Officially Supported VMware Server 2.0 Guest Operating Systems
Officially Supported Guest Operating Systems
Guest operating systems fall into two categories, officially supported and unsupported. As with host operating systems, just because a guest operating system is not officially supported does not necessarily mean that it won't run as a guest operating system in VMware Server 2.0 virtual machine. For example, Fedora Linux is not, at the time of writing, an officially supported guest operating system, yet based on testing it appears to function perfectly well within a VMware Server 2.0 virtual machine.
With this information in mind, the following tables list the current officially supported guest operating systems:
Microsoft Windows (64-bit)
Microsoft Operating Systems (64-bit) |
Supported Versions |
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Windows Server 2008 x64 |
Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition |
Windows Vista x64 |
Business Edition, Ultimate Edition |
Windows XP x64 |
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Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Windows Server 2003 x64 Web Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
Microsoft Operating Systems (32-bit) |
Supported Versions |
---|---|
Windows Server 2008 |
Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition |
Windows Vista |
Business Edition and Ultimate Edition |
Windows XP |
SP2 |
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition |
SP1, SP2, R2 |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition |
R2 |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition |
R2 |
Windows 2000 Server |
SP3, SP4 |
Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
SP3, SP4 |
Linux Operating Systems (64-bit)
Linux Operating Systems (64-bit) |
Supported Versions |
---|---|
Mandriva Linux 2006 |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
5.0, 5.1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS |
4.5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES |
4.5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS |
4.5 |
SUSE Linux |
9.0, SP1, SP2, SP3 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
10, 10 SP1 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 |
SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop |
10, 10.1, 10.2 |
openSUSE |
10.2 |
Open Enterprise Server |
SP1, SP2 |
Ubuntu Linux |
8.04 7.10, 7.04, 6.10, 6.06, 5.10, 5.04 |
Linux Operating Systems (32-bit)
Linux Operating Systems (32-bit) |
Supported Versions |
---|---|
Mandriva Linux |
2006, 10.1, 10.0, 9.x |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
5.1, 5.0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS |
4.5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES |
4.5 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS |
4.5 |
SUSE Linux |
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
10, 10 SP1 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
9, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop |
10, 10.1, 10.2 |
openSUSE |
10.2 |
Open Enterprise Server |
SP1, SP2 |
Ubuntu Linux |
8.04, 7.10, 7.04, 6.10, 6.06, 5.10, 5.04 |
Sun Solaris
Sun Solaris Operating Systems |
Supported Versions |
---|---|
Solaris 64-bit Platform Edition 10 |
update 3, update 4 |
Solaris 32-bit Platform Edition 10 |
update 3, update 4 |
Novell Netware
Novell Netware Operating Systems |
Supported Versions |
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NetWare 6.x Server 32-bit |
6.5 SP6 |