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Upgrading to VMware Workstation 3.1

Before You Install VMware Workstation 3.1

There are a few steps you should take — before you remove VMware Workstation 2.0 and install VMware Workstation 3.1 — to ensure the best possible upgrade experience.

When You Remove Version 2.0 and Install Version 3.1

There is a key precaution you should take when you remove VMware Workstation 2.0 — or a prerelease version of VMware Workstation 3.1 — and install VMware Workstation 3.1. Leave the Existing License in Place.

Note: If you decide to uninstall version 3.0, be sure to keep your license in place.

The installation steps for your host may require that you run an uninstaller to remove a previous version of VMware Workstation from your machine. The license remains in place. You do not need to take any special action. Just leave it where it is.

If you inadvertently remove the VMware Workstation 2.0 license, reinstall the license following the instructions in the VMware Workstation 2.0 manual.

If you received a serial number with VMware Workstation 2.0 , reinstall version 2.0 , run the VMware Workstation program once and type in the serial number when the program prompts you to do so. That installs your license. Then remove version 2.0 , leaving the license in place.

Upgrade Instructions

If you used the tar installer to install VMware Workstation 2.0 and you plan to use the tar installer for VMware Workstation 3.1, you do not need to take any special steps to uninstall VMware Workstation 2.0 .

If you used the RPM installer to install VMware Workstation 2.0, you need to take two steps to upgrade from VMware Workstation 2.0.

  1. Uninstall VMware Workstation 2.0 as root by running this command:
    rpm -e VMware
  2. Install VMware Workstation 3.1.

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