Expand the Power of Your PC with Virtualization

Discover the true power and flexibility of your desktop or laptop computer with VMware Workstation. Reduce hardware costs by 50% or more by running multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Automate and streamline tasks to save time and improve productivity. Join the millions worldwide who use Workstation to:

• Host legacy applications and overcome platform migration issues
• Configure & test new software or patches in an isolated environment
• Automate tasks for software development and testing
• Demonstrate multi-tier configurations on a single PC

Use Multiple Operating Systems Concurrently on the Same PC

VMware Workstation 6 makes it simple to create and run multiple virtual machines on your desktop or laptop computer. You can convert an existing physical PC into a VMware virtual machine, or create a new virtual machine from scratch. Each virtual machine represents a complete PC, including the processor, memory, network connections and peripheral ports.

VMware Workstation lets you use your virtual machines to run Windows, Linux and a host of other operating systems side-by-side on the same computer. You can switch between operating systems instantly with a click of a mouse, share files between virtual machines with drag-and-drop functionality and access all the peripheral devices you rely on.

Take Snapshots & Videos of your Virtual Machines

With Workstation, you can take a “snapshot” that preserves the state of a virtual machine so you can return to it at any time. Snapshots are useful when you need to revert your virtual machine to a prior, stable system state. Workstation displays thumbnails of all your snapshots on a single screen, making it easy for you to track and revert to a previously saved snapshot.

You can even use Workstation 6 to record and play video files that capture all changes to a virtual machine over a period of time. This function is exclusive to VMware Workstation and is incredibly useful for software debugging, Help Desk forensics, sales demonstrations and training.

Run an Entire Multi-tier System on a Single Host Computer

Run multi-tier enterprise applications on a single piece of hardware by managing network-connected virtual machines with the Teams feature of Workstation 6. Teams let you create virtual network environments that include client, server and database virtual machines.

With Workstation Teams, you can turn an entire multi-tier environment on and off with a single click of the mouse button. Workstation displays live thumbnails of all connected virtual machines, enabling you to easily identify and switch between the virtual machines associated with a team.

Clone your Virtual Machines to Accelerate Deployment

Installing operating systems and applications can be time consuming. With clones, you can make many copies of a virtual machine from a single installation and configuration process. This capability makes it fast and simple to distribute standardized computing environments to employees and students, or to create a baseline configuration for testing.

Take Your Virtual Machines With You

New to Workstation 6 is the ability to create and deploy secure virtual machines (called ACEs) with the Ace Option Pack Mobility is one of the primary benefits of this option pack, as it enables users to securely take their desktops with them on portable media devices such as USB thumb drives.

Broadest Host & 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 both 32-bit and 64-bit host and guest operating systems
• Supports two-way Virtual SMP™ – Assign one or two processors to virtual machines
• Experimental support for VMI 3.0 enabled paravirtualized Linux kernels

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 Storage­Craft
• Experimental support for record and replay of guest activity at the machine state and instruction level

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 host
• 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 Visual Studio and Eclipse integration
• 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

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

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