuration Parallels Desktop generates a new Mac address for the clone You can also make a clone of a clone and give it a unique name The resulting clone will have the same configuration and the same devices connected as the initial clone Unlike snapshots p 180 a virtual machines and its clones are used separatly and there is no any connection between them after the clones creation If you need to delete an initial virtual machine from which you have made clones you can do it without any threat to the clones Before cloning a virtual machine make sure that the virtual machine is turned off If the virtual machine is running the Clone option in the File menu is disabled To make a clone of a virtual machine Open the virtual machine you want to clone 2 From the File menu select Clone or right click the virtual machine name in the virtual machines list and select Clone in the context menu The Clone Virtual Machine Wizard window appears If you do not want the Introduction window to appear in future select Always skip introduction Click Next 3 In the Name and Location windo
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92. e it is being used by the virtual machine If you want to use the USB device in the primary operating system again just disconnect it from the virtual machine Connecting a Shared Folder The Shared Folders options available at runtime are much alike the settings in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog You can share the host computer disks or Home Folder only with the guest operating system share the guest operating system disks with the primary OS add a new shared folder You can connect or disconnect all shared folders at a time by clicking the device icon on the status bar p 36 and choosing Connect All or Disconnect All from the device shortcut menu or by choosing the corresponding commands from the Parallels Desktop Devices menu Working in a Virtual Machine Using Devices Setting up a Printer in a Virtual Machine There are four basic ways to set up printing in a virtual machine You can share a host computer s printer p 93 use a network printer p 95 set up printing via LPT port of the physical computer p 97 set up a USB printer p 97 92 Working in a Virtual Machine 93 Sharing a Host Computer s Printer You can share any printer connected to the physical computer with your Windows or Linux virtual machine The printer will be available through the virtual machine s parallel port To share the physical computer s printer 1 2 Launch Parallels Desktop and open the virtual machine
93. e of working with a virtual machine that enables you to use your guest OS applications side by side with the host OS applications When you switch a running virtual machine with one or more running applications to the Coherence mode you will see the guest OS applications windows on your host OS desktop along with the host OS applications windows Switching to the Coherence Mode Only a running virtual machine with Parallels Tools p 72 installed can be switched to the Coherence mode To switch to the Coherence mode do one of the following click the icon on the toolbar choose Coherence from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination Shift Ctrl Alt by default Note The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard pane p 40 of the Preferences dialog To switch the virtual machine from Coherence to another mode do one of the following double click the Parallels Desktop tray icon and choose the Window or Full Screen option from the View menu use the appropriate hot key combination Shift Ctrl Alt by default Using Windows Guest OS Start Menu When working in the Coherence mode you may need to access the guest OS Start menu To this effect do the following 1 Point the mouse to the host OS Start menu and the sign of the guest OS Start menu will pop up above 2 Click this sign and the guest OS Start menu will open Distinguishing Guest OS Applications Windows From Host OS App
94. e startup Configuring a Virtual Machine 156 Add Sound Specify which real sound input and output devices the virtual machine must use mou When you are ready click the Add Device button to add a new sound device to your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 157 Adding a Serial Port You can add to your virtual machine a serial port that will be connected to a real port on your physical computer a socket or an output file Note A virtual machine can have up to four serial ports To add a serial port to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Serial Port and click Next To add a serial port that will have a typical configuration click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will add a typical serial port ready for use In the Add Serial Port window specify the resource to be used for the serial port emulation and click Next You can choose one of the following resources Real Port Select this option to connect the virtual machine s serial port to the serial port of the physical computer You will be able to choose the serial port in the next window Output File Select this option to connect the virtual machine s serial port to an output file You will be able to
95. e virtual machine The length of the name is limited to 50 characters The name of the virtual machine is displayed on its main window and guest OS window OS Type This field displays the type of the operating system installed in the virtual machine or declared to be installed in future OS Version This field displays the version of the operating system installed in the virtual machine or declared to be installed in future Note The OS type and version fields should reflect the real operating system type and version installed in the virtual machine Description This field displays additional information related to the virtual machine Color Choose any color you like from the available palette The selected color will help you to distinguish the windows of the guest OS applications from the windows of the host OS applications when working in the Coherence mode p 88 Note Select different colors for different virtual machines or you may confuse the guest OSs applications windows if you switch two or more virtual machines to the Coherence mode Using the host computer s SMBIOS data Some applications may require the computer hardware characteristics The host computer BIOS saves this information in the SMBIOS tables These tables can be easily reached and processed by different applications You can copy the SMBIOS tables from your primary OS to your guest OS by choosing the Use the host computer s SMBIOS data option Disabl
96. e your own one in the File field You can also use the Choose button to locate the necessary file Configuring a Virtual Machine 135 Network Adapter Settings The Network Adapter pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to manage the virtual machine s network settings Configuring a Virtual Machine 136 Enabled Select this option if you want to enable this network adapter in the virtual machine If you want to temporarily disable the network adapter without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration clear the Enabled check box Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Connected Select this option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected You can choose one of the following types of networking for the virtual machine network adapter Shared Networking Select this option to enable the Network Address Translation NAT feature for the virtual machine In this case your virtual machine will share whatever network connection is currently used by the host computer See Shared Networking p 163 to learn how to configure this type of networking Bridged Ethernet Select this option to allow the virtual machine to access the local network and Internet through one of the network adapters installed on the host computer In this case the virtual machine is treated as a stand alone computer on the network and should be
97. eason you can add it back to the configuration To add a USB controller to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard 3 Inthe Select Device window select USB Controller and click Add Device Configuring a Virtual Machine 160 Adding a Generic SCSI Device If the host computer s hardware includes any SCSI device except for SCSI hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives you can add to your virtual machine a generic SCSI device Note 1 A virtual machine can have up to four IDE devices and 15 SCSI devices 2 Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 7 and 5 3 guest OSs do not support SCSI controller To add a generic SCSI device to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Generic SCSI and click Next To add a generic SCSI device that will have a typical configuration choose the Generic SCSI icon and click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will create a typical SCSI device ready for use In the Add Generic SCSI window choose the SCSI device you want to add to your virtual machine from the SCSI Device list You can
98. eate configurations other than the typical ones In this mode the user is prompted to specify such options for the basic hardware as the amount of RAM the size and format of a virtual hard disk and networking parameters Additional devices can be added later using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 104 After New Virtual Machine Wizard creates a virtual machine configuration it starts installing the guest OS if such an option was selected For more information on this installation mode see Custom Installation Mode p 63 Default Folders for Virtual Machines By default Parallels Desktop is configured to create a new virtual machine folder in the home folder of the user who created it In Windows XP C Documents and Settings lt User_Name gt My Documents Parallels in Windows Vista C Users lt User_Name gt My Documents Parallels In Linux lt User_Name gt Parallels Where lt User_Name gt stands for the user s home folder Setting Up a Virtual Machine 57 However you can select another folder that will be used as the default folder for your virtual machines To specify another default destination for saving virtual machines do the following 1 Choose Preferences from the File menu 2 Inthe Preferences window click the General tab and specify the default destination for new virtual machines in the Default folder for virtual machines field Note You can also specify a folder for a virtual machine d
99. ect this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every day Once a week Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every week Once a month Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every month Checking for new updates may take some time and if you do not want to have the process window on the top of your Desktop you can hide it to the background To do that enable the Check in background option Select the Download updates automatically option if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog You can also manually check for available updates at any time you want by clicking the Check Now button If any updates are available for you version of Parallels Desktop you will see them in the Download dialog Choose the updates you want to install and click the Download button If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date you will see the corresponding message Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 50 Feedback Preferences Using the Feedback pane you can join the Parallels Customer Experience Program EI Preferences improve Parallels Workstation by participating in our Customer Experience Program Your participation helps
100. ed Select the instalistion files source to install the operating system in this virtual machine Real CD DVD ROM Drive Orive Oefauk CD OVD ROM C CD DVD Image Setting Up a Virtual Machine 60 7 After you click Start New Virtual Machine Wizard will automatically start the new virtual machine and install the guest operating system in it After the guest OS has been successfully installed Parallels Desktop installs Parallels Tools During the unattended installation Parallels Desktop creates an administrator account with a blank password When the guest OS installation is complete we recommend that you change the password in order to protect the safety of your data To change the administrator password in Windows Vista 1 Click the Start menu then select Control Panel gt User Accounts and Family Safety gt Change your Windows password To change the administrator password in Windows XP Professional Edition 1 Click the Start menu then select Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management 2 In the Computer Management window open System Tools gt Local Users and Groups gt Users Right click the Administrator account and choose Set Password from the context menu Setting Up a Virtual Machine 61 Typical Installation Mode To create a typical virtual machine 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Wizard by choosing New Virtual Machine from the File menu
101. ed Parallels Workstation 2 2 with a trial activation key you will be prompted to enter both keys the upgrade key for Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux and the key you used with Parallels Workstation 2 2 If you purchased Parallels Workstation 2 2 but have not installed it on your physical computer you will need to install only Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux and activate it using two keys the upgrade activation key and a permanent key for Parallels Workstation 2 2 Converting Your Virtual Machines to the New Format Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux uses a new format of virtual machines When you start a virtual machine created in Parallels Workstation 2 2 you will be asked to convert it to the new format When prompted to convert the virtual machine to the new format choose one of the following Click Convert to start the process This operation is irreversible If you choose this option you will not be able to convert the virtual machine back to the old format Click Backup amp Convert to start the process In this case the virtual machine will be backed up and then converted to the new format If you need to start this virtual machine in Parallels Workstation 2 2 you will be able to restore it from the backup Installing Parallels Desktop 26 Upgrading the Virtual Machine Configuration and Updating Parallels Tools The upgrading procedure starts and runs automatically when you start a virtual machine afte
102. ed to start stop and otherwise manage a virtual machine and its window appearance Most of the toolbar buttons become enabled only when you start the virtual machine If you click a toolbar button it becomes visibly pressed oce S OO 9 Start Shut Down Suspend Detach Console Pause Stop Reset Restart Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 34 The default toolbar buttons Start Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped paused or suspended o Shut Down Use this button to shut down your guest OS correctly Suspend Use this button to put your virtual machine into the sleep mode for a certain period of time If you need to restart the host computer you may temporarily suspend your virtual machines and easily resume them after the restart c m Detach Console Use this button to show the Console tab of the Parallels Desktop window in a separate window x Full Screen Use this button to switch the virtual machine to the Full Screen mode To return back to the Window mode press Alt Enter The key combination for switching to the Full Screen mode and back can be changed in the Preferences dialog available from the File menu You can easily add other buttons to the toolbar just right click the toolbar choose Customize Toolbar p 35 from the shortcut menu and drag the items you need to the toolbar Restart Use this button to restart the fully loaded guest operating system
103. eeaeecsaecsaessaesnaeenaeens 198 Configuring Network in Linux eee ees essecsseceeceseceseceseceseesseeeseeecaeecaeeeaeecaaecsaesaecnaeenaeens 199 Increasing the Virtual Machine Screen Resolution ceecesceseceseceseeeeeeeecnaeeaecnaeenaeens 200 Memory Usage Problems nr onee re aerate aceasta stee uch ea ero Taea a aeai 200 Problems With Antivirus Software cece csecssecssecseceseceseceseceseesseesseeeeneeeaeeeseeeaaecaaeesaeens 201 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS eee 202 Installing the GCC package and kernel sources in Linux cee ceeceeceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeees 203 Getting Technical Support Our friendly technical support team is ready to help Describe your problem and submit a FREE request to Parallels Support Team http www parallels com support To find solutions of common problems explore Parallels Knowledge Base http kb parallels com This online resource comprises valuable articles about using Parallels Desktop Telephone support is available on a per incident fee basis Please visit the support team s page of the Parallels web site for details Troubleshooting and Limitations 198 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop you can send problem reports to Parallels support team If a fatal error occurs in a virtual machine Parallels Desktop automatically opens the Parallels Problem Report window prompting
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105. elected files from the hard disk of the host computer If the operation was successful the Deletion Succeeded window appears The virtual machine is considered as successfully deleted if all selected components or all selected components except the home folder if it was chosen for deleting have been removed If the home folder contains any other files the folder will not be deleted Click Done to close the assistant Deleting virtual machines manually Though it is strongly recommended to use Delete Virtual Machine wizard for deleting your virtual machines you may also delete virtual machines manually If you have virtual machines that are not registered in Parallels Desktop but their files are stored on your physical computer you can permanently delete the unnecessary virtual machines by deleting their files The virtual machine files PVM files are stored in the following folder by default C Documents and Settings lt Username gt My Documents Parallels Each virtual machine is represented by a single PVM file Warning Before deleting the virtual machine manually make sure that this virtual machine is not registered in Parallels Desktop and none of its files like virtual hard disks are used by other virtual machines Managing Virtual Machines 174 Working With Virtual Machine Templates Parallels Desktop makes your work with virtual machines even more convenient by enabling you to create templates of Parallels virtual mac
106. els Desktop 4 Warning If you have Parallels Tools installed on your virtual hard disk remove them before processing the disk To change the format of your virtual hard disk image file 1 Launch Parallels Image Tool In the Introduction window click Continue Specify the source image file of the virtual hard disk in the Source Virtual Disk Image File window You may type the path and file name or use the Choose button to locate the file In the Select Action window select Convert to the old format if your hard disk image file is in the Parallels Desktop 4 format and click Start In this case the hard disk will be converted into the Parallels Workstation 2 2 format Convert to the new format if your hard disk image file is in the Parallels Workstation 2 2 format and click Start In this case the hard disk will be converted into the Parallels Desktop 4 format Note If you are converting the disk to the old format you may need to reconfigure the guest OS installed on it To do that you will need the installation media for the guest OS installed on the disk You may insert it into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer or select the installation media to use in the More Options area When finished click Start You can view the operation progress in the Processing the File window Clicking Cancel terminates the operation After the disk image has been successfully modified the Execution is Completed window appears Cli
107. els Tools in Linux guest OSs 77 Linux guest OSs which support Parallels Tools 73 removing Parallels Tools from Linux guest OSs 80 setting up printer in Linux guest OS 93 95 updating Parallels Tools in Linux guest OSs 79 M MAC address in cloned virtual machine 168 Memory in virtual machine 123 Mouse capturing 85 releasing 85 synchronization between primary OS and guest OS 73 N Network adapter managing network adapter at runtime 90 removing network adapter 161 Network printer 95 Networking in virtual machine Index 209 host only networking 166 shared networking 163 P Parallel port adding parallel port 158 managing parallel port at runtime 90 parallel port settings 137 removing parallel port 161 setting up printing via parallel port 97 Parallels Desktop installing Parallels Desktop 17 Parallels Desktop preferences 37 starting Parallels Desktop 30 uninstalling Parallels Desktop 29 updating Parallels Desktop 26 Parallels Image Tool 185 Parallels Tools about Parallels Tools 73 installing Parallels Tools 75 77 removing Parallels Tools 80 updating Parallels Tools 79 Pausing virtual machine 83 Ports Parallel port 158 Serial port 157 Preferences for Parallels Desktop 37 Primary operating system definition 8 Printer connecting to virtual machine 92 R RAM in virtual machine 123 Releasing keyboard and mouse 85 Removing devices 16
108. em In a terminal type the command etc init d cups start 3 Start a web browser and type either the IP address of your virtual machine or http 127 0 0 1 631 Click the Add Printer button In the Add New Printer window enter a printer name location and description In the Device for lt Printer Name gt window select the Windows Printer via Samba N oO fs In the Device URI for lt Printer Name gt window specify the path to the network printer in the following format smb lt computer name gt lt printer name gt 8 In the Make Manufacturer for lt Printer Name gt window select the model of your printer 9 Enter the root password when prompted 10 CUPS performs installation If the installation is successful the Printer lt name gt has been added successfully message is displayed Working in a Virtual Machine 97 Setting Up Printing via LPT Port of Physical Computer To set up printing through a parallel port of your physical computer 1 2 6 Make sure that a printer is connected to an LPT port of your real computer Open the virtual machine configuration in Configuration Editor make sure that the configuration includes a parallel port If necessary add it See Adding a Parallel Port p 158 On the Parallel Port Options tab make sure that the Enabled and Connected options are selected Select the Real Port option and choose the necessary parallel port of your physical computer from the corresp
