| ESXi 6.5 | ESXi 6.7 | VMware Fusion 11 | Guest Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRXPod1-64 | VMware CRX Pod 1 | ||
| CRXSys1-64 | VMware CRX Sys 1 | ||
| amazonlinux2-64 | Amazon Linux 2 or higher, 64-Bit | ||
| asianux3Guest | asianux3Guest | asianux3 | Asianux Server 3 |
| asianux3_64Guest | asianux3_64Guest | asianux3-64 | Asianux Server 3, 64-Bit |
| asianux4Guest | asianux4Guest | asianux4 | Asia Linux 4 |
| asianux4_64Guest | asianux4_64Guest | asianux4-64 | Asia Linux 4, 64-Bit |
| asianux5_64Guest | asianux5_64Guest | Asianux Server 5 (64 bit) | |
| asianux7_64Guest | asianux7_64Guest | asianux7-64 | Asianux 7, 64 Bit |
| asianux8-64 | Asianux 8, 64-Bit | ||
| centosGuest | centosGuest | centos | CentOS Version 5 and older |
| centos64Guest | centos64Guest | centos-64 | CentOS Version 5 and older, 64-Bit |
| centos6Guest | centos6Guest | centos6 | CentOS 6 |
| centos6_64Guest | centos6_64Guest | centos6-64 | CentOS 6, 64-bit |
| centos7Guest | centos7Guest | CentOS 7 | |
| centos7_64Guest | centos7_64Guest | centos7-64 | CentOS 7, 64-Bit |
| centos8_64Guest | centos8-64 | CentOS 8, 64-Bit | |
| coreos64Guest | coreos64Guest | CoreOS Linux, 64-Bit | |
| darwinGuest | darwinGuest | darwin | Mac OS X Server 10.5 |
| darwin64Guest | darwin64Guest | darwin-64 | Mac OS X Server 10.5, 64-Bit |
| darwin10Guest | darwin10Guest | darwin10 | Mac OS X Server 10.6 |
| darwin10_64Guest | darwin10_64Guest | darwin10-64 | Mac OS X Server 10.6, 64-Bit |
| darwin11Guest | darwin11Guest | darwin11 | Mac OS X 10.7 |
| darwin11_64Guest | darwin11_64Guest | darwin11-64 | Mac OS X 10.7, 64-Bit |
| darwin12_64Guest | darwin12_64Guest | darwin12-64 | Mac OS X 10.8, 64-bit |
| darwin13_64Guest | darwin13_64Guest | darwin13-64 | Mac OS X 10.9, 64-Bit |
| darwin14_64Guest | darwin14_64Guest | darwin14-64 | Mac OS X 10.10, 64-Bit |
| darwin15_64Guest | darwin15_64Guest | darwin15-64 | Mac OS X 10.11, 64-Bit |
| darwin16_64Guest | darwin16_64Guest | darwin16-64 | Mac OS X 10.12, 64-Bit |
| darwin17_64Guest | darwin17-64 | macOS 10.13, 64-Bit | |
| darwin18_64Guest | darwin18-64 | macOS 10.14, 64-Bit | |
| darwin19-64 | macOS 10.15, 64-Bit | ||
| darwin20-64 | macOS 10.16, 64-Bit | ||
| debian10Guest | debian10Guest | debian10 | Debian 10 |
| debian10_64Guest | debian10_64Guest | debian10-64 | Debian 10 |
| debian11 | Debian 11 | ||
| debian11-64 | Debian 11 | ||
| debian4Guest | debian4Guest | debian4 | Debian 4 |
| debian4_64Guest | debian4_64Guest | debian4-64 | Debian 4, 64-Bit |
| debian5Guest | debian5Guest | debian5 | Debian 5 |
| debian5_64Guest | debian5_64Guest | debian5-64 | Debian 5, 64-Bit |
| debian6Guest | debian6Guest | debian6 | Debian 6 |
| debian6_64Guest | debian6_64Guest | debian6-64 | Debian 6 64-Bit |
| debian7Guest | debian7Guest | debian7 | Debian 7 |
| debian7_64Guest | debian7_64Guest | debian7-64 | Debian 7 |
| debian8Guest | debian8Guest | debian8 | Debian 8 |
| debian8_64Guest | debian8_64Guest | debian8-64 | Debian 8 |
| debian9Guest | debian9Guest | debian9 | Debian 9 |
| debian9_64Guest | debian9_64Guest | debian9-64 | Debian 9 |
| dosGuest | dosGuest | dos | MS-DOS |
| eComStationGuest | eComStationGuest | eComStation | eComStation |
