Versions earlier than 3 of VMware Player were unable to create virtual machines VMs, which had to be created by an application with the capability, or created manually by statements stored in a text file with extension “. In the two packages were combined as VMware Workstation 12, with a free for non-commercial use Player version which, on purchase of a license code, either became the higher-specification VMware Workstation Pro, or allowed commercial use of Player. VMware Player is available for personal non-commercial use, or for distribution or other use by written agreement.

It uses the same virtualization core as VMware Workstation, a similar program with more features, which is not free of charge. VMware Player can run existing virtual appliances and create its own virtual machines which require that an operating system be installed to be functional. Vmware workstation 12 hardware compatibility free Depends on how ESXi is installed as a type 1 vs type 2 hypervisor Either way the performance will be.

Mind you this is only the very first baby step towards virtualization and the first building block. If we stick to the initial question: Same VM on different environnement.

Vmware workstation player free vs paid