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Importing Virtual Machine from Oracle VirtualBox to VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, or VMware Player (2053864): https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2053864

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZMB0tLgLg

https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html

https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-workstation-16-pro-5424176500.html

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2, Version 6.2.0.1

• Documentation: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/index.html
• https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html
• Release Date: 2017-12-14
• https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=CONV62&productId=701&rPId=20180

VMware Workstation Pro

Also called: WMware for Windows, VMware Player, VMware Workstation Player

• https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/creating-lab-vmware-workstation-pro

• https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services?search=VMWare%20Workstation

“VMware Workstation Pro takes virtualization to the next level with the broadest operating system support, rich user experience, a comprehensive feature set and high performance. VMware Workstation Pro is designed for professionals that rely on virtual machines to get their job done.”

• Run multiple virtual machines, containers or Kubernetes clusters on a single PC
• Ready for the latest releases of Windows 10 and major Linux distributions
• Enhanced 3D graphics support for DirectX 11 and up to 8GB of vGPU Memory
• Leverage VM Snapshots, VM Clones and virtual networking for maximum efficiency
• Move and access your virtual machines easily across VMware infrastructure
• Build, Push, Pull and Run OCI Container Images (OCI) with the new vctl CLI
• Encrypt and build restricted or expiring Virtual Machines
• Run Workstation virtual machines and containers alongside WSL2 and Hyper-V on Windows

Snippet from Wikipedia: VMware Workstation

VMware Workstation Pro (known as VMware Workstation until release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015) is a hosted (Type 2) hypervisor that only runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems. There used to be an IA-32 version for earlier versions for the software. It enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, including versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, and MS-DOS. VMware Workstation is developed and sold by VMware, Inc. There is a free-of-charge version called VMware Workstation Player (known as VMware Player until release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015), for non-commercial use. An operating systems license is needed to use proprietary ones such as Windows. Ready-made Linux VMs set up for different purposes are available from several sources.

VMware Workstation supports bridging existing host network adapters and sharing physical disk drives and USB devices with a virtual machine. It can simulate disk drives; an ISO image file can be mounted as a virtual optical disc drive, and virtual hard disk drives are implemented as .vmdk files.

VMware Workstation Pro can save the state of a virtual machine (a "snapshot") at any instant. These snapshots can later be restored, effectively returning the virtual machine to the saved state, as it was and free from any post-snapshot damage to the VM.

VMware Workstation includes the ability to group multiple virtual machines in an inventory folder. The machines in such a folder can then be powered on and powered off as a single object, useful for testing complex client-server environments.

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VMware Workstation Pro is a hosted hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems<ref name=“SPPOj”>https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2129859</ref> (an x86-32 version of earlier releases was available);<ref name=“sysreq-hostOS” /> it enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, including versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, and MS-DOS. VMware Workstation is developed and sold by VMware, Inc., a division of Dell Technologies. There is a free-of-charge version, VMware Workstation Player, for non-commercial use. An operating systems license is needed to use proprietary ones such as Windows. Ready-made Linux VMs set up for different purposes are available from several sources.

VMware Workstation supports bridging existing host network adapters and sharing physical disk drives and USB devices with a virtual machine. It can simulate disk drives; an ISO image file can be mounted as a virtual optical disc drive, and virtual hard disk drives are implemented as .vmdk files.

VMware Workstation Pro can save the state of a virtual machine (a “snapshot”) at any instant. These snapshots can later be restored, effectively returning the virtual machine to the saved state,<ref name=“o7klG”>

</ref> as it was and free from any post-snapshot damage to the VM.

VMware Workstation includes the ability to group multiple virtual machines in an inventory folder. The machines in such a folder can then be powered on and powered off as a single object, useful for testing complex client-server environments.

• Workstation contains an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability and a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). These issues may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifiers CVE-2019-5518 (out-of-bounds read/write) and CVE-2019-5519 (TOCTOU) to these issues. ¹⁾

• support for 4K resolution.
• support for DirectX 10.1.
• raises the limitation of shared graphics memory to 3GB.
• RESTful API to automate common virtual machine tasks using standard JSON over HTTP/HTTPS.
• Hosts and Clusters view when connect to remote Wayland protocol.
• improves performance for virtual NVMe storage.
• VMware Workstation 15.5.5 now runs on Windows hosts with Hyper-V features (For example: virtualization based security) enabled.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1557-Pro-Release-Notes.html

15 September 2020 - |This major version release includes the following highlights:

• This version adds support for new guest operating systems
• This version enables support for VMs up to 32 virtual CPUs, 128 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM
• This version enables support for Dark Mode in Windows 10
• This version enables support for vSphere 7.0
• This version enhances VMs security by removing graphics render from vmx and running it as a separate sandbox process
• This version improves file transfer speeds (drag and drop, copy and paste), VMs shutdown time and virtual NVMe storage performance

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.1.0/rn/VMware-Workstation-1610-Pro-Release-Notes.html

• This version updates vctl kind to support Kubernetes IN Docker v0.9.0
• This version includes Docker Machine VMware Driver (

  docker-machine-driver-vmware

  )

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.1.1/rn/VMware-Workstation-1611-Pro-Release-Notes.html

• This version includes VMware Tools 11.2.6

VMware Tools, a package with drivers and other software available for the various guest operating systems VMware products support, installs in guest operating systems to add functionality. Tools is updated from time to time, with v11.2.5 in January 2021.²⁾. It has several components, including the following:

• Drivers for emulated hardware:
  • VESA-compliant graphics for the guest machine to access high screen resolutions
  • Network drivers for the vmxnet2 and vmxnet3 NIC
  • Ensoniq AudioPCI audio
  • Mouse integration
• Support of shared folders and drag-and-drop file transfer between host and guest. This functionality is described as HGFS (Host Guest File System), and may be disabled by default for security; it may be enabled by changes to the .VMX configuration file
• Clipboard sharing between host and guest
• Time-synchronization capabilities (guest synchronizes with host machine's clock)
• Support for Unity, a feature that allows seamless integration of applications with the host desktop ³⁾. “In Unity mode, virtual machine applications appear on the host system desktop by hiding virtual monitor and drawing the windows of applications running in the virtual machine on the host. Unity support was added for Windows 10 and removed for Linux in Workstation 12.

Many ready-made virtual machines (VMs) which run on VMware Player, Workstation, and other virtualization software are available ((https://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory - VMware Virtual Machine Marketplace for specific purposes, either for purchase or free of charge; for example free Linux-based “browser appliances” with the Firefox or other browser installed<ref name=“lYGW1”>

</ref><ref name=“ba”>Browser Appliance. Includes brief documentation, including “autoRevert on shutdown”</ref> which can be used for safe Web browsing; if infected or damaged it can be discarded and replaced by a clean copy. The appliance can be configured to automatically reset itself after each use so personal information and other changes are not stored.<ref name=“ba” /> VMs distributed legally only have freely distributable operating systems, as operating systems on VMs must be licensed; ready-to-use Microsoft Windows VMs, in particular, are not distributed, except for evaluation versions.

• PowerWF<ref name=“kmEN8”>

  </ref> - Provides a visual representation of VMware VIX scripts, converting them into workflows, or converting workflows into Powershell cmdlets and modules. VIX is VMware's addition to Microsoft's Powershell for automation of the VMware Player.

• VMware Fusion
• VMware Workstation Player
• OS level virtualization
• x86 virtualization
• Virtualbox
• Comparison of platform virtualization software

• VMware Workstation product page
• VMware Lifecycle Product Matrix

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