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For additional information on virtual machines and if running VMs' within your environment, please read "Visualization basics":
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NEW FEATURES
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VMware Workstation 6.0.x for Windows and Linux provides several key new features, including:

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For additional features, please read "VMware Workstation release notes":
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VMware Fusion 1.1.x for the Mac provides several key new features, including:

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For additional features, please read "Getting started with VMware Fusion":
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BEST PRACTICES
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IS&T recommends the MIT community follow the security recommendations and best practices guidelines to ensure backup, antivirus and anti-spyware software is installed on each virtual machine. For a more in-depth look at these recommendations and how to obtain, please review the page: <insert URL here>:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8903

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LICENSING
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As part of the Microsoft Campus Agreement at MIT, the licensing structure for utilizing instances of a guest OS within a virtual environment is different than that of a standalone machine. For additional information, please read:
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NOT SUPPORTED
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IS&T does not provide support for the following:

• VMware importer tool
• VMware Player
• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

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• within VMware

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• VMware installations of Athena virtual machines

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KNOWN ISSUES
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For a full list of known issues visit the VMware Workstation page at:
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HOW TO OBTAIN
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VMware Workstation and Fusion is available to faculty, staff and students and can be obtained from the Software Download page:

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GETTING HELP
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Documentation for using VMware is available at:

Mac: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=791^{Image Removed}
Linux: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=792^{Image Removed}
Windows: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=790^{Image Removed}

If you need assistance installing or using VMware Workstation of Fusion, please contact the Computing Help Desk at computing-help@mit.edu or 617.253.1101.

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