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• What is a VMware Workstation?
• How does VMware Workstation work?
• Do I need to dual boot or repartition the
disk?
• How is each Operating System installed?
• Does VMware Workstation modify the host
or guest OS?
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Creating VMware machines
More Benefits
IP Addresses
Adding Virtual Hardware
Sharing Removable Devices
Demonstration
• Hardware and minimum
requirements for VMware Workstation
• Evaluation Copy
of VMware Workstation
• VMware Workstation – the facts
What is VMware Workstation?
• VMware is virtual machine software
• It runs multiple operating systems on a
single computer
• It is an excellent testing and development
platform
• It is useful for conflicting software
How does
VMware Workstation work?
Traditional Architecture
Virtual Architecture
What type of applications
can be run in a virtual machine?
Do I need to
dual boot or repartition the disk?
• Hard Disk
• Multiple OS
• Desktop
• Hard Disk
How is each
operating system installed?
Does VMware Workstation
modify the host or guest OS?
Creating VMware machines
• New Virtual
Machine Wizard
• Clone
More Benefits
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Seamlessly integrated
Snapshots and Clones – timesaving
Multi-tiered applications on a single PC
Diagnostic tool
IP Addresses
Adding Virtual Hardware
Sharing Removable Devices
Demonstration
Hardware and minimum
requirements for VMware Workstation
• Laptop
or
• Desktop
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PC Hardware
Memory
Display
Disk Drives
LAN
Host Operating
System
Evaluation Copy
of VMware Workstation
• www.vmware.com
• https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=v
mware-workstation&lp=1
VMware Workstation – the facts
• Current version is VMware Workstation
7.1
• Evaluation license key is valid for 30 days
– This is a full working version
• Runs on Windows or Linux
• Retails for about $189
• Upgrades after a year are about $99 a
workstation (no pressure to upgrade)
Questions?