| eComStation2Guest | eComStation2Guest | eComStation2 | eComStation2 |
| fedoraGuest | fedoraGuest | fedora | Fedora |
| fedora64Guest | fedora64Guest | fedora-64 | Fedora, 64-Bit |
| freebsdGuest | freebsdGuest | freeBSD | FreeBSD Version 10 and older |
| freebsd64Guest | freebsd64Guest | freeBSD-64 | FreeBSD Version 10 and older, 64-Bit |
| freebsd11Guest | freeBSD11 | FreeBSD 11 | |
| freebsd11_64Guest | freeBSD11-64 | FreeBSD 11 64-Bit | |
| freebsd12Guest | freeBSD12 | FreeBSD 12 | |
| freebsd12_64Guest | freeBSD12-64 | FreeBSD 12 64-Bit | |
| genericLinuxGuest | genericLinuxGuest | genericLinux | Other Linux Version |
| linuxMint-64 | Linux Mint 64-Bit | ||
| winLonghornGuest | winLonghornGuest | longhorn | Windows Server 2008 |
| winLonghorn64Guest | winLonghorn64Guest | longhorn-64 | Windows Server 2008 x64 |
| mandrakeGuest | mandrakeGuest | Mandrake Linux | |
| mandrivaGuest | mandrivaGuest | mandriva | Mandriva Linux |
| mandriva64Guest | mandriva64Guest | mandriva-64 | Mandriva Linux, 64-Bit |
| netware4Guest | netware4Guest | netware4 | NetWare 4 |
| netware5Guest | netware5Guest | netware5 | NetWare 5 |
| netware6Guest | netware6Guest | netware6 | NetWare 6 |
| nld9Guest | nld9Guest | nld9 | Novell Linux Desktop 9 |
| oesGuest | Open Enterprise Server | ||
| openServer5Guest | openServer5Guest | openserver5 | SCO OpenServer 5 |
| openServer6Guest | openServer6Guest | openserver6 | SCO OpenServer 6 |
| opensuseGuest | opensuseGuest | opensuse | OpenSUSE |
| opensuse64Guest | opensuse64Guest | opensuse-64 | OpenSUSE, 64-Bit |
| oracleLinuxGuest | oracleLinuxGuest | oraclelinux | Oracle Linux Version 5 and older |
| oracleLinux64Guest | oracleLinux64Guest | oraclelinux-64 | Oracle Linux Version 5, 64-Bit |
| oracleLinux6Guest | oracleLinux6Guest | oraclelinux6 | Oracle Linux 6 |
| oracleLinux6_64Guest | oracleLinux6_64Guest | oraclelinux6-64 | Oracle Linux 6 64-Bit |
| oracleLinux7Guest | oracleLinux7Guest | Oracle Linux 7 | |
| oracleLinux7_64Guest | oracleLinux7_64Guest | oraclelinux7-64 | Oracle Linux 7 64-Bit |
| oracleLinux8_64Guest | oracleLinux8_64Guest | oraclelinux8-64 | Oracle Linux 8 64-Bit |
| os2Guest | os2Guest | os2 | OS2 |
| otherGuest | otherGuest | other | Other |
| otherGuest64 | otherGuest64 | other-64 | Others, 64-Bit |
| other24xLinuxGuest | other24xLinuxGuest | other24xlinux | Other Linux 2.4 |
| other24xLinux64Guest | other24xLinux64Guest | other24xlinux-64 | Other Linux 2.4, 64-Bit |
| other26xLinuxGuest | other26xLinuxGuest | other26xlinux | Other Linux 2.6 |
| other26xLinux64Guest | other26xLinux64Guest | other26xlinux-64 | Other Linux 2.6, 64-Bit |
| other3xLinuxGuest | other3xLinuxGuest | other3xlinux | Other Linux 3 |
| other3xLinux64Guest | other3xLinux64Guest | other3xlinux-64 | Other Linux 3, 64-Bit |
| other4xLinuxGuest | other4xlinux | Other Linux 4 | |
| other4xLinux64Guest | other4xlinux-64 | Other Linux 4, 64-Bit | |
| other5xlinux | Other Linux 5 | ||
| other5xlinux-64 | Other Linux 5, 64-Bit | ||
| otherLinuxGuest | otherLinuxGuest | otherlinux | Other Linux |
| otherLinux64Guest | otherLinux64Guest | otherlinux-64 | Other Linux, 64-Bit |
| redhatGuest | redhatGuest | redhat | Red Hat Linux |
