Does Fusion 3 have a "background" mode like Workstation 7?

[FusionUser321]

As stated in the subject, does Fusion 3 have a "background" mode like Workstation 7?

I have a couple of VMs I run for testing (Debian, XP) and would prefer to do away with the entire VMware interface and access them via ssh & rdp.

Running Fusion 3.0.2 on Leopard 10.6.2

[ajbrehm]

As stated in the subject, does Fusion 3 have a "background" mode like Workstation 7?

I have a couple of VMs I run for testing (Debian, XP) and would prefer to do away with the entire VMware interface and access them via ssh & rdp.

Fusion 2 had such a mode. Fusion 3 doesn't. That's why I never upgraded.

I have the same problem as you. I am running several VMs (I mean, the Fusion GUI with its list of VMs invites you to create many VMs, doesn't it?) and I want them to be accessible all the time. In Fusion 2 this is easy.

In Fusion 3 all you can do is force-quit the GUI. This will make all VMs run in the background. But when you start the GUI again, all running VMs will fall into your face (i.e. display all their window immediately) which is just not useful behaviour.

I just find it very disappointing that while Fusion 3 can run VMs in the background, the GUI doesn't (any more) support configuring this behaviour for individual VMs.

VMWare people, this is what we need:

1. A view for individual VMs for headles mode (like window or fullscreen and like it was in Fusion 2).

2. A way to make specific VMs launch NOT at login (that's simply not useful) but at boot time.

[ajbrehm]

For some reason the "Post Message" button adds lots of blank lines to the message.

[WoodyZ]

For some reason the "Post Message" button adds lots of blank lines to the message.

Use the Plain Text editor not the Rich Text editor.

[FusionUser321]

VMWare people, this is what we need:

1. A view for individual VMs for headless mode (like window or fullscreen and like it was in Fusion 2).

+2. A way to make specific VMs launch NOT at login (that's simply not useful) but at boot time. +

Agreed! I second the motion!

[foshaug]

+1

yes please.

Or if they could release a product similar to Parallels Server

[Mikero]

You could just force-quit Fusion from the Dock, which keeps the vmware-vmx process running in the background.

The docker is associated with the GUI, so you can safely kill it.

if you want the Gui back, just click on the Fusion icon from the dock (or double-click from the applications folder) again.