Guest operating system identifiers for VMware Infrastructure


The following table specifies the identifiers for guest operating systems:


guest-id

Description

darwinGuest

darwin

dosGuest

MS-DOS

freebsd64Guest

FreeBSD x64

freebsdGuest

FreeBSD

mandrake64Guest

Mandrake Linux (64-bit) (experimental)

mandrakeGuest

Mandrake Linux

netware4Guest

Novell NetWare 4

netware5Guest

Novell NetWare 5.1

netware6Guest

Novell NetWare 6.x

nld9Guest

Novell Linux Desktop 9

oesGuest

Open Enterprise Server

os2Guest

OS/2

other24xLinux64Guest

Linux 2.4x Kernel (64-bit) (experimental)

other24xLinuxGuest

Linux 2.4x Kernel

other26xLinux64Guest

Linux 2.6x Kernel (64-bit) (experimental)

other26xLinuxGuest

Linux 2.6x Kernel

otherGuest

Other Operating System

otherGuest64

Other Operating System (64-bit) (experimental)

otherLinux64Guest

Linux (64 bit) (experimental)

otherLinuxGuest

Other Linux

redhatGuest

Red Hat Linux 2.1

rhel2Guest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2

rhel3_64Guest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64-bit) (experimental)

rhel3Guest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

rhel4_64Guest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit) (experimental)

rhel4Guest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

sjdsGuest

Oracle Java Desktop System

sles64Guest

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit) (experimental)

slesGuest

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

solaris10_64Guest

Oracle Solaris10 (64 bit) (experimental)

solaris10Guest

Oracle Solaris 10 (32 bit) (experimental)

solaris6Guest

Oracle Solaris 6

solaris7Guest

Oracle Solaris 7

solaris8Guest

Oracle Solaris 8

solaris9Guest

Oracle Solaris 8

suse64Guest

SUSE Linux (64-bit) (experimental)

suseGuest

SUSE Linux

turboLinuxGuest

Turbolinux

ubuntu64Guest

Ubuntu Linux (64-bit) (experimental)

ubuntuGuest

Ubuntu Linux

win2000AdvServGuest

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

win2000ProGuest

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

win2000ServGuest

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

win31Guest

Microsoft Windows 3.1

win95Guest

Microsoft Windows 95

win98Guest

Microsoft Windows 98

winMeGuest

Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition

winNetBusinessGuest

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

winNetEnterprise64Guest

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) (experimental)

winNetEnterpriseGuest

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

winNetStandard64Guest

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit) (experimental)

winNetStandardGuest

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

winNetWebGuest

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

winNTGuest

Microsoft Windows NT 4

winVista64Guest

Windows Vista (64 bit) (experimental)

winVistaGuest

Microsoft Windows Vista

winXPHomeGuest

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

winXPPro64Guest

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit) (experimental)

winXPProGuest

Microsoft Windows XP Professional


 

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