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Mapping VMware GuestID's to their Associated OS Retail Name
For anyone that has spent time working with most any VMware API/SDK, used the HealthAnalyzer tool, or looked at a .vmx file, you may be familiar with the GuestId field. This value is intended to specify the guest operating system being installed on the virutal machine so the correct version of the VMware Tools package could be used.
While there is no ambiguity with "winVista64Guest," do you know which version of Windows "winNetEnterprise64Guest" refers to? Using the PowerCLI documentation as a reference, I have developed this table of GuestIds to retail names for convenience when the version of Windows or Linux a particular GuestId is referring to is not obvious, or for sharing with colleagues and clients as documentation.
These are supported GuestId values for ESX 4.0 Update 1.
| GuestId | Retail Name |
| asianux3_64Guest | Asianux Server 3 (64 bit) |
| asianux3Guest | Asianux Server 3 |
| asianux4_64Guest | Asianux Server 4 (64 bit) |
| asianux4Guest | Asianux Server 4 |
| darwin64Guest | Darwin 64 bit |
| darwinGuest | Darwin |
| debian4_64Guest | Debian GNU/Linux 4 (64 bit) |
| debian4Guest | Debian GNU/Linux 4 |
| debian5_64Guest | Debian GNU/Linux 5 (64 bit) |
| debian5Guest | Debian GNU/Linux 5 |
| dosGuest | MS-DOS |
| freebsd64Guest | FreeBSD x64 |
| freebsdGuest | FreeBSD |
| mandrivaGuest | Mandriva Linux |
| netware4Guest | Novell NetWare 4 |
| netware5Guest | Novell NetWare 5.1 |
| netware6Guest | Novell NetWare 6.x |
| nld9Guest | Novell Linux Desktop 9 |
| oesGuest | Open Enterprise Server |
| openServer5Guest | SCO OpenServer 5 |
| openServer6Guest | SCO OpenServer 6 |
| 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 (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) |
| rhel3Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 |
| rhel4_64Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit) |
| rhel4Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 |
| rhel5_64Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit) (experimental) |
| rhel5Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |
| rhel6_64Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit) |
| rhel6Guest | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
| sjdsGuest | Sun Java Desktop System |
| sles10_64Guest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit) (experimental) |
| sles10Guest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 |
| sles11_64Guest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit) |
| sles11Guest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 |
| sles64Guest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit) |
| slesGuest | Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
| solaris10_64Guest | Solaris 10 (64 bit) (experimental) |
| solaris10Guest | Solaris 10 (32 bit) (experimental) |
| solaris6Guest | Solaris 6 |
| solaris7Guest | Solaris 7 |
| solaris8Guest | Solaris 8 |
| solaris9Guest | Solaris 9 |
| suse64Guest | Suse Linux (64 bit) |
| suseGuest | Suse Linux |
| turboLinux64Guest | Turbolinux (64 bit) |
| turboLinuxGuest | Turbolinux |
| ubuntu64Guest | Ubuntu Linux (64 bit) |
| ubuntuGuest | Ubuntu Linux |
| unixWare7Guest | SCO UnixWare 7 |
| win2000AdvServGuest | Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
| win2000ProGuest | Windows 2000 Professional |
| win2000ServGuest | Windows 2000 Server |
| win31Guest | Windows 3.1 |
| win95Guest | Windows 95 |
| win98Guest | Windows 98 |
| windows7_64Guest | Windows 7 (64 bit) |
| windows7Guest | Windows 7 |
| windows7Server64Guest | Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) |
| winLonghorn64Guest | Windows Longhorn (64 bit) (experimental) |
| winLonghornGuest | Windows Longhorn (experimental) |
| winMeGuest | Windows Millenium Edition |
| winNetBusinessGuest | Windows Small Business Server 2003 |
| winNetDatacenter64Guest | Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit) (experimental) |
| winNetDatacenterGuest | Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition |
| winNetEnterprise64Guest | Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit) |
| winNetEnterpriseGuest | Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition |
| winNetStandard64Guest | Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit) |
| winNetEnterpriseGuest | Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition |
| winNetStandard64Guest | Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit) |
| winNetStandardGuest | Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
| winNetWebGuest | Windows Server 2003, Web Edition |
| winNTGuest | Windows NT 4 |
| winVista64Guest | Windows Vista (64 bit) |
| winVistaGuest | Windows Vista |
| winXPHomeGuest | Windows XP Home Edition |
| winXPPro64Guest | Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit) |
| winXPProGuest | Windows XP Professional |
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