109. ended to update Parallels Tools in the virtual machine Deleting a Snapshot 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and choose a virtual machine Managing Virtual Machines 184 2 Open Snapshot Manager by choosing Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu or clicking the Snapshot Manager button in the toolbar of the virtual machine window 3 Select the snapshot you want to delete and click the Delete button if you want to delete only this snapshot If you want to delete all the snapshots that come after it right click the snapshot and choose the Delete Snapshot with children option If you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains will be merged into the snapshot that follows it Note You cannot delete the root icon but it gets automatically deleted after you delete all the other snapshots Merging Snapshots Merging is performed automatically when you delete any snapshot except the last one in the branch When you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains is merged into the next snapshot of the same branch If you delete the snapshot belonging to two branches the information is merged into the next snapshot of each branch Note If you delete the snapshot that comes after the root icon and that belongs to two branches the branches will start from the initial state icon directly The snapshots are also merged automatically if you manage the capacity of your virtual hard disk with the help of P
110. erminal yum install gcc kernel devel make To install the gcc package and kernel sources in the Debian Ubuntu Linux distribution enter the following command in a terminal apt get install gcc make linux headers uname r For information how to install the gcc package and kernel sources in other Linux distributions refer to the corresponding Linux distribution documentation If you still experiencing problems try to find a solution in Parallels Knowledge Base http kb parallels com or refer to the Parallels support team http www parallels com en support desktop Glossary 204 Glossary This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation References to terms defined elsewhere in the glossary appear in italics Administrator A user with administration privileges Activation key A unique set of symbols that activates the Parallels Desktop application on the host computer and lets you use the Parallels Desktop functionality to its full extent Active operating system The operating system where Parallels Transporter Agent is launched Active volume The volume of the physical source computer that is used as a boot volume for the active operating system Bootable hard disk A disk used by the operating system to boot from usually a disk that has an operating system installed Boot Volume A hard disk partition from which the operating system boots Boot Camp partition
111. ery time you start Parallels Desktop Select Do Nothing if you do not want your virtual machine to start automatically when you start Parallels Desktop The On application exit option defines the operation to be performed when you close Parallels Desktop Select Suspend if you want the virtual machine to be suspended when you close the application Select Stop if you want the virtual machine to be shut down when you close the application If you select Ask me what to do you will be prompted to choose the operation to perform with the virtual machine each time you close Parallels Desktop Undo Disks The Enable Undo Disks option allows you to discard or apply the changes you made to the virtual machine s hard disk during your working session If you choose to discard them the changes will be discarded when you shut down the virtual machine When you start this virtual machine again its virtual hard disk will have the same data it contained before you started the previous working session If you choose to apply the changes on the virtual machine shutdown the next time you start this virtual machine its virtual hard disk will store the changes you made during the previous working session Note When enabled the Undo Disks feature is applied to all virtual hard disks this virtual machine uses You can choose whether you want to discard the changes you made to the virtual machine s hard disk or choose the action to perform i
112. es with Linux guest operating system installed increase the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine s video card up to 16 MB remains the same In the second case if the virtual machine screen resolution is lower than that of your physical computer in the Full Screen mode the virtual machine s screen will appear on a black background If the virtual machine s screen resolution is higher than that of the host computer in the Full Screen mode the virtual machine s screen will have scroll bars To adjust the screen resolution of your physical computer to that of the virtual machine select the Adjust the host computer s screen resolution in full screen option In this case your computer will change its screen resolution each time the virtual machine is switched to the Full Screen mode Configuring a Virtual Machine 126 Floppy Settings To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings use the Floppy Disk pane of Virtual Machine Configuration ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP cp ovp Rom 1 Herd Dick 1 SerialPort 1 Network Adapter 1 G Parallel Port sound USB Controller i This virtual device can use real floppy dsk drive attached to your computer or 4 floppy X disk image file MV Show advanced settings x Cancel Enabled Select this option to enable floppy disk drive operations in the virtual machine To temporary disable floppy dri
113. ettings of Parallels Desktop in a Linux primary OS EI Preferences ties x Set the total memory allocated to Parallels Desktop and ts virtual machines C pukomatically Optimizes the memory usage for best performance C Manually raster Dots oe coms By default the Automatically option is selected In this case the total amount of RAM to be allocated to all running virtual machines is automatically calculated by the system based on the following main factors the total amount of memory installed on your physical computer and the amount of memory required by the primary operating system for its operation The allocated amount of memory is shared among all running virtual machines You can configure the amount of physical memory for a particular virtual machine on the Memory tab in Virtual Machine Configuration p 104 You can redefine the default behavior and manually set the amount of memory to be reserved for all active virtual machines To this effect select the Manually option and specify the needed value by dragging the slider or using the spin box arrows or typing the value directly into the field Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 43 Network Preferences The Network pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to configure a number o
114. evious step If you selected Existing Image File you will need to specify the location of the corresponding image file and click Add Device to add a new floppy disk drive to your virtual machine If you selected Real Floppy Disk specify the floppy disk drive on your physical computer and click Add Device to add a new floppy disk drive to your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 153 Adding a Network Adapter A virtual machine can have up to 16 virtual network adapters simultaneously To add a network adapter to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Network Adapter and click Next To add a network adapter that will have a typical configuration choose the Network Adapter icon and click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will add a typical network adapter ready for use In the Add Network Adapter window select the type of networking you want to use in the virtual machine The current version of Parallels Desktop allows you to choose one of the following networking types Shared Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will use the host computer s network connections and will be visible only for the host computer and the other virtual machines running on th
115. f network related settings for Parallels Desktop and your virtual machines Note You must have the root privileges to change the network settings of Parallels Desktop in a Linux primary OS I Preferences e xi Connection type shared networking z F Enable DHCP Server Start address 10 211 551 End address 10 211 55 254 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Subnet 10 211 55 0 Port forwarding ist Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 44 You can configure the range of IP addresses to be assigned to your virtual machines when they are operating in the shared p 163 and host only p 166 networking modes To edit the host only networking settings 1 Select Host only networking in the Connection type list 2 Select the Enable DHCP Server option to enable the Parallels DHCP server This server will automatically assign IP addresses to your virtual machines operating in the host only networking mode from the IP addresses range defined in the appropriate fields below this option 3 If necessary configure the start and end IP addresses in the Start address and End address fields and specify the network mask in the Subnet mask field For more information on configuring the host only networking parameters refer to Host Only Networking p 166 To edit the shared networking settings 1 Select Shared networking in the Connection type list 2 Select the Enable DHCP Server option to enable the Parallels DHCP se
116. file Split disks allow you to transfer the data stored on a split disk piece by piece using a USB drive or other media that have limited space and cannot store a large virtual hard disk image file Terminal In Mac OS and GNU Linux operating systems a utility that enables you to access the command line Virtual hard disk virtual disk A file or group of files that emulates the virtual machine s hard disk Virtual machine The computer emulated using Parallels Desktop A virtual machine has its own virtual hardware and requires an operating system to control its hardware The installed operating system and its applications are isolated inside the virtual machine and share physical hardware resources of the host computer Third party virtual machine A virtual machine created in a third party virtualization product that can be converted to Parallels virtual machines with the help of Parallels Transporter Glossary 207 Virtual Machine Configuration Like any physical computer a virtual machine has it s own configuration which is set during the creation and can be later modified The virtual machine configuration settings are stored in a PVS file Virtual machine files Files stored in a virtual machine folder A virtual machine has at least two files configuration file and virtual hard disk file Virtual hard disk file During the creation the virtual machine acquires a virtual hard disk file with the hdd extension This file perform
117. from a third party virtual machine from a remote computer locally Parallels Transporter has two migration modes Express This mode allows quick migration of one active volume As a result you will get a ready to use Parallels virtual machine which will have the guest operating system installed and all the applications and data you used on that volume Advanced This mode allows migration of several volumes at once In one session of migration only one active volume if selected so can be made bootable The new virtual machine will be created with this volume as its virtual hard disk Other volumes will be migrated as data disks if they have file systems supported by Parallels Transporter Agent Migrating from a remote computer In this scenario you should use Parallels Transporter on the host computer and Parallels Transporter Agent on the PC you want to migrate The volume where Parallels Transporter Agent is installed is called the active volume The operation is supported for the active volumes with the following operating systems Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows Vista Parallels Transporter can apply necessary changes only to the listed operating systems so that the images of active volumes can be bootable in Parallels virtual machines If you want to use a migrated disk as a boot volume system disk in your virtual machine you must provide an installation disc for the operating system that r
118. gs of Internet Explorer If you chose the Use Internet Explorer proxy settings option click OK to apply the changes In a Windows primary OS you can also choose the Use automatic configuration script option to automatically configure the proxy server settings If you chose the Use automatic configuration script option you should provide the path to this script in the Address field Than click OK to apply the changes Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane CHAPTER 5 Setting Up a Virtual Machine The process of creating a virtual machine comprises the following steps creating a virtual machine configuration installing a guest operating system installing Parallels Tools In This Chapter Supported Guest Operating Systems ee eee eeeeseeseeeseecssecsseceseceaecsseceeeeseeseeeesaeesaeeeaeeenaes Creating a New Virtual Machine eee eecesecesecsseceseceseceseeeseeecaeeeseesaeesaecsaeeeseeeseeseeeseneeeaes Adding an Existing Virtual Machine 0 ccccccceseceeseecessceceeceeceaeeeesaeceeaceceeneecsaeeeeaaeceeaeeesaes Installing a Guest Operating System eee eesecesecesecsneceseeeseesseeseneesaeeeseeeaaecaseseeeseeeseeenes Installing Parallels Toolsin eeaeee eara enice neeese aaee eean de enes Downloading Virtual Machines 0 ee eeeeeseceseceseceeeeeceeseeeeseecsaecaaecaeceaecnaeesseeeseeeseeeeneeeaes 53
119. guring it requires minimal effort from the users The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex and you may need to contact your system administrator to set it up properly Detailed information on these types of networking and the way to configure them is provided in the following subsections Configuring a Virtual Machine 163 Shared Networking By default all virtual machines created using the Express Windows and Typical modes are set to work in the Shared Networking mode In this mode your virtual machine can access other computers on your local network and the Internet by using the IP address of the physical computer The virtual machine itself does not have its own IP address on the network This mode allows you to specify port forwarding rules p 43 for the virtual machines running on the host computer which can be especially useful when running HTTP FTP or other types of servers in virtual machines Internet Host computer IP address _ Your physical computer Configuring a Virtual Machine 164 The Shared Networking mode does not require any additional configuration With this mode enabled your virtual machine will share whatever network connection your physical computer uses at the moment You may wish to use the Shared Network mode in the following cases your computer accesses the Internet via a modem or another non Ethernet device you need to access the Internet from inside your virtual machine but are con
120. hines A template like a virtual machine has hardware and may have operating system and software installed The only difference is that it cannot be started A template can be easily converted to an ordinary virtual machine and vice versa Using one template you can create as many virtual machines as you need and the disk space of the host computer allows The virtual machines created using such a template will have the same hardware configuration operating system and software that this template has You can convert an existing virtual machine into a template or make a clone of the virtual machine that will be used as a template and continue using the original virtual machine Managing Virtual Machines 175 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with same configuration you can create a virtual machine template and use it to create new virtual machines There are two ways of creating a virtual machine template Convert an existing virtual machine into a virtual machine template Clone an existing virtual machine to a virtual machine template If you choose to convert a virtual machine into a template this virtual machine will change its operating system icon to a template icon in the list of virtual machines and it will be available as a template only You will not be able to run it as a virtual machine If you do not want to convert a virtual machine into a template but need to ma
121. ide or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better we would love to hear from you The ideal place for your comments and suggestions is the Parallels documentation feedback page http www parallels com en support usersdoc Introduction 11 Acknowledgements This software may utilize the following copyrighted material the use of which is hereby acknowledged tinyBIOS tinyBIOS is used as the system BIOS The source code was published by PC Engines and is subject to the Common Public License available at http www ibm com developerworks library os cpl html Plex86 Bochs VGABios Plex86 Bochs VGABios is used as the video BIOS and is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License available at http www gnu org licenses lgpl 2 1 html libmspack libmspack is used to extract the contents of Microsoft cabinet files and is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License available at http www gnu org licenses lgpl 2 1 html 12 CHAPTER 2 Virtual Machine Technology Basics This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines their specifications and the underlying technologies In This Chapter Virtual Machine Technology Overview ccsccsscessecsseceseceseeeeeeseeeecaeeeaeesaeecaaecaaecsaecnaeeaeee 12 Parallels Virtual Machine 3vsi ccy s0cecce ccsatdethencdevsth i rita E east eee Se asad 13 Virtual Machine Technology Overview The Parallels Des
122. iguring a Virtual Machine 145 Adding a Virtual Hard Disk Drive You can add to your virtual machine an existing hard disk image or create a new blank one Note A virtual machine can have up to four IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives and 15 SCSI devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives To add a hard disk to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Hard Disk and click Next To add a hard disk that will have a typical configuration choose the Hard Disk icon and click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will create a typical hard disk ready for use Note A typical virtual hard disk is in the expanding format p 131 and its capacity is 32 GB In the Add Hard Disk window select the resource for the new virtual hard disk and click Next You can choose one of the following options New image file In this case the wizard will create a new image that will emulate the hard disk Existing image file In this case an existing image file will be added to the virtual machine configuration and used to emulate the hard disk If you selected this option go to Step 8 If you selected the New image file option on the next step you need to set the virtual hard disk size in the Cap
123. il tools lin iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive and mounted You can connect and mount the Parallels Tools ISO image file manually Right click the CD DVD ROM icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choose Connect Image Open the following folder in 32 bit Windows C Program Files Parallels Parallels Desktop Tools In 64 bit Windows C Program Files x86 Parallels Parallels Desktop Tools InLinux usr share parallels desktop tools Select the prl tools lin iso file and click Open to connect it to the virtual machine Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS Type the following command to gain the root privileges Change the directory to the CD DVD ROM directory using media cdrom Note In some of the Linux operating systems the mount point for the virtual CD DVD ROM drive may appear as media Parallels Tools Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 6 In the CD DVD ROM directory enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools installation install 7 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 8 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs To install Parallels Tools in the older versions of Linux OSs you have to mount the prl tools lin iso image file manually Do the fol
124. imary OS applications depending on what application you are working with at the moment If your virtual machine window is in focus the priority of this virtual machine processes will be set higher than the priority of the primary OS s processes and as a result more CPU resources will be allocated to the virtual machine If you switch to the primary OS window the priority of its working applications will be set higher and the CPU resources will be relocated to the primary OS You can enable the Adaptive Hypervisor option in the Optimization pane p 111 of Virtual Machine Configuration In this pane you can also configure the host computer memory resources distribution Working With Snapshots A snapshot is a saved state of the virtual machine Snapshots can be created manually or automatically when the virtual machine is running After you make a snapshot you can continue working with the virtual machine and revert to the created snapshot at any time of your work Snapshots are stored in the primary OS inside the virtual machine bundle p 13 in the Snapshots subfolder Each snapshot has a number of files including the sav file that contains the virtual machine s state the mem file that contains the memory dump for the virtual machine and other different files of the virtual hard disk Note Snapshots are not backup copies or clones p 168 of your virtual machine You cannot use them alone without your virtual machine or move them fr
