Project Objective: 

To release VMware workstation for Windows, Linux and VMware Fusion for the Macintosh and provide support for faculty, staff and students. Since the release project will encompass VMware desktop products on all three supported operating systems, support for VMware will be conducted using a phased and staggered approach. Support available after Phase I support will include the installation of VMware Workstation and Fusion, installing the guest operating system and VMware Tools, and configuring the network. We will publish best practices and make documentation available for these four activities.

Timeline: 

The project kicked off in March of 2008. IS&T expects to announce support for Phase I during Q1 of FY09. Details regarding additional phases of the project will be determined as we progress through Phase I. We will share those timelines as they are established.

Access: 

 Access to this wiki is currently limited to members of the MIT community  

Decisions: 

The team has agreed to support the NAT (network address translation) network configuration.

Contact info: 

To contact the VMware release team, send email to vmware-release@mit.edu.

Related Topics 

  • Licensing - VMware Licenses are available to all faculty, staff and students. At this time, IS&T recommends that only early adopters, those who are able to support themselves or their users, download and install VMware desktop products while we evaluate and test the software and provide documentation.   VMware desktop products can be obtained at https://nic-too.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vmware.  The installer will only be available as a download.
  • VMware fusion blog http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/
  • Planet VMware blog http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/planet/vmware/
  • Bug Reports - Everyone is encouraged to create a bug report as needed. The team will escalate all bug reports.

Testing Matrices

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Communications 

Minutes 

Documentation