VMware
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 VMware Workstation 17 for Windows running Windows Vista build 5231.2 | |
| Type | Hypervisor |
|---|---|
| Initial release date | 1999 (Workstation) 2008 (Player) 2007 (Fusion) 2009 (vSphere) |
| Latest release version | VMware Workstation Pro 17.6 VMware Workstation Player 17.6 VMware Fusion 13.6 VMware vSphere 8.0 |
| Website | https://www.vmware.com |
VMware is a company that develops virtualization solutions, which are collectively referred to by the company's name. These include VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation Player, VMware ESXi and VMware Fusion. VMware products are one of the most commonly used hypervisors due to being able to install various operating systems without much support or additional drivers.
Supported guest operating systems[edit | edit source]
A list of officially supported OSes that can run on VMware.
- MS-DOS and compatible operating systems
- Most Microsoft Windows versions (VMware Tools available for most versions starting with Windows 95 OSR2)
- Most versions of Linux
- VMware ESXi
- eComStation
- Solaris 10 and later (8 and 9 are available but unsupported)
- Novell NetWare
- Most Intel macOS versions (Mac OS X Snow Leopard and later, only officially supported on VMware Fusion)
- FreeBSD
Emulated hardware[edit | edit source]
Sound cards[edit | edit source]
Network adapters[edit | edit source]
SCSI adapters[edit | edit source]
Versions[edit | edit source]
x86[edit | edit source]
- VMware 0.9
- VMware 1.0
- VMware Workstation 1.1
- VMware Workstation 2.x
- VMware Workstation 3.x
- VMware Workstation 4.0
- VMware Workstation 4.5
- VMware Workstation 5.0
- VMware Workstation 5.5
- VMware Workstation 6.0
- VMware Workstation 6.5
- VMware Workstation 7.0
- VMware Workstation 7.1
- VMware Workstation 8.0
- VMware Workstation 9.0
- VMware Workstation 10.x
x64[edit | edit source]
- VMware Workstation 11.x
- VMware Workstation 12.x
- VMware Workstation 14.x
- VMware Workstation 15.x
- VMware Workstation 16.x
- VMware Workstation 17.x
ARM64[edit | edit source]
- VMware Fusion 13.x
Gallery[edit | edit source]
The main menu on Windows NT 4.0 (1.0.1)
VMware Workstation 10.0.7 for Windows running Windows 7
VMware Workstation 15.0 for Windows running Windows XP
VMware Workstation 15.0 for Linux running PC-DOS 3.20
VMware Workstation 15.5 for Windows running Windows 10 build 10074
VMware Workstation Technology Preview 22H2 running Windows 11 build 25169
VMware Workstation 15.0 for Linux (First start)
VMware Workstation 15.0 for Linux (About box)
VMware Workstation for Windows running Windows 10 May 2021 Update
VMware Workstation 16.2.4 for Windows running Windows 8 build 8513
VMware Workstation 6.5.5 for Windows running Windows Longhorn build 3706
VMware Workstation 7.1 for Windows running Windows Longhorn build 4074
VMware Workstation 12.5.9 for Windows running Windows 8 build 7983
VMware Workstation 17.0 running Windows 11 2022 Update
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Can be used by adding
sound.virtualdev="sb16"to the VM's VMX file. Addresses, IRQs and DMA channels should also be specified withsound.BaseAddr,sound.mpu401baseAddr,sound.dma16,sound.dma8andsound.irq.[1] - ↑ Can be used by adding
sound.virtualdev="es1371"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
sound.virtualdev="hdaudio"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
ethernet0.virtualdev="vlance"to the VM's VMX file.[2] - ↑ Can be used by adding
ethernet0.virtualdev="e1000"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
ethernet0.virtualdev="e1000e"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
ethernet0.virtualdev="vmxnet"or"vmxnet3"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
scsi0.virtualdev="buslogic"to the VM's VMX file.[3] - ↑ Can be used by adding
scsi0.virtualdev="lsilogic"to the VM's VMX file. - ↑ Can be used by adding
scsi0.virtualdev="lsisas1068"to the VM's VMX file.