[NTLUG:Discuss] Difference between VMPlayer and the new free VMWareServer

[Pat Regan]

Burton Strauss wrote:
> Interesting, because that is from the VMWare docs re Server.  Maybe it's the
> snapshot MANAGER (the GUI tool to flip among them) that's not available.
> I.e. Snapshot-as-developer-tool vs. snapshot-as-os-management.
> 

I don't think you can take more than one snapshot with Server.  I have a
menu entry to create a snapshot and revert, that is all.

> You can actually run VMWare workstation headless under Windows Server 2003.
> It's not pretty - you need to use the srvany tool to create the pseudo
> service.  And there is one gotcha - the first time you login, that session
> 'captures' the service VMs.  Which means you then can't log off...  But it
> all works OK for me...

Thankfully, we don't need the Kludge now, and it will work for everyone
is Server runs under MS desktop OSes :).

Pat