VMware Workstation — известная программа для виртуализации систем. VMware Workstation является мощным решением для разработчиков программного обеспечения и системных администраторов, создающих и тестирующих полно-комплексные сетевые приложения класса серверов, работающие в различных средах.

Год: 2012
Размер: 346 Мб
Версия: 8.0.3 Build 703057
Разработчик: VMware, Inc
Разрядность: 32bit + 64bit
Совместимость с Vista: нет
Совместимость с Windows 7: нет
Язык интерфейса: Английский
Таблэтка: Присутствует


Уникальная технология VMware MultipleWorlds позволяет изолировать операционные системы и приложения в пределах создаваемых виртуальных машин, причем в распоряжении каждой виртуальной машины оказывается стандартный компьютер x86, с собственным процессором и памятью.

С помощью данного решения вы сможете на одном компьютере вести процессы разработки, тестирования, отладки и запуск многоуровневых браузерных приложений, эксплуатировать новые операционные системы и унаследованные приложения на одном компьютере, устанавливать новые или обновлять имеющиеся операционные системы без выполнения операций с разделами дисков и перезагрузки компьютера.

Новая платформа предлагает расширенные возможности для разработчиков приложений, инженеров по контролю качества, специалистов по продажам технологических решений и IT-администраторов. Одним из самых заметных нововведений пакета VMware Workstation 8 стала расширенная поддержка 32-битных и 64-битных версий Windows. Для отображения состояния виртуальных машин теперь полноценно используются функции Flip 3D и Aero Peek, реализованные в интерфейсе Windows 7. Пакет VMware Workstation 7 стал первым продуктом с полной поддержкой графической оболочки Aero в системах Windows 7. Существенно расширен перечень трехмерных приложений на базе технологий DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 и OpenGL 2.1, которые можно запускать в виртуальных машинах Windows.

VMware Workstation 8 включет в себя следующие новые возможности и улучшения:
Remote Connections — В VMware Workstation 8 появились возможности соединения с виртуальными машинами, которые исполняются не только в Workstation (причем не только на своем ПК), но и с ВМ на хостах VMware vSphere под управлением VMware vCenter (то есть, можно подцепить vCenter прямо в окружение Workstation и управлять его виртуальными машинами).
"Share" VMs — В Workstation 8 пользователи могут предоставлять общий доступ к своим виртуальным машинам при работе в группах (тестирование, разработка ПО), что предоставляет дополнительные возможности коллективной работы (есть оснастка "Shared VMs").
Upload to vSphere — В Workstation 8 появилась возможность загрузки виртуальной машины со своего ПК на сервер с VMware vSphere, что может быть полезно для развертывания разрабатываемого сервиса на ПК в виртуальной корпоративной среде предприятия (или в "облаке"). Поддерживается drag&drop виртуальных машин в иерархию vSphere.
New User Interface — Пользовательский интерфейс был значительно переработан, появились вякие "красивости" в части меню, анимированных иконок, улучшенных экранов настройки. Также появилась "библиотека виртуальных машин" с расширенными возможностями поиска (не только по своему рабочему столу, но и на других хостах с Workstation и vSphere).
Improved Virtual Machine Capabilities — Появилась поддержка HD со звуком 7.1, поддержка стандарта USB 3 и устройств Bluetooth. Кроме того, присутствует множество улучшений в компонентах virtual SMP (можно включать-выключать поддержку Virtual VT-X/EPT и AMD-V/RVI), увеличилась производительность 3D-графики, а также появилась возможность создания виртуальных машин с 64 ГБ памяти. Теперь поддерживается работа 64-битных гостевых ОС, запущенных как виртуальные машины на виртуальном ESXi (двойная виртуализация).

Основные возможности:
Одновременный запуск нескольких гостевых операционных систем на одном компьютере
Запуск виртуальной машины в окнах рабочего стола основной операционной системы и на полный экран
Установка виртуальных машин без пере-разбиения дисков
Запуск уже установленных на компьютере ОС без их переустановки или пере-конфигурирования
Запуск приложений операционной системы Windows на компьютере с ОС Linux и наоборот
Создание и тестирование приложений одновременно для разных систем
Запуск непротестированных приложений без риска нарушить устойчивую работу системы или потерять критичные данные
Совместное использование файлов и приложений разными виртуальными машинами за счет использования виртуальной сети
Запуск клиент-серверных и веб-приложений на одном ПК
Запуск на одном ПК нескольких виртуальных компьютеров и моделирование работы локальной сети

В релиз добавлен патч для ядер 3.2+ (чтобы запустить в ubuntu 12.04 LTS или других новых дистрибутивах)
в патче увеличен номер версии с 8.0.2 на 8.0.3

При обновлении с 8.0.2 (патченной для новых ядер) до 8.0.3 необходимо удалить файл /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/.patched (при обновлении ранее патченной версии 8.0.2 патч не срабатывает, ругается на этот файл)

При установке на чистую систему kubuntu 12.04 x64 alternate cd - не хватает пакетов с программами,
доустановить: sudo apt-get install make patch gcc linux-headers-generic

Странна поддержка vmware - там еще не знают, что уже как два месяца вышли новые версия ядер и дистрибутивов..