125. in a Linux guest OS perform the following actions Close all applications in the guest operating system Disable the 3D accelerated window manager if you use any Make sure that you have the gcc package and kernel sources installed If these packages are not installed the Parallels Tools installer will warn you The kernel sources package name depends on the type of Linux operating system you use it can be kernel devel or kernel headers or something else For more information about the kernel sources refer to the Installing the GCC package and Kernel Sources in Linux p 203 section Note To install Parallels Tools in your virtual machine you must have the root privileges Installing Parallels Tools in the most recent versions of Linux guest OSs If you have one of the most recent versions of Linux OSs Fedora 10 in your virtual machine the prl tools lin iso image file will be mounted automatically after you connect it to the CD DVD ROM drive To install Parallels Tools do the following 1 2 su cd Start the virtual machine When the guest OS boots up click the Virtual Machine menu and choose Install Parallels Tools Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels Tools refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section p 73 in Parallels Desktop User s Guide The pr
126. indows Vista Windows Server 2008 Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Desktop Engine MSDE and Microsoft Management Console are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Software Inc SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc X Window System is a registered trademark of X Consortium Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group IBM DB2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp SSH and Secure Shell are trademarks of SSH Communications Security Inc MegaRAID is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc PowerEdge is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation eComStation is a trademark of Serenity Systems International FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation Intel Pentium Celeron and Intel Core are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation OS 2 Warp is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation VMware is a registered trademark of VMware Inc All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners Conte Introduction nts About Parallels DeSktop is s c2eca ci secesecscessasezecdesses ibs causa covuetce las E RE E E E E E EAT E EE About This Guides ceresna wisp kin Rd dios ail Qh al OEE E iE Organization Of Thi
127. ing the PC speaker A virtual machine can utter various sounds beeps and whistles generated by its guest operating system using the PC speaker If you want to disable these sounds select the Disable PC speaker option To save the changes click OK otherwise click Cancel Configuring a Virtual Machine 107 Boot Order Settings On the Boot Order pane of Virtual Machine Configuration you can configure the virtual machine boot sequence that is the order in which the virtual machine will try to load the operating system from different boot devices Note These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 108 The currently supported boot devices are listed below Hard Disk Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from its virtual hard disk drive CD DVD ROM Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from the media connected to its virtual CD DVD ROM drive Note The virtual machine will use the CD DVD ROM drive specified as CD DVD ROM 1 in its configuration Floppy Disk Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from a floppy disk image connected to its virtual floppy disk drive Network Adapter Select this device if you want your virtual machine to boot from a network adapter using PXE Pre Execution Environment Note The virtual machine will
128. irtual machines external storage devices such as USB hard disks and USB flash drives CD ROM and DVD ROM drives network shares mounted images ISO The permissions you will have for managing the mounted device from inside the virtual machine will coincide with those you have for this device in the host computer So if you can read from and write to a USB flash drive in the host computer you will have the same permissions for this drive from inside the virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 119 SmartGuard Settings On the SmartGuard pane of Virtual Machine Configuration you can set up the automatic creation of snapshots You can find detailed information on snapshots and how to work with them in the Working with snapshots chapter p 180 Note You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused This option allows you to back up your virtual machine automatically f Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 120 To enable the SmartGuard functionality select the Enabled option at the top of the SmartGuard pane Note The SmartGuard feature is available only when the Undo Disks feature p 109 is disabled and if the virtual machine is not runnning in Safe Mode p 100 If you want to know when it is time to make the next snapshot and to be able to reject the snapshot creation enable the Notify
129. is server This option is selected by default Bridged Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will be visible on the network as a separate computer Host Only Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will be able to access only the host computer and the virtual machines running on it If you want the device to be connected to the virtual machine automatically at startup select the Connected option If you clear this option the drive will be enabled in the configuration but not connected to the virtual machine You can connect it later when running the virtual machine If you chose the Bridged Networking option on the next step you will need to specify the virtual network adapter properties The wizard will prompt you to specify the adapter to use Select the appropriate adapter in the Adapter to Bind list and specify the MAC address in the MAC Address field If you wish Add Hardware Wizard to generate the MAC address for you click the Generate button Configuring a Virtual Machine 154 Add Network Adapter Specify the parameters of the network adapter device x SN Adapter to Brat MAC Address 00 1c 42 0A 55 02 _ Generate Click the Add Device button to add a new network adapter to the virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 155 Adding a Sound Device Parallels Desktop allows you to add sound devices to your virtual machines Note Any virtual machine can have only one sound
130. ith Parallels Desktop 41 You can define two hot key combinations For switching a guest OS window to the Full Screen mode and back The default hot key combination is Ctrl Alt Enter For switching a guest OS window to the Coherence mode and back The default hot key combination is Shift Ctrl Alt For releasing the keyboard and mouse input to the primary OS The default hot key combination is Ctrl Alt You can set your own hot key combinations for each case The key combination must include a key and one or several modifier keys Ctrl Alt or Shift To define new key combination do the following 1 Select one or several modifier keys 2 To add an ordinary key double click the Key field and press the corresponding key on the keyboard Note If you installed Parallels Tools you can release the mouse and the keyboard input to the primary OS without pressing the hot key combination See the Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and the Mouse section p 85 Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 42 Memory Preferences The Memory pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to adjust the maximum amount of physical memory RAM that the system will reserve for all virtual machines running on your physical computer Note You must have the root privileges to change the memory s
131. itialize the new virtual hard disk in a Windows guest OS you will need the Disk Management utility available through In Windows Vista Start gt Control Panel gt System and Maintenance gt Administrative Tools gt Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions gt Disk Management In Windows XP Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management When you open the Disk Management utility it automatically detects that a new hard disk was added to the configuration and launches Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard 1 In the introduction window click Next 2 Inthe Select Disks to Initialize window select the newly added disk and click Next 3 In the Select Disks to Convert window select the newly added disk and click Finish The added disk will appear as a new disk in the Disk Management utility window but its memory space will be unallocated To allocate the disk memory right click this disk name in the Disk Management utility window and select New Simple Volume in Windows Vista or New Volume in Windows XP The New Simple Volume Wizard New Volume Wizard window will appear Follow the steps of the wizard and create a new volume in the newly added disk After that your disk will become visible in Computer My Computer and you will be able to use it as a data disk inside your virtual machine Initializing the New Virtual Hard Disk in Linux Initializing the new virtual hard disk i
132. izing Performance Virtual machine Select this option to allocate more physical computer memory resources to the virtual machine and its applications Selecting this option may significantly increase the virtual machine performance however it may slow down the productivity of your host computer applications Host Computer Select this option to allocate more memory resources to the host computer and its applications Power Consumption laptops only This group of settings allows you to control the virtual machine power consumption if Parallels Desktop is installed on a laptop computer that is running on batteries Longer battery life If you select this option the virtual machine power consumption will be automatically reduced to provide a longer life for the battery of your laptop Better performance If you select this option the virtual machine and its applications will operate at the maximum possible speed However enabling this option may significantly reduce the battery life Enable battery in virtual machine If you enable this option the battery status will be displayed in your virtual machine each time your laptop computer runs on batteries Configuring a Virtual Machine 113 Services Settings The Services pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to manage a number of Parallels Tools related parameters Note To use the functionality available on the Services pane you should have Parallels Tools inst
133. k the toolbar and use the shortcut menu commands Icon amp Text Use this command if you want the toolbar to display both the button icons and their names Icon only Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the button icons Textonly Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the button names Use Small Size Use this command if you want the toolbar buttons to appear in a smaller size Remove Item Point to a toolbar item and use this command if you want to remove this item from the toolbar Customize Toolbar This command opens the toolbar settings pane See the description below To customize the set of buttons on the toolbar and their appearance right click the toolbar and choose Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu This will open the toolbar settings pane You can use this pane to add new buttons to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar remove buttons from the toolbar by dragging them from the toolbar to the settings pane add separators to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar add spaces to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar change the current toolbar buttons set to the default one by dragging it to the toolbar select the toolbar buttons view mode in the Show list To apply the changes you have made to the toolbar settings pane click Done Principles of Working With Parallels
134. ke a copy of it with the same configuration you can make a clone of this virtual machine that will be used as a template To convert an existing virtual machine into a template 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Choose the virtual machine you want to convert into a template in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window 3 Choose Convert to Template from the File menu or right click the virtual machine s name in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window and choose Convert to Template from the shortcut menu 4 The virtual machine will become a template and will have a different icon indicating that it is a template To clone a virtual machine to a template 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Choose the virtual machine you want to clone to a template in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window 3 Start Clone to Template Virtual Machine Wizard by choosing Clone to Template from the File menu or by right clicking the virtual machine s name in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window and choosing Clone to Template from the shortcut menu 4 In the Introduction window click Next To skip this window next time you start the wizard select Always skip introduction 5 In the Name and Location window specify the name and location for the virtual machine template and click Clone You can use the Choose button to change the location Managing Virtual Machines 176 Clone to Template 6 In the Creation Finished window click Do
135. ktop software is based on the virtual machine technology that allows you to share the hardware resources of the physical computer between the primary operating system the operating system installed on this physical computer and multiple virtual machines running on this computer The virtual machine technology can be successfully used on computers that support the Intel virtualization technology Intel VT x This technology allows Parallels Desktop to emulate virtual processors inside virtual machines Intel VT x implemented in the architecture of the new Intel processors is specially developed for platforms running multiple operating systems VT x processors allow more precise emulation of virtual processors To learn more about Intel virtualization technology visit the Intel website Virtual Machine Technology Basics 13 Parallels Virtual Machine Taking the best from the virtual machine and Intel virtualization technologies Parallels Desktop enables you to create virtual machines with a variety of virtual hardware devices A Parallels virtual machine works like a stand alone computer with the following hardware Motherboard Intel i965 chipset based motherboard w a Video Adapter VGA and SVGA with VESA 3 0 compatible Video Adapter Video RAM Up to 256 MB of Video RAM 1 44 MB Floppy Disk Drive mapped to an image file or to a Floppy Disk Drive physical floppy drive IDE Devices Up to 4 IDE devices Hard Disk Hard Disk Drive mapped
136. l be the similar to the original one This operation is supported for VMware virtual machines and Microsoft Virtual PC computers You can also process an already existing non bootable Parallels virtual disk image result of migration from a system volume of a remote PC so that this image can be used as a bootable volume in a Parallels virtual machine Advanced mode only Migrating from a remote computer locally The operation can be useful when the computer you want to migrate and the host computer are not connected by a network This scenario can be performed on a remote source computer that has both Parallels Transporter Agent and Parallels Transporter installed You should download the proper Parallels Transporter package for PC and install both Parallels Transporter and Transporter Agent on the boot volume of the remote computer You can migrate one or several volumes during one session Advanced mode or only the active volume Express mode As a destination for storing the resulting image you can specify an external USB drive connected to the remote computer in case you don t have local network to transfer the image right to the host computer Note After the migration is finished you are recommended to install Parallels Tools p 72 in your new virtual machine before starting to work with it Using Parallels Add Ons 193 Starting Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter in Windows If Parallels Transporter was i
137. l computer IP To configure your virtual machine to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode 5 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Virtual Machine gt Configure Select Network Adapter in the Hardware list On the Network Adapter pane make sure that the Enabled Connected and Bridged Ethernet options are selected Select the appropriate network adapter from the list To connect the virtual machine s adapter to the active network adapter of your physical computer choose Default Adapter In the MAC Address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC Address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network Click OK If you cannot configure your virtual machine to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode you can consider using another networking mode Shared Networking p 163 or Host Only Networking p 166 For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Configuring a Virtual Machine 166 Host Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to the primary operating system and virtual machines run
138. l machine Name Indicate an arbitrary name to be assigned to the virtual machine By default the virtual machine gets the same name as the operating system that will be installed inside this virtual machine If a virtual machine with such a name already exists you will be prompted to indicate another name The name must not exceed 50 characters Location Use the Choose button if you want to change the default location of the virtual machine related files Setting Up a Virtual Machine 66 Specify the virtual machine name and location Nome Windows vista 1 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 67 12 After the virtual machine is created the wizard invites you to install the guest OS in it For these purposes in the Prepare to Install Operating System window select the Connect the installation media check box specify the source of installation files and click Start You can use the following types of installation media Real CD DVD ROM Drive Select this option to use a disc inserted into the CD DVD drive of the computer Choose the drive to use from the Drive list CD DVD Image Select this option to use a CD DVD disc image connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive Type the path to the file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Note Parallels Desktop does not provide users with OS ISO images or OS installation discs You should purchase an OS installation disc or an OS ISO image if you do no
139. lders General Way 1 Inthe virtual machine open Windows Explorer 2 In Explorer select My Networks Places then select Entire Network and find Parallels Shared Folders 3 Click Parallels Shared Folders to view the list of shared folders available in your virtual machine Note To be able to write to a shared folder inside a virtual machine make sure that the Read Only check box p 115 for this folder is cleared in Configuration Editor Making Guest OS Screenshots If you want to make a screenshot of the guest operating system when it is running choose Make Screenshot from the View menu The first screenshot file will be named Parallels Picture png and placed on the primary operating system desktop The next screenshots will have the same name with an appropriate number added 104 CHAPTER 7 Configuring a Virtual Machine This chapter provides the information on configuration options available to a virtual machine In This Chapter Editing Virtual Machine Configuration ccs eeessecsseceseceseceseceseeeseeeseeeeaeeeaeessaeeaaecaaecseenes 104 Adding and Removing Devicesin cairon iia e Ei ERE E E ea 143 Networking in a Virtual Machine eeeseeseeeeseseeeresressrsresresrrsserrtesessresrestesteseestessenressresrestt 162 Editing Virtual Machine Configuration The configuration of an existing virtual machine can be changed in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog You can open the Virtual Machine Configuration dia
140. le for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself 5 Select the Passthrough option to connect your real CD DVD ROM drive to the virtual machine in the passthrough mode In this mode the CD DVD ROM drive is directly assigned to the virtual machine If you connect a recordable optical drive to a virtual machine in the passthrough mode you will be able to use it to burn CD or DVD discs in the virtual machine Note If you select the Passthrough option the physical computer will have no access to this CD DVD ROM drive 6 Click OK Note The Interface Location and Passthrough options are available only if the Show advanced settings check box is selected at the bottom of Virtual Machine Configuration Connecting an image file To use an image file as the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive 1 Select the Image File option Configuring a Virtual Machine 129 Type the path to the image file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file Select the type of interface to connect the image file to IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to four virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives SCSI Using this interface type you can connect up to 15 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives Note RHEL 4 7 and RHEL 5 3 guest OSs do not support the SCSI controller Select the device position in the Location list Click OK Hard Disk Settings To view and configure the virtual
141. lels Compressor has the following running modes automatic the default mode In this mode Compressor uses the default compression options manual Parallels Compressor runs as a wizard which helps you select the options of virtual machine compression When you start Parallels Compressor you will see the dialog box with a time indicator The time indicator shows the time remaining until Parallels Compressor will run in automatic mode timeout is about 10 seconds Parallels Compressor Click the Manual mode button to start Parallels Compressor in manual mode or it will start compressing your virtual machine automatically 2 second s remaining LLL Using Parallels Add Ons 196 To run Parallels Compressor in automatic mode do not do anything just wait until the timeout expires in manual mode press the ESC key or click the Manual Mode button on the dialog box before the timeout expires Detailed information about running Compressor in these modes is given in Parallels Compressor Help After Compressing Is Finished When the compressing is complete click Finish to exit Parallels Compressor 197 CHAPTER 10 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues In This Chapter Getting Technical Supportie ccc0c castor fh caer ainda dele ca Monel ce a e a deen Merete steel 197 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team cece ceeceseceseceseceseeseeeeeneeese
