VMware Workstation for Windows
VMware Workstation 6
With VMware Workstation 6, users can create and run multiple virtual machines simultaneously on a single PC. VMware Workstation 6 supports 19 versions of Windows and 26 versions of Linux, making
it an indispensable tool for IT professionals, software developers and testers, technical sales and support professionals - or anyone who needs to run multiple physical systems as virtual machines on
a single desktop.
VMware virtualization software maps physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources so that each virtual machine is equipped with its own CPU, memory, disks and network interface
cards. No rebooting or hard-drive partitioning is required to switch between the virtual machines. Virtual machines are the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine and are able to run most Windows,
Linux and Novell desktop and server operating systems.
Features
Broadest Host and Guest Operating System Support
- Runs on both Windows and Linux host operating systems and supports most desktop and server editions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris x86, Netware, and FreeBSD as guest operating systems
- Supports 32- and 64-bit host and guest operating systems
- Supports two-way Virtual SMP - assign one or two processors to virtual machines
Best-in-Class Virtual Machine Architecture
- Fully configurable - each virtual machine has configurable memory size, disks and I/O devices and support for CD, DVD, floppy and USB 2.0 devices
- Specify up to 8GB of RAM per virtual machine
- 64-bit sound driver for high-fidelity audio and video
- Easily switch between virtual machines and suspend/resume them
- Easily copy and share virtual machines by creating full and linked clones
- Convert physical into virtual machines and import virtual machine formats from Microsoft, Symantec and others
Advanced Network Support
- Powerful virtual networking options include Bridged, NAT, host-only and custom virtual network settings
- Built-in DHCP server, and up to 10 virtual switches, enable connection of virtual machines to each other, to the host machine and to public networks
- Specify network bandwidth and packet loss rate between virtual machines in a team
Richest Desktop Experience
- Configure a virtual machine to span multiple monitors, or multiple virtual machines to each display on separate monitors.
- Create shared folders and drag-and-drop, and copy-paste data between guest and host OSes
- Connect high-speed USB 2.0 devices, including webcams and iPods
- Resize the guest's screen resolution automatically to fit the size of a window or full screen, or run virtual machines in the background without using the Workstation user interface
- Map a virtual disk to a drive letter on Windows hosts
- Capture all screen activity in a running virtual machine with movie record and playback feature
Powerful Development and Test Features
- Debug applications in the guest OS, attach to a running process, and revert to a snapshot after the debug session has ended with the Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-in
- Capture and easily manage point-in-time copies of running virtual machines and "undo" changes with multiple snapshot feature
- Manage connected virtual machines and simulate multi-tier configurations with teams feature
- Enable remote users to connect to virtual machines from VNC clients with built-in VNC support
- Invoke any virtual machine command from scripts to automate repetitive tasks with VIX Automation API
- Experimental support for VMI 3.0 enabled paravirtualized Linux kernels
- Experimental support for record and replay of guest activity at the machine state and instruction level
Security and Mobility
- Package and deploy virtual machines with optional VMware ACE authoring capability, enabling encryption, network access and password control on portable media devices
- Includes VMware Player 2.0
System Requirements für VMware Workstation for Windows:VMware Workstation 6
- IBM compatible PC with x86 processor (733MHz)
or one of the following x86-64 processors:
- host system: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Turion 64, AMD Sempron, Intel EM64T
- guest system: AMD Athlon 64 (revision D or later), AMD Opteron (revision E or later), AMD Turion 64 (revision E or later), AMD Sempron (64-bit-capable revision D or later), Intel Pentium 4 and Core
2 processors with EM64T and Intel Virtualization Technology
- 512 MB RAM (2 GB recommended)
- 650 MB of available hard disk space for basic installation; at least 1 GB recommended for each guest operating system
Host operating systems
Windows 32-Bit
- Windows 2000 Professional / Server / Advanced Server
- Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
- Windows Server 2003 Web Edition / Standard Edition / Small Business Edition / Enterprise Edition
- Windows Vista Home Basic / Home Premium / Business / Enterprise / Ultimate
Windows 64-Bit
- Windows XP x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Windows Vista Home Basic / Home Premium / Business / Enterprise / Ultimate
Guest operating systems
Windows 32-Bit
- Windows 3.1x
- Windows 95 / 98 / ME
- Windows NT / 2000 / XP / Server 2003
- Windows Vista (3D effects not yet supported)
Windows 64-Bit
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Windows Vista x64 Edition (3D effects not yet supported)
MS-DOS
Linux 32-Bit
- Mandriva Linux 2006 / 2007
- Mandrake Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server / Enterprise Server / Workstation
- openSUSE Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Turbolinux Server / Enterprise Server / Workstation / Desktop
- Novell Linux Desktop
- Sun Java Desktop System (JDS)
- Ubuntu Linux
Linux 64-Bit
- Mandriva Linux 2006 / 2007
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server / Enterprise Server / Workstation
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- openSUSE Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
Novell
- NetWare 32-Bit
- Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit
FreeBSD
- FreeBSD 32-Bit
- FreeBSD 64-Bit
Sun Solaris
- Solaris x86 32-bit
- Solaris x86 64-bit
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