Questions tagged [vmware-workstation]
A desktop virtualization solution offered by VMware, for Windows and Linux hosts.
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Virtual Machine can't connect to internet
The VM is running server 2008 and is set up with Active Directory, DNS, Certificate Services and IIS.
I am using Bridged networking for the VM so it should be connecting to my network and gaining ...
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Unable to Defrag Windows 10 instance in VMWare on SSD
I'm using VMWare Workstation 12 Pro on a Windows 7 Pro host which is using a single SSD.
On VMWare I have a Windows 10 Pro installation, which I backup at least twice a week to different NAS boxes as ...
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VMWare: MacOS full screen
I use MacOS image ( pre-install vmware image on internet). It works for me.
But, the problem I have met is: my LCD is 1366x768 (wide sreen ratio), but when I start MacOS. Here is how it appear:
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What do I need to run VMware to the full extent?
I have a core i7-6700HQ with 8GB Ram, GTX 960M (4GB) , a 1TB 5200RPM HDD - Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 and I have Windows 10 installed in it and I got myself a VMware Workstation as my teacher told me to work ...
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Guest VMs unable to ping each other within a custom host-only network in vmware workstation
I have created a custom host only network VMNet2(without dhcp) in VMware workstation and connected my three VMs with this network. But the problem is I cannot ping any VM from any other VM, However I ...
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USB disk on Multiple VM's in VMWare workstation 7
I have a couple of vmware images that I would like to share the same USB disk with. The scenario is like this:
* One USB disk
* The laptop that runs vmWare Workstation 7 (on a Windows 7 32bit XP pro. ...
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VMware with Windows 10 not recognising keyboard input running on Ubuntu 16.04 host
I am trying to migrate my Windows 10 machine into a virtual machine which I can run under Ubuntu 16.04 which is my preferred OS. I used VMware vCenter Convertor to move all my files and the OS into ...
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How can I prevent the VMware toolbar from displaying without locking the mouse in the machine with exclusive mode?
When I use VMware workstation, I have the host machine on another monitor and I want to use both, but every time I go to a tab on the guest machine, the toolbar drops down and gets in the way. If I ...
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Cisco Jabber in a VMware virtual machine: the interlocutor hears me, but I cannot hear the interlocutor
I use Cisco Jabber 11.8.4 Build 52954 in a virtual machine.
Guest: Windows 10 x64 1607 Professional
Host: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate
VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.1 build-7528167
When I make a call on ...
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VMWare Workstation 12 Player remove the toolbar in windowed mode [duplicate]
Is it possible to remove the menu/tool/status bar in windowed mode? The bar containing the Player menu, pause button, full screen and the audio, network, disk etc. status icons on the right.
I am ...
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Host can't talk to the guest VM when the IP is changed from DHCP assigned dynamic to static
TL;DR: Host can ping NAT connected Guest VM when DHCP IP is used on guest, can't when static ip used. Help.
So I've been trying to setup a NAT based LAN that the host can communicate with where each ...
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If my ip is 192.168.0.108 how can I access a virtual machine within a range of 192.168.1.0/24?
My Network range is : 192.168.0.0/24
I got a VM with static IP preconfigured within the range of 192.168.1.0/24
I started the VM but don't have access to the netwrok. Don't know the password to ...
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How to ping a computer inside a subnet setup using vmware's virtual network editor connected via NAT?
My Computer runs 3 VMs: vmInfra(10.0.99.99), vmPrime(10.0.99.11) and vmDeux(10.0.99.12). The setup looks like this:
When I ping my physical host (10.0.99.1) from any of the VMs, it can find it, but ...
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VMware Workstation - autostart shared VM for all users (non-admin users)
we have an issue where I set a virtual machine in VMware Workstation 12 to autostart. However, I logged in as the local admin to do so. When the enduser logs in, the VM does not autostart since it is ...
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How to change the config file of the VM in VMware Workstation?
I move the VM's files(contains the Controller1_42.120.vmx) to the E:\VMs\Controller1\ directory.
but when I restart my VM(Controller1_42.120) it will get failure because the VMware Workstation think ...