142. lications Windows When working with a virtual machine in the Coherence mode you may confuse guest OS applications windows with host OS applications windows Parallels Desktop allows you to distinguish these windows by adding a colored border to the guest OS applications windows To add a colored border do the following 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Goto the Coherence pane p 121 and make sure that the Use borders option is selected Working in a Virtual Machine 89 If you do not like the border color you can change it in the General pane p 105 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Choose any from the available palette For example if you choose red and then switch the virtual machine to the Coherence mode the borders of the guest OS applications windows will be red Note Select different colors for different virtual machines or you may confuse the guest OSs applications windows if you switch two or more virtual machines to the Coherence mode Working in a Virtual Machine 90 Changing Configuration at Runtime Parallels Desktop allows you to connect or disconnect certain devices at runtime or switch some of them for using other media Generally the following virtual devices can be connected or disconnected at runtime CD DVD ROM drive Floppy disk drive Network adapter Parallel port Serial port Sound device USB device
143. llel Port Working in a Virtual Machine 91 If you have several parallel ports used by the virtual machine on the status bar p 36 and in the Devices menu they are listed in the same order as they were connected The first parallel port will be Parallel Port 1 the second will be Parallel Port 2 and so on To change the parallel port emulation device at runtime click the parallel port icon on the status bar p 36 and choose Real Parallel Port Printer or Connect Output File from the device shortcut menu Connecting a Serial Port If you have several serial ports used by the virtual machine on the status bar p 36 and in the Devices menu they are listed in the same order as they were connected The first serial port will be Serial Port 1 the second will be Serial Port 2 and so on To change the serial port emulation device at runtime click the serial port icon on the status bar p 36 and choose Real Serial Port Connect to Socket or Connect Output File from the device shortcut menu Connecting a Sound Device To connect or disconnect a sound device choose the Activate or Mute options respectively You can also choose the type of output and input devices Connecting a USB Device Parallels Desktop automatically detects all USB devices plugged into the host computer The devices that are currently connected to the virtual machine appear in the list from the Device menu You cannot use a USB device in the primary operating system whil
144. llels Desktop An application that enables you to create manage and use virtual machines on your Mac Parallels Explorer An application that enables you to browse and manage the contents of your virtual machines without starting them Parallels Image Tool An application that enables you to manage the capacity and properties of your virtual machine s hard disk Parallels Mounter An application that enables you to to browse the contents of your virtual machines and virtual hard disks directly in Mac OS X Finder Parallels Tools A set of Parallels utilities that ensures a high level of integration between the primary and the guest operating systems Parallels Transporter An application that uses data of a physical or virtual computer for creating a Parallels virtual clone of this physical or virtual computer The resulting virtual machines can be used with Parallels Desktop Parallels Transporter Agent An application that collects data on a physical computer and transfers it to Parallels Transporter installed on the host computer Glossary 206 Parallels Desktop An application that enables you to create manage and use virtual machines on a Windows or Linux computer Plain format A virtual hard disk format A plain virtual hard disk image file resides on the host computer and has a fixed size that cannot be changed Preboot Execution Environment PXE An environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of a
145. locate the file in the next window Socket Select this option to create and connect the virtual machine s serial port to a socket of the physical computer Note When you connect two virtual machines via serial ports both virtual machines should have serial ports emulated by sockets with the identical names If you want the device to be connected to the virtual machine automatically at startup select the Connected option If you clear this option the drive will be enabled in the configuration but not connected to the virtual machine You can connect it later when running the virtual machine In the next window specify the resource properties If you chose Real Port specify the port to be used for the virtual serial port device in the Serial Port list If you chose Output File define the file to be used for the virtual serial port device in the Output File field or leave the default file offered by Add Hardware Wizard If you chose Socket specify the name of the socket to be used for the virtual serial port device and its mode The socket mode defines the role the virtual machine will play when establishing a network connection to another computer It can be set to one of the following Server or Client The Server socket enables you to use the given virtual machine to direct the other one The Client socket enables you to direct the given virtual machine from the other one Note When you establish a connection between tw
146. log by doing one of the following Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine main window Right clicking the virtual machine in the main window sidebar and choosing Configure from the context menu Selecting Configure in the Operations area of the virtual machine Summary pane or clicking any of the items in the Configuration area Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure your virtual machine in a variety of ways For example you can Configure the virtual machine general options on the General pane p 105 Define the virtual machine boot options on the Boot pane p 107 Configure different parameters of the devices currently available inside the virtual machine hard disk drives p 129 CD DVD ROM drives p 127 floppy disk drives p 126 etc Configure the resource values currently set for the virtual machine main memory p 123 video memory p 124 CPU p 122 etc Add a new device to the virtual machine or remove an existing one p 143 Configuring a Virtual Machine 105 General Settings You can view and configure the virtual machine general settings on the General pane of Virtual Machine Configuration i Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 106 The General pane includes the following parameters VM Name This field displays the name assigned to th
147. lowing 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the guest OS boots up click the Virtual Machine menu and choose Install Parallels Tools Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels Tools refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section p 73 in Parallels Desktop User s Guide The pril tools lin iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive 3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS Type the following command to gain the root privileges su 4 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering mount grep iso9660 If this command does not return anything proceed to the next step If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro exec nosuid nodev uid 0 skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro noexec nosuid nodev uid 0 with the noexec option present in parentheses you need to unmount the disc using the following command and then proceed to the next step umount dev cdrom 5 To mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image enter the following mount o exec dev cdrom media cdrom Note dev cdrom is the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive and media cdrom is the mount point for this device In some of
148. ls directory in the Linux primary OS Note The virtual machine using this virtual hard disk should be stopped before proceeding Select the Increase the disk capacity option in the Select Action window Specify the new capacity for the disk The Add the unallocated space to the last volume check box which is selected by default means that the additional disk space will be added to the last volume If you clear it the added space will appear as unallocated space To allocate this space you can either create a new partition or expand an existing partition For instructions on allocating the added space see the Using the Added Space section of Parallels Image Tool User s Guide Note If you choose a hard disk used by a virtual machine that has snapshots all snapshots except the last one will be deleted To start the process of increasing the disk capacity click Start You can view the operation progress in the Processing the File window Clicking Cancel terminates the operation Note If the virtual hard disk image file you specified is in the old format it will be automatically converted to the new format After the disk image has been successfully modified the Execution is Completed window appears Click Finish to close Parallels Image Tool Using Parallels Add Ons 187 Managing the Virtual Hard Disk Properties With Parallels Image Tool you can manage the properties of your virtual machine hard disk You can change the
149. matically detect and install my Plug and Play printer In Windows Vista choose the Add a Local Printer option Select Create a new port and specify Standard TCP IP port as the port type Click Next In the next window specify the printer s IP address and click Next If prompted to specify additional port information choose Standard and select Generic Network Card from the list In the next window click Finish In the Install Printer Software window specify the manufacturer of the driver and select the model of the network printer If the required printer model is not listed click the Have Disk button and specify the path to the inf file in the driver installation folder When finished click Next Follow the wizard s instructions to complete the installation Working in a Virtual Machine 96 In a Linux Guest Operating System Make sure that the following components are installed in your guest Linux system Common UNIX Printing System CUPS Installation instructions can be found at CUPS site Samba service Installation instructions can be found at Samba site A Web browser since we consider controlling CUPS via web interface Note To set up a network printer you should have the root privileges Before adding a network printer to Linux download and install an appropriate printer driver To add a network printer in a Linux guest OS 1 Start your Linux virtual machine 2 Start Common UNIX Printing Syst
150. mode 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When you see a message about X Server that failed to start switch to another virtual console using Ctrl Alt F1 and enter your login details 3 Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu to connect the Parallels Tools ISO image to your virtual machine Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels Tools refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section p 73 in Parallels Desktop User s Guide The pril tools lin iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive 4 Inthe virtual machine console type the following command to gain the root privileges su 5 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering mount grep iso9660 If this command does not return anything proceed to the next step If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro exec nosuid nodev uid 0 skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro noexec nosuid nodev uid 0 with the noexec option present in parentheses you need to unmount the disc using the following command and then proceed to the next step umount dev cdrom 6 To mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image enter the following
151. mount o exec dev cdrom media cdrom Note dev cdrom is the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive and media cdrom is the mount point for this device In some of the Linux operating systems the virtual CD DVD ROM drive may appear as dev hdb and the mount point mnt cdrom Some Linux OSs do not have the CD DVD ROM mount point In this case you should create the mount point directory manually 7 When the installation disc image is mounted change the directory to the CD DVD ROM directory using cd media cdrom 8 Inthe CD DVD ROM directory enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation Troubleshooting and Limitations 203 install Note You must have the root privileges to run this command 9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 10 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine For general information about installing Parallels Tools in Linux refer to Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS p 77 Installing the GCC package and kernel sources in Linux When installing or upgrading Parallels Tools in a Linux virtual machine you may need to install the gcc package and kernel sources in your Linux guest OS Kernel sources can be either downloaded from the Internet or installed from Linux distribution disks To install the gcc package and kernel sources in the RHEL Fedora CentOS Linux distribution enter the following command in a t
152. mputer option Configuring a Virtual Machine 115 Shared Folders Settings You can manage shared folders and their parameters on the Shared Folders pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Shared folders and their parameters can be configured for Windows and Linux guest operating systems You can also change the shared folders settings at runtime To learn how to do it refer to the Changing the Configuration at Runtime p 90 section Note To use the functionality available on the Shared Folders pane you should have Parallels Tools p 72 installed in the virtual machine ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Y Options aj General j Shared Folders Boot Order a Startup and Shutdown te Optimization Y Features Share the host computer s folders with the vitua machine amp Services System disk Home folder only I User defined folders F Map folders to drive letters a Seriol Port 1 F These settings are in effect if the corresponding Parallels Tools are installed in this virtual G Network Adaoter 1 z machine F stow abrendtios ae fee Configuring a Virtual Machine 116 Sharing the host computer s folders with the virtual machine Select the Share the host computer s folders with the virtual machine option to enable access to the disks and folders on the physical computer from inside the virtual machine If this option is selected you can configure access to the physical co
153. mputer disks and folders as follows Select the System disk option the All disks option if Parallels Desktop is installed in a Linux host OS to provide the virtual machine with access to the Windows based physical computer disk where the operating system is installed the root catalogue of the Linux based physical computer Select the Home folder only option to provide the virtual machine with access to the Home folder on the physical computer Note When you share the host computer s disks or folders with a virtual machine they still reside and occupy space on the host computer s hard disk Defining physical computer folders to be shared Select the User defined folders option to manually specify one or more folders on the physical computer that are to be shared with the virtual machine To add a shared folder 1 Click the Add button 2 Inthe Add Shared Folder dialog specify the following settings 3 Enabled Select this option to enable the shared folder Path In this field type the path to the folder you want to share with the virtual machine You can also use the Choose button to locate the folder Name In this field type the shared folder name under which the folder will be accessible from inside the virtual machine Description In this field you can provide a brief description for the shared folder Read only Select this option if you want the shared folder to have a read only status when acces
154. n a Linux guest OS comprises two steps allocating the virtual hard disk space and mounting this disk in the guest OS To allocate the space you will need to create a new partition on this virtual hard disk using the fdisk utility Note To use the fdisk utility you need the root privileges 1 Launch Terminal 2 To list the IDE disk devices present in your virtual machine configuration enter fdisk dev hd Note If you added a SCSI disk to the virtual machine configuration use the fdisk dev sd command instead 3 By default the second virtual hard disk appears as dev hdc in your Linux virtual machine To work with this device enter fdisk dev hdc Note If this is a SCSI disk use the fdisk dev sdc command instead Configuring a Virtual Machine 149 To get extensive information about the disk enter To create a new partition enter To create the primary partition enter Specify the partition number By default it is 1 OO NUTU OSs Od RA Specify the first cylinder If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk use the default value 9 Specify the last cylinder If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk use the default value 10 To create a partition with the specified settings enter WwW When you allocated the space on the newly added virtual hard disk you should format it by entering the following command in the terminal mkfs t lt FileSystem gt dev hdcl
155. n the On shutdown field Discard changes Select this option if you want to discard the changes when you shut down this virtual machine Ask me what to do If this option is selected you will be prompted to choose the action to perform with the changes discard or apply them each time you shut down the virtual machine Note You cannot create snapshots of virtual machines that have this option enabled Configuring a Virtual Machine 111 Optimization Settings On the Optimization pane of Virtual Machine Configuration you can configure two groups of settings related to the virtual machine performance Configuring a Virtual Machine 112 Adaptive Hypervisor Select the Enabled option for Adaptive Hypervisor to automatically allocate the host computer CPU resources between the virtual machine and primary OS applications depending on what application you are working with at the moment If the virtual machine window is in focus the priority of this virtual machine processes will be set higher than the priority of the primary OS s processes As a result more CPU resources will be allocated to the virtual machine If you switch to the primary OS window the priority of its working applications will be set higher and the CPU resources will be relocated to the primary OS This Adaptive Hypervisor technology is useful when you use a lot of applications in the primary and guest OSs at a time and as a result lack the CPU resources Optim
156. n you start your virtual machine If a newer version of Parallels Tools is available you will see the corresponding message offering you to download and update the tools Click Yes to download Parallels Tools from the Parallels Update server and install them into your virtual machine Updating will start right after the download finishes and will prompt you to restart the virtual machine when it is complete If you do not want to update Parallels Tools or want to do it later click No You will be able to update them later by using the Update Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu Note If you revert to a snapshot that was made when you had an earlier version of Parallels Tools in your virtual machine you will also be offered to update them If Parallels Tools are up to date but you want to reinstall them select the Reinstall Parallels Tods option from the Virtual Machine menu ln a Linux guest OS In Linux guest operating systems you should manually check for Parallels Tools updates from time to time To update Parallels Tools 1 Start the virtual machine 2 To update Parallels Tools you should mount the pr1 tools lin iso image and launch Parallels Tools Installer See Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS p 77 for detailed information how you can do it 3 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions When prompted to choose the action to perform select Update and press Enter 4 When the up
157. ne to quit the wizard Managing Virtual Machines 177 Deploying a Virtual Machine Template A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine To be able to run it as a virtual machine you should create a virtual machine that will have the same configuration the template does There are two ways of creating a virtual machine from a template Convert a template into a virtual machine Deploy a template to a new virtual machine If you convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine its icon will be moved from the templates list to the virtual machines list and you will be able to use it as a virtual machine If you deploy a virtual machine template to a virtual machine the Deploy Virtual Machine Template wizard will create a new virtual machine but the template will not be removed from the templates list To convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Select the virtual machine template you want to convert into a virtual machine in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window 3 Choose Convert to Virtual Machine from the File menu or right click the template s icon in the left pane of the Parallels Desktop window and choose Convert to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu 4 The virtual machine template will be processed into a virtual machine and will change its icon To deploy a virtual machine template to a new virtual machine 1 Launch Parallels
