VMware heeft versie 12.1.1 van Workstation Player uitgebracht. Player is gratis software waarmee virtuele machines kunnen worden gemaakt en gedraaid. Voor commercieel gebruik wordt echter wel een vergoeding gevraagd. Het is simpel gezegd een vereenvoudigde uitvoering van andere VMware-producten, zoals Workstation, Server en ESX Server. Ook de virtual machines van Microsoft Virtual PC en Symantec LiveState Recovery-disks worden ondersteund. Daarnaast kunnen verschillende voorgeïnstalleerde virtual machines via deze pagina worden binnengehaald, zoals Debian, Ubuntu en Fedora. In versie 12 is onder meer ondersteuning voor Windows 10 en diverse Linux distributies toegevoegd, gaat het ingaan en uitkomen van de slaapstand sneller en kan er nu ook van usb 3.0 gebruik gemaakt worden onder Windows 7. In deze update zijn verder nog de volgende problemen verholpen:
Resolved IssuesKnown Issues
- Running graphic software with MSAA enabled causes VMware Workstation Player to crash
In a Windows virtual machine, running graphic software, such as a Realtime Landscape Architect program, or a graphic game, such as Civilization 4, with Multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) enabled causes VMware Workstation Player to crash.- DNS names are not resolved in a Windows virtual machine running on an Ubuntu 16.04 host
When you select a Network Address Translation (NAT) network for a Windows virtual machine running on an Ubuntu 16.04 host, Domain Name System (DNS) names are not properly resolved.- Enabling port forwarding breaks NAT
When you enable port forwarding, network address translation (NAT) breaks.- Attempting to format a USB flash drive in a Windows guest with a USB 3.0 controller fails with an error
When you connect a flash drive to a guest operating system and try to format the drive using a built-in Windows utility, the flash drive fails with the error Windows was unable to complete the format.- When using an Android Debug Bridge (ADB) daemon in an Ubuntu or Debian guest, the VMware Workstation Player window becomes unresponsive over time
Starting an ADB daemon in an Ubuntu or Debian guest operating system causes a memory leak, which in turn causes the VMware Workstation window to become less responsive over time.
- After you exit full screen mode on a multi-monitor system, an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine does not refresh properly
On a system with more than one monitor connected, if an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine is in full screen mode, using all displays, the virtual machine does not refresh its display properly after you exit full screen mode.
Workaround: If you experience this issue on an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine, restart the virtual machine. If you want to switch the virtual machine to full screen mode, use a single display only.- When you install an Ubuntu 16.04 guest using the Easy Install option, an incorrect VMware Tools related menu item appears
In this situation, VMware Tools is installed, but when you select the VM drop-down menu, the Install VMware Tools option is available instead of the Reinstall VMware Tools option.
Workaround: Restart the virtual machine.
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