Instant VMware Player for Virtualization

A simple approach towards learning virtualization to play with virtual machines

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
• Discover the latest features of VMware Player 5.0
• Evaluate new technology without paying for additional hardware costs
• Test your applications in an isolated environment

In Detail

Virtual technology has been around for years, but only recently has it really taken off with the introduction of products such as VMware’s Player, Oracle’s Virtual box, and Microsoft’s Hyper-V. Each of these companies has begun to leverage virtualization in a reliable, secure, and scalable fashion to help businesses reduce their production costs.

Instant VMware Player for Virtualization will give you practical experience with virtualization. VMware Player is a free product that can be used to evaluate and test software platforms in almost any operating system environment.

The power of virtualization is robust if done well; it can save you a lot of time and financial resources. This book provides you with a quick and easy process for creating a virtual machine and setting it up to function properly in your home or business location.

The topics covered in this book will include practical guides to installing the Windows 8 operating system on a virtual system. The information provided is also formatted in an easily-digestible recipe format. If you want to take advantage of the free VMware Player application, then this is the book for you.

You will learn everything you need to know to create virtual machines as well as how to configure them in your VMware Player console to kick start your knowledge of virtualization concepts.

What you will learn from this book

• Build a virtual machine from scratch
• Customize virtual machine settings
• Manage guest operating systems using tips and tricks
• Get hands-on experience with booting a virtual machine from a USB device
• Install the Windows 8 operating system on a virtual machine
• Add a printer to a virtual machine
• Remove a virtual machine
• Boot a virtual machine from a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

Approach

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. The book is easy to follow, with the tasks listed and explained as a set of recipes which will make things easier to grasp for the readers.

Who this book is written for

This is an excellent guide for home users and professionals who want to test-drive the latest technology without having to purchase additional home or business equipment.

一本簡單的學習虛擬化的書籍，讓您體驗虛擬機器的樂趣。

概述:
- 快速學習新知識！一本短小、快速、專注的指南，立即獲得成果。
- 探索 VMware Player 5.0 的最新功能。
- 在不需額外購買硬體成本的情況下評估新技術。
- 在隔離環境中測試您的應用程式。

詳細內容:
虛擬技術已經存在多年，但只有最近才隨著 VMware Player、Oracle VirtualBox 和 Microsoft Hyper-V 等產品的推出而真正蓬勃發展。這些公司都開始以可靠、安全和可擴展的方式利用虛擬化技術，幫助企業降低生產成本。

《虛擬化的即時 VMware Player》將讓您實際體驗虛擬化技術。VMware Player 是一款免費產品，可用於評估和測試幾乎任何操作系統環境下的軟體平台。

如果虛擬化技術運用得當，其優勢是非常強大的；它可以節省您大量的時間和財務資源。本書將為您提供一個快速簡單的過程，教您如何在家庭或商業環境中創建一個虛擬機器並使其正常運作。

本書涵蓋的主題包括在虛擬系統上安裝 Windows 8 操作系統的實用指南。提供的資訊也以易於理解的食譜格式呈現。如果您想利用免費的 VMware Player 應用程式，那麼這本書就是為您而寫的。

您將學到如何創建虛擬機器以及如何在 VMware Player 控制台中配置它們，以啟動您對虛擬化概念的認識。

本書將教您以下內容:
- 從頭開始建立虛擬機器
- 自訂虛擬機器設定
- 使用技巧和訣竅管理客戶操作系統
- 透過 USB 裝置啟動虛擬機器的實際經驗
- 在虛擬機器上安裝 Windows 8 操作系統
- 將印表機添加到虛擬機器
- 移除虛擬機器
- 從虛擬硬碟 (VHD) 引導虛擬機器

方法:
本書充滿了實用的、逐步的指示和清晰的解釋，針對最重要和最有用的任務。本書易於跟隨，任務以一組食譜的形式列出並解釋，這將使讀者更容易理解。

本書的讀者對象:
這是一本適合家庭用戶和專業人士的優秀指南，他們想要在不需購買額外家庭或商業設備的情況下試用最新技術。