VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while VMware's enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are bare-metal embedded Hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. ...
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Ubuntu doesn't turn off the VM in VMWare player
Details:
The host OS is Windows 7 home premium x64, the guest OS is either ubuntu x86 or x64 (checked both, the same behaviour).
When I turn off the virtual machine with halt - it doesn't turn off ...
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How to resize Windows partition for VMWare virtual machine?
The virtual machine is running on VMware ESXi 5.0.0.
I have turned the virtual machine off and when I go to Edit Settings / Hard Disk 1, the Provisioned Size is greyed out and I cannot change it. See ...
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How to create new Virtual Machine (VMWare) on OSX?
Is there any free product that I can use to create new VMWare Windows virtual machine on OSX 10.6.2?
Is seems to me that there is no OSX version for VMWare Player.
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Can't install Windows 7 through VMware Fusion, missing CD/DVD drivers
I'm trying to install Windows 7 32 Bit. There is no "easy install" for the VMware Fusion 4 setup as shown in this vide. http://www.vmwarefusionlearningcenter.com/intro-to-fusion.html#3
And when I ...
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How to uninstall VMware player in linux
When I start the installer for VMware workstation it says that I have to first uninstall VMware player. But how can I do that? It's not like I installed it with apt-get. I downloaded the .bundle file ...
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VMware Encryption
When I user "Encrypt Virtual Machine" with Vmware Workstation, can I still use the virtual machine with Vmware player?
Also, I cannot mount the associated VMDK using the mount utilities right?
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Repair HDD using VmWare Player?
I have some old 40gb HDD that needs repair (bad sectors). "HDD Regenerator" is doing it's job, but it's PAINFULLY slow (5000 sectors per hour, about 14 000 000 of then need to be repaired!). The ...
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43 views
VMware Workstation 8 Unity Launcher Menu & Ubuntu 11.10 Guest
I'm running VMware Workstation 8 on a Windows 7 64-bit host. When I run an Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit guest with VMware Tools installed and when I enter Unity mode I expect to see the Ubuntu application ...
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If I have my VM on an SSD but my OS on a spin drive will I take a significant performance hit when using the VM?
I'm not a fan of cryptic question title's, but then I'm not too sure how to elaborate but here goes:
We were planning on buying new PCs for our developers with 128GB SSD drives (the VM takes around ...
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1answer
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How can I reset the password on a Windows 7 VM under VMware 4 on Mac Lion?
I have a Mac running Lion, and a Windows 7 virtual machine running under VMware 4. The problem is that the password was lost in a phone upgrade.
Is there any way using command line or other tools on ...
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Hide annoying VMware hint “To release input, press Ctrl+Alt”
I'm running VMWare Workstation 7 on Windows 7 x64. In the guest OS (also Windows 7 x64) I have VMWare Tools installed, but the VMWare Tools service is disabled. I run the VM in full screen mode and ...
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All VMware software & their installers fail to start, all of sudden, with no error messages & without getting listed in Task Manager
I have been using VMware Player on a Windows 7 machine.
Today I noticed that my VMware player wasn't starting so tried to repair it using the installer but even that failed to start. After clicking ...
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2answers
76 views
Making VMware player fullscreen in windows?
How can I make VMware player run the VM in full screen in windows? I'm using VMware Player 4.0.2.
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43 views
Is a guest installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 in VMware Player protected by the antivirus software in the host OS?
I have installed Windows Server R2 as a guest in VMware Player in Windows 7. The host OS has Microsoft Security essentials. Since everything that comes to the guest has to come through the host, is ...
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2answers
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Using VMware/Virtual box to simulate a cluster of nodes, but actually using a single machine
I am developing a webapp using Cassandra database which works on a multi-nodes cluster. But I don't have multiple machines to create a cluster while development. Is it possible to create a cluster ...
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VMWare VM's network card not working after VirtualBox installed
I use VMWare workstation and have had no problems with my virtual machines and bridging the network card. However, I installed Virtualbox to check it out and ever since I can't establish a network ...
