Its basically a program that allows you to run multiple Operating Systems on your Host Operating System. So if the computer you're using currently has Windows XP installed onto it, you can run Windows ME, NT, 7, Vista, etc. on it.
VMware Workstation was created in 1999.
The vmware workstation download can be found free at the vmware workstation's website. There are no requirements for the download because there is a free trial.
install new version from VMware
go to www.vmware.com and purchase from there
The biggest advantage of a VMware Workstation is that one can run multiple operating systems at the same time without having to reboot all the time. There are many other advantages.
VMware Workstation is a virtual machine software suite for x86 and x86-64 computers from VMware, a division of EMC Corporation.
Use VMWare convert to convert it to a vmware workstation file, then ovf tool to convert to ovf.
VMware Workstation
VMware can run on any personal computer running windows/linux/MAC OS X.All you need is to install VMWare player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/For creating a VMware, you may either install VMware workstation using a trial license or download a virtual appliance (vmware image) from vmware website.
VMWARE Workstation
Steven S. Warren has written: 'The VMware workstation 5 handbook' -- subject(s): Operating systems (Computers), VMware, Virtual computer systems
Simply put, download a free version of VMware Server or opt to buy a paid version of VMware Workstation, either of which supports most popular flavors of Linux distributions. For a complete list of supported Linux distributions, please consult this VMware Guest OS Installation Guide"http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf".Hope this resolve your question.Bruce