VMware Workstation has evolved to a piece of software over the years. Recently I wrote also about sharing VMs and managing roles for accessing VMs in Workstation 10. The previous release of Workstation has brought up a different, not so known feature that might interest users of ESXi 5.5. It's the remote management of VMs running on ESXi servers (or managed through vCenter).
As you know, ESXi 5.5 and vSphere 5.5 as a platform introduced virtual hardware 10. While you can start or shutdown VMs having vmx-10 configured, you can't really do a modifications to the virtual hardware easily. You would have to install vSphere web client (together with vCenter). OR, you could to install VMware Workstation 10, which can modify (add/remove) virtual hardware, on VMs which are running on ESXi 5.5.
So you could manage all the VMs running on remote ESXi 5.5 (or), vSphere 5.5, by using Workstation instead of the vSphere web client, as the web client is still kind of slower… So you might consider VMware Workstation 10 for the job! If so, check out the coupons page where you might find a deal!
VMware Workstation 10 details:
- Creation of Restricted VM Advanced – can expire a VM at predefined date and time.
- When you run Workstation VM on a tablet, the VM can use accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and also the ambient light sensor.
- Multi-monitor setups easier than before. Can use 2, 3, or 4 monitors
- Unity Mode Integrated to work with Windows 8.1
- New converter built-in can also p2v W8.1 from physical to virtual.
- Support for 16 vCPUs, 8 TB SATA disks and 64GB of RAM
- New Virtual SATA disk controller
- Now supporting 20 virtual networks
- USB3 streams support for faster file copying
- Improved application and Windows VM startup times
- SSD Pass through
Read all details:
Oh did you know that you can downgrade from VMX-10 back to VMX-9? (for local VMs only).
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