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Sharing Virtual Machines with Other Users
Sharing Virtual Machines with Other Users
If you intend to have other users access your virtual machines, you should consider the following points:
On Windows hosts, the virtual machine files should be in a location on a system that is accessible to those users. When you configure the virtual machine in the New Virtual Machine Wizard, you can specify a location for the virtual machine elsewhere on your system or on the network.
On Linux hosts, permissions for the virtual machine files — especially the configuration file (.vmx) and virtual disks (.vmdk) — should be set for other users according to how you want them to use the virtual machine. For instance, if you want users to run a virtual machine but not be able to modify its configuration, do not make the configuration file writable.
If your virtual machine was created under GSX Server 3 or another VMware product (such as Workstation 4 or higher) and uses independent disks in nonpersistent mode, consider changing the location of the redo-log file, since by default it is placed in your TEMP directory, to which other users may not have access. To change the location of the redo-log file, take the following steps.
a. With the virtual machine powered off, open the virtual machine settings editor. Choose VM > Settings.
b. Click the Options tab.
c. Click Browse and select a directory that is shared with other users.
d. Click OK to save the change and close the virtual machine settings editor.
Note: GSX Server 2 virtual machines with disks in nonpersistent mode perform better when the redo-log files for those disks are located in the system's TEMP directory.
The virtual machine must be located in a directory with permissions set so that it is accessible to all users of the virtual machine.