158. ne will have no network adapter Note You may reconfigure the networking settings after the virtual machine is created using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 104 9 If you have selected the Shared Networking Host Only Networking or No Networking option go to Step 10 If you selected Bridged Networking on the next step you will need to select the network adapter to be used by the virtual machine Default Adapter Select this option to use the adapter specified as default in the primary OS Parallels Shared Networking Adapter Select this option to use Parallels Shared Networking adapter installed together with Parallels Desktop Parallels Host Only Networking Adapter Select this option to use Parallels Host Only Networking adapter installed together with Parallels Desktop The host computer network adapters included in this list are also available for selecting Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected 10 In the Optimization Options window select the optimization mode you prefer and click Next The available options are Virtual machine Recommended Select this option to allocate more host computer resources to the virtual machine and its applications Host Computer Select this option to allocate more resources to the host computer and its applications 11 In the Name and Location window define the name and location for your virtua
159. nfiguring a Virtual Machine 162 Networking in a Virtual Machine To configure networking in your virtual machines you should first configure networking for Parallels Desktop You should also configure Parallels Desktop networking to have the possibility to send problem reports and get Parallels Desktop updates If you have a network connection on your physical computer and do not use a proxy server the Parallels Desktop network connection is set automatically If you use a proxy server for network connections on your host computer you should provide this proxy server settings in the Proxy Server pane p 51 of Parallels Desktop Preferences After setting networking for Parallels Desktop you should configure networking for your virtual machines Parallels Desktop allows you to use the following types of networking in your virtual machines Shared Networking p 163 This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use the current network connections of your physical computer Bridged Ethernet p 165 This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use one of the physical computer s network adapters which makes it appear as a separate computer on the network the physical computer belongs to Host only networking p 166 This type of networking allows the virtual machine to access only the physical computer and other virtual machines residing on it By default the virtual machine uses Shared Networking because confi
160. ning on it The primary operating system is connected to this network via the Parallels Host Only Networking adapter automatically created on the physical computer during the Parallels Desktop installation The addresses for the virtual machines connected to this network are provided by the Parallels DHCP server Internet Virtual Virtual Virtual Machine Machine Machine Physical computer IP Your physical computer To configure your virtual machine to use Host Only Networking 1 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Virtual Machine gt Configure 2 Select Network Adapter in the Hardware list On the Network Adapter pane make sure that the Enabled Connected and Host Only Networking options are selected Note In the MAC Address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC Address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network 4 Click OK For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website 167 CHAPTER 8 Managing Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on cloning removing from the regirested VMs list
161. nstalled together with Parallels Desktop click the Windows Start menu and choose All Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Desktop gt Parallels Transporter or choose Run Parallels Transporter from the Parallels Desktop File menu If Parallels Transporter was installed as a separate package click the Windows Start menu and choose All Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter in Linux click the Applications menu and choose System Tools gt Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter Agent In Windows click the Windows Start menu and choose All Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Transporter Agent In Linux click the Applications menu and choose System Tools gt Parallels Transporter Agent Using Parallels Compressor Parallels Compressor is an easy to use Parallels utility which will help you keep your virtual machines efficient for many purposes Parallels Compressor is a part of the Parallels Tools set and is installed updated and removed with Parallels Tools To start Parallels Compressor choose Run Parallels Compressor from the Virtual Machine menu Parallels Compressor allows users to effectively clean up disk space in a virtual machine significantly reduce the size of virtual hard disks files efficiently use the resources of a physical hard disk Note Compressing of a virtual machine cannot be performed if the virtual machine has the Undo disks o
162. o proceed with the virtual machine creation 3 In the Select Operating System Type and Version window select the guest OS you plan to install inside your virtual machine and click Next In the Virtual Machine Type window select Custom and click Next In the CPU and Memory Options window specify the number of CPU s and the amount of RAM for the virtual machine and click Next You may use the slider or arrow buttons to set the value or simply type it into the corresponding field EI New Virtual Machine Wizard Sa xj CPU and Memory Options Specify the CPU settings for your virtual machine Number of CPUs IEEE Specify the amount of memory RAM for your virtual machine 12 MB Ie ae ae Recommended Range 512 MB 1172 MB Optional Size 512 M8 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 64 6 In the Hard Disk Options window select the type of virtual hard disk you want to use and click Next You can create a new hard disk image use an existing one or create a virtual machine without any hard disk at all You may need a virtual machine without a hard disk to work with live CDs DVDs CDs or DVDs containing a bootable operating system Hard Disk Options Specify the virtual hard disk to be used in the virtual machine New image file Existing image file No hard disk 7 If you have selected the No hard disk option go to Step 8 If you chose to create a new virtual hard disk on the previous step in the New Vi
163. o virtual machines one virtual machine socket should function in the Server mode and the other one in the Client mode Configuring a Virtual Machine 158 When you are ready click the Add Device button to add a new serial port to your virtual machine Adding a Parallel Port You can add a parallel port to your virtual machine that will be connected to a real port a printer or an output file Note A virtual machine can have up to three parallel ports To add a parallel port to a virtual machine 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Wizard In the Select Device window select Parallel Port and click Next To add a parallel port that will have a typical configuration click the Add Typical Device button The wizard will add a typical parallel port ready for use In the Add Parallel Port window specify the resource to be used for the parallel port emulation and click Next You can choose one of the following resources Real Port Select this option to connect the virtual machine s parallel port to a real parallel port of your physical computer Output File Select this option to emulate the parallel port by using an output file In this case a new output file with the default name will be created in the virtual machine s folder Printer Sele
164. olbar section p 35 Note To make a snapshot you can also use Snapshot Manager Just open the manager by choosing Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu and click the New button A new snapshot will be created In the Snapshot Parameters window you can provide a name and a short description for the snapshot This information and the date of creation will be visible in Snapshot Manager when you hover the pointer over the snapshot icon Click OK to take a snapshot After the snapshot is created you can continue working with your virtual machine s current state or use any of its snapshots To revert to a snapshot open Snapshot Manager by choosing si shot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu or by clicking the Snapshot Manager button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window To create snapshots automatically configure the SmartGuard settings Managing Virtual Machines 182 Managing Snapshots You can use Snapshot Manager to revert to a specific snapshot as well as to manage the snapshots To open Snapshot Manager Choose Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu or Click the Snapshot Manager button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window Note To add this button in the toolbar you should customize it To learn how to do that refer to the Customizing Toolbar section Using Snapshot Manager you can create new snapshots and delete the unused ones view the snapshot tree of a par
165. older in 32 bit Windows C Program Files Parallels Parallels Desktop Tools In 64 bit Windows C Program Files x86 Parallels Parallels Desktop Tools Select the prl tools win iso file and click Open to connect it to the virtual machine In the virtual machine open My Computer and double click the Parallels Tools disc icon to expand its contents Note If the installation wizard does not launch automatically right click the disc choose Open from the shortcut menu and double click Set up exe to launch the installer Follow the wizard s instructions to complete the installation To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Services pane p 113 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog How to check if Parallels Tools are installed Setting Up a Virtual Machine 76 If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed you can easily check this Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window if the tip Press Ctrl Alt to release the mouse and keyboard appears in the status bar of the virtual machine s window this means that Parallels Tools are not installed When Parallels Tools are installed you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard they are released automatically Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS Before installing Parallels Tools
166. om the virtual machine bundle You may need to make snapshots in the following cases If you are configuring a software that requires a lot of settings you may want to explore the settings functions before selecting them For testing the settings create snapshots at branching points If you want to mark milestones in the development process If something goes wrong you can always revert to the previous state or create a branch of snapshots starting with the particular milestone snapshot Managing Virtual Machines 181 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard Note You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused To make a snapshot manually 1 4 Make sure that you completed all operations of installing downloading or writing to external devices before taking a snapshot Note You can create a snapshot at any time But it is recommended to complete all operations of installing downloading or writing to external devices before taking a snapshot You should also complete or cancel any transactions performed via the virtual machine in external data bases Choose Take Snapshot from the Virtual Machine menu or use the Take Snapshot button on the toolbar of your virtual machine s window If the toolbar does not contain this button you can add it to the toolbar For more information refer to the Customizing To
167. on Snapshots Management Pane The snapshots management pane includes the buttons necessary for managing the snapshots The New button Click this button to create a new snapshot for the present state of your virtual machine Managing Virtual Machines 183 The Go To button Select the snapshot you want to go to in the snapshots tree and click this button to move from the present state of your virtual machine to the state saved in this snapshot Note Before you go to a specific snapshot decide what you want to do with the current state of the virtual machine by default it will not be saved To retain the changes made since the last snapshot make a new snapshot The Delete button Select the snapshot you want to delete and click this button If you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains will be merged into the subsequent snapshot Note You cannot delete the root icon It disappears only when you delete all snapshots in the tree You can also manage snapshots by right clicking them in the tree If you right click the icon that shows the present state of the virtual machine you can create a new snapshot for this state If you right click any other intermediate snapshot you can choose to go to it to delete it alone or with all the subsequent snapshots Going to a Snapshot 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine 2 Open Snapshot Manager by choosing Snapshot Manager from the Vir
168. onding drop down menu Click OK and start the guest operating system Install the native driver for your printer in the guest OS Setting Up a USB Printer To set up a USB printer 1 2 ao ao Ff W Launch Parallels Desktop and choose the virtual machine Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu Make sure that the configuration includes a USB controller If necessary add it See Adding a USB Controller p 159 Open the USB Controller pane and make sure that the Enabled option is selected Click OK Start the virtual machine Plug in the USB printer as a USB device See Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine p 98 Install the native driver for the printer in the guest OS Working in a Virtual Machine 98 Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight USB 2 0 and eight USB 1 1 devices to a single virtual machine This means that you can plug up to eight USB 2 0 devices and eight USB 1 1 devices into the host computer and use them from the virtual machine To use this feature you should add a USB controller to the virtual machine configuration p 104 If the USB controller is already present in the virtual machine configuration make sure it is enabled By default when you plug a USB device into the host computer the New USB Device dialog asks if you want to connect this device to the host computer
169. onfiguration dialog p 104 Express Windows Installation This installation mode is available only for the following guest operating systems Windows XP and Windows Vista New Virtual Machine Wizard not only creates a virtual machine configuration but also automatically installs the corresponding guest OS in it It is the easiest way to make a new virtual machine you only need to insert a Windows XP or Windows Vista installation disc or specify the path to its image file and New Virtual Machine Wizard will do the rest including the installation of Parallels Tools In this mode virtual machines are created with typical configurations see Typical Configurations for details and placed to the default folder see below For more information on this installation mode see Express Windows Installation Mode p 58 Typical Installation This installation mode is designed for new users and for fast virtual machine creation You only have to specify the type and version of the guest operating system that you wish to install and where you wish to store the virtual machine files New Virtual Machine Wizard creates a typical for the selected guest OS virtual machine configuration and starts the installation of the guest OS as interactive installation For more information on this installation mode see Typical Installation Mode p 61 Custom Installation This installation mode is intended for experienced users only It allows the user to cr
170. or viewing the shared folders in the guest OS See Installing Parallels Tools p 72 Adding one or more shared folders to the virtual machine configuration Adding a Shared Folder 1 a fF W N 6 Open the virtual machine configuration by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu In the Configuration Editor select the Shared Folders tab see Shared Folders p 115 Select the Enable shared folders option Click the button to open the Shared Folder Properties window In the Shared Folder Properties window Make sure the Enabled option is selected In the Path field type the path to the folder you want to share with the virtual machine You can also use the Choose button to locate the folder In the Name field type the shared folder name under which the folder will be accessible from inside the virtual machine In the Description field you can provide a brief description for the shared folder Select the Read only option if you want the shared folder to have a read only status when accessed from inside the virtual machine click OK El Shared Folder Properties 2 xi Enabled Click OK in the Configuration Editor Working in a Virtual Machine 103 Viewing Shared Folders in Guest OS There are two ways to view the contents of the shared folders in the guest OS Easy Way Click the Parallels Shared Folders icon on the desktop of the running guest OS and you will see all your shared fo
171. orage device this may result in low performance and unsteady operation Shutting Down the Virtual Machine To turn off the virtual machine you can use the standard shutdown procedure for the guest operating system installed in your virtual machine click the Shut Down o button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Shut Down from the Virtual Machine menu Working in a Virtual Machine 83 Suspending and Pausing Your Virtual Machine Starting and shutting down virtual machines may take a considerable amount of time Instead of performing these operations you can suspend or pause a virtual machine for the required time and quickly resume it later Suspending a Virtual Machine Suspending a virtual machine is similar to putting a real computer into the sleep mode When you suspend a virtual machine you save its current state including the state of all applications and processes running in the virtual machine to a special file on the host computer When the suspended virtual machine is resumed it continues operating at the same point the virtual machine was at the time of its suspending Suspending your virtual machine may prove efficient if you need to restart the host computer but do not want to quit the applications running in the virtual machine spend much time on shutting the guest operating system down and then starting it again To suspend a virtual machine do one of the following choose Suspend from
172. p utility and is installed automatically on the host computer during the Parallels Desktop installation On the source computer you can install a separate package containing Parallels Transporter and Parallels Transporter Agent You can download the most recent version of Parallels Transporter package from Parallels Download Center for a PC with a Windows OS installed Parallels Transporter Full X xX xXxxx en_US exe for a PC with a Linux OS installed parallels transporter xxxx xxxxxx run Each of these packages contains Parallels Transporter and Parallels Transporter Agent Depending on what scenario will be used install Parallels Transporter Agent or both on the source PC Before you start the migration make sure that your the host computer and the source PC are connected by a network cable and can access each other over the network Check that you have enough free disk space on the host computer to allocate the resulting images of the migrated volumes For more detailed information please refer to Parallels Transporter User s Guide Using Parallels Add Ons 191 Migration Scenarios Parallels Transporter offers you several typical migration scenarios depending on the purpose of migration After you make up your mind and choose the scenario you can refer to Parallels Transporter Help for further instructions on the selected scenario of migration Using Parallels Transporter you can migrate from a remote computer
173. ption enabled or if it has snapshots Compressing is also unavailable for the virtual machines with plain disks If nevertheless you want to compress the virtual machine that has snapshots delete all the snapshots with the help of Snapshot Manager before you start compressing the virtual machine s disks For more information refer to Managing Snapshots p 182 To compress the virtual machine with Undo Disks p 109 first disable the Undo disks feature in Virtual Machine Configuration Using Parallels Add Ons 194 Guest Operating System Requirements Parallels Compressor supports the following guest operating systems 32 bit operating systems Windows 2000 Server SP4 Professional SP4 Windows XP Professional SP2 SP3 Home SP2 SP3 Windows Server 2003 Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter SP2 R2 Windows Vista Home Business Ultimate Enterprise SPO SP1 Windows 2008 64 bit operating systems Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows Server 2003 Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter SP2 R2 Windows Vista Home Business Ultimate Enterprise SPO SP1 Windows 2008 Parallels Compressor Working Principles Compressor processes a virtual machine in the following way defragments virtual disks and cleans up unused space compacts virtual disks The actions performed on your particular virtual machine depend upon the running mode in automatic mode Parallels Compressor compresses only the current system di
174. r its conversion During the upgrade the virtual machine configuration and Parallels Tools are processed The virtual machine can be used in Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux only after it is upgraded Note In Linux virtual machines X Server may fail to start after the upgrade which means that you may need to upgrade Parallels Tools manually in text mode p 202 If you encounter any problems during the upgrade visit the upgrade troubleshooting page http www parallels com support desktop troubleshooter upgrade or use the online Troubleshooting guide available through Help gt Troubleshooting Guide Updating Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop includes an updating feature that helps you keep your Parallels Desktop installation up to date You can use the update feature only if your computer is connected to the Internet Update checks can be performed either automatically or manually We recommend that you turn on automatic updating to be notified when an update is available Parallels Desktop will regularly check for updates available and inform you about them n addition to automatic updating you can start the updating manually at any time Note To be able to update Parallels Desktop in a Linux primary operating system you must have root privileges or be a sudo user To update Parallels Desktop in a Windows primary operating system you must have administrator or power user rights or just know the administrator or
