VMware Fusion Help

VMware Fusion Help

Understanding Fusion

Fusion harnesses virtualization to give you a powerful tool to run PC applications and devices on your Mac.

Creating Virtual Machines

You can create virtual machines, import virtual machines created elsewhere, and migrate virtual machines converted from physical PCs. If you have Fusion Pro, you can also clone existing virtual machines.

Working with Your Virtual Machines

You can work with virtual machines in the same way that you can work with physical machines. Your Mac and virtual machines can also interact.

Sharing Files Between Windows and Your Mac

You can set up shared folders in guest operating systems to share files between your Mac and your Windows and other virtual machines.

Protecting Your Virtual Machines

You can protect your virtual machines from data loss and other problems by using snapshots, AutoProtect, complimentary anti-virus software, and backup applications.

Configuring Your Virtual Machines

You can configure the way your virtual machine uses the Mac system hardware and attached devices. You can manage your virtual hard disks.

Configuring Fusion

You can configure Fusion so that it looks and works in ways that fit your needs.

Upgrading Fusion

You can upgrade to a new version of Fusion in several ways.

Getting Started with Fusion

With Fusion, you can run personal computer (PC) applications and devices on your Intel-based Mac.

Using vctl Command to Manage Containers and Run Kubernetes Cluster

You can use the vctl command-line utility in VMware Fusion to manage containers. In addition, vctl provides support for KIND so that KIND can use vctl container as "nodes" to run local Kubernetes clusters.

Using the vmrun Command to Control Virtual Machines

You can use the vmrun command-line utility in VMware Fusion to control virtual machines and automate guest operations on VMware virtual machines. The vmrun utility is associated with the VIX API libraries.

Using VMware Fusion REST API

Fusion REST API is available for both Fusion and Fusion Pro and enables you to interact programmatically with the core VMware hypervisor and virtual machines.