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{{Admon/caution|VMs MUST be Backed up to USB key before Leaving Seneca Labs|It is absolutely essential that you backup your virtual machine image to USB key after completing your virtual machine session at Seneca Labs, or you will lose your work! Make certain to PROPERLY follow the instructions to copy and archive the required files to your USB key as opposed to using your USB key directly, which can cause problems.}}
As mentioned above, you need to backup your VM image files for ALL of your virtual machines that you create in Seneca's computer labs via a USB key to restore and continue your virtual machine sessions in future lab sessions. You can also move a virtual machine created in a host to another host for VM Workstation. For example, you can move saved image files to your home computer to complete labs, etc. Students can download the license key for VM Workstation 12 - refer to the following link for details: [ link ]
'''Perform the following Steps:'''
# xDetermine the location that contains your centos1 virtual machine files. Here are some common locations for various Operating Systems: <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="50%" style="border-top: thin solid black;margin-left:20px;"> <tr valign="top> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;background-color:#ffffff;">Operating System</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;background-color:#ffffff;">Purpose</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">Windows</td> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">pathname</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">Linux</td> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">pathname</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">Mac OS/X</td> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">pathname</td> </tr> </table>
# Proceed to Investigation 2 to obtain basic information from your newly installed Centos Host machine.