Таблетка
1. Файл с готовыми ключами добавлен из предыдущей сборки для linux.
2. Кейген из сборки для windows, можно запустить в linux через wine

Системные требования
: Host CPU::
The host system must have a 64-bit x86 CPU that meets the following requirements.
• 1.3GHz or faster CPU minimum
• Multiprocessor systems are supported.
• Support for 64-bit guest operating systems is available with Intel VT or AMD-V CPUs.
Memory:
• You need enough memory to run the host operating system, plus the memory required for each guest operating system and for applications on the host and guest. The minimum memory requirement is 1GB, VMware recommends to have 2GB and above. For more information on memory requirements, see your guest operating system and application documentation.
• As of version 7.0 of Workstation, the total amount of memory you can assign to all virtual machines running on a single host is limited only by the amount of RAM on the host. The maximum amount of memory for each virtual machine is 32GB.
Recommendations for Windows 7 Aero Graphics Support
To support Windows 7 Aero graphics, VMware recommends the following configuration:
CPU:
• Intel Dual Core, 2.2GHz and above
• AMD Athlon 4200+ and above
Host GPU:
• nVidia GeForce 8800GT and above
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 and above
• Memory—at least 3GB of host system memory, 1GB of memory allocated to the guest operating system, and 256MB graphics memory.
Hard Disks:
• IDE and SCSI hard drives are supported.
• VMware recommends at least 1GB free disk space for each guest operating system and the application software used with it. If you use a default setup, the actual disk space needs are approximately the same as those for installing and running the guest operating system and applications on a physical computer.
• 200MB (Linux) or 1.5GB (Windows) free disk space is required for basic installation. Delete the installer afterwards to reclaim disk space.
Optical CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives:
• IDE and SCSI optical drives are supported.
• CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives are supported.
• ISO disk image files are supported.
Floppy Drives:
Virtual machines can connect to the host’s disk drives. Floppy disk image files are also supported.
Local Area Networking:
• You can use any Ethernet controller that the host operating system supports.
• Non-Ethernet networks are supported by using built-in network address translation (NAT) or using a combination of host-only networking plus routing software on the host operating system.

What's new in VMware workstation 8.0.3 Changelog
What's new in VMware Workstation 8.0.3 Build 703057:
May 3rd, 2012

VMware floppy device out-of-bounds memory write:
· Due to a flaw in the virtual floppy configuration it was possible to perform an out-of-bounds memory write. This vulnerability allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host.
· The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2449 to this issue.

VMware SCSI device unchecked memory write:
· Due to a flaw in the SCSI device registration it was possible to perform an unchecked write into memory. This vulnerability allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host.
· The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2450 to this issue.

What's new in VMware Workstation 8.0.2 Build 591240:
January 25th, 2012

The following issues are resolved in this release of VMware Workstation:
· The ACLs on the PID files needed improvement. VMware thanks Inode0 for bringing this to our attention.
· Releasing input from the guest to the host, for example, moving the cursor from the virtual machine window to the host screen, failed with an unrecoverable error.
· Copying and pasting from a guest to an Ubuntu 11.10 host failed.
· Shared folders did not work in Fedora 16 and OpenSuse 12.1 guests.
· In Ubuntu 11.10 hosts, key repeat was disabled after ungrabbing or quitting VMware Workstation.
· On a Windows host, a virtual machine configured to use a physical disk or partition failed to power on if the host had a volume backed by more than one physical disk, for example, a RAID system.
· On a machine with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1, vix-perl installation failed with dynamic link errors.

What's new in VMware Workstation 8.0.1 Build 528992:
November 18th, 2011

· Graphics performance and compatibility enhancements.
· Improvements in creating and using shared virtual machines and remote virtual machines.
· Ubuntu 11.10 is officially supported as a guest operating system.
· Disk and memory management issues have been addressed.
· Many customer-reported issues have been resolved.

Resolved Issues:
· Windows 7 guest installation failed after powering on the virtual machine with the error A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
· VMware Tools failed with the message VMware Tools unrecoverable error.
· VMware Tools failed to start in Fedora 15 guests.
· On hosts with Nvidia GeForce and Quadro video cards, some of the clouds in the Unigine Heaven Benchmark application were drawn solid black.
· If remote virtual machines were open, you could not shut down the Windows hosts.
· When transitioning from Full Screen mode to Exclusive mode, the Full Screen toolbar sometimes failed to hide.
· Host memory reservation restrictions on Windows hosts are more relaxed in VMware Workstation 8.0.1 than in previous versions of VMware Workstation.
· The AltGr key was not working in an Ubuntu guest in Unity mode when the host and guest keyboards were both set to a layout that contained the AltGr key.

What's new in VMware Workstation 8.0.0 Build 471780:
September 14th, 2011

Installation Changes and Enhanced Keyboards:
· The hardware requirements to install this version of Workstation have changed. Workstation now requires a relatively modern 64-bit CPU.

