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For additional information on virtual machines and if running VMs' within your environment, please read "Visualization basics":
http://www.vmware.com/technology/virtual-machine.html
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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":
https://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html#features
VMware Fusion 1.1.2 x for the Mac provides several key new features, including:
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For additional features, please read "Getting started with VMware Fusion":
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/fusion_getting_started_11.pdf
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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: " <insert URL here> ":
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/software/msca.html#virtual
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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
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- installations of Athena virtual machines
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KNOWN ISSUES
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For a full list of known issues and system requirements visit the VMware Workstation page at:
<insert url here>
and the VMware Fusion page at:
<insert URL here>. https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/vmware/VMware+Known+Issues
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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
Linux: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=792
Windows: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=790
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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