It is possible to install A-Shell several times on a single machine, in different paths, which enables entirely separate A-Shell environments. While this is generally not recommended for end-users, who are typically running A-Shell as a single-purpose application, multiple environments can be very useful for developers and resellers for a variety of purposes: development versus production systems, duplicating customers' systems, etc. The recommended directory structure is to have all virtual machines located in the \VM or /vm directory. Each A-Shell installation would live one directory level below this identified by its machine name and the MIAME environment variable pointing to this subdirectory. It is recommended that the first A-Shell installation on a machine be made in the default directory \VM\MIAME or /vm/miame.