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Vwmare network card issues possibly after Installation of VirtualBox
I use VMWare workstation and have had no problems with my virtual machines and bridging the network card. However, I installed Virtualbox to check it out and ever since I can't establish a network ...
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1answer
47 views
How can I access a VMware client that's located on a remote host?
I use VMware Fusion at work to test my websites in different versions of IE by running multiple copies of Windows on my Macbook Air. At home, I use VMware Workstation to do the same thing. My desktop ...
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2answers
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VMWare graphic card [closed]
Is it possible to use the native graphic card of my pc (Windows 7) when I run my vmware 7? I am trying to run Final Cut Pro X on my guest OS (Lion) but it says the graphic setting doesn't support ...
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VMware player in ubuntu(host) steals focus from guest os (windows)
When I run a vmware player in ubuntu and virtualize windows 7.
It happens 10 times a hour at least that the focus is set back to ubuntu.
If i move the cursor to the top left, the ubuntu unity menu ...
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1answer
49 views
Will VMware Server make my virtual machines use less RAM?
I have many virtual machines on my system (6 at the moment) and many times 2 of them are running in the same time. I have 6GB of RAM but most of time it's on 90% of usage because of the running ...
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UpToDate app don't work at non-English Windows?
UpToDate is a medical app. , it comes in a viewer called vmware ,
my windows language is not English , and this app. don't work else the windows language is ENGLISH . I don't know what exactly the ...
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1answer
102 views
How to simply setup Mac OS X on ESXi 5.x+? [closed]
The simplest way to setup a Mac OS X on ESXi 5.x+?
On all supported hardware.
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1answer
68 views
How i can install BusyBox on Virtual Machine?
How i can install BusyBox on Virtual Machine? For instance, VMVare or VirtualBox? Where I can see some manuals about this problem?
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135 views
How to increase VMware Workstation 8 performance?
I want to add temporary files to /dev/shm with my VMware but I found this hack to improve the perfomance of the vm:
mount -t tmpfs -o size=5G,nr_inodes=5k,mode=700 tmpfs /disk2/tmpfs
But I don't ...
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VmWare: How do I mute the beep sound coming from the guest OS?
Even disabling the host beep service (Computer > Manage > Device Manager > Non-Plug and Play Drivers > Beep > Stop) does not stop the guest OS from beeping on the host when clicking around a ...
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installation doesn't proceed : when starting the setup of VMware 8
When i start the setup of VMware 8 , an incomplete window of installation opens up and installation doesn't start/end .
This type of window appears:
I have a 32 bit processor with win7 installed . ...
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3answers
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What Virtualization Servers support Windows Clients with Direct X?
In advance I'd like to state this question is similar to its predecessors here and here but, those questions are old and I would like an up to date answer based on current technology.
I want to host ...
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Simulating a corporate network at home - WAN
I am currently in the process of completing a windows 2008 server administrator course and have a setup like this in vmware -
1 x Forest Root Domain Server based in New York
3 x Child Domain ...
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1answer
187 views
Convert VMDK to ISO
I have a disk image that is in VMDK format, and I would like to convert this to an ISO so that I could use this outside of a virtual environment. I know that, at first impression, these formats don't ...
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1answer
91 views
how do I 'hard refresh' a shared directory?
VMWare player 4.0.1 build-528992
I added a file to a shared directory in Windows 7. When I ls -l that directory in Ubuntu 11 it looks like: (2nd line)
ls: cannot access item_spec.rb: No such file ...
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SSH windows to vmware
I have a VMWare Player running a
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) VERSION = 10 PATCHLEVEL = 1
All works fine execpt that I cannot connect from the windows host to the image.
From ...
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OSX Lion in VMWare Player [closed]
I've downloaded a Mac OSX VMWare configuration file, and so far everything went well - except that it hangs at the start screen. The manual tells me I have to disable hardware assisted virtualization ...
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0answers
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VMWare player and multiple monitors
I'm using VMWare player 4, guest OS Windows 8 Dev Preview, host O/S Win 7.
On my host OS, I have 3 physical monitors.
