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VMware Workstation 7.0.1 Release Notes

VMware Workstation Version 7.0.1 | 29 JAN 2010 | Build 227600

Last Document Update: 29 JAN 2010

What''s New

Workstation 7.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. This release of VMware Workstation adds the following new support:

New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems

This release provides support for the following host and guest operating systems:

VMware Workstation 7.0 Release Notes

VMware Workstation Version 7.0 | 27 OCT 2009 | Build 203739

Last Document Update: 12 NOV 2009

What''s New

This release of VMware Workstation adds the following new features and support:

• New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems
• New Features in VMware Workstation
• Developer Tools

New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems  

This release provides support for the following host and guest operating systems:

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VMware Workstation 6.5.3 Release Notes

What''s New

Workstation 6.5.3 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. With this release of VMware Workstation, new support has been added.

Support for New Guest Operating Systems

VMware provides new support for the following guest operating system on Workstation 6.5.3:

• Ubuntu 9.04 is fully supported.

VMware Workstation 6.5.2 Release Notes

What''s New

Workstation 6.5.2 is a maintenance release that resolves security as well as some known issues. With this release of VMware Workstation, certain new features and support have been added.

Support for New Guest Operating Systems

VMware provides support for the following operating systems for Workstation 6.5.2:

• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2
• Asianux Server 3.0 Service Pack 1
• openSUSE 11.1
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

VMware provides experimental support to the following operating systems for Workstation:

• Fedora 11
• FreeBSD 7.1
• Mandriva Linux 2009
• Novell SLE11.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
• Sun Solaris 10 Update 6
• Ubuntu 9.04

VMware Workstation 6.5.0 Release Notes

Workstation Version 6.5 | 23 SEPT 2008 | Build 118166

Last Document Update: 15 OCT 2008

What''s New

With this release of VMware Workstation, the following new features and support have been added:

• New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems
• Major New Features
• Usability Enhancements
• Performance Improvements
• New Platform Capabilities
• Developer Tools

New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems  

This release provides experimental support for the following operating systems:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Preinstallation environment (all versions) as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Recovery environment as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu LTS 8.04.1 as a guest operating system

This release provides full support for the following operating systems in addition to those operating systems supported in previous releases:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard, Datacenter, and Enterprise (without Hyper-V) as guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Asianux 3 as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit CentOS 5.0-5.2 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0-5.2 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 7 (Workstation, Enterprise Server, and Advanced Server) as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and 5.2 (Advanced Platform, Desktop, and Server) as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and 10 SP1 and SP2 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit Mandriva Linux 2008 as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu LTS 8.04 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms, 10 5/08 (Update 5), as a guest operating system

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VMware Workstation 6.0 Release Notes

Release Date: August 28, 2008
Build Number: 109488

What''s New in VMware Workstation 6.0.x

This section lists VMware Workstation 6.0.x maintenance releases.

• Workstation 6.0.5 — Addresses security issues.
• Workstation 6.0.4 — See What''s New in Workstation 6.0.4
• Workstation 6.0.3 — See What''s New in Workstation 6.0.3
• Workstation 6.0.2 — Contains bug fixes.
• Workstation 6.0.1 —See What''s New in Workstation 6.0.1
• Workstation 6.0 —See What''s New in Workstation 6.0

What''s New in Workstation 6.0.4

Workstation 6.0.4 provides support for the following operating systems:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista SP1 as host and guest operating systems
• Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

Integrated virtual debuggers support most of the Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 operating systems as follows:

• Eclipse integrated virtual debugger can be hosted on all 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. The debugger supports 32-bit and 64-bit Enterprise, 32-bit Ultimate, and 32-bit Business versions as a guest operating system.
• Visual Studio integrated virtual debugger can be hosted on all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these Windows Vista editions. It supports 32-bit and 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, and Business editions as a guest.

What''s New in Workstation 6.0.3

Workstation 6.0.3 provides support for the following operating systems:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.10 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Asianux Server 3 as a guest operating system
• 32-bit and 64-bit Turbolinux 10 Server as a guest operating system

Note: The Eclipse Integrated Virtual Debugger is not yet supported on Ubuntu Linux 7.10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 hosts.

