You can use the latest Microsoft and Linux operating systems, including:
Windows and Linux host memory support up to 8GB.
The Perl API included with VMware GSX Server 1.0 has been completely revised. In addition, you can utilize COM scripts to control your virtual machines. For more information, visit the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/support/developer/.
Use the VMware GSX Server Master Installer to install all VMware GSX Server components at one time. Or, pick and choose the components you want to install. The master installer supports scripted installations.
If you’re running VMware GSX Server on a Windows host, you’ll notice some changes right away. The updated user interface provides better wizards for creating new virtual machines and adding devices to virtual machines. It also lets you name your virtual machines so you can find them easily in the future, gives you more information about the state of your virtual machines and makes it easier to adjust configurations to suit your needs.
The local console on a Windows host now contains a Virtual Machine Name list. This list includes all the virtual machines on the host and indicates whether a virtual machine is registered. Selecting a virtual machine in the list gives you summary information about the virtual machine.
Other usability improvements include automatic saving of configuration changes as soon as you make them on both Windows and Linux hosts, easy ungrab using Ctrl-Alt on both Windows and Linux hosts, a screen capture option on the File menu on Windows hosts. On Windows hosts, any user can now run VMware GSX Server; you no longer need to be a power user to run the program.
Support for network address translation (NAT) networking, which also provides:
You can migrate virtual machines between all current VMware products: from VMware GSX Server 1.0 to 2.0, between VMware GSX Server 2.0 for Linux and VMware GSX Server 2.0 for Windows, between VMware Workstation 3.x and VMware GSX Server 2.0, between VMware GSX Server 2.0 and VMware ESX Server 1.5.
With the use of relative paths in the virtual machine configuration, virtual machine migration is now easier for virtual machines created with VMware GSX Server 2.0.
Resume a virtual machine from a specific point at which you suspended it, over and over. This is useful for a classroom or QA environment, where you want to start your guest operating system with applications already running and system settings tailored to your needs; or, in the event of a catastrophic failure, to restart from the same point, instead of rebooting the virtual machine.
You can run scripts when you change the power state of a virtual machine; that is, when you power on, power off, suspend or resume the virtual machine. Default scripts are included, and you can create your own.
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