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Project Objective

to To release VMware workstation for Windows, Linux and VMware Fusion for the Macintosh and provide support for faculty, staff and students. The project will deliver test results and documentation for both end-users and support providers.nbsp;Since the release project will encompass VMware desktop products on all three supported operating systems, support for VMware will be conducted using a phased and staggered approach. Support available after Phase I support will include the installation of VMware Workstation and Fusion, installing the guest operating system and VMware Tools, and configuring the network. We will publish best practices and make documentation available for these four activities.

Timeline

The project kicked off in March of 2008. IS&T expects to announce support for Phase I during Q1 of FY09. Details regarding additional phases of the project will be determined as we progress through Phase I. We will share those timelines as they are established.

Access

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Decisions: 

The team has agreed to support the NAT (network address translation) network configuration.

Contact info

To contact the VMware release team, send email to vmware-release@mit.edu.

Related Topics 

  • Licensing - VMware Licenses are available to all faculty, staff and students. At this time, IS&T recommends that only early adopters, those who are able to support themselves or their users, download and install VMware desktop products while we evaluate and test the software and provide documentation.   They VMware desktop products can be obtained at https://nic-too-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/cgi-bin/vmware.  The site is expected to be opened to all faculty and staff after Thanksgiving.  The installer will only be available for as a download.
  • VMware fusion blog http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/
  • Planet VMware blog http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/planet/vmware/
  • Bug Reports - Everyone is encouraged to file create a bug report as needed. The team will escalate all bug reports Place TBD.

Testing Matrices

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Communications 

Documentation

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Documentation