VMware Fusion Operations
Internal
Procedures
New VMware Virtual Machine Provisioning
VMware Virtual Machine Cloning
Rename VM Bundle Files
Changing the Number of CPUs Allocated to a VM
Virtual Machine -> Settings -> System Settings row -> Processors & Memory -> Processors.
Rename a VM
External
Procedure
After startup, Virtual Machine -> Settings -> General -> Click the existing name of the VM to edit the text -> Rename and click outside the text box to save.
Shutdown.
Note that renaming the VM does not change the name of any bundle file on disk.
Shrink a Sparse Disk
External
Procedure
TODO: "Clean Up Virtual Machine"
Snapshot Consolidation
Command-Line Virtual Machine Operations
Set Up Direct Access to Virtualization Host Storage
A pre-requisite for accessing shared host storage in the VM is to install VMWare Tools in the VM. This is the procedure to install VMWare Tools for Linux and this is the procedure to install VMware Tools for Windows.
Settings -> Sharing -> Enable Shared Folders -> + -> Select the local folder to share.
The folder will be available after reboot as "Shared Folders (\\wmware-host)".