One of the cool features of VMware Workstation is protecting VMs. This can be a VM which has limited lifetime. You can use those VMs for example for student’s class or hand it to prospects or customers without worrying that they’ll continue using those VMs after certain period. The use cases are multiple as you can […]
Manipulating OVFs? Which tools to use
Which tools are available to create and use OVFs. The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is well known format for transporting virtual machines between different products. You can export vApps or VMs as an OVF file and use them in VMware Workstation or Player in a test or development environments. OVF is supportet through different VMware products, like vSphere, […]
Use VMware converter built in VMware Workstation for your converting tasks
Using the build in VMware Workstation converter. The Converter bundled with the latest release of VMware Workstation 7.1.2 can do a good job when it comes to converting for example a backup image done with Acronis products. In fact, you don’t really see the product installed (the converter), instead you must go to File menu […]
The future of VMware Workstation
A VMworld session to attend if you’re present at VMworld this year. If you’re comming to VMworld 2010 this year and you’re using VMware Workstation 7 as your desktop virtualization software you might want to know some more news for the future. So to get a peak about new functionalities in the future releases of […]
New nice feature in Workstation 7.1
Adjust you VM’s memory in Workstation 7.1 easier. New feature which appeared in VMware workstation and which makes easier to adjust the amount of Memory allocated to the VM. Since anyone has really blogged about I said myself that It could be interresting to bring it up. There are small squares which indicates The minimum […]
Performance best practices for VMware Workstation
A must have PDF for VMware Workstation users. There is an interesting whitepaper on VMware Website concerning some best practices and optimization tactics to get the most out of your VMware Workstation 7. There are some configuration steps to apply, if possible in your environement, because the installation out of the box is not optimized […]
Invalid drive error when Installing VMware Workstation
Installing VMware Workstation and receiving error? If you receive a following error when you’re installing VMware Workstation, then the resolution of the problem is quite simple. Just read on. So it might happens that during the computing space requirements you’ll receive an error like this one: Error 1327. Invalid drive x: This can happens if […]