Author, configure, deploy and customize virtual machines, vApps and virtual appliances that can be deployed on VMware vSphere, or vCloud Director with VMware Studio. VMware Studio supports packaging and distribution of virtual machines, vApps and virtual appliances in the industry standard Open Virtualization Format (OVF) format. OVF enhances customers' experience with virtualization, with more portability, platform independence, verification, signing, versioning and integrated licensing terms.
Studio is designed to be used by ISVs, developers, IT professionals and members of the virtualization community. It is a free product and is available as a virtual appliance.
VMware Studio Resources
VMware Studio 2.6 System Requirements
VMware Studio 2.6 requires one of the following virtualization products as a provisioning engine:
- VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0, 4.1, 4.0 through VMware vCenter Server 5.0, 4.1, 4.0
- VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 through VMware VirtualCenter 2.5
- VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 or 4.1, 4.0
- VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
- VMware vCloud Director 1.0
- VMware Workstation 7.1, 7.0, or 6.5.1
Supported Product Platforms
Virtual appliances and vApps created by VMware Studio can run on these supported product platforms:
- VMware vCenter Server 5.0, 4.1, 4.0
- VMware VirtualCenter 2.5
- VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0, 4.1, 4.0
- VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
- VMware vCloud Director 1.0
- VMware Workstation 7.1, 7.0, or 6.5.1
- VMware Player 3.1, 3.0 and 2.5
Supported Browsers
VMware Studio 2.6 web console supports these browsers:
- Internet Explorer 8.0 and 7.0
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and 3.0
- Google Chrome 9.0 and 8.0
Supported Operating Systems
VMware Studio supports virtual appliances and vApps of the following operating systems:
- CentOS 5.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0, 6.0 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1, 10 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Ubuntu 8.04.4, 10.04.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit), 2003 R2 Server – (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Custom Linux Operating Systems using the newos feature
For updated System Requirements, please review the VMware Studio 2.6 release notes
