So I've been experimenting with the latest (v6) version of VMWare workstation and I like it a lot. I've set up a virtual machine and have taken snapshots with various software installed (IE: fresh install of XP, XP + DotNet 2.0, XP/DotNet/SQL Express, etc.)
The ability to revert to a snapshot is incredibly useful when testing installs.
Also, VMWare allows you to clone a Virtual Machine. This is handy for testing under different configurations.
Finally, there's a free VMWare player that allows you to run Virtual Machines created with workstation. This isn't as useful as I'd hoped. It appears that it can't be set up to start up at boot (probably to encourage sales of VMWare Server).
However, VMWare Player does offer up some intriguing deployment options. What if instead of deploying a setup app, you simply deployed a fully configured virtual machine? The problem with this and windows is if the name of the virtual machine must be unique on the domain. Then there's also licensing to consider. But I'll bet it work really well with linux.
The ability to revert to a snapshot is incredibly useful when testing installs.
Also, VMWare allows you to clone a Virtual Machine. This is handy for testing under different configurations.
Finally, there's a free VMWare player that allows you to run Virtual Machines created with workstation. This isn't as useful as I'd hoped. It appears that it can't be set up to start up at boot (probably to encourage sales of VMWare Server).
However, VMWare Player does offer up some intriguing deployment options. What if instead of deploying a setup app, you simply deployed a fully configured virtual machine? The problem with this and windows is if the name of the virtual machine must be unique on the domain. Then there's also licensing to consider. But I'll bet it work really well with linux.
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