


The product also runs on Windows 7 Enterprise Edition. The manual explicitly states: "you must use a Windows server operating system". Including different versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, and 2008, and mainly enterprise-class Linuxes. VMware Server 2 runs on several server-class host operating systems, VMware Inc continued to develop the Vmware Server 1.0.x series, issuing a maintenance release (version 1.0.10) on 26 October 2009. VMware released version 1.0 of Server on July 12, 2006, replacing the discontinued VMware GSX Server product-line.

The former name GSX Server allegedly stands for Ground Storm X, an early code name for the project. VMware Server has largely been replaced by the "Shared Virtual Machines" feature, introduced in VMware Workstation 8.0 and onwards. The software does not have a specific interface for cloning virtual machines, unlike VMware Workstation. VMware Server can preserve and revert to a single snapshot copy of each separate virtual machine within the VMware Server environment. It can run virtual machines created by other VMware products and by Microsoft Virtual PC. It uses a client–server model, allowing remote access to virtual machines, at the cost of some graphical performance (and 3D support). VMware Server has fewer features than VMware ESX, software available for purchase, but can create, edit, and play virtual machines. VMware Server (formerly VMware GSX Server) is a discontinued free-of-charge virtualization-software server suite developed and supplied by VMware, Inc. VMware Server 1.0.6 for Windows running Linux as a guest