175. r your copy of Parallels Desktop With registration you will be able to download and install the latest Parallels Desktop updates create a backup copy of the product key on the Parallels web server and restore it at any time contact the Parallels support team stay informed about Parallels news and announcements All these services including the product key backup are free of charge for the registered users of Parallels Desktop If you do not want to register now choose Don t register To initiate the registration procedure later select Register Product from the Help menu The registration procedure 1 In the registration dialog enter your name and e mail in the corresponding fields and specify where you are going to use Parallels Desktop ET Parallels Desktop xj a Al nm O HAWA a EN oS VAV ANY nea Sn Spend less Secure your key Stay current with our promotions in case you lose it with automatic updates tane w For use at home x IV Get news from Paralels Installing Parallels Desktop 24 2 If you choose At work from the For use list you will be asked to specify some additional information Parallels needs this information to know our customers better in order to provide them with the best software and service Parallels Desktop 3 To register Parallels Desktop click OK If you don t want to register your copy of Parallels Desktop click Don t register
176. rallels Desktop enables you to create powerful and easy to use virtual machines use Windows and Linux applications side by side with the primary operating system applications To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your physical computer Parallels Desktop includes several add on utilities Parallels Transporter for migrating physical computers and third party virtual machines to Parallels virtual machines Parallels Image Tool for maintaining the capacity and other properties of your virtual hard disks Parallels Compressor for compressing the data stored on Windows virtual hard disks Introduction 8 About This Guide This Guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create configure and run Parallels virtual machines Abbreviations used in the text In the present guide the following abbreviations are used OS is used instead of operating system in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence VM is used instead of virtual machine in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence Definitions Primary operating system primary OS In this Guide this term is used to refer to the operating system that controls the I O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on Guest operating system guest OS The term is used to refer to an operating system that r
177. re putting the host computer to sleep In sleep mode the host computer does not allocate any resources to the running applications including Parallels Desktop and all virtual machines so that they are stopped automatically As you start the host computer all the applications are automatically up and running again Stopping and Resetting Your Virtual Machine Stopping a Virtual Machine If the guest operating system cannot be shut down for some reason or another you can forcibly stop the virtual machine by doing one of the following lad clicking the Stop button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar choosing Stop from the Virtual Machine menu Warning If you forcibly stop the virtual machine you may lose all unsaved data Resetting a Virtual Machine If some program error has caused your virtual machine to hang you may wish to reset the virtual machine To reset the virtual machine do one of the following Click the Reset button Le in the Parallels Desktop toolbar If this button is absent from the toolbar refer to the Customizing Toolbar subsection p 33 of Parallels Desktop User s Guide Choose Reset from the Virtual Machine menu Warning If you reset the virtual machine you may lose all unsaved data Working in a Virtual Machine 85 Using Keyboard and Mouse Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and Mouse To start working in a virtual machine you need first to capture the keyboard and mouse input in the
178. real drive to connect in the CD DVD ROM list Insert the CD DVD disc with the operating system files into the appropriate drive of the computer If you are installing from an image file Select the Image file option and specify the path to the image file in the File field Note You can use ISO DMG CUE and CCD images for installing the guest operating system 4 Click OK in Virtual Machine Configuration to save the changes 5 Start your virtual machine by clicking son O on the toolbar The installation will launch soon after the virtual machine is started Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71 Note If you need to press any keys inside the virtual machine during the guest OS installation first click inside the virtual machine window to capture the keyboard and mouse input and than press the corresponding keys To release the keyboard and mouse input back to the host OS press Ctrl Alt For more information refer to Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and the Mouse p 85 Installing from the network 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open Virtual Machine Configuration 2 Click the Add button L in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Assistant Note The Add button is disabled when the virtual machine is running You need to shut down the virtual machine before you can use this button Add a network adapter p 153 to your virtual machine configuration 4 Open
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180. rtual Hard Disk window specify the capacity and type for the disk and click Next If you have chosen to use an existing image file in the Existing Virtual Hard Disk window specify the hard disk image to be connected its interface type and position Click Next Capacty F206 JT Split the dick image into 2 GB files You may need this for use with older fle systems that do not support files over 2 GB or For backing up to DVDs Expanding disk recommended A disk of this type is very small intially and can grow up to the specified size as you use R Creating an expanding disk can help you save space on your physkal disk Plain disk A disk of this type is allocated the full amount of disk space at the moment of Rs ES en oe tee re eee Setting Up a Virtual Machine 65 8 In the Networking Type window select the type of networking you want to use in the virtual machine and click Next Shared Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will use the host computer s network connections and will be visible only for the host computer and other virtual machines registered on this server Bridged Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will be visible on the network as a separate computer Host Only Networking If you select this option the virtual machine will access only the host computer and the virtual machines running on it No Networking If you select this option the virtual machi
181. rtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Configuring a Virtual Machine 128 Select the Enabled option if you want the virtual machine to use this CD DVD ROM drive To temporarily disable operations with the CD DVD ROM drive without removing it from the virtual machine configuration clear the Enabled check box Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Select the Connected option if you want the CD DVD ROM drive to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup To emulate the virtual CD DVD ROM drive you can connect one of the real CD DVD ROM drives on your physical computer or a CD DVD ROM image file to the virtual machine Note Parallels Desktop supports ISO image files Connecting a real device To use a real CD DVD ROM drive as the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive o _h Select the Real Device option 2 Choose the device to be connected to the virtual CD DVD ROM drive in the CD DVD ROM list 3 Select the type of interface for connecting the device IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to four virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives SCSI Using this interface type you can connect up to 15 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives Note RHEL 4 7 and RHEL 5 3 guest OSs do not support the SCSI controller 4 Select the device position in the Location list Note The SCSI 7 0 location is not availab
182. rtual machines via Parallels Compressor 193 W Windows installing Parallels Tools in Windows guest OSs 75 removing Parallels Tools from Windows guest OSs 80 setting up printer in Windows guest OS 93 95 updating Parallels Tools in Windows guest OSs 79 Windows guest OSs which support Parallels Tools 73 Wizard Index Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard 68 Clone to Template Virtual Machine Wizard 175 Clone Virtual Machine Wizard 168 Delete Virtual Machine Wizard 170 171 Deploy Virtual Machine Template Wizard 177 New Virtual Machine Wizard 56 Parallels Desktop Installation Wizard 20 211
183. rver This server will automatically assign IP addresses to your virtual machines operating in the shared networking mode from the IP addresses range defined in the appropriate fields below this option 3 If necessary configure the start and end IP addresses in the Start address and End address fields and specify the network mask in the Subnet mask field For more information about configuring shared networking refer to Shared Networking p 163 The Start address and End address values determine the first and the last IP addresses with the first address usually assigned to the DHCP server itself The second address is usually given to the host OS Other addresses are assigned to virtual machines The scope of IP addresses defined should belong to the same subnet Port Forwarding Normally virtual machines set to operate in the shared networking mode cannot be accessed from external computers The port forwarding functionality allows computers on your local network and on the Internet to transfer data to any of your virtual machines that use the shared networking mode The data sent to a specific port on the host computer will be redirected to a specific port of your virtual machine according to a port forwarding rule To add a new port forwarding rule 1 Click the Add button below Port forwarding list 2 Inthe displayed window do the following In the Port Type field specify the port type you want to use for establishing network
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185. s option if you want to enable this serial port in the virtual machine To temporarily disable the serial port without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration clear this option Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Connected Select this option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the serial port connected Serial ports can be emulated by the following devices Real Port Select this option to connect the virtual machine serial port to one of the existing serial ports on the host computer In this case you will need to choose the appropriate port on the host computer in the Serial port list Socket Select this option to connect two virtual machines through the sockets When connecting the virtual machine to a socket you can use the default path to the socket or type a new one in the Socket field You can also configure the role the virtual machine will play in the connection by selecting the necessary role in the Mode list Selecting Server enables you to use this virtual machine to direct the other one Selecting Client enables you to direct this virtual machine from the other one Note If you change the socket mode of the first virtual machine make sure that the socket mode of the second virtual machine is also modified Output File Select this option to connect the virtual machine serial port to an output file You can accept the default path or typ
186. s the functions of a real hard disk See also HDD file Virtual machine template A virtual machine that can be cloned to multiple virtual machines that will have the same configuration and data that the virtual machine template had VM See Virtual Machine Windows computer A physical computer that has a Windows operating system installed Index A Adding devices CD DVD ROM drive 150 floppy disk drive 152 generic SCSI device 160 hard disk 145 parallel port 158 serial port 157 sound device 155 USB controller 159 Adding existing virtual machine 68 B Boot sequence setting boot sequence 107 C Capturing keyboard and mouse 73 85 CD ROM DV D ROM adding CD DVD ROM drive 150 CD DVD discs and CD DVD disc images supported 131 CD DVD ROM settings 127 managing CD DVD ROM drive at runtime 90 removing CD DVD ROM drive 161 Changing virtual machine configuration at runtime 90 Clipboard synchronization between primary and guest OSs 73 Cloning virtual machine 168 Configuring virtual machine 104 Converting expanding hard disk image into plain 187 new hard disk image into old 188 old hard disk image into new 188 plain hard disk image into expanding 187 Creating new virtual machine Custom Installation Mode 56 Express Windows Installation 56 58 Typical Installation Mode 56 61 Custom virtual machines 56 D Default folder for virtual machines 38 56 Deleting virtual ma
187. sed from inside the virtual machine Click OK To remove a shared folder select its name and click the Remove button Configuring a Virtual Machine Shared Profile Settings ET Virtual Machine Configuration Microsoft Windows XP Beto x GL SmartMount a Map user fokders between the host computer and the virtual machine SmartGuard i Desktop Documents I Pictures Hardware cru P Memory si Video VV Music F Floppy Oisk CD DVD ROM 1 O Herd Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network Adapter 1 ae Parallel Port E Sound USE Controller i Ta a eee eee ee I Show advanced settings x Cancel 117 To enable the Shared Profile functionality select the Enabled option at the top of the Shared Profile pane If the Shared Profile functionality is activated you can choose one of the following options Notes 1 If there is no the Desktop Documents Pictures or Music directory in the Linux Select Desktop to use the host computer desktop as the desktop in your Windows guest OS Select Document to use the Linux host computer Documents directory or the Windows host computer My Documents folder as the My Documents folder in your Windows guest OS Select Pictures to use the Linux host computer Pictures directory or the Windows host computer My Pictures folder as the My Pictures folder in your Windows guest OS Select Music to use the Linux host computer Music directory or the Windows host computer My Music
188. sk performing the pre defined set of actions in manual mode you are able to choose disks to compress and actions to perform More about running modes and other Compressor properties can be found in Parallels Compressor Help Steps of the Compression Procedure Parallels Compressor is designed to perform the most efficient compression of a virtual machine The procedure consists of two steps a preparatory step performed in the guest operating system deleting temporary and unnecessary files defragmenting virtual disks and cleaning unused disk space a compacting step reducing the size of the virtual disk files performed in the primary operating system Using Parallels Add Ons 195 How to Run Parallels Compressor Before Starting Parallels Compressor Before starting the utility back up your virtual machine by cloning it or by copying its hard disk files to a safe location This will allow you to restore your virtual machine in case you do not like the results of the compression Warning The result of virtual machine compression is irreversible To start Parallels Compressor 1 Start the virtual machine you want to compress 2 Log in to the guest operating system as a user with administrator rights Note To run Parallels Compressor in a virtual machine you must have administrator rights in the guest operating system 3 Choose Run Parallels Compressor from the Virtual Machine menu Running Parallels Compressor Paral
189. t click the icon and select the desired key combination from the drop down list The corresponding action will take place in your guest OS and your primary OS will ignore this event Working in a Virtual Machine 86 Changing the View Mode Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines more comfortable and efficient Window mode This is the default view mode in which the virtual machine screen is displayed in the Parallels Desktop window The window contains the following panes Summary This pane provides basic information on the virtual machine and access to the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog The Summary pane also contains buttons for the most frequent commands used to start stop and otherwise manage the virtual machine Console In this pane you can interact with the running virtual machine via its guest OS window Performance In this pane you can view the virtual machine CPU and memory usage Full Screen mode In this mode the virtual machine screen is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer screen Switching to the Full Screen Mode You can run a guest operating system in the Full Screen mode when the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all controls are hidden To switch to the Full Screen mode do one of the following Click the Full Screen button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Choose Full Screen from the View menu Not
190. t have any New Virtual Machine Wizard a a 2 Prepare to Install Operating System The Windows XP virtual machine was successfully created R Connect the installation media Select the installation files source to install the Windows XP operating system in this vetual Pree e Real CD DVD ROM Orive Drive Defauk CD DVD ROM C CD DVD image i Click Done you do not want to install the operating system now Lee If you do not want to install the guest OS and start the virtual machine now click Done When the installation is complete install Parallels Tools if they are available for the guest OS you just installed Refer to the Installing Parallels Tools section p 72 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 68 Adding an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine stored on your physical computer but it is missing from the list of virtual machines registered in Parallels Desktop you can easily add it with the help of Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard To add an existing virtual machine 1 Choose Add Existing from the File menu to start Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard 2 In the Introduction window click Next If you do not want the Introduction window to appear in future select Always skip introduction 3 In the Select a Virtual Machine window you should locate the virtual machines you want to add You can set the path to a specific virtual machine s configuration file
191. ter make sure that it complies with the system requirements p 16 Note You must have administrator s rights to install Parallels Desktop in a Windows operating system To install Parallels Desktop in Windows you will need the Parallels Desktop setup file The setup file is available jn the Parallels Desktop installation package that can be downloaded from the Parallels website on the Parallels Desktop installation disc included in the boxed version of Parallels Desktop To install Parallels Desktop in Windows 1 Locate the ParallelsDesktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx exe file and open it 2 Parallels Desktop will connect to the Parallels update server and check for available updates If there is a newer version of Parallels Desktop available you will be offered to install the most recent version of Parallels Desktop If you do not want to install the most recent version you may choose to install the version from the installation media If you click Install existing version Parallels Desktop will be installed from the installation media Ifyou click Download and install new version the latest version of Parallels Desktop will be downloaded and installed on your computer If there are no updates available or your host computer is not connected to the Internet Parallels Desktop will be installed from the current installation source 3 In the installation wizard Welcome window click Next 4 In the License Agreement window
192. terface type for connecting the hard disk image Two types are available IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to four virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives to the virtual machine SCSI Using this interface type you can connect up to 15 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives to the virtual machine Note In some Linux distributions e g RHEL 5 3 the SCSI driver may be not installed In this case you should install this driver in your Linux guest OS to be able to use the SCSI controller Select the device location in the Location list Note The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself Click OK Note The Interface and Location options are available only if the Show advanced settings check box is selected at the bottom of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Configuring a Virtual Machine 131 Support for Virtual and Real Disks This section lists the types of disks that can be used by Parallels virtual machines and provides the information about basic operations that you can perform with these disks Supported Types of Hard Disks Parallels virtual machines use virtual hard disks as their hard disks Virtual Hard Disks The capacity of a virtual hard disk can be set from 100 MB and up to 2 TB Virtual hard disks can be of either plain or expanding format When you create a virtual machine in Express Windows or
193. the CPU and memory usage when the virtual machine is running Status Bar displays the devices information when the virtual machine is running For detailed information see the Status Bar subsection p 36 Altix MENUS a Virtus Machine Devices Window Apciications Help Toolbar O O OQ Sat Beatdown Sioerd AiSoren 2o E Copy of Meroselt windows X Summary Coros Performance Paramets E Copy of Ubuntu Line D us tx Sidebar mp YM window Bsn H2O BOF z0 Status Bar see SS Kw HOS Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 32 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines There are the following menus The File menu allows you to create a new virtual machine p 55 add an existing virtual machine to Parallels Desktop p 68 remove the virtual machine from the Parallels Desktop sidebar p 170 delete the virtual machine p 171 download Parallels Virtual Appliances p 80 clone the virtual machine p 168 clone the virtual machine to a template p 175 convert the virtual machine to a template p 175 deploy the template to a virtual machine p 177 convert the template to a virtual machine p 177 quit Parallels Desktop The Run Parallels Transporter command allows you to migrate the information from other computers or virtual machines with the help of Parallels Transporter This menu also lets