· The keyboard filter driver is no longer installed by default. When the driver is not installed, the enhanced keyboard functionality is unavailable and you must press Ctrl-Alt-Ins instead of Ctrl-Alt-Del to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del keystroke to the guest. To use the enhanced keyboard functionality, you must perform a custom installation and select the component. If you select the component, you must reboot whenever you install or uninstall Workstation.

Virtual Hardware Improvements:
· This version of Workstation includes many hardware improvements. To try new hardware features, you must upgrade the hardware version of your virtual machine or create a new virtual machine that uses the latest virtual hardware version.
· The display technology has been changed to provide a better experience for Unity users and users who have multiple monitors. These changes also allow you to add a projector to your laptop without restarting your virtual machine.
· Virtual machines can now support up to 64GB of memory. The host system should have more than 64GB of memory to use this feature.
· An HD Audio device is available for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2 guests. The HD Audio device is compatible with the RealTek ALC888 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec.
· USB 3.0 support is available for Linux guests running kernel version 2.6.35 or later (Ubuntu 10.10) through a new virtual xHCI USB controller. To enable this feature, add the following line to the .vmx file: usb_xhci.present = “true”. Do not enable this feature for Windows guests. Because Windows does not currently have a generic xHCI driver, this feature will not work in Windows.
· Bluetooth devices on the host can now be shared with Windows guests. With the latest hardware version, Bluetooth devices that are paired to the host system radio are available to Windows guests and can be paired from within the guest. You should not pair Bluetooth audio devices, such as headphones, or Bluetooth input devices, such as keyboards and mice, to a guest.
· You can now enable Virtual VT-X/EPT or AMD-V/RVI in the processor settings interface. With this feature, applications running in a guest can take advantage of these virtualization technologies. You can also run 64-bit guest operating systems inside of vSphere running inside Workstation.

New User Interface:
· The Workstation user interface has been updated to include new menus, toolbars, and an improved preferences screen.
· The favorites sidebar has been replaced with a virtual machine library. Instead of identifying every virtual machine created in Workstation as a favorite, the library is a comprehensive list of all of the virtual machines that Workstation users create, open, or access.
· A new folder summary page helps you to better manage a group of related virtual machines. Live thumbnails make it easy to see what is happening in running virtual machines.
· The full screen toolbar has been updated so that you can do more without having to leave full screen mode. Quick switch mode is no longer needed.

What Happened to Teams:
· Although at first it might appear that the teams feature has been removed, you can add team attributes to any virtual machine in this version of Workstation.
· The team structure has been converted to a simple folder of virtual machines.
· A new advanced settings dialog box has been added for network adapters to let you throttle the bandwidth of incoming and outgoing transmissions and simulate packet loss.
· You can perform power operations on several virtual machines at the same time by selecting virtual machines on the folder tab and pressing the power button on the toolbar. If all of the virtual machines in a folder are in the same power state, you can select the folder to perform a power operation on all of the virtual machines in the folder.
· You use a global Workstation preference to configure the delay between powering on virtual machines.
· To implement LAN segments, you can use traditional VMnets or put all of the virtual machines that you want to communicate on the same custom VMnet.

Shared Virtual Machines and AutoStart:
· You can share virtual machines with remote users in this version of Workstation. A shared virtual machine can be accessed remotely by other instances of Workstation. Workstation moves virtual machines to the shared virtual machines folder, where the VMware Host Agent service manages them. The VMware Host Agent service is used by other VMware products, including VMware Server and vSphere, and provides additional capabilities required by professional users. An extensive permissions interface lets you control the users who can access and use shared virtual machines.

· You can use the new AutoStart feature to configure shared virtual machines to start with the host system. You can also configure AutoStart for shared virtual machines on remote hosts running Workstation and ESX 4.x and later.

Remote Connections:
· In this version of Workstation, you are no longer constrained to working only with virtual machines that your computer has enough power to run. You can use the new Connect to Server feature to connect to remote hosts running Workstation, ESX 4.x and later, and VMware vCenter Server. After connecting to a remote host, all of the virtual machines that you have permission to access are displayed in the virtual machine library.

Upload to ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server:
· VMware OVF Tool is now integrated with Workstation so that you can upload a virtual machine from Workstation to a remote server running ESX, ESXi, or vCenter Server. After connecting to a remote server, you drag the virtual machine from the local My Computer section of the virtual machine library to the remote server. A wizard walks you through the process.

Documentation Changes:
· This version of Workstation includes several important documentation changes.

Сборку обновил, добавлена x64 версия. x86 версия заменена на Full, из релиза убраны файлы component..(входят в Full версии)
VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.3-703057.i386.bundle
VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.3-703057.x86_64.bundle

VMware Workstation 8.0.3 for Linux 2012-05-03 | 324M | Linux 32-bit .bundle
MD5SUM(?): 968c0785ddb96058e808117730d7c3ad
SHA1SUM(?): 08ac903c012ef887bf45b3f9f83a4d3200fe25d1

VMware Workstation 8.0.3 for Linux 2012-05-03 | 324M | Linux 64-bit .bundle
MD5SUM(?): aa9ce2d953f21f9d902de00ffd2fcb5c
SHA1SUM(?): b8d189b6717d49abc49401fc4ad50b187ff2e813

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