VMware Server 2.0.2

Get Started with Virtualization Risk-Free Start Achieving the Benefits of Virtualization The free VMware Server is based upon VMware’s proven virtualization technology. With this robust yet easy to use software you can: * Accelerate server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times * Easily evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration * Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in a secure virtual machine environment and be able to roll back to a clean state by using the snapshot feature * Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2003 in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system * Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace Features: Get ready for a superior introductory experience to virtualization with this stable, easy-to-use hosted virtualization platform that supports a broad range of operating systems and hardware. Key Features: * Installs like an application, with simple, wizard-driven installation and virtual machine creation process * Includes a web based management interface with a simple, flexible, secure, intuitive and productive management experience * Runs on any standard x86 hardware, including Intel and AMD hardware virtualization assisted systems * Runs on a wider variety of Linux and Windows host and guest operating systems than any server virtualization product on the market * Supports two-processor Virtual SMP, enabling a single virtual machine to span multiple physical processors * Captures entire state of a virtual machine and rolls back at any time with the click of a single button * Protects investment with an easy virtual machine migration path to VMware Infrastructure New Features in VMware Server 2: * New operating system support: The broadest operating system support of any host-based virtualization platform currently available, including support for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Business Edition and Ultimate Edition (guest only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Ubuntu 8.04. * 64-bit operating system support: Use 64-bit guest operating systems on 64-bit hardware to enable more scalable and higher performing computing solutions. In addition, Server 2 will run natively on 64-bit Linux host operating systems. * VMware Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface: VI Web Access management interface provides a simple, flexible, secure, intuitive and productive management experience. Plus, access thousands of pre-built, pre-configured, ready-to-run enterprise applications packaged with an operating system inside a virtual machine at the Virtual Appliance Marketplace. * Independent virtual machine console: With the new VMware Remote Console, you can access your virtual machine consoles independent of the VI Web Access management interface. * More scalable virtual machines: Support for up to 8 GB of RAM and up to10 virtual network interface cards per virtual machine, transfer data at faster data rates from USB 2.0 devices plus add new SCSI hard disks and controllers to a running virtual machine. * Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS): Properly backup the state of the Windows virtual machines when using the snapshot feature to maintain data integrity of the applications running inside the virtual machine. * Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI): This feature enables transparent paravirtualization, in which a single binary version of the operating system can run either on native hardware or in paravirtualized mode to improve performance in specific Linux environments.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Release Date:	January 15, 2013
Platforms:	Windows2000, Windows2003, WinNT 4.0, WinXP, Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Linux
Keyword:	Server,  Test Machine,  Virtual,  Virtual Machine,  Vmware,  Vmware Server,  Vmwareserver
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