I would be happy to continue using VMware Workstation 14, but VMware is not investing in supporting VMware Workstation 14 on today's current operating systems.

I don't understand how a few processor instructions introduced in 2011, and not used for 10 years, are now critical to VMware software.Įven if I buy a new server to meet today's VMware processor requirements, will VMware decide in 5 years not to support my new server ? With this new policy, some loyal VMware customers will be forced to stop using all VMware Workstation products, unless they buy new servers. VMware is in the software business, and should not care what servers or processors VMware customers use to run VMware software, as long those customers support VMware business and contribute to VMware revenue. Since the AMD Virtualization Instructions introduced into VMware Workstation 15 and 16, were first introduced in 2011, but not used in VMware Workstation until 2021, this makes no sense, that after 10 years not using those instructions introduced by AMD in 2011, all of sudden VMware has decided in 2021, that those instructions are now more important to VMware, than VMware customers with older HP servers. I am retired, and have used VMware Workstation for over 15 years, and I am very disappointed in this development. Since there are still thousands of HP DL 585 G7 servers still in use, this will be a major problem if those VMware customers have been using VMware Virtual Machines for many years.

RedHat 7.9 is near End of Life, so RedHat users will have to upgrade to RedHat 8.5.Īfter the HP DL 585 G7 servers are upgraded to RedHat 8.5 or RedHat 9, they will not be able to run any VMware Workstation versions. VMware Workstation 14 runs fine on RedHat 7.9, but will not run on RedHat 8.5.

VMware Workstation 14 was the last version of VMware Workstation that did not use the AMD Opteron Virtualization Instructions introducted in 2011. VMware Workstation 16 will not run on the AMD Opteron 6172, 6174, or 6176, because of the requirements for the AMD Opteron virtualization instructions used in VMware Workstation 15 and 16.įor many years, HP sold thousands of the HP DL 585 G7 servers using the AMD Opteron 6172, 6174, and 6176 processors.

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