yum install vmware-server

[Les Mikesell]

Andras Simon wrote:

>> >
>> > But then I never really understood the difference between
>> > vmware-server and vmware-workstation.
>>
>> "Server" separates the machine runtime from the display console.  The
>> machine can be running one or more VMs without displaying any of them
>> and the console utility can run on the same or a different machine
>> (cross platform), connecting only when you need it.  Workstation ties
>> the display to the runtime and adds some features that would be most
>> useful in development like multiple save/restore snapshots (server
>> permits one, player none), cloning VM images from a common ancestor with
>> only the changes taking storage space, and controlling groups of virtual
>> machines in single operations.
> 
> Thanks for cleaning up the picture!
> 
> One small further difference seems to be that WS doesn't need any
> patches on F7. But perhaps the most recent version of vmware-server
> doesn't need any either.

I think this is just the usual case of fedora presenting a moving target 
to anything trying to run on it.  The WS release is more recent and has 
made the necessary accommodations for the new quirks.  I'd expect the 
same in the next server release.

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