
Workstation User’s Manual
96 VMware, Inc.
6Poweronthevirtualmachine.
IfyouupgradeavirtualmachinethatcontainsaWindows98operatingsystemto
aWorkstation6.5or7.0virtualmachine,youarepromptedtoinstallaPCI‐PCI
bridgedriverwhenyoupoweronthevirtualmachine.BecauseWorkstation6.5
and7.0has32morePCI‐PCIbridgesthanW
orkstation6,yo
umightneedto
respondtotheprompt32or33times.
7Ifapplicable,intheguestoperatingsystem,checktheNICsettingsandadjustthem
iftheychanged,asdescribedinStep 2.
8IfthevirtualmachinedoesnothavethelatestversionofVMwareToolsins
talled,
upda
teVMwareTools.
Evenif,forexample,youupgradedaWorkstation5.xvirtualmachineto
Workstation6.xratherthan7.0,besuretoupdateVMwareToolstotheversion
includedwithWorkstation7.0.See“VMwareToolsUpdateProcess”onpage 115.
DonotremovetheolderversionofVMwareToolsbeforeins
tallingthenew
ver
sion.
Ifyouareupgradingavirtualmachinethatrunsfromaphysical(raw)disk,you
cansafelyignorethemessage,Unable to upgrade <drive_name>. One of the
supplied parameters is invalid.ClickOK.
Using an Older-Version Virtual Machine Without
Upgrading
Youmightnotwanttoupgradeavirtualmachinebecauseyouwantittoremain
compatiblewithotherVMwareproductsyouareusing.Followingisabriefsummary
ofVMwareproductversioncompatibility.
Version of Workstation Compatible VMware Products
4.x ACE 1.x,2.0,2.5,and2.6,ESX4.0,VMware Fusion 1.1,2.0,and3.0,
GSXServer 3.x,VMware Server 1.xand2.0,andWorkstation4.x,
5.x,6.x,and7.0
5.x ACE 2.0,2.5,and2.6,ESX4.0,VMware Fusion 1.1,2.0,and3.0,GSX
Server 3.x,VMware Server 1.xand2.0,andWorkstation5.x,6.x,
and7.0
6.x ACE 2.0,2.5,and2.6,ESX4.0,VMware Fusion 1.1,2.
0,and3.
0,
VMware Server 2.0,andWorkstation6.0,6.5,and7.0
7.0 ACE 2.5and2.6,ESX4.0,VMware Fusion 2.0and3.0,
VMware Server 1.xand2.0,andWorkstation6.5and7.0
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