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Network and Disk Space Requirements for the

Administrative Workstation

Asanadministrator,youuseWorkstationtocreateandmanagethevirtualmachines

youdistributetoendusers.Followingisalistofprerequisitesforthemachinethathosts

Workstation:

 Ifyourcompanyalreadyhasalibraryofstandardvirtualmachines,youneed

networkaccesstothatlibraryfromyourhostcomputer.

 Ifyouarecreatingvirtualmachines,youneedaccesstoinstallersfortheguest

operatingsystemsandapplicationsoftwarethatyouplantoinstallinthevirtual

machines.

YoucaninstalloperatingsystemsfromCDs,DVDs,ISOimagefilesonalocaldrive

oronthenetwork,oraPXEserver.Yo

ucaninstallapplicationsoftwarefromCDs,

DVDs,orinstallersonalocaldriveoronthenetwork.

 Youneedtoprovideadequatediskspaceforvirtualmachinefilesandpackage

files.Thefilesforeachvirtualmachinecanbeaslargeasseveralgigabytes.The

packagefilescanalsobelarge.Thedefaultlocationforthepackagefilesisthe

Packages folderinsidethevirtualmachine’sfolder .

 Workstationneedsasubstantialamountoftemporaryworkingspacewhenit

createsapackage.Thetotaldiskspacerequiredisabouttwicethecombinedsizes

ofallthecomponentsofthepackage.TheNewPackagewizarddisplays

informationabouttheamountofspaceneededandthelocationswherethespace

isne

eded.

 WorkstationmustbeinstalledonaWindowshost.

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