What''s New in Workstation 6.0.1

VMware Workstation 6.0.1 provides enhanced support for host and guest operating systems. This version adds experimental support for the following operating systems:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 (code name Longhorn) as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit openSUSE Linux 10.3 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Turbolinux 10 Server as a guest operating system

This version also support the following operating systems:

• 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.04 as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (formerly called 4.0 Update 5) as host and guest operating systems
• 32-bit and 64-bit FreeBSD 6.2 as a guest operating system

These following features are also supported in this release:

• Technical Support for Japanese Product Versions
  For more information, see the
  Japanese release notes.
  Note: VMware technical support services for Workstation are currently delivered in English. Japanese-speaking support engineers are available in a limited capacity during the operating hours of the local support center. For more information,
  see
  VMware local language support.
• User Interface for Collecting Support Data — You can now click a button in the Workstation
  Help > About dialog box to gather troubleshooting data for VMware Technical Support. Earlier, you had to run the script from the command line.

What''s New in Workstation 6.0

Workstation 6.0 provides the following support:

• Workstation 6.0 adds experimental support for the following operating systems:
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (Beta, formerly called 4.0 Update 5) as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 (Beta) as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.04 as a guest operating system
• This version also supports the following operating systems:
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 6.10 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Mandriva Linux 2007 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 Update 3 as guest operating system
  • 32-bit Novell Netware 6.5 SP5 as guest operating system
• This version supports the following features:
  • Support for high-speed USB 2.0 devices.
  • Multiple Monitor Support
    At the click of a button, the guest can now span monitors and also reflect the monitor topology — applications, task bars, and so on inside the guest appear as you would expect them to on a multi-monitor system. You can specify how many monitors a virtual machine
    can detect, regardless of how many monitors are attached to the host. This feature is especially useful if you plan to deploy the virtual machine to a different host after you create it. You can also specify what screen resolution to use.
  • Integrated Virtual Debuggers
    With the Workstation IDE (integrated development environment) plug-ins, software developers are provided with menu items and toolbar buttons in Visual Studio (Windows only) or Eclipse (Windows or Linux) to easily develop and debug programs in virtual machines.
    Documentation for the virtual debuggers is now included in the Workstation User''s Manual.
  • Run Virtual Machines in the Background
    You can now leave virtual machines and teams running in the background when you exit Workstation. On the host, a system tray icon indicates how many virtual machines are running in the background. You can click the icon to open a virtual machine.
  • Virtual Machines Can Act as VNC Servers
    You can set a virtual machine to act as a VNC server without having to install any specialized VNC software in the guest.
  • Continuous State Record/Replay Capabilities (Experimental)
    This feature lets you record all Workstation 6.0 virtual machine activities over a period of time. Unlike Workstation''s movie-capture feature, the record/replay feature lets you exactly duplicate the operations and state of the virtual machine throughout the
    time of the recording. During playback of a recording, you can click a button to record from that point of operation.
  • Automation via Expanded VIX 1.1 API
    The VIX API (formerly known as the Programming API) is now compatible with Workstation 6.0. This API allows you to write scripts and programs to automate virtual machine operations. This release of the API is available in the C language. There are additional
    language bindings for Perl, COM, and shell scripts (vmrun).
  • Physical-to-Virtual Conversion and Enhanced Import Feature (Windows Hosts Only)
    Included in this release is the Converter Import wizard from the VMware Converter product. Using this wizard enables you to convert a physical Windows machine into a virtual machine, convert a virtual machine from one VMware virtual machine format to another,
    and convert virtual machines or system images from popular third-party vendors.
  • Appliance View for Virtual Appliances
    Rather than having users see a console view for an appliance, you can configure a new appliance view. It gives you a brief description of the type of server or appliance and provides a link that opens the browser on the guest system and connects to the correct
    port for the server console.
  • Support for Paravirtualized Linux Kernels
    If you have a VMware VMI (Virtual Machine Interface) 3.0 enabled kernel in a Linux guest operating system, you can now enable paravirtual support in the virtual machine.
  • Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) (Experimental)
    
    VMCI provides a faster means of communication among applications running on the host and in virtual machines. The VMCI infrastructure comprises an SDK and drivers for host and guest. This experimental feature is especially suited for users who want to write
    client-server applications. For more information, view the documentation from the
    VMCI Developer Resources page. Also see the README file. On Linux hosts, the README file is located in the directory /usr/share/doc/vmware/vmware-vmci/samples. On Windows hosts,
    it is in the VMCI folder in the Workstation installation directory (for example, C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware Workstation/VMCI).
  • VMware Player 2.0
    The Welcome page for VMware Player provides you the option of browsing to a virtual machine file or downloading a virtual appliance from the
    Virtual Appliance Marketplace. You can then use the new appliance view when running a virtual appliance. For more information about standalone VMware Player 2.0, see the
    VMware Player Documentation page.