I've set up the VM to have 2 monitors.
When I boot into the guest O/S, the dual ...
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4answers
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Is Windows 7 Inside Linux Just as Good as Running as Main OS (esp for Graphics and Video)?
New Linux user. Was wondering if running Windows 7 inside Ubuntu/Linux Mint via VMPlayer will be just the same as running Windows 7 as the main OS.
By "same" I particularly mean:
Will the ...
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1answer
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VMware guest pauses when the host is idle - how do I keep it running?
I'm running VMWare Worstation 7 with Windows 7 x64 as guest, Windows XP x64 as host. Inside the guest I run a long-running console application, which prints out progress messages with timestamps on ...
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1answer
61 views
VMware virtual WindowsXP - VMDK or ISO for a third person who is going to use it
Our team made a little application, then created in VMware Player a Windows XP virtual OS and installed the application into it. Now the guy who is going to use wants us to make an image of it, burn ...
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Any way to simulate numpad input on MacBook Air 2011?
I'm, running a 747 simulator in VMWare Fusion on a mid-2011 MacBook Air. It requires the use of the numpad (its very old) to enter numbers into the CDU. I have tried FN+keys on the right side of the ...
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58 views
VMWare Workstation 8.01 Update Screwed me, anyone know what to do?
Basically, one day VMWare offered an update one day (8.0.1 build-528992 my current version) from 8.0. So I took it, because updates fix problems right? Nope.
Basically, before it worked very well. ...
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1answer
71 views
VMWare performance difference between using physical disk and virtual disk (VMFS)
Under Windows 7 with VMWare workstation 8, I want to run a Linux-VM with Ext3/4 as guest filesystem. I want the VM to have maximum read/write performance.
So I'm thinking about the best hard drive ...
2
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1answer
129 views
VMWare on Intel i7-2600[S/K]: VM processor configuration for maximum performance
I have an Intel i7-2600K-processor, which has 4 cores but runs 8 thread because of Hyperthreading. I want to run a Ubuntu-VM with maximum performance under VMWare 8 (host system is Windows 7, and is ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu in VMware: often no network access
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 in VMware Player 3.1.5 on Windows XP. Often, when freshly booting Ubuntu, it can't access the network, even trying to disconnect and reconnect Auto eth0 manually does not ...
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VMWare Invisible Mouse Pointer
When I work remotely and remote desktop from my WinXP machine to a Win7 box everything is fine. When I launch a virtual machine from within that Win7 box and use my mouse pointer it is invisible ...
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How can i set my vm to have exclusive access to my ethernet port in mac os x lion?
I have a vmware of windows 7 on osx lion. I am on a corporate network that assigns IPs via DHCP through ethernet, and i also have an airport card thats connected to a 4g hotspot.
This corporate ...
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Merging of VMDK files to Single VMDK - Diskname or some other argument is missing
Hi I would like merge vmdk files into one single file. I use
vmware-vdiskmanager.
I tried used this cmd
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmware-vdiskmanager -r C:\Users
...
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How do I find the IP address of a virtual machine using VMware Fusion?
Can I determine the IP of a virtual machine using VMware Fusion without actually entering the operating system running on the virtual machine? I'm looking for a menu option, command line, or otherwise ...
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1answer
67 views
Cannot drag folder to Ubuntu in VMware Fusion
My host is Mac OS X and I used VMware Fusion 3 to install Windows 7, Windows XP, and Ubuntu Linux. I can drag and drop folders between Windows 7/XP and Mac OS X, but I cannot do the same for Ubuntu. I ...
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VMware P2V on HDD with 2 OS - “How hack” Windows 7 System Partition (100mb)
Hi I have HDD with bad sectors. I would like use p2v from VMware. On HDD is installed Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003.
HDD is divided into these partition:
C - Windows Server 2003
D - Windows 7 ...
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Share internet connection from virtual machine with host machine
Ok this is a little bit strange, I hope you will understand.
I have an internet stick, that only works in windows XP. My laptop is running Windows 7 64 bit. So I have set up vmware, with a windows xp ...