| rhel2Guest | rhel2Guest | rhel2 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 |
| rhel3Guest | rhel3Guest | rhel3 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 |
| rhel3_64Guest | rhel3_64Guest | rhel3-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 64-Bit |
| rhel4Guest | rhel4Guest | rhel4 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 |
| rhel4_64Guest | rhel4_64Guest | rhel4-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 64-Bit |
| rhel5Guest | rhel5Guest | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |
| rhel5_64Guest | rhel5_64Guest | rhel5-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 64-Bit |
| rhel6Guest | rhel6Guest | rhel6 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
| rhel6_64Guest | rhel6_64Guest | rhel6-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 64-Bit |
| rhel7Guest | rhel7Guest | rhel7 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
| rhel7_64Guest | rhel7_64Guest | rhel7-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 64-Bit |
| rhel8_64Guest | rhel8-64 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 64-Bit | |
| sjdsGuest | sjdsGuest | sjds | Sun Java Desktop System |
| slesGuest | slesGuest | sles | SUSE Linux Enterprise 7/8/9 |
| sles64Guest | sles64Guest | sles-64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 7/8/9, 64-Bit |
| sles10Guest | sles10Guest | sles10 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 |
| sles10_64Guest | sles10_64Guest | sles10-64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, 64-Bit |
| sles11Guest | sles11Guest | sles11 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 |
| sles11_64Guest | sles11_64Guest | sles11-64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, 64-Bit |
| sles12Guest | sles12Guest | sles12 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 |
| sles12_64Guest | sles12_64Guest | sles12-64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, 64-Bit |
| sles15_64Guest | sles15-64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, 64-Bit | |
| solaris10Guest | solaris10Guest | solaris10 | Solaris 10 |
| solaris10_64Guest | solaris10_64Guest | solaris10-64 | Solaris 10, 64-Bit |
| solaris11_64Guest | solaris11_64Guest | solaris11-64 | Solaris 11, 64-Bit |
| solaris6Guest | solaris6Guest | solaris6 | Solaris 6 |
| solaris7Guest | solaris7Guest | solaris7 | Solaris 7 |
| solaris8Guest | solaris8Guest | solaris8 | Solaris 8 |
| solaris9Guest | solaris9Guest | solaris9 | Solaris 9 |
| suseGuest | suseGuest | suse | SUSE Linux |
| suse64Guest | suse64Guest | suse-64 | SUSE Linux, 64-Bit |
| turboLinuxGuest | turboLinuxGuest | turbolinux | Turbolinux |
| turboLinux64Guest | turboLinux64Guest | turbolinux-64 | Turbolinux, 64-Bit |
| ubuntuGuest | ubuntuGuest | ubuntu | Ubuntu |
| ubuntu64Guest | ubuntu64Guest | ubuntu-64 | Ubuntu, 64-Bit |
| unixWare7Guest | unixWare7Guest | unixware7 | SCO UnixWare 7 |
| vmkernelGuest | vmkernelGuest | vmkernel4 | VMware ESX/ESXi 4 |
| vmkernel5Guest | vmkernel5Guest | vmkernel5 | VMware ESXi 5 |
| vmkernel6Guest | vmkernel6Guest | vmkernel6 | VMware ESXi 6 |
| vmkernel65Guest | vmkernel65Guest | vmkernel65 | VMware ESXi 6 |
