topic Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying in VMware Workstation Player Discussions

Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

jtvteach — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:38:23 GMT

I am not sure that I am in the right place because I acquired my account based on being in college as a student where I am studying at a Higher National Certificate/Diploma Computing in hope of achieving a place in university and due to the world pandemic, took the initiative to request from VMWare applications to help continue with my work from home.

The application is "Workstation 16 Player" and I found that VMWare kindly applied internet access to the workstations I have been able to install.

My question is, as long an application in safe, will I still be able to install them on my server and client workstations within my VMWare application?

Would it be wise to do this for studies in learning about monitoring, network and security tools?

Re: Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

scott28tt — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:22:12 GMT

Workstation Player allows you run a VM, the OS and applications you install in that VM are your choice and your responsibility.

Re: Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

RaSystemlord — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:07:42 GMT

Some extension to the answer above:

VMware (Player) is very good for your purpose. In many businesses, like in software business, large companies use exclusively VMware to run all the meaningful software ... physical workstations and laptops are only for some office-stuff and for hosting VMware (or perhaps some other virtualization software as well). I'm now talking about last 10 years, or longer, already, for exclusive use.

You can run practically any mainstream OS and many not-so-mainstream OS's under VMware. A VM computer works, practically speaking in your case, at its worst like a physical computer. I mean that with VM you can easily:
- make 100% backup from the entire computer (with a simple copy operation)
- copy the computer to another Host, running a different OS (if it only runs VMware Player or better), and run it there (within the licensing terms of that particular OS)
- run several virtual computers within one physical computer at the same time. Or run them at different times (where available disk space is the only limitation)
- now directly for your studies: build many kinds of networks between different VM computers, where in the physical world, you would need to buy (perhaps expensive) hardware to achieve the same

When computer environments are of any interest, or a job requirement, you quickly end up having tens of different VM computers representing different technical situations. It is much more convenient than having 20 physical laptops or workstations or even separate boot disks to do the same .

I hope this explains further.

Re: Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

jtvteach — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:59:20 GMT

Thank you Scott28tt

This is great to know.

Re: Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

jtvteach — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:10:01 GMT

Yes, I came across the matter that a Virtual Machine can run different operating systems, just yesterday.

So, I am presuming that I could run Apple MAC or Linux from my Windows laptop through my VMWare 16 Player.

This gives me ample reason to promote VMWare to my other colleagues in class, so they know that these tools are in their hands if they wish to practice and gain the skills for IT Management.

Re: Installing Applications in My Workstation App for Studying

scott28tt — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:31:51 GMT

Not MacOS in any kind of legal way, Apple's EULA states it can only be run on Apple hardware.