194. the Linux operating systems the virtual CD DVD ROM drive may appear as dev hdb and the mount point mnt cdrom Some Linux OSs do not have the CD DVD ROM mount point In this case you should create the mount point directory manually 6 When the installation disc image is mounted change the directory to the CD DVD ROM directory using cd media cdrom 7 Inthe CD DVD ROM directory enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation install Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Note You must have the root privileges to run this command 8 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 9 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine How to check if Parallels Tools are installed If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed you can easily check this Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window if the tip Press Ctrl Alt to release the mouse and keyboard appears in the status bar of the virtual machine s window this means that Parallels Tools are not installed When Parallels Tools are installed you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard they are released automatically Updating Parallels Tools The procedure of updating Parallels Tools depends on the guest operating system they are installed in In a Windows guest OS Parallels Desktop automatically checks for new Parallels Tools updates whe
195. the Virtual Machine menu or click the Suspend button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Note You can view the configuration of the suspended virtual machine in read only mode To be able to modify the suspended virtual machine configuration you should stop the virtual machine To resume a suspended virtual machine click the Resume button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Resume from the Virtual Machine menu Pausing a Virtual Machine Pausing a virtual machine releases the resources such as RAM and CPU currently used by this virtual machine The released resources can then be used by the host computer and its applications or by other virtual machines running on the host computer Note Only the amount of RAM used by the guest OS will be released The memory used by the Parallels Desktop application will still be locked To pause a virtual machine do one of the following click the Pause button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Pause from the Virtual Machine menu Working in a Virtual Machine 84 When a virtual machine is paused its window is grayed out To continue running the virtual machine click the Resume button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or choose Resume from the Virtual Machine menu Parallels Desktop is designed to operate like an ordinary computer application This means that you do not have to change the virtual machine s state from running to paused suspended or stopped befo
196. the installation Follow the Parallels Desktop installer s instructions to install the update Note If the installer displays a list of conflicting applications quit these applications to be able to proceed with the installation When the update is installed click Close to quit the installer Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Removing Parallels Desktop Uninstalling Parallels Desktop does not delete any files that have been created using Parallels Desktop such as configuration files virtual hard disks floppy f dd images and serial or parallel port output files In Windows Note You must have power user or administrator rights to uninstall Parallels Desktop in a Windows primary operating system The procedure may be slightly different in different Windows versions To remove Parallels Desktop follow these steps 1 Open the Windows Start menu select Control Panel select Add Remove Programs and then select Parallels Desktop Click the Remove button to begin uninstalling Click Yes when prompted Are you sure you want to remove Parallels Desktop from your computer If you purchased the program from the Parallels Online store http www parallels com en buyonline or downloaded a trial version you can also remove Parallels Desktop with the help of the ParallelsDesktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx exe file Just locate this file and open it The wizard will lead you through the process of deinstallation In Linux Note
197. the sound device without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration clear this option Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Connected Select this option to have the sound device automatically connected on the virtual machine startup Output Use the output list to choose the necessary device You can choose one of the following devices Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in the primary operating system Null device Select this option if you want to mute the output device Built in output Select this option if you want to use one of the output devices connected to the primary operating system Input Use the input list to choose the necessary device You can choose one of the following devices Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in the primary operating system Null device Select this option if you want to mute the input device Built in input Select this option if you want to use one of the input devices connected to the primary operating system Configuring a Virtual Machine 141 USB Settings On the USB Controller pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can enable the USB controller support in your virtual machine A virtual machine can emulate only one USB controller which provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight USB 2 0 and eight
198. ther printing parameters Click Ok Working in a Virtual Machine 95 Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest OS Before installing a network printer in a guest OS make sure that Networking in the primary and guest OSs is configured The virtual machine network adapter is connected to the corresponding virtual machine and enabled To do this Select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu Click the Network Adapter item in the left pane Make sure that the Enabled and Connected options are selected If they are cleared select these options and click OK The user account in the guest OS from which you will setup the printer has permissions to access the network printer You know the printer s IP address After that you can log into your guest OS and install a network printer In a Windows Guest Operating System Before adding a network printer to Windows download and install an appropriate printer driver The procedure of adding a network printer is almost the same for all Windows guest OSs To add a network printer in Windows XP or Windows Vista a fF W N s 11 Choose Control Panel from the Start menu in your guest OS Click Printers and Faxes in Windows XP or Printers in Windows Vista Click the Add printer icon In the Add Printer wizard introduction window click Next In Windows XP select the Local printer attached to this computer option and disable Auto
199. ticular virtual machine select a snapshot to revert to Note You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused The Virtual Machine Snapshots window consists of the following areas The snapshots tree pane The snapshots management pane Snapshots Tree Pane Snapshot icons appear as screen shots of the guest OS window if the virtual machine was running at the time you created a snapshot The left icon with a flag is the root of the snapshots tree it is the initial state of the virtual machine used as the reference point You cannot delete the root icon The root icon is visible if at least one snapshot exists If you want to delete a snapshot which is parental for some other snapshots you can decide whether to delete only this snapshot or delete it with all the subsequent snapshots All snapshots in the snapshots tree are descendants of the root state of the virtual machine The first snapshot contains differences with respect to the root state The second successive snapshot contains differences with respect to the first snapshot You may want to return to one of the previous snapshots and work with it If you then create a new snapshot a new snapshots branch will be created An icon that represents the current state of the virtual machine is marked by a red flag When you hover the pointer over an item you will see a tooltip message with a short descripti
200. tion 10 Getting Help Parallels Desktop offers several options for accessing the necessary information Parallels Desktop User s Guide This document contains extensive information about the product its usage and troubleshooting You can access the guide by choosing Parallels Desktop Help from the Parallels Desktop Help menu Online documentation The PDF documentation for Parallels Desktop and other Parallels products such as Parallels Transporter Parallels Image Tool and Parallels Compressor To open the online documentation page choose Online Documentation from the Help menu Parallels Command Line Reference Guide This document contains information on using the prictl command line utility designed to manage Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from command line To access the document go to the Online documentation page on our website Parallels API references and the SDK programmer s guide These guides are aimed at IT professionals mainly and can be found on the Online documentation page on our website Context sensitive help You can open a help page for the active window by pressing F1 Parallels website http www parallels com Explore the Support web page that includes product help files and the FAQ section Parallels Knowledge Base http kb parallels com This online resource comprizes valuable articles about using Parallels Desktop and other Parallels products Feedback If you spot a typo in this gu
201. to an image file up to 2 TB each CD DVD ROM drive mapped to a physical drive or to an CD DVD ROM Drive image file SCSI Devices Up to 15 SCSI devices Hard Disk Hard Disk Drive mapped to an image file up to 2 TB each Generic SCSI Device Generic SCSI device Up to 16 Network interfaces including Ethernet virtual Network Interfaces network card compatible with RTL8029 Up to 4 Serial COM ports mapped to a socket or to an Serial COM Ports output file Up to 3 Parallel LPT ports mapped to output file to a real Parallel LPT Ports port or to a printer Sound Card AC 97 compatible Sound Card sound recording support Keyboard Generic PC keyboard Virtual Machine Technology Basics 14 UB Up to 8 USB 2 0 and up to 8 USB 1 1 devices Each virtual machine is stored in the primary OS as a bundle of files pvm that contains the virtual machine configuration file pvs the virtual hard disk file hdd and other files of the virtual machine A virtual machine may have the following files A bundle that contains the virtual machine files A virtual machine configuration file It defines hardware and resources configuration of a virtual machine The configuration file is generated when the virtual machine is created A file created when the virtual machine is suspended It contains the state of the virtual machine and its applications for the moment the suspend was invoked A file containing memory dump for the s
202. top and the running or paused virtual machines from the tray select the Show tray icon option For more details refer to Parallels Desktop Tray Icon p 37 and Managing Virtual Machines From the Tray p 179 If you want the Parallels Desktop window to be hidden when minimized select the Minimize to tray option Note Minimizing main window to tray does not quit Parallels Desktop Changing the sidebar position In the Sidebar position list you can choose the sidebar location It can be located in the right or in the left part of the main window Resetting hidden messages A number of Parallels Desktop dialogs and wizard windows are provided with the Do not show this message again option If you select this option the corresponding dialog will not appear next time you perform the same operation Using the Reset Hidden Messages button you can reset all dialogs and wizard windows with this option selected so that they are displayed again each time you initiate the corresponding operation Restoring default settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 40 Keyboard Preferences In the Keyboard pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can set keyboard shortcuts for certain commands Note The keyboard shortcuts can be configured individually for each user of your physical computer Principles of Working W
203. top in Linux From the Applications menu choose System Tools gt Parallels Desktop Enter the following command in a terminal parallels desktop Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 31 Interface Basics When you launch Parallels Desktop the Parallels Desktop window opens The Parallels Desktop window consists of several parts Menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines For detailed information see the Menus subsection p 32 Toolbar comprises buttons that can be used to manage the virtual machine and its appearance For detailed information see the Toolbar subsection p 33 Sidebar contains the list of all virtual machines registered in Parallels Desktop If you right click a virtual machine name in the list you can use a set of commands for managing the virtual machine from the virtual machine context menu Virtual Machine window acts as the virtual machine display or shows the properties and main operations of the virtual machine you selected in the sidebar It consists of three tabs The Summary tab displays the main information about the virtual machine its name location OS state and description the main operations you can perform on it and the virtual machine configuration This tab is always available The Console tab is available when the virtual machine is running and acts as the virtual machine s display The Performance tab shows
204. tting Technical Support Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team Configuring Network in Linux Increasing the Virtual Machine Screen Resolution Memory Usage Problems Problems With Antivirus Software Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS Installing the GCC package and kernel sources in Linux Glossary Index Contents 6 208 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Parallels Desktop enables you to use the hardware resources of your Intel based Windows or Linux computer more efficiently by sharing them between multiple virtual machines running on it In This Chapter About Parallels Desktop scsisceseces ove estes ee ee RR ass 7 About TRS aide es Says e aea s aae E R a a ie ebistuleed esses gee 8 Getting Help rerien a o a A err aea a aA e e oa Teea e N aeri 10 Feedback inneren reren ee i E RE ERTE EE E E hed 10 Acknowledgements iesiieinend ietsie a a a eera at esae aa 11 About Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on computers with Intel processors 1 66 GHz and faster and a Windows or Linux operating system installed You can install a Windows Linux or another supported guest operating system in each of your virtual machines and work with them and their applications side by side with the applications of the primary operating system installed on the physical computer Built on Parallels hypervisor based virtualization technology Pa
205. tting Up a Virtual Machine 75 Installing Parallels Tools in a Windows Guest OS If you created your virtual machine using the Express Windows mode Parallels Tools were installed automatically after the installation of the Windows guest operating system If your virtual machine was created in the Typical or Custom mode do the following to install Parallels Tools in it 1 2 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest operating system When the guest OS boots up connect the Parallels Tools ISO image by choosing the Install Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels Tools refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section p 73 in Parallels Desktop Help available through the Help menu In the Welcome window click Install The wizard will start the automatic installation When the installation is complete click Reboot to exit the wizard and restart the virtual machine If the Parallels Tools installation does not start automatically you can launch it manually 5 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest operating system When the guest OS boots up connect the Parallels Tools ISO image by right clicking the CD DVD ROM icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choosing Connect Image Open the following f
206. tual Machine 70 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system on a virtual machine from a CD or DVD or from an image file of such CD DVD Some operating systems are available on CD DVD disc images only In some cases the installation cannot be performed from a real CD DVD disc because of disc reading problems In such cases it is recommended that you try to install the operating system from a CD DVD disc image of this disc ISO images of CD DVD discs can be created using a third party imaging utility In this version you can also install the guest operating system using a PXE server via network Some operating systems are installed only from floppy disks If your computer does not have floppy drives you can install such operating systems using images of installation diskettes or using real floppy disk drives inserted into an external USB floppy disk drive You can create floppy disk images using third party applications Installing from a CD DVD disc or its image 1 Select the virtual machine and make sure that it is stopped 2 To connect the installation medium open Virtual Machine Configuration by right clicking the machine and choosing Configure from the shortcut menu or choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Select CD DVD ROM in the sidebar and configure the virtual CD DVD ROM drive settings Ifyou are installing from a real CD DVD Select the Real Device option and specify the
207. tual Machine menu or clicking the Snapshot Manager icon in the toolbar of the virtual machine main window 3 In the Virtual Machine Snapshots window choose the snapshot and click the Go To button You can also right click the snapshot and choose Go to Snapshot from the shortcut menu or just double click the snapshot Note If after the Parallels Desktop update you decided to revert to one of the snapshots made before the update you will see the message that a new Parallels Tools update is available We recommend you to install them to work effectively with the virtual machine 4 If you revert to a snapshot from an unsaved state of the virtual machine you will see the notification about that Click Yes if you want to proceed without saving the state Click No if you want to save the state and then go to the needed snapshot If you want to revert to the previous snapshot made on the same branch of snapshots use the Revert To Snapshot option from the Virtual Machine menu or from the virtual machine main window toolbar If you want to know to what exactly snapshot you will revert you can always see your snapshots tree in Snapshot Manager Note If you revert to the previous snapshot from an unsaved state of the virtual machine you will see the notification about that Click Yes if you want to proceed without saving the state Click No if you want to save the state and then revert to the snapshot After reverting to a snapshot it is recomm
208. u would lke to perform on the virtual machine Microsoft Windows XP Remove from ist Remove the virtual machine from the list of registered virtual machines available on this computer C Delete Delete the virtual machine or some of Rs files permanently from the source dik os mon ce 4 The wizard removes the virtual machine from the virtual machines list If the operation was successful the Removal Succeeded window appears 5 Click Done to close the wizard Managing Virtual Machines 171 Deleting a Virtual Machine You can delete a virtual machine using the Delete Virtual Machine wizard or by deleting its file manually The Delete Virtual Machine wizard removes the following virtual machine files by default configuration file virtual hard disk file s snapshots floppy disk image file s if any output files of serial and parallel ports if any folder where this virtual machine files are stored The wizard can delete an open virtual machine that is not running If it is running the Remove command in the context menu is disabled To delete a virtual machine 1 2 Open the virtual machine that you want to delete Right click the virtual machine name in the virtual machines list and select Remove in the context menu The Delete Virtual Machine Wizard introductory window appears If you do not want it to appear in future select Always skip introduction Click Next In the Delete Options window select
209. ual machine s video card up to 16 MB Memory Usage Problems The amount of the host computer physical memory required for each virtual machine operation can be represented as follows Virtual Machine Memory Guest OS Memory Video Memory Virtual Machine Monitor Memory Guest OS Memory is the amount of RAM available to your guest OS You can configure the guest OS memory amount in the Memory pane p 123 of Virtual Machine Configuration Video Memory is the amount of physical memory available to the virtual machine s video card You can adjust the video memory amount in the Video pane p 124 of Virtual Machine Configuration Virtual Machine Monitor is the module responsible for the guest operating system virtualization It consumes memory to peform operations of guest virtual devices and hadle virtual paging emulation The amount of memory required for the Virtual Machine Monitor operation depends on the guest OS and varies from 50 MB to 200 MB You can configure the whole amount of physical memory available for all running virtual machines in the Memory tab of the application Preferences Memory Overcommitment If you have several virtual machines running at a time and you are trying to start one more virtual machine you can come across the memory over commit The application will inform you with the corresponding message This means that all your running virtual machines require more memory that is configured in the Memory t