| vmkernel7 | VMware ESXi 7 | ||
| vmwarePhoton64Guest | vmwarePhoton64Guest | vmware-photon-64 | VMware Photon OS, 64-Bit |
| win2000AdvServGuest | win2000AdvServGuest | win2000AdvServ | Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
| win2000ProGuest | win2000ProGuest | win2000Pro | Windows 2000 Professional |
| win2000ServGuest | win2000ServGuest | win2000Serv | Windows 2000 Server |
| win31Guest | win31Guest | win31 | Windows 3 |
| win95Guest | win95Guest | win95 | Windows 95 |
| win98Guest | win98Guest | win98 | Windows 98 |
| windowsHyperVGuest | windowsHyperVGuest | winHyperV | Hyper-V |
| winMeGuest | winMeGuest | winMe | Windows Me |
| winNTGuest | winNTGuest | winNT | Windows NT |
| winNetBusinessGuest | winNetBusinessGuest | winNetBusiness | Windows Server 2003 Small Business |
| winNetDatacenterGuest | winNetDatacenterGuest | winNetDatacenter | Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition |
| winNetDatacenter64Guest | winNetDatacenter64Guest | winNetDatacenter-64 | Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition |
| winNetEnterpriseGuest | winNetEnterpriseGuest | winNetEnterprise | Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition |
| winNetEnterprise64Guest | winNetEnterprise64Guest | winNetEnterprise-64 | Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition |
| winNetStandardGuest | winNetStandardGuest | winNetStandard | Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition |
| winNetStandard64Guest | winNetStandard64Guest | winNetStandard-64 | Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition |
| winNetWebGuest | winNetWebGuest | winNetWeb | Windows Server 2003 Web Edition |
| winXPHomeGuest | winXPHomeGuest | winXPHome | Windows XP Home Edition |
| winXPProGuest | winXPProGuest | winXPPro | Windows XP Professional |
| winXPPro64Guest | winXPPro64Guest | winXPPro-64 | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition |
| windows2019srv-64 | Windows Server 2019 | ||
| windows7Guest | windows7Guest | windows7 | Windows 7 |
| windows7_64Guest | windows7_64Guest | windows7-64 | Windows 7 x64 |
| windows7Server64Guest | windows7Server64Guest | windows7srv-64 | Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 |
| windows8Guest | windows8Guest | windows8 | Windows 8 |
| windows8_64Guest | windows8_64Guest | windows8-64 | Windows 8 |
| windows8Server64Guest | windows8Server64Guest | windows8srv-64 | Windows Server 2012 |
| windows9Guest | windows9Guest | windows9 | Windows 10 |
| windows9_64Guest | windows9_64Guest | windows9-64 | Windows 10 x64 |
| windows9Server64Guest | windows9Server64Guest | windows9srv-64 | Windows Server 2016 |
| winVistaGuest | winVistaGuest | winvista | Windows Vista |
| winVista64Guest | winVista64Guest | winvista-64 | Windows Vista x64 Edition |
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Save dcode/1003a83388d770b978f723e37ce09e42 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
When using Packer (or other vmx editing needs), I needed to know what the `guest_os_type` should be according to what platform it was running on. Here you go. If it isn't listed in a column, it didn't exist at that time.
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