

Each virtual machine has its own operating system to run, including versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, and MS-DOS. It allows users to create virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them alongside the host machine. The hardware version indicates which virtual hardware features that the virtual machine supports, such as BIOS or UEFI, number of virtual slots, maximum number of CPUs, maximum memory configuration, and other hardware characteristics.VMware Workstation Pro is a hosted hypervisor that operates on 圆4 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems (previous releases had an x86-32 version). All virtual machines have a hardware version. You can change the hardware compatibility of a virtual machine. Change the Hardware Compatibility of a Virtual Machine.You can run the installer with the -console option to upgrade Workstation Pro in a terminal window. On some Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, the bundle installer launches a command-line wizard instead of a GUI wizard.

On most Linux distributions, the Linux bundle installer launches a GUI wizard. You can upgrade to the current version of Workstation Pro on a Linux host system by running the Linux bundle installer for Workstation Pro.
