Ruben Spruijt has published an updated whitepaper “VDI Smackdown” which provides you with an overview of today’s VDI solutions. More details here
Archive of posts filed under the vmware category.
VMWare Workstation 7 – New Pause Feature
As I wrote in my earlier post this month, VMWare published a Release Candidate for VMWare Workstation 7. One of the most interesting new features (to me) is the Pause feature that is described as following: The pause feature causes a virtual machine to cease operation temporarily, without powering off or suspending. Use the pause [...]
VMware Workstation 7 RC available
Finally, after a long waiting time, VMware has released a release candidate for VMware Workstation 7. Aero support for Windows 7 and Vista Guests! Windows 7 support (as a Host and Guest OS) OpenGL and Shader Model 3.0 support for Windows guests Create guests with Multi-core or 4-way CPUs and up to 32GB of Memory [...]
ToolTip: Processor Check for 64-Bit Compatibility
In my earlier post “Detect XP Mode support” I wrote about a utility that checks the system for virtualization support. I have just found a similar one from VMWare that helps detecting if your CPU supports running virtual 64 bit guest operating systems. The VMWare Guest Check utility can be downloaded from here The following [...]
Running Google LiveAndroid in VMWare Workstation
When I checked my Twitter messages today, I came across a message about LiveAndroid. LiveAndroid allows you to run Google’s Android operating system that is used on mobile phones on a x86 platform. First you need to download the LiveAndroid ISO files. liveandroidv0.2.iso.002 and liveandroidv0.2.iso.001 The ISO file has been splitted due to maximum upload [...]
VMWare vSphere
ESX was yesterday, tomorrow is vSphere. VMWare today announced vSphere. For more information watch the video below or go to: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/index.html
VMWare Workstation – Memory configuration
One of the key hardware related prerequisites when using Virtualization software is RAM. To improve performance of my virtual environment that I have running on my notebook, I had ordered an additional memory module of 2 GB RAM. After having added the additional 2 GB of RAM i started the VMWare Workstation and booted the [...]
2008 Virtualization review
Brian and Gabe review the big events, trends, and themes of the desktop and application virtualization space from 2008. Watch Brian Madden TV Episode 1 – 2008 year in review
Application Virtualization Overview
For all those of you who want to get an overview on today’s Application Virtualization solutions and technologies, i recommend reading "Application Virtualization Solutions Overview and Feature Compare Matrix" published by Ruben Spruijt and Jurjen van Leeuwen.
