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

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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 ...

See, this is exactly what I was talking about.  What exactly is there to
"play"?
Is there a virtual machine with OS already set up on a host system, so all
you do is install
apps in the VM and run them?  Do you have to "set up" the guest system, ie
install the
OS to a VM that's already there or what?  I'm glad to know I'm not the ONLY
one the
distinction is lost on.

Thanks,

Wayne