210. uns under the virtual machine control Organization of This Guide This guide is organized into the following chapters introduction p 7 you are reading it now Provides basic information about the product and this guide Virtual Machine Technology Basics p 12 Provides information on the specification and technologies of virtual machines installing Parallels Desktop p 15 Provides instructions on product installation Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop p 30 Provides basic information on how to work with Parallels Desktop Setting Up a Virtual Machine p 53 Provides instructions on creating a new virtual machine adding an existing one and installing Parallels Tools in guest OSs Working in a Virtual Machine p 81 Provides basic information on how to work with virtual machines Configuring a Virtual Machine p 104 Provides information on how to change the virtual machine configuration Managing Virtual Machines p 167 Provides basic information on how to manage your virtual machines Using Parallels Add ons p 185 Provides information on how and when you can use Parallels Transporter Parallels Compressor and Parallels Image Tool Troubleshooting and Limitations p 197 Provides the solutions for some of the known issues Documentation Conventions Introduction 9 Before you start using this guide it is important to understand the documentation conventions use
211. uns on the active volume of the source computer you can also use an ISO image of such an installation disc Parallels Transporter may need to reinstall a few drivers because hardware on the source computer and default virtual hardware of a virtual machine are different Warning If you migrate a volume with a Windows OS installed on it and want to use its image as a bootable virtual disk please note that there may be activation problems a Windows OS migrated to a virtual machine may detect that the hardware has changed and require that you reactivate your copy of Windows Using Parallels Add Ons 192 Parallels Transporter Agent enables you to migrate data from non active volumes of a source computer and to create images of these volumes The resulting image can be connected as a data disk to a virtual machine that has an operating system compatible with the file system on this volume Disk images of non active volumes with supported operating systems can be made bootable later in a Parallels virtual machine Migrating from a third party virtual computer You can use Parallels Transporter for converting a third party virtual computer into a Parallels virtual machine Express and Advanced migration modes and for converting a third party virtual disk to a Parallels virtual machine or disk Advanced migration mode If you select to convert the entire third party virtual computer the configuration of the resulting Parallels virtual machine wil
212. uring its creation An existing virtual machine can also be moved to a different folder after it is created Setting Up a Virtual Machine 58 Express Windows Installation 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Wizard by choosing New Virtual Machine from the File menu In the Introduction window click Next to proceed with the virtual machine creation In the Select Operating System Type and Version window select the Windows XP or Windows Vista guest OS and click Next In the Virtual Machine Type window select Express Windows and click Next In the Express Windows Installation window specify your user details and the Windows product key necessary for the Windows guest OS installation Note If you do not enter the Windows product key in this step you will have to provide it later when the Windows guest OS installation starts If you click the Advanced button you can set the number of CPUs the amount of RAM and the virtual hard disk capacity to your future virtual machine Click Next In the Name and Location window define the name and location for your virtual machine Name Indicate an arbitrary name to be assigned to the virtual machine By default the virtual machine gets the same name as the operating system that will be installed inside this virtual machine If a virtual machine with such a name already exists you will be prompted to indicate another name The name must not exceed 50 characters
213. using USB devices in virtual machine 98 USB printers 97 V Video adapter removing video adapter 161 Video settings 124 Virtual hard disk adding virtual hard disk 145 initializing newly added virtual hard disk 148 Index 210 changing virtual hard disk format 188 increasing size of virtual hard disk 186 managing virtual hard disk properties 187 reducing virtual hard disk size 189 195 types of virtual hard disks 131 virtual hard disk settings 129 Virtual machine about virtual machines 12 adding devices to a virtual machine 143 adding existing virtual machine 68 changing virtual machine configuration at runtime 90 cloning virtual machine 168 creating new virtual machine 55 creating virtual machine template 175 default folder for storing virtual machines 38 56 deleting virtual machines 170 171 deploying virtual machine template 177 downloading ready to use virtual machines 80 editing virtual machine configuration 104 migrating physical and virtual computers to Parallels virtual machines 189 performing main operations on virtual machine 82 83 removing devices from virtual machine 161 setting up printer in virtual machine 92 using shared folders in virtual machines 101 using USB devices in virtual machines 98 working with virtual machine hard disks via Parallels Image Tool 185 working with virtual machine snapshots 180 working with vi
214. uspended virtual machine For a running virtual machine it is a temporary virtual memory file A bundle of files that represents a virtual hard disk of a Parallels virtual machine When you create a virtual machine you can create it with a new virtual hard disk or use an existing one An image file of a CD or DVD disc Virtual machines treat ISO images as real CD DVD discs A floppy disk image file Virtual machines treat FDD images as real diskettes If you install a Windows guest OS in the Express Windows installation mode Parallels Desktop creates the unattended fdd floppy disk image file and places it to the virtual machine folder The file is required for Windows Server 2003 Windows XP and Windows Vista installation Output files for serial and parallel ports The output txt files are generated when a serial or parallel port connected to an output file is added to the virtual machine configuration 15 CHAPTER 3 Installing Parallels Desktop This chapter lists the system requirements and provides all the information required to install Parallels Desktop in Linux or Windows operating systems In This Chapter System Requirements i ocseieietniocti storace esaa ene EEan A E a E i a eee ia 16 J stallins Parall ls D sktopa imcini aaia e Aa EET E as 17 Activating Parallels D sktop csini ea aeaa aa a eE a aae 22 Registering Parallels Desktopi is erens oriire ereire astie rnea tae ieia pr aae ea eert 23 Upgrading from
215. vailable data storage devices like hard disks or installed operating systems Primary operating system primary OS Operating system that controls the I O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on It is the operating system of the physical computer where the Parallels Desktop application is installed Processor The central processing unit or CPU It is an internal part of the computer PVS file A virtual machine configuration file that contains information about the virtual machine resources devices and other settings Shared networking Virtual machine network connection mode that allows the virtual machine to use the host computer network connections In this mode the virtual machine is invisible to other computers on the network the host computer belongs to Shortcut A user defined key or combination of keys that provides quick access to applications and commands See also Hot key Snapshot A copy of the virtual machine state at a particular point of time The files related to snapshots are stored in a special subfolder in the virtual machine s folder Source computer or source operating system The computer that you are going to migrate data from On physical source computers Parallels Transporter Agent should be installed System disk A floppy disk that allows your computer to load the operating system Split disk A split disk is cut into 2 GB pieces but is stored as a single HDD
216. vailable for your version of Parallels Desktop will be displayed in the Download dialog Choose the update s you want to install and click the Download button If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date you will see the corresponding message EI Preferences xj IV Check for updates Once awek w I Checkin background Download updates automatically Check Now Feedback Proxy Server aei iw l 5 When you finish click OK to save the changes and close the dialog Installing Parallels Desktop 28 Manual Updating Parallels Desktop also enables you to check for updates manually whenever you want To check for updates manually 1 2 Launch Parallels Desktop From the Help menu choose Check for Updates The program will immediately start the search for updates While the updater accesses the Parallels update server and compares the available updates with the installed version you can hide this window by selecting Check in background If there is one or more updates available they will be listed in the Parallels Update window Select the update to install and click Install You can also download the update by clicking the Download button To change the download folder type the path into the Download folder field or use the Choose button to locate the folder Note You can install the downloaded update later by locating it in the download folder and launching the installer Click OK to start
217. ve operations without removing the floppy drive from the virtual machine configuration clear this option Note The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped Connected Select this option if you want the floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup You can choose one of the following devices to emulate the virtual machine floppy disk drive To use a real floppy disk drive select Real Device and specify the device to use To use a floppy disk image select Image File and specify the path to the floppy disk image file in the File field You can also use the Choose button to locate the file If you want to create a new floppy disk image or to replace the currently used floppy disk image by a blank floppy disk image click the Recreate button Warning Recreating the current floppy disk image deletes all the data stored on this disk image Configuring a Virtual Machine 127 CD ROM options To configure the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive settings use the CD DVD ROM pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Virtual CD DVD ROM drives can be connected either to physical CD DVD ROM drives or to CD DVD images Note You can connect up to four IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD ROM drives and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine Each device is listed separately in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and has its own number EI Vi
218. virtual hard disk type from plain to expanding and vice versa split or merge the disk parts or merge snapshots of the virtual machine that uses this virtual hard disk To change the type of the virtual hard disk 1 Start Parallels Image Tool In the Introduction window click Continue Specify the source virtual disk image file with the hdd extension in the Source Virtual Disk window You may type the path and file name or use the Choose button to locate the file The virtual hard disk image file can be found inside the virtual machine s PVM bundle PVM bundles are stored by default inthe lt Username gt Documents Parallels folder in Mac OS X in the C Documents and Settings lt Username gt My Documents Parallels folder in the Windows primary OS inthe lt username gt parallels directory in the Linux primary OS Note The virtual machine using this virtual hard disk should be stopped before proceeding Select the Manage disk properties option in the Select Action window In the Select Operations window choose one or several of the following operations to perform on the disk and click Start Note The operations with the virtual hard disk are irreversible If the virtual hard disk image you specified is an expanding virtual hard disk the Split virtual hard disk image file option is selected by default If it is an expanding disk you can select the Convert to Plain option If it is a plain disk the
219. virtual machine To this effect 1 move the mouse pointer over the virtual machine window 2 click in the window When the keyboard and mouse input is captured in the virtual machine you cannot move the pointer out of the virtual machine window and all keystrokes and button clicks go to the virtual machine To release the keyboard and mouse back to the primary OS press Ctrl Alt The keyboard and mouse will be released immediately Note You can change the key combination for releasing the keyboard and mouse input using the Keyboard pane of the Preferences dialog If you want to automatically capture and release the keyboard and mouse input you should install Parallels Tools p 72 in your virtual machine After the Parallels Tools installation you can capture and release the mouse and keyboard input more easily click anywhere in the virtual machine window to capture the input click anywhere outside the virtual machine window to release the input Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine If when working in a virtual machine you press a special key combination intended for the guest OS for example Ctrl Alt Del for any of the Windows guest operating systems the primary operating system may intercept such a command That is why in this version of Parallels Desktop you can apply any of the main Windows and Linux shortcuts to your virtual machine with the help of the Keyboard icon E jin the virtual machine status bar p 36 Jus
220. w select the Printers and Faxes or Printers or Printers and Other Hardware item Open the Add Printer wizard In Windows XP Vista double click the Add a printer link In the Add Printer wizard In Windows Vista click Add a local printer select Use an existing port and click Next In Windows XP click Next in the wizard s first dialog in the Local or Network Printer dialog click Local printer attached to this computer Working in a Virtual Machine 94 6 Continue with the general installation procedure and install the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer driver Adding a printer in a Linux guest operating system To add a printer in a Linux guest OS A O N Start the Linux virtual machine and log in as administrator Open the etc printcap configuration file and click the Add option Select the type of printer to add Local printer Click Ok Printtool will attempt to detect any printers which are attached to your parallel port and will show you the results Click Ok Specify the details about your printer such as a name of the printer and its related spool directory the location of the printer device and other options The Input Filter contains information about your specific printer and its formatting requirements To add your printer s information click Select The Configure Filter dialog will open Choose the printer type choose the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer driver You can also set here o
221. w specify the name and folder for the virtual machine clone The name suggested by the wizard is made by adding Copy of to the original virtual machine name You can specify another name but it should not be longer than 50 characters Managing Virtual Machines 169 Clone Virtual Machine Wizard Click Clone to start the process 4 When the copying is complete the Cloning Finished window appears Click Done to close the wizard Managing Virtual Machines 170 Removing a Virtual Machine When you launch Parallels Desktop you can see the currently registered virtual machines in the Parallels Desktop sidebar If a virtual machine is not used it can be temporarily removed from the list When you need this virtual machine again you will be able to add it to the list again To temporarily remove a virtual machine from the virtual machines list perform the following operations 1 Launch Parallels Desktop choose the virtual machine you want to remove in the virtual machines list right click its name and choose Remove from the context menu Note The virtual machine you want to delete should be stopped or the Remove option will be disabled 2 The Delete Virtual Machine Wizard introductory window appears If you do not want this window to appear the next time you start this wizard select Always skip introduction Click Next 3 Select the Remove from list option and click Remove Delete Options Select the operation yo
222. want to install the most recent version you may choose to install the version from the installation media Note If the host computer is accessing the Internet only via a proxy server configure the proxy server settings to allow Parallels Desktop to check for available updates during the installation process For more information on how to configure the proxy server settings refer to the Troubleshooting subsection below If you click Next the most recent version of Parallels Desktop will be downloaded and installed If you click Cancel Parallels Desktop will be installed from the current installation media If there are no updates available or your host computer is not connected to the Internet Parallels Desktop will be installed from the current installation source The Parallels Desktop Installation wizard starts In the Welcome screen click Next 4 In the License Agreement screen read the license agreement scrolling it by pressing Spacebar on your keyboard To accept the agreement click the Accept button 5 In the CEP Agreement screen you can choose to participate in a program that will help us improve Parallels Desktop according to your experience Read carefully the information about the program and click the Yes button if you want to participate in it Otherwise click No 6 When the installation is completed the Parallels Desktop Installation completed screen appears Click the Exit button to close the wizard 7 To e
223. xit the terminal enter exit Troubleshooting Installing Parallels Desktop 21 If the host computer is accessing the Internet only via a proxy server you should configure the proxy server settings to allow Parallels Desktop to check for available updates during the installation process To this effect begin the Parallels Desktop installation as follows 1 Launch a terminal locate the Parallels Desktop installation package and execute the following command to start the installation sudo parallels desktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx run p proxy_server_host_name port or sudo parallels desktop 4 0 xxxx xxxxxx run p ip address port where proxy_server_host_name stands for the proxy server host name ip_address stands for the proxy server IP address and port stands for the proxy server port 2 Continue the installation as it was described above If the proxy server requires authentication you will be prompted to enter your name and password in one of the steps Installing Parallels Desktop 22 Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop you should activate it with an activation key If you purchased a boxed version of the program you can find the activation key printed on the installation CD sleeve If you purchased the program online the activation key was sent to your e mail If you downloaded a copy of Parallels Desktop to evaluate it before buying you can get a trial activation key valid for a cert
224. y Server Preferences The Proxy Server pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to configure a number of proxy server related settings Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 52 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to use a proxy server for network connections select the Do not use proxy server option and click OK If you want Parallels Desktop to use a proxy server for network connections you have the following possibilities You can choose the Specify a proxy server option and provide the proxy server settings manually If you chose the Specify a proxy server option you should specify the address and port of the proxy server If this proxy server requires authentication select the Proxy server requires authentication option and type the corresponding credentials in the User Name and Password fields Choose the Use a different proxy server for SSL connections option if you want to use an SSL proxy server for your secure connections Click the SSL Proxy button and provide the SSL proxy server address and port in the SSL Proxy window In this window you can also provide the credentials for accessing this server if needed If you clear the Use a different proxy server for SSL connections option the first proxy server specified in this pane will be used for all connections In a Windows primary OS you can choose the Use Internet Explorer proxy settings option to import the proxy sever setting from the Connections settin
225. ypes of floppy disks Real diskettes inserted into a real floppy disk drive that is connected to the virtual machine Floppy disk image files with the fdd extension connected to the virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine 132 Parallels Desktop treats floppy disk images like real diskettes Parallels Desktop supports floppy disk image files that have fdd extension and 1 44 MB size With Parallels Desktop you can also create an image of a blank floppy using Floppy Disk pane p 126 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 104 Note Parallels Desktop cannot create images of real diskettes Configuring a Virtual Machine 133 Serial Port Settings On the Serial Port pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings Using serial ports you can establish a connection between the virtual machine and the host computer devices using a real port or between two virtual machines located on the same host computer using a socket If you want to connect your virtual machine to the host computer device you should create a serial port emulated by a real port The Serial Port list comprises the devices on the host computer that are available for connection The connected device being used in any virtual machine cannot be used by the host computer To be able to use it in the host computer you should first disconnect it from the virtual machine To do that

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