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Linux VM not serving request from client
I have a centOS configured as a proxy server and have 2 client centOS connected to it. All these are VMs and are in VMware workstation. the server machine have 2 ethernet cards 1 for external ...
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OSX 10.11 crash after sudden hard disk removal
My vmware and hard disk image are on external disk and it was working fine until the external hard disk were removed by accident,
now the osx is show loading and load but shut down before show login ...
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Virtual Network Adapter Sometimes Causes DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN in Host
After setting up a Virtual Network Adapter in VMWare Workstation Pro 12, I have recently been getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN errors in the Host OS sporadically.
What is the cause of this (Did I ...
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VMware Workstation would not apply changes to settings
Whenever I try to change ANY setting through VM > settings, changes I make simply don't apply. Specifically I've tried to change USB compatibility from default 3.0 to 2.0, but after I press OK button, ...
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VMWare Workstation Pro: "Shut down guest" does "Poweroff" instead
My problem is that VMWare Workstation Pro 12 does not send the ACPI commands to do a clean shutdown of the VM, when I select "Shut down guest" (or resets when I press "Restart guest"). The VM is ...
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Shrinking size of VMDK file for VMWare machine that only has ~10GB used [duplicate]
I have a VM that I share/synchronize daily over a NAS, so size is of high importance.
The image is stored as a single VMDK file, which is ~31GB in size. However, so far as I can tell, it doesn't need ...
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VMWare workstation 14: “not enough physical memory available to start this VM” when running VM on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful
I have had the issue of not being able to start my VM after I upgraded to Ubuntu Artful (17.10) using the VMWare Player.
My system has 16GB or RAM, 12 of those free but shortly after a boot VMWare ...
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This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems
Running VMware Workstation 12 on Windows 10 and I'm getting the below error message when trying to launch a Linux install. This was working previously but for some reason It's stopped. Also note I ...
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VMware workstation pro 12.1 server/shared - VM drag and drop support
I have a remote shared Windows 7 VM (Windows 10 host, VMware workstation pro 12.1) that I have connected to with VMware workstation pro 12.0 from a Windows 7 machine.
How do I make drag and drop ...
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VMware Workstation unstable
I have vFTD VM running on VMware Workstation 9.0.4. When I run VM with 3 network adapters, it is stable and = working fine without any issue.
I need to use 4 Network adapters when I add fourth network ...
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Can I install Linux 64bit OS on VMware workstation player 12?
Simple question. My hardware/software setup is the following:
8GB RAM
2.5 GHz
Windows 8.1 64 bit
VMWare workstation player 12.
Can I install and run 64 bit Linux distributions on my setup? If yes, ...
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How to enable Secure Boot in a guest VM using VMWare Workstation?
For testing purposes I need to install Windows 10 with the "Secure boot" feature enabled. I do not have any hardware that supports it. Thus I was hoping to emulate it in a virtual machine.
Is there a ...
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Monitor internal network packets
I have web service and client running on the same system. I would like to monitor packets cumming both ways while applications communicates between each other.
I'm plannig to use Wireshark for this ...
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Virtual machine not starts because of no VT-x?
Suddenly after my PC crash and repair I found that I can't start all VMWare virtual machines. I can't find any settings in my Asus motherboard B85M-E bios. In other hand hardware not changed since ...
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How to attach VM to host via NAT?
I've been given the following instructions but I'm at a loss what I need to do.
"start a VM attached to the host via NAT and connect the VM to one of our servers"
I've been given a copy of VM ...
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Sync audio volume between VM and host
Currently using VMware Workstation 12, with audio playing on my host.
Is there a way to sync audio volume between my guest and host.
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How do you enable promiscuous mode in VMware Workstation? [duplicate]
Say I have some virtual machines in a private network inside VMware Workstation, and they're all running Windows 7. I want to enable promiscuous mode on one of these machine's virtual adapter but ...
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vmware 12 not detecting usb
I installed vmware workstation 14 to test some apps on windows. However I uninstalled it and reinstalled v12 because was not detecting the usb device on VM > Removable devices.
Now this is detecting ...
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GNS3 windows XP appliance shows blue screen
I have added a windows xp appliance to GNS3 from a working copy of a vmdk file after configuring the image as required but if open the console (TightVNC) as depicted above I am unexpectedly shocked to ...
