Workaround: Follow the instructions in the Knowledge Base article Allowing outbound Internet connectivity to a virtual machine within VMware vCloud Air (2053464) You must use the VMware vCloud Air portal to configure outbound Internet connectivity. Virtual machines that you upload to vCloud Air cannot access the Internet.

Fedora 20 with latest updates and aboveįor other Linux distributions and versions, if you plan to use 3D functionality, downgrade the virtual hardware version to 10.

For Linux guests, only the following distributions are currently supported for virtual hardware version 11: Workaround: For Windows guest operating systems, upgrade VMware Tools to the latest version, which is included with Workstation 11. If you upgrade a virtual machine from virtual hardware version 10 to 11, you might loose 3D functionality in the virtual machine. You can now extend and scale your virtual machines in the external cloud by connecting to vCloud Air and uploading, running, and viewing virtual machines from the Workstation 11 interface.Ĭreate desktop shortcuts for virtual machinesģD rendering is not available in some guest operating systems if you use virtual hardware version 11. Integration with VMware vCloud Air virtual private cloud

Workstation 11 has been optimized to support higher resolution displays such as the new QHD+ (3200x1800) displays used in laptops and x86 tablets. Unity improvements for Windows 8.1 virtual machinesĪllocate up to 2GB video memory to a virtual machine Workstation 11 is optimized to take advantage of new Haswell extensions, delivering up to 45% improvement in CPU-intensive operations like multimedia, encryption/decryption, and other strenuous performance tests. New CPU enablement, including Intel Haswell microarchitecture extension support.New features included in this hardware version: Hardware versions introduce new virtual hardware functionality and new features while enabling VMware to run legacy operating systems in virtual machines. Windows 10 Technical Preview (Experimental support).Support has been added for the following guest operating systems: These release notes include the following topics. You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the VM resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud. VMware Workstation allows technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC.

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Vmware workstation 11 upgrade notes