Sanbarrow has done a great job of documenting the VMX file.
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VMware VMX translations for Player, Server and ESX
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
VMware Player now ships with ISOs for VMwareTools
Have a look in :
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\linux.iso\
Oracle Xen VM Server pre-built Xen VM guests now available
Oracle have just released pre-built para-virtualised Xen domu guests of Oracle Unbreakable GNU/Linux and Oracle 11g DB available for download:
Xen Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
Xen Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
OpenVZ (CentOS based) live-CD VM server & VM guests
There is an OpenVZ live-CD VZ VM server with VZ VM guests (based on CentOS or KNOPPIX) that you can download from http://wiki.openvz.org/Download_live_CD
And there is a quick start guide to read at http://wiki.openvz.org/Getting_started_with_OpenVZ_live_CD