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VMware Server Guest Operating Systems Supported
VMware Server supports the following guest operating systems:
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server (x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server with SP1 or SP2
(x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server R2 (x86 or x64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Standard and Premium Editions)
• Windows 2000 Server and Professional
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows Vista Business and Ultimate (x86 and x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop versions up through version 5 (x86 and x64)
• Ubuntu Linux 6.x to 8.x
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server up to 10.x (x86 and x64)
• SUSE Linux versions up to 10.x (x86 and x64)
• Novell NetWare
• Solaris
VMware Server Host Operating Systems Supported
VMware Server 2.x runs on more different kinds of host operating systems than Microsoft
Virtual PC or Server because it can run on several different Linux distributions. It also runs on
x86 and x64 computers. The list of VMware host operating systems includes the following:
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server (x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server with SP1 or SP2
(x86 or x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server R2 (x86 or x64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Standard and Premium Editions)
• Windows 2000 Server and Professional with SP3 or SP4
• Windows XP Professional and Home through the current service pack
• Windows Vista Business and Ultimate (x86 and x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop versions up through version 5 (x86 and x64)
• Ubuntu Linux 6.x to 8.x
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server up to 10.x (x86 and x64)
• SUSE Linux versions up to 10.x (x86 and x64)
• Mandrake Linux up to 10.x
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VMware Server also can run on other Windows and Linux distributions, such as other
Windows Vista editions or Fedora Linux, but they should be considered “experimental” because
they might not be fully tested.
For Windows host operating systems, you must download the VMware
Server version for Windows, which is in .exe format. For Linux host oper-
ating systems, you must download the VMware Server version for Linux,
which is in .tar format.
Windows Server Core is not a supported host at this writing.
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