The following sections provide notes on installing specific guest operating systems under the VMware products that support each guest. Be sure to read the general guidelines as well as the guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
The following table shows guest operating systems compatible with particular VMware products and provides links to installation instructions for each guest operating system.
Note: If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter, be sure it is supported under the VMware product - ESX Server or GSX Server - on which you are running the virtual machine.
Guest Operating System
|
Workstation
|
VMware ACE
|
GSX
Server |
ESX
Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4.5-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
3.2
|
||||
5.0
|
3.2
|
|||
3.0-3.2
|
||||
3.1-3.2
|
||||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
3.0-3.2
|
||||
5.0
|
||||
5.0
|
3.2
|
|||
4.5-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0.1-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0.1-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
3.0-3.2
|
||||
5.0
|
||||
5.0
|
3.2
|
2.5-2.5.1
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
5.0
|
3.2
|
2.5.1
|
||
4.5.2-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.1-3.2
|
2.5-2.5.1
|
|
4.5-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.1-2.5.1
|
|
4.0.1-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
3.1-3.2
|
||||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
2.5-2.5.1
|
||||
3.2
|
2.5
|
|||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
||
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0.1-2.5.1
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.1-2.5
|
|
4.0-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.0-3.2
|
2.0.1-2.5.1
|
|
3.0-3.2
|
||||
4.5.2-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.1-3.2
|
||
4.5.2-5.0
|
1.0
|
3.1-3.2
|