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

[Jay Urish]

Just get a full VM guy to make a VM...

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Jay Urish wrote:
>> lonny.dahl at verizon.com wrote:
>>> I guess I don't have a clue about the differences between the 
>>> VMPlayer and
>>> the new VMWare Server that's being offered.  I checked the VMWare 
>>> website
>>> and saw the comparisons between the two and see a few feature 
>>> differences,
>>> but what's the difference, really?
>>>
>>
>>
>> You can't make a VM with the player.. You can only "play" them :)
>>
>> GSX server is a master host for virtual machines...
>>
>>
>>> Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding about what VMPlayer actually
>>> does.  I've never installed anything VMWare-wise, so I don't know 
>>> what the
>>> difference is between the old VMWare and the newer VMWare Player.  As I
>>> understood the old VMWare software, it set up virtual machines you could
>>> then install a guest OS on...as in Linux (host) with a Weenderz guest
>>> system running in a virtual machine.  How is VMWare Player different?  I
>>> think the website is confusing me a bit.  Quoting "VMware Player lets 
>>> you
>>> evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, 
>>> without
>>> any installation or configuration hassles. You can also share existing
>>> virtual machines with colleagues or friends—just use VMware Player to 
>>> run
>>> any virtual machine."  Just reading that, it looks like it's not 
>>> necessary
>>> to install the OS...just run the apps in the virtual machine.  Am I
>>> misunderstanding this?  Or is it still necessary to install VMWare 
>>> Player,
>>> then a guest OS, then the apps you want to run in the virtual machine?
>>>
>>> Discombobulated in Dallas,
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>
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> OK, what's there to play?  Does VMPlayer come with a preconfigured set 
> of VMs?  If so, whose OS?  If Windows then how is licensing handled?  I 
> think you opened a can of worms ...
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