VMware ACE
Distribute VMs created inside of VMware Workstation 7 with VMware ACE.
That’s true I talked a lot about the new VMware Workstaton 7 or VMware Player 3 (which can create a Virtual machines now), but there is one more desktop product which is quite cool too. It’s VMware ACE.
VMware ACE is packaging desktop application working together with Vmware Workstation. You can deploy the fully configured VM to your clients, co-workers, and centraly manage security and update profiles with ACE Management server.
The new VMware ACE 2.6 added support for Windows 7, but other systems (linux too) are supported as a guest VMs or as a host.
Operating System |
Host and Guest Support |
|---|---|
| Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate |
Host and guest |
| Windows 2008 SP2, R2 | Guest |
| Windows Vista SP2 | Guest |
| Debian 5 | Guest |
| Ubuntu 9.04 | Host and guest |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 | Host and guest |
| CentOS 5.3 | Guest |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 | Guest |
| OpenSUSE 11.x | Host and guest |
| Mandriva 2009 | Host and guest |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.x | Host and guest |
The ACE 2 Management Server has the ability to dynamically update control and security policies, including the ability to activate / deactivate ACE clients.
VMware ACE 2.6 Release Notes
ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
Workstation and ACE Online Library
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