![]() The ability to use the host as parent, and guests VM’s as snapshots.I would love to see a simple integration with Lab Manager that would allow users to be able to pull images from library or their workspace to their local workstation, and push images back to Lab Manager as necessary. Integration with VMware Lab Manager – Lab Manager is an awesome tool, but the SMB’s that I service are not always able to afford the resources needed to run every VM a development team can dream up, and there is plenty of horsepower on a modern workstation.A report of all VM’s on a host with MAC address, host OS, IP address, and even a copy of the. As a network manager, I want to be able to report on the VM’s that are in place on various hosts around the environment, and monitor their usage. Monitoring, Alerting, and Reporting of key aspects of VMware Workstations installations.This would allow network admins to maintain some control over the base images on the network. A policy that defines master image location and prevents VM’s not obtained from the central image repository from being started.For example, I can picture policies that would block VMDK’s from being placed on removable media to prevent data leakage, or prevent users from creating a VMDK that would fill their local disk. Controlling this could save on help desk calls. I’ve seen people configure guests with the same amount of memory as the host and performance in both suffers. Prevent inefficient resource configurations by restricting VM’s from being configured with more than a certain percentage of the hosts memory, CPU count, etc.For example, I want to allow only host-only configurations so developers cannot use VM’s to get around security mechanisms or host lockdowns, or prevent bridged/NAT’d configurations so VM’s are less likely to be an entry point for malware. Allow certain types of network configurations, prevent others.Here are a few policy elements I can envision: I would love to be able to exert control over the VMware Workstation installations through Group Policy to help control the environment a bit. The problem, however, is that coders are crazy and sometimes do things in VM’s’ that are not, um, ideal. ![]() I’ve spent the past four years in software development environments, and VMware Workstation has been a key component in those environments as it allows developers to create unique, portable environments for whatever it is that those crazy coders cook up next. Group Policy management of VMware Workstation installations.Once I join the beta I will not be allowed to publicly discuss the new features, so I’ll toss out some ideas now and see how many show up in future releases: I have yet to join the beta, but the invitation got me thinking about what new features I would like to see in VMware Workstation. I recently received an invitation to the VMware Workstation beta program for the next version, currently code-named ‘Iron’. ![]()
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