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Installing
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the
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operating
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system
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on
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a
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virtual
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server
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Log
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into
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VMware
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environment
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using
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the
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Vmware
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Vsphere
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client
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available
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in
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classrooms.
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(The
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address
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of
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the
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server
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is
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eduvcenter.metropolia.fi.)
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Administration
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is
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possible
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only
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in
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Metropolia
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locations.
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- Select
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- you
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- server
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- from
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- the
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- list
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- (in
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- Home
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- menu,
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- select
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- VMs
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- and
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- Templates
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- to
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- access
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- the
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- list).
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- Start
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- the
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- server
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- using
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- the
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- power
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- button
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- (Power
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- On
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- option).
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- Select
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- the
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- Launch
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- Virtual
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- Machine
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- management
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- console.
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- So
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- as
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- the
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- access
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- the
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- server
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- console.
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- (In
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- top
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- of
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- the
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- window
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- there
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- is
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- an
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- icon
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- with
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- an
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- arrow
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- in
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- the
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- top
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- of
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- the
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- screen.)
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- Connect
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- the
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- installation
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- media
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- to
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- the
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- server
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- (Connect/
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- Disconnect
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- CD).
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- Select
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- Connect
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- to
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- ISO
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- image
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- on
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- a
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- datastore.
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- Select
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- IsoImages
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- -datastore.
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- Select
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- the
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- installation
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- media
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- of
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- your
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- chosen
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- operating
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- system.
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- Windows
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- media
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- are
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- MSDNAA
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- versions.
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- Thus
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- serial
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- numbers
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- can
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- be
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- obtained
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- from
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- MSDNAA
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- pages.
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- Boot
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- the
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- server
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- if
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- the
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- installation
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- has
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- not
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- already
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- started.
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- If
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- the
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- hard
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- drive
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- was
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- blank,
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- installation
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- will
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- start
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- automatically.
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- If
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- there
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- was
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- already
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- something
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- installed
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- on
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- the
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- drive,
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- select
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- Boot
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- menu
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- by
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- pressing
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- ESC
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- and
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- select
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- Boot
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- from
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- CD.
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- Install
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- the
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- operating
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- system.
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- After
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- the
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- installation,
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- please
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- REMEMBER
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- to
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- remove
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- (Disconnect)
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- the
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- CD
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- from
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- the
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- drive.
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- Install
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- the
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- VMware
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- Tools
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- driver
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- kit
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- on
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- the
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- server.
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- In
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- the
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- VM
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- menu
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- in
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- the
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- top
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- of
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- the
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- window
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- ->
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- Guest
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- ->
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- Install/Upgrade
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- VMware
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- tools.
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- In
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- Windows
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- the
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- installer
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- starts
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- automatically.
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- Install
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- with
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- defaults.
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- In
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- Linux
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- the
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- option
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- mounts
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- the
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- installation
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- CD
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- to
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- the
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- CD
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- drive.
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- Use
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- this
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- only
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- if
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- yum
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- repo
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- or
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- open-vm-tools
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- is
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- not
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- available
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###
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- mount
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- /dev/cdrom
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- /mnt/cdrom
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- cp
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- /mnt/cdron/*tar.gz
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- /tmp
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- cd
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- /tmp;
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- tar
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- xzfv
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- 'nimi'.tar.gz;
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- umount
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- /mnt/cdrom
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- Start
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- the
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- installer.
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- Remember
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- to
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- quit
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- installing
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- the
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- VMware
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- Tools
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- package
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- (in
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- Linux)(VM
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- ->
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- Guest
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- ->
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- End
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- VMware
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- tools
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- install).
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- For
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- Rhel
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- /
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- Centos
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- 7
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- Just
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- do
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- yum
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- install
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- open-vm-tools
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- For
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- RPM
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- based
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- distributions
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- <Rhel/Centos
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- 7
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- there
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- is
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- also
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- a
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- YUM
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- Depository,
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- where
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- packets
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- can
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- be
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- easily
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- obtained
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- from.
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- Create
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- a
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- file:
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- /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo
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- Contents:
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- for
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- rhel
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- /
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- centos
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- 6
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- x64
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- VM
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Code Block
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[vmware-tools] name=VMware Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/rhel6/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
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- Next:
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- yum
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- install
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- vmware-tools-nox
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