Overview
The purpose of this lab is for students to connect various computer hardware devices to a virtual machine running in VMware Player such as hard disks and DVD drives. Students will then examine the newly added virtual hardware.
outcomes
In this lab, you will learn to:
- Connect devices to a virtual machine
- Examine virtual devices
- Connect devices to a virtual machine.
- Examine the newly added virtual hardware.
Courses
Key terms and descriptions
Host Machine
The host machine is the one running the Hypervisor software, whether it be Hyper-V, VirtualBox, or VMware Player Workstation. The virtual machine running on the host is referred to as the guest.
Guest Machine
The virtual machine that runs on another host operating system is referred to as the guest machine. It is also possible for more than one guest virtual machine to run on the host operating system.
VM
A VM refers to a virtual machine. It is a full operating system running in software. The VM can actually communicate with other real and virtual machines on the network. You can install software and administer the virtual machine exactly as you can on a physical computer.
VMware Player
A free offering from VMware which does not have all of the features of VMware Workstation, the paid offering of the software. Both VMware Player and Workstation run on Windows and Linux operating systems and allow you to create and run virtual machines (VMs).
Device Manager
The Device Manager in Microsoft Windows allows you to view hardware devices on real computers and on virtual computers. Just like real machines, virtual machines have devices.