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Legacy Virtual Disks
Legacy Virtual Disks
VMware Workstation 5 introduces features that were not available in previously released VMware products. See
What's New in Version 5 for a list of these features.
Workstation 5 achieves its new functionality by using a new virtual machine format, a format which is not compatible with the legacy disk format used by these VMware applications:
Workstation 4.x
GSX Server 3.x
ESX Server 2.x
ACE 1.x
Fortunately VMware Workstation 5 works with legacy virtual disks, allowing easy integration into environments using these other VMware products.
The following sections discuss your options to use Workstation 5 in a mixed environment with legacy virtual machines created in Workstation 4.x, GSX Server 3.x, ESX Server 2.x or ACE 1.x.