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I accidentally unmounted /dev/sda1 on VMware Workstation, now i got "Operating System not found"
I was trying to increase size of /dev/sda1 in VMware workstation, and followed a suggestion to unmount /dev/sda1, becuse of error "device busy".
so i umounted and now i can't boot it.
i get "...
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Documentation regarding VMware Workstation 12 Player configuration files?
Configuration files:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\preferences.ini
%ProgramData%\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini
%ProgramData%\VMware\VMware Workstation\settings.ini
Such are the ...
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Configuring Promiscuous Mode in VMware Workstation running on Windows 10 serving two Linux guests
I'm having difficulties configuring Promiscuous Mode in VMware Workstation 12 hosted on Windows 10 serving two Linux guests.
For instance, this is what I'm trying to configure in VMware Workstation:
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VMware player unable to start services
Hi my vmware player is unable to start because of kernel module updater. When I do "install updates" , it just stops services, doing something at background and stops immediately telling that "Unable ...
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VMware Workstation 12 Player constantly freezes
I'm using VMware Workstation 12 Player with no license, for personal use, on a Windows 7 host (8 Gb RAM, 4 cores, 8 logical processors).
With a CentOS 7 guest (1 Gb RAM, 1 CPU) I'm experiencing ...
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Why can't I change the subnet IP address in the Virtual Network Editor in VMware Workstation?
In the Virtual Network Editor in VMware Workstation (version 9.0.0 build-812388), I want to change the subnet IP address of one of my host-only virtual networks from 192.168.203.0 to 192.168.124.0 (...
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How to share internet between two guest Win OS in VMware Workstation?
I have VMware guest with Win 8.1 and USB stick with internet (mobile 3g)
How can I share internet with another VMware guest (WinXP)?
Specifically, I am running VMware Workstation 12.5 with 1st guest ...
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Deleting Snapshots from VMWare-VM (Workstation pro)
I have a VM with several Snapshots that has grown to about 150GB, and I desperately need to reduce its size, since the SSD it's saved on is at capacity. I tried deleting snapshots from the snapshot ...
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Deleted AutoProtect snapshots and can't boot VM's
I've had 3 VM's running AutoProtect fine for several months but decided it was pointless and wanted to disable it.
I also simultaneously wanted to enable Persistent Independent disk access. I wasn't ...
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Does VMWare Workstation create virtual network adapters other than vmnet1 and vmnet8?
I noticed with VMWare Workstation the default virtual network adapters on the host are VMNet1 and VMNet8 (Host Only and NAT). If I add additional virtual networks, they do not appear in the Network ...
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How to share folders between host and guest in VMware?
I'm using the following set up:
Host: Windows 10. Guest: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. VMware Workstation 12 player (free edition).
I've enabled the sharing folders option on the host as shown in the picture ...
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How to decrease the virtual maximum size of a VMware Workstation VMDK hard disk file?
I have a VMware Workstation VMDK virtual hard disk file that is X GB. I have reduced the size of all partitions within the drive to less than Y size, with the remaining X-Y space being unallocated. ...
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Shutdown VMware guest applications when UPS kicks in
My situation is that I am running VMware workstation to run a LAMP server for some lightweight data collection.
My host OS is Windows XP. I have a APC UPS that is set to shut down the PC via ...
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Mac Guest (virtual-machine) can't disable big display scaling
The problem is described on the animated gif: https://media.giphy.com/media/3oFzmnDa3LdMZue8Du/giphy.gif
so I'm trying to reset Mac guest resolution to normal but it scales everything and it becomes ...
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How to connect a VMware Workstation VM to a VPN without it being visible in the guest and without tunneling all of the host's traffic through the VPN?
I have a VMware Workstation 12 VM I want to connect to the internet through a VPN. Let's say I'm using HMA.
I want that as far as the VM is concerned there won't be a VPN. So I don't want to install ...
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Multiple independent network bridges in Windows 10?
I have a situation where I have several network interfaces and need to create 2 separate bridges that are independent of one another with just 2 interfaces per each one vs one big bridge.
Virtual ...