VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta 2 released

Latest Version: Beta 2 | 6/23/08 | Build 99530

Can I start a VM in ESX 3.5 on WS 6.5 ? Yes we can
The beta 2 of VMware Workstation contains a permanent fix for this problem……

New Features in VMware Workstation 6.5:

-Seamless integration of guest & host applications with Unity
-Advanced VM Record and Replay with Visual Studio integration
-Support for Smart Cards & Smart Card Readers
-Link state propagation networking
-Enhanced ACE authoring capabilities
-Easy Install Option’s support for Linux
-Improved 3D graphics Support
-Virtual Machine Streaming

BRON: NTpro

turn off debug in VMWare 6.5beta (windows)

I’m playing with VMWare workstation 6.5beta(build-91182) and was looking to do some advanced configurations, specifically running ESX 3.5U1 , therefore i was interested in maximum performance to squeak out as much out of my laptop….

A couple things i found out really quick 1) set the Virtualization setting in your systems BIOS if you have one. My core duo did , my centrino did not. This speeded things up considerably, i’d say by a factor of 10.

2) The VMWare workstation process wants to run VM’s with the vmware-vmx-debug binary, and it indicates that you must live with this. Upon closer inspection in the application directory (C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation) I found vmware-vmx and its about 2MB smaller binary. So what I did was rename vmware-vmx-debug to vmware-vmx-debug-orig and then copy vmware-vmx to vmware-vmx-debug.

Bron: jthomasser.wordpress.com