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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 create a virtual machine, by default all the files associated with it are placed in C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\My Virtual Machines. Other users typically do not have access to this folder. 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.
  • Moving Linked Clones Moving Linked Clones
    You cannot power on a linked clone if Workstation cannot locate the original virtual machine. If you move a linked clone (or if you move the original virtual machine), make certain the clone can access the original virtual machine, for example using a shared directory or networked file server.
    When you power on a linked clone that has been moved, be prepared to update the file system path to the parent